McClusky-Goodrich School will be 2 hours late on Thursday, December 19. Busses will run where possible. The elementary movie will be rescheduled.
What better way to get into the Christmas spirit than with fun Christmassy glasses!!
First Grade is having a full day of Christmas themed learning and crafts to celebrate the "Christmas Explosion" dress up day!
Merry Christmas everyone!

This morning, Kindergarten-1st grade and 4th-6th grades enjoyed some time drinking hot chocolate and learning about the ballet. They also watched a live performance of "The Nutcracker" by the Northern Plains Dance group out of Bismarck.
Ask your students:
How were the dancers able to tell a story without using any words?



It's the annual Pie-a-Freshman fundraiser! Thank you to the students and staff who donated for a chance to pie these brave students!





A couple of second graders built their version of the Great Wall of China on Tuesday morning before school started. Ask a second grader why the people of China built their Great Wall thousands of years ago.

Let's dress up to celebrate the last week before Christmas break! Next week (December 16-20), let's show our Christmas spirit with Candy Cane Day, Grinch vs. Santa Claus, Christmas Explosion/Ugly Sweater Day, PJ Day, and Favorite Christmas Movie Character Day. Ho ho ho, one week to go!

Don't forget about tonight's Christmas concert at 6:30pm in the high school gym! The PTO will also be selling Christmas goodies. If you can't make it, catch the Livestream on the school's Facebook page.

The high school and elementary school Houses joined forces this afternoon. The bigs paired up with the littles for fun Christmas projects. The littles got to show the bigs how Four Corners works in the gym, too! Thank you to the elementary staff for hosting this fun-filled event for all the kids!










Come out to the high school for a Christmas movie night on Saturday, December 14th. Doors open at 5:15pm with movies starting at 5:30pm. Bring a blanket and wear your favorite PJs. Admission is $8.00 and snacks will be available for purchase in the FACS room. All proceeds will go to the Class of 2025.

Join us for the upcoming Christmas concert on Thursday, December 12th in the high school gym!

Turtle Lake will be hosting a family dance on January 11th in their gym. It's a great opportunity for the younger students in the co-op to start getting to know one another. The dance is a free will donation with proceeds going towards the TL-M Family Night.

Kindergarten students have been learning to encode, blend, and segment words! Any time we can spell without a paper and pencil they are all about it! The students were given trays of flour and needed to spell the given words. After the skill work lesson, we quickly switched to a science lesson! The students help make homemade playdough!
Some questions to ask your child:
1. Segment (break apart) the following words; hog, cat, not, him, van
2. What ingredients did we use to make playdough?


Check out Underwood's Snowball Dance coming up on December 7th in the Underwood gym from 7pm to 10pm. Admission is $5.00. A pizza dinner is also available from 5pm to 7pm for an extra $10.00. Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase during the dance.

With the snow flying, it's time to mark your calendars for the upcoming Christmas concerts! Join us in the high school gym on December 12th, starting at 6:30pm. The PTO will also be holding a bake sale to help with your holiday baking.

For students wanting to attend the State Volleyball Tournament on Thursday, November 21, parents must call or text the school and give permission for the absence. Additionally, you must check in with Mrs. Schlafmann at the Fargo Dome on Thursday. No exceptions. If you have questions, please contact Ms. Bussman at 701-388-8302.
School will be starting 2 hours late today due to the weather.

To the awesome community of McClusky - our state-bound volleyball ladies will be heading out of town tomorrow (Wednesday) around 11:50am. Gather along Main Street to cheer them on and wish them luck! They will be making their way north up the street after swinging by the elementary school, so anywhere along Main is the perfect spot. Go Cougars!!

Good luck at state, Lady Cougars! Fans - here are the dress-up days for state volleyball. Go Cougars!



