Art From The Heart's Art Minions Art Club will be starting this month on the 10th. Every Tuesday from right after school until 5 we will be meeting and creating beautiful art! Register month to month . The fee includes all supplies and instructions. Register at https://ninabanina13.wixsite.com/artfromtheheart/book-online

We will have Library Night EVERY Thursday night from 5 to 6:30 with exceptions of Holidays here at Lincoln Elementary Library!  

6th: CHS Band, SIPs Concert, 5th Grade, Wind Ensemble—Legacy High School—9:30am & 1:00pm
9th-10th: All State Try-Outs, Choir—Bismarck State College—All Day
11th: All State Orchestra Auditions—Bismarck State College Leach Music Center—All Day
13th: LHS Band, Winter Percussion & Jazz Concert—LHS Auditorium—7:30pm
14th: Bis/Man Middle School Jazz Band, “January Jazz Jamboree”—Legacy High School Auditorium—7:00pm
16th: Rita Murphy Elementary 1st Grade Music Program—Rita Murphy Gym—6:00pm
23rd: LHS Band, Music Boosters Jazz Potluck (Jazz Too, Jazz Ensemble #1, Synergy, Evolution, Gold Standard)—LHS Marketplace—6:00pm
24th-26th: UND Honors Orchestra, Choir, Band—Grand Forks, ND
27th: Miller Elementary 2nd Grade Music Program—6:00pm & 7:00pm
27th: Solheim Elementary 4th Grade Music Program—7:00pm
28th: Liberty Elementary 3rd Grade Music Program—6:30pm
30th: BHS Band, Jazz Dzert Night—BHS Commons—7:00pm
30th: Moses Elementary 4th Grade Music Program—7:00pm
31st-February 1st: Middle Level Honors Orchestra Festival—Devil’s Lake Middle School, Devil’s Lake, ND—All Day
31st-February 1st: University of Mary Jazz Festival—Bismarck, ND

Fall kindergarten registration is underway through March 6 for children who will be 5 years old on or before July 31. If you have an incoming kindergarten student, or know someone who does, registration is online at www.bismarckschools.org. Click the Registration tab, then K-12 Registration to get information needed to complete the registration. People who do not have access to a computer can visit any public elementary school to use one or stop by Central Registration at 806 N. Washington St., door #2. Those who need assistance can call 701-323-4110 or email registrar@bismarckschools.org. Students who attend BECEP can be registered for kindergarten at BECEP. NOTE: Parents of any K-12 student moving into the city must register by August 1 to be assured a spot in their neighborhood school due to lack of space.

Spring 2020 Kindergarten Open Houses

BPS Students in Transition homeless youth raffle drawing winners:

12/2: Joe Schmidt
12/3: Mandy Hoff
12/4: Colin Entringer
12/5: Brian Beehler 
12/5: Leon Dietrich 
12/6: Brian Mertz
12/9: Jessy Wetsch
12/10: Laurie Thompson
12/10: Bob Stenerson
12/11: Sue Wardner
12/12: Tammy Blumhagen
12/12: Travis McCloud
12/13: Jennifer Schlinger
12/16: Adam Christ
12/17: Karen Ehrens
12/18: Megan Houn
12/19: Krista Burman
12/20: Billie Madler
01/02: Deb Dobler
01/03: Bob Ford
01/06: Kathy Wachter
01/06: Jeff Van Beek
01/07: Mandy Lawrence
01/08: Dolly Heinert
01/09: Melanie Heitkamp
01/10: Gwen Bosworth
01/10: Kay Zander-Woock
01/13: Brad Barnhardt
01/14: Sheila Rogstad
01/15: Gabe Lautenschlager
01/16: Twila Johnson
01/17: Jason Will
01/21: Terry Sawick
01/22: Cary Huschka
01/23: Pat Nagel
01/24: Colin Entringer 
01/24: Linda Sullivan

01/27: Tracy Lipp

For the full list of Varsity Sports events this week, click here.

Bismarck Public Schools instructional aide and local chess expert Todd Wolf is hosting a free chess tournament for students in grades K-12 on Saturday, February 1^st, from 10 am to 5 pm at the Knaak Center at Bismarck High School. Registration is at 10 am; the tournament will begin at 11. Trophies will be awarded and concessions will be available. If you wish to pre-register, email wolfpack@bis.midco.net or text or call 701-426-3768.

Statement of Candidacy
Election Calendar

TBD: HMS Orchestra, Bismarck Elementary School Tour (6th Grade Orchestra)—All Day
January 31st-1st: Middle Level Honors Orchestra Festival—Devil’s Lake Middle School, Devil’s Lake, ND—All Day
January 31st-1st: University of Mary Jazz Festival—Bismarck, ND
4th: Pioneer Elementary 4th Grade Music Program—Pioneer Gymnasium—7:00pm
4th: Grimsrud Elementary 1st Grade Music Program—TBD
5th: West State “A” Woodwind Solo & Ensemble Festival—CHS—All Day
6th: Miller Elementary 4th Grade Music Program—6:30pm
7th-8th: NDACDA Honor Choirs—Grand Forks, ND—All Day
11th: Mid-Winter Music For All Concert—CHS Olson Gym—7:00pm
11th-17th: LHS Orchestra/Band Tour to Orlando/Bahamas
13th: BHS Orchestra, BHS/WMS Mid-Winter—BHS Auditorium—7:00pm
13th: Centennial Elementary—1st Grade Music Program @ 6:00pm—5th Grade Music Program @ 7:00pm—Centennial Gym
13th: Liberty Elementary 5th Grade Music Program—6:30pm
20th: Roosevelt Elementary 4th & 5th Grade Music Programs—1:30pm & 6:30pm
24th: CHS Band, Midwinter Jazz Concert (Jazz Ensemble #2 & Jazz Ensemble #1)—CHS Auditorium—7:30pm
25th: CHS Band, Midwinter Band Concert—#1, Freshmen Band & Symphonic Band @ 6:00pm—#2, Wind Ensemble @ 7:30pm—CHS Auditorium
27th: WMS Band, 7th Grade—WMS Cafetorium—7:00pm
27th: Highland Acres Elementary 2nd & 3rd Grade Music Program—6:00pm
27th: Solheim Elementary 3rd Grade Music Program—7:00pm
27th: Moses Elementary 5th Grade Music Program—7:00pm
27th: Horizon Band, 7th Grade Mid-Winter Band Concert—Horizon Cafetorium—7:00pm