Mrs. Dockter's Details
It's a short and quiet week at Midkota. Hoping all of you have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!
Happy Friday Midkota! We have the December/January issue of the Messenger ready! We will be getting it in the mail next week. Click the link below to see all the exciting things happening at Midkota!
https://5il.co/n9wm
Attention Theater Goers! The Midkota Production of "The Internet is a Distract- oh Look, A Kitten!" has been postponed. We hope to have a new date soon.
A reminder for parents and students from Mrs. Brandt:
Jim Upgren will be conducting a Facebook Live event on the North Dakota Academic and CTE Scholarship on Thursday, December 3 at 7:30 pm CST. The target audience for this event is students and parents. Jim will be answering any questions that arise throughout and after the presentation. To access the Facebook Live event on December 3, visit the NDDPI Facebook page. Contact Jim Upgren at 701-328-2244 questions.
Activities Update: Winter sports practices and extracurricular activities in North Dakota will be allowed to resume Nov. 30 with extra precautions, while competitions will remain suspended until Dec. 14. We will keep everyone posted on what "extra precautions" are necessary as we are informed of them.
Please find answers to frequently asked NDHSAA questions at: https://tinyurl.com/yxpohcgq
Due to the threat of freezing rain this afternoon, there will not be any After School Club today at the Elementary School.
Mrs. Brandt has some wonderful resources to share with our community. Below are lists of mental health resources and parent financial aid resources. Please take a look, there's something here for everyone.
Academic and CTE Scholarship Facebook Live Event
Jim Upgren will be conducting a Facebook Live event on the North Dakota Academic and CTE Scholarship on Thursday, December 3 at 7:30 PM Central Time. The target audience is students and parents, and Jim will be answering questions that students and parents might have throughout and after the presentation. To access the Facebook Live event on December 3, please visit the NDDPI Facebook page. Please and contact Jim Upgren at (701) 328-2244 with questions.
A Message from Mrs. Brandt.
Career Discovery Webinar: Life After High School will be held tonight at 7pm by BND. Please see below for more information.
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow, November 18th, school will let out at 1 PM for professional development.
How does the Governor's Executive Order 2020-43 affect Midkota Pubic School?
With the information we currently have gathered, everyone in our buildings, 5 years and older, must be masked all the time. Only exceptions would be removal for eating and drinking. All activities and extracurriculars in our buildings, other than education and learning, are canceled until December 14th.
However, athletes who will participate in winter sports are under the same NDHSAA rules as they would normally be required to follow at the beginning of the season, day one of practice.
We were told that the Governor set this order in place in consideration of three priorities: 1. Keep hospitals open and staffed. 2. Keep long term care facilities open and staffed. 3. Keep school buildings open for learning.
There are currently many questions unanswered and many requests for exemptions and a change of this plan. We will keep you informed as we hear more.
Attention Parents/Guardians, due to the Governor's mandate and our Restart Plan, students riding the bus must wear face coverings. If a student does not wear an approved face covering, they will not be allowed to ride the bus. Please visit with your students and make sure they understand. Thank you.
Good afternoon! It's become a quiet week with basketball being pushed back until December and the decision to push back the date of the High School Play. We will get the new date of the play to you as soon as possible! Remember that this Wednesday, November 18th, is an early dismissal at 1pm. Have a great week, Midkota!
Correction on the Close Up Meeting, it will be Monday, November 16th at 8pm via the Zoom link that was provided earlier.
Attention Close-up Students and Parents!!! There will be a meeting on Monday, November 18th, 2020 @ 8 pm via zoom: https://zoom.us/j/8193122335?pwd=UEJ0SkdjZDJsK0F6bzRxdUtCMzUrUT09
Since Midkota Public School is in Tier Four of our Health and Safety Plan, all attendees to tonight's elementary game will be required to wear a mask. If you are not able to do so, we request that you remain home and watch the games on Facebook. Thank you.
For tonight's game in Glenfield, we can only allow two fans per player/household, and we ask that you only attend for the duration of your child's game. The Governor's policies on building capacity are currently set at a max of 50 people. We are sorry to have to limit our attendance in this way, but we will be streaming the games on Facebook Live for viewing from home. That link will be shared this afternoon.
This morning the Midkota School Board approved some changes to our Midkota Smart Restart plans to help provide clarity. The major change is the removal of color language to identify plan phases. Levels of the plans will now we referred to as "Tiers" so that we don't confuse our plans with the Governor's plans. At present Midkota is in Tier 4 of our plan. Another addition was to add some information about contact tracing as well as athlete guidance for Winter 2020 sports. If you would like to look through these changes, you can find the plan on our website using the following link: https://5il.co/n1ns
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