Cordell Volson stopped by our school today to speak with our students! He shared his inspiring story of growing up in Balfour and playing football for Drake-Anamoose to going pro with the Cincinnati Bengals. Ask your kiddos what part of his message was the most inspiring to them. And check out Cordell’s Small Towns Big Dreams Foundation at https://www.smalltownsfoundation.com/.
The start of the Spring Activity Season is quickly approaching! Please make sure that if your student is participating in a 7th - 12th grade activity that they have a Sports Physical on file at the school from THIS school year. They will also need to pay the $45 participation fee for each activity they participate in.
**Elementary Boys' Basketball begins Monday, March 24th with practice in McClusky. Elementary boys' basketball coach is Kim Saueressig and still looking for an additional coach.
**Elementary Volleyball begins Monday, March 24th with practice in Turtle Lake. Elementary volleyball coach is Kurt Ziebarth and Charlie Sparrow.
**Track and Field begins Monday, March 10th with practice in Underwood. Track coaches are Renee Fransen, Melora Buchholz, Ty Kruger, Lee Weisgarber, Jared Levey, and Jess Hoffart.
**Softball begins Monday, March 17th with practice in Turtle Lake. Softball coaches are Jody Fylling, Dusty Vaagene, and Troy Kittler.
**Baseball begins Monday, March 17th with practice in Turtle Lake. Baseball coaches are Alex Quintane, Mike Skachenko, and Gryphon Mulkey.
**Boys' Golf begins Monday, April 7th with practice in Underwood. Golf coaches are Sam Slavik and Nick Slavik.
**Trap Shooting begins the second week of April (weather pending) and is open to students in grades 6-12. Trap coaches are Josh Ruffo, Toby Kramer, Ron Wardner, Tim Larson, and Megan Presser.
For any questions regarding spring sports reach out to the coach or to your school office.
Why is there sand at the beach? Ask a second grade student for the answer. We are learning about the Work of Water in science class.
Valentine's Day at the elementary was made extra special thanks to the McClusky-Goodrich PTO. They sponsored Donuts with Grownups and students brought in their parents and grandparents for some delicious donuts, coffee, and juice. Students received a rose, jerky and Sunny D. Thank you, PTO, for making this such a special day for our kids and families!
It's FFA Week!
The fourth graders enjoyed a fun Valentine's Day on Friday!
The Kindergarten class reunited with their "High School Buddies!" After carving pumpkins in the fall, everyone knew they wanted to get together again!! Mr. Senske brought the students down and they worked with their buddies to create Valentine's Day boxes. Once the boxes were created, the students exchanged their Valentines!
Attention Parents of Preschoolers! Check out the free preschool screening at McClusky-Goodrich Elementary on Tuesday, March 11th from 12:30pm until 3:30pm. Contact Trista Zerr at 701-341-0539 or trista.zerr@k12.nd.us to reserve a spot by March 7th.
The Fifth graders are really growing! We have a hydroponic garden system and we started out with herbs! This ahopegarden has a self-watering system and grow light and all we do is plant, add nutrients ... and viola!! Ask a 5th grader how much light they need daily and what herb they planted!!
The 2025 CMC spring trap season informational meeting will be held on Sunday, February 16th at 2:30pm at the Turtle Lake Wildlife Club. Any student grades 6-12 are eligible to shoot.
While food labs are always fun in the various FACS classes, the Cultures & Cuisine quartet went above and beyond by going on a mini field trip to the shop to put the finishing touches on their crema catalana. If you see Lilly, Daphne, Maleah or Makiyah, ask them which country the crema catalana represented, and ask them how the crust was formed on their dessert. A special shout out and thank you to Mr. Houser for letting us use your torch!
The kindergarten students celebrated the 100th day of school yesterday! This is a big event in the kindergarten room! Throughout the day they had to search the school to find "gumballs" to fill up their machine. Each gumball had a word for them to read. They also tested their creativity by creating sculptures using 100 marshmallows. For their math time, they rotated between building stations. They had 100 pattern blocks, dominos, popsicle sticks, linking cubes, and toy rings. They were challenged to build something using all 100! To end their day, they used "Froot Loops" to fill tens frames to make 100 and then turned them into a necklace!
They have been doing well with our 48-piece puzzles. Today, they got to open their first 100-piece puzzle!
Some questions to ask your students:
How many tens frames equal to 100?
Can you count by 1's, 5's, and 10's to 100?
The Earth Dragons practiced how to be a good listener and work with a group today. It's all a part of the Dragon Way: Respectful!
Happy 100th Day of School from our (very old) third graders!
Today was a busy day for the First Graders!
They had to read 100 words printed on apples in order to fill their orchard! Then, they had to count by tens to reach 100 and make sure their orchard was full. After that they were tasked with measuring the school, but not with a ruler, with themselves!
Fun fact- the school; from the lost and found all the way to the recess door, is 64.5 First Graders long. 100 First Graders will take you all the way back to the main entrance doors!
The day was filled with activities all relating to 100. What would you do if you had $100? What is something you would not want 100 of? How many triangles can you draw in 100 seconds? SO much more!
Ask your student:
Why is it important to make sure you are laying flat when measuring?
How many groups of 10 are needed to make 100?
Can $100 buy as much stuff as they thought?
January was a busy month for the Computer Science classes. The 8th graders started the quarter building spaghetti bridges to flex their teamwork muscles. All they had to work with was a box of dried spaghetti and hot glue. Their goal was to see whose bridge could hold the most textbooks. Team 1’s bridge held 12 textbooks (56.4 pounds) and Team 2’s bridge held 6 textbooks (27 pounds). Team 3’s bridge held 22 textbooks for a whopping 75.7 pounds before crashing to the floor. Congratulations, Team 3!
The freshman class got to create keychains with their first names using binary code. If you see one of the freshmen, ask them about binary code and have them describe their keychain for you.
Tonight's JHBBB games won't be shown on NFHS due to technical difficulties. We apologize for the inconvenience.
A Friday morning favorite at the elementary school is “Reading Buddies”. Here the second grade students read with their sixth grade friends.
Contact Angel Opdahl at 341-9953 if interested!
