BPS expanded its food distribution sites to 23 total locations, so review the schedule for locations and times. For frozen food safe handling instructions, click here.

No BPS meals April 10, 13 & 27: There will be NO to-go meals on Good Friday, April 10; Parent-Teacher Conference Day off on Monday, April 13; and the Possible Storm Make Up Day on Monday, April 27.

Donate to Family Assistance Fund
The Bismarck Public Schools Foundation (BPSF) has established a COVID-19 BPS Family Assistance Fund.  Those that wish to donate may do so through the foundation website or by mail. To donate online, go to https://www.bpsfoundation.com/donate/ and click “COVID-19 BPS Family Assistance.” To donate by mail, send checks to the BPS Foundation at 806 N. Washington St., Bismarck, ND 58501 and write “COVID-19” in the memo line. Families seeking assistance are encouraged to reach out to their counselor or social worker who will connect them to established community resources as well as submit requests for funding needs that cannot be met within existing resources. The BPSF thanks those who have already reached out to volunteer and/or provide monetary donations to help those within our community who are struggling.

Donate to Student Feeding Efforts
BPS has had many kind offers to help with student feeding. If you want to make a monetary donation to help feed students in need, go to https://www.bismarckschools.org/Page/3381 and follow the instructions listed. If you are not currently a MyPaymentsPlus user, you can set up an account! 

Our homeless program liaison is helping to collect personal care items for families in need in our community. This includes things like diapers, wipes, tampons, feminine pads, etc. Pick up/drop off times, dates & locations are listed on this poster.

Bismarck-Mandan Area Resources

For Adopt-a-Block information, click here. The Banquet continues to serve to-go meals and distribute perishable food products. Click here for more details.

To register kindergarteners for 2020-2021, go to https://www.bismarckschools.org/Page/3785.

Bismarck Public Schools will not have classes Friday, April 10 in observance of Good Friday and Monday, April 13 due to parent-teacher conference day off.

The Bismarck Public Schools Foundation has partnered with Applebee’s to “takeout” the devastating effects COVID-19 has had on struggling BPS families. Applebee’s is hosting 3 takeout nights; 2 at their North location and 1 at their South location. Dates for these events are Monday, April 13^th at the South Applebee’s and Tuesday, April 14^th and Thursday, April 16^th at the North Applebee’s. Applebee’s has committed to donating 20% from the event days’ total meal prices back to The Bismarck Public School Foundation for the COVID-19 BPS Family Assistance fund. This fund currently serves as a safety net for struggling BPS families to provide essential needs that cannot be met through existing community services and resources. https://www.bpsfoundation.com/events/takeoutcovid-19/   

If you would be willing to help these families in need, we ask that you help in the following ways:

1. Pre-register for the event. In order to “guarantee” the night we need at least 20 reservations at each location. We are attempting to have some fun with this, so we thought it would be fun to have “school nights” as shown below.  (If you can’t make it on your night but can go another night- no problem! The money all funnels into the same fund, helping the same cause.) You can click on your preferred date below to pre-register. In order to guarantee the event it would great if we could get at least 2-3 reservations from each school within the district.
   • Monday, April 13^th- Bismarck High, its feeder schools, & SCHS, Applebee’s South Location
   • Tuesday, April 14^th – Century High School and its feeder schools, Applebee’s North Location
   • Thursday, April 16^th- Legacy High School and its feeder schools, Applebee’s North Location
2. Share this event to your followers on FB! Make sure your followers know that they can help people in this community and get a break from cooking! No need to generate your own posts, the Bismarck Public School Foundation will be sharing our posts on their Facebook page that you can share. This will help the foundation immensely as it will bring awareness of this fundraiser to our community that is outside of the foundation’s reach. Sharing a post this week to announce, next week for your followers to mark their calendars, and the following as a reminder either the day before and the day of that would be great!
3. Participate! We would love to have you join us in helping the struggling families within BPS that have been affected by this pandemic.  In order to ensure that your bill is counted for the fundraiser, simply let them know you are participating when you call in and either remind the Applebee’s staff or show them the flyer upon pick-up. (Flyer for this event will be shared out on the Bismarck Public School Foundation’s Facebook page.)

Bismarck Public Schools will not have classes Friday, April 10 in observance of Good Friday and Monday, April 13 due to parent-teacher conference day off. 

The Bismarck School Board will meet at 5:15 pm at the City-County Building at 221 N. 5th Street. The public is invited to attend the meeting or watch it LIVE on cable channel 2.

Camp Edventure is a free six-week elementary summer school program that focuses on reading and math. Classes are June 1 through July 13 (no school on July 3) from 8 am-noon at each Bismarck Public School District elementary school (except Northridge Elementary – see parent letter below). Children who will be entering grades 1-5 in the fall and whose parents live in the Bismarck Public School District are eligible to attend Camp Ed. The goal is that children who enroll in Camp Ed will maintain or improve their academic skills in reading and math.

The deadline for registering has been extended due to Coronavirus. For more information about Camp Ed, read the Camp Ed parent letter

BPS student application
Bismarck Private/Parochial/Home School student application

Century High School prom on April 18 has been postponed.

Bismarck High School prom is April 25.

There is no school April 27; if students need to make up classes for a second storm day, they will have school on April 27.

The Bismarck School Board will meet at 5:15 pm at the City-County Building at 221 N. 5th Street. The public is invited to attend the meeting or watch it LIVE on cable channel 2.

The BPS Foundation student scholarship deadline is extended to May 1. The Foundation website also provides links to other scholarships available through the ND Community Foundation. For information, go to https://www.bpsfoundation.com/scholarships/.

School nurses week starts on Wed., May 6 and ends on Tues., May 12, which is the 200^th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth! May 12 is School Nurse Day. We SOOOO appreciate our school nurses!

Simle will host a Retirement Tea Wednesday, May 6, 3:45-5 pm in the Simle Library to honor retirees: Barb Boschee, Susan Culver, and Carson Fleck. 

The Bismarck School Board will meet at 5:15 pm at the City-County Building at 221 N. 5th Street. The public is invited to attend the meeting or watch it LIVE on cable channel 2.

The 5th grade Elementary Track Meet is Thursday, May 14. 

The Bismarck School Board will meet at 5:15 pm at the City-County Building at 221 N. 5th Street. The public is invited to attend the meeting or watch it LIVE on cable channel 2.

May 22 is the last day of school.

Adult Learning Center graduation is May 22 at 4 pm; South Central High School at 7 pm. Both at the Career Academy, 1221 College Dr.

May 25 is Memorial Day, no school.

May 26 is a teacher work day.

Camp Edventure (grades 1-5) is Monday through Friday from 8 am to noon from June 1 through July 13, except July 3. 

Simle & Wachter summer school is June 1-July 9, Monday-Thursday from 8 am-11 am.
Horizon summer school is June 1-27, Monday-Thursday from 8 am-11:45 am.
Horizon Reading & Math Camp for grades 7 & 8 is June 1-July 9, Monday-Thursday. 

Bismarck High, Century and Legacy High School summer school is Monday-Friday from 8 am-noon; labs 8 am-1 pm.
Session I: June 1-19
Session II: June 22-July 10

South Central High School summer school is June 1-June 27 from 8 am-2:45 pm.

No summer school July 3.

The Bismarck School Board will meet at 5:15 pm at the City-County Building at 221 N. 5th Street. The public is invited to attend the meeting or watch it LIVE on cable channel 2.

The Bismarck School Board will meet at 5:15 pm at the City-County Building at 221 N. 5th Street. The public is invited to attend the meeting or watch it LIVE on cable channel 2.

Band/Orchestra Camp 2020 (Band - for students entering 6th grade; Orchestra - for students entering 4th grade)

Dates: August 10-14 & 17-20 (Week 1 - Monday thru Friday; Week 2 - Monday thru Thursday) - students attend both weeks.

Location: Simle Middle School - 1218 Simle Drive, Bismarck ND  58501

Concert(s): Thursday, August 20 - Simle Middle School - 7:00 pm (Band) - 5:30 pm (Orchestra)

Deadline to register: June 1

Morning Session: 9:00am - 11:30am
Afternoon Session: 12:30pm - 3:00pm

Band Camp Handbook

Band Camp ONLINE Registration

Orchestra Camp ONLINE Registration

A PowerSchool email reminder will be sent out to all parent/guardians 7-10 days before camp.

For more information/questions, please email BPS Fine Arts Secretary Nicole McGrady or call 701-323-4082.

The Band/Orchestra Camp Concert is Thursday, August 20 starting at 5:30 pm with orchestra; band at 7 pm in the Simle Middle School Gym.