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Board Meeting The May meeting of the Oakes School Board will be

held on Tuesday, May 8th starting at 7:00 a.m. in the Central Office conference room.

Graduation The Senior Class of 2018 announces Commencement exercises Sunday, May 27th at 2:00 in the Oakes High School South Gymnasium. The class of 2018 has selected the class colors of Orange, Black & White. The class flower is a White Rose. The class motto is: "Cherish yesterday, live for today and reach for tomorrow." The following students will graduate with honors for maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.6 or above: Marissa Diggs, Sean Hermes, Landon Hill, Samuel Huffman, Trey Juran, Bailey Skjefte, Michael Spiese, Aiden Ulmer & Makayla Wetzel. Honor ushers for commencement will be: Coy Awender, Ava Anderson, Madison Iverson, and Samantha Roehrich.

Celebrate our STARS! We hope you will join us as we celebrate our students

shining achievements at the annual Friends of Fine Arts and Academics awards banquet. This will be held Tuesday, May 15th at 6:00pm. We look forward to seeing you there as we applaud our student’s pursuit of excellence!

We would also like to invite you to join our students as they perform for the Instrumental Concert on Thursday, May 10th at 7:00pm and the Vocal Concert on Thursday, May 17th at 7:00pm.

As, always we love having you follow us on Facebook.com/OakesFriends/. If you take photos and would like to share please contact Deb Van De Venter @ Deb.VanDeVenter@k12.nd.us or through Facebook.

Thank you to all who help with Friends of Fine Arts & Academics. We could not do this without your help and support.

Acorn Sales

The 2018 Acorn Yearbooks are on sale in the office. The cost is $30.00 personalized and $27.00 non-personalized. The order deadline is June 1st. Acorns are usually delivered in the fall and will be available for pick up in the central office. If you are interested please contact Cari Haugen @ 742-3234 or via email cari.haugen@k12.nd.us

Marissa Diggs Named Semifinalist in US

Presidential Scholars Program Marissa Diggs, a graduating senior at Oakes High

School, has been named one of 630 semifinalists in the 2018 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The semifinalists were selected from nearly 5,300 candidates expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2018. Marissa is one of seven finalists from North Dakota.

Inclusion in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, is one of the highest honors bestowed upon graduating high school seniors. Scholars are selected on the basis of superior academic and artistic achievements, leadership qualities, strong character and involvement in community and school activities.

School Election The Oakes Public School District will hold their annual school election on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, with the polling place being the Central Office. Polls will be open from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Directorships to be filled are as follows: One three-year term from the rural area east of North Dakota Highway #1. Sonia Meehl, incumbent, and Jennifer Roney have filed for this position. One three-year term from the city of Oakes. Sara Zantow and Bill Schmitz have filed for this position. Interested patrons wishing to vote by absentee ballot may do so by contacting Thomas Vanorny, Business Manager at tom.vanorny@k12.nd.us or at the Oakes Public Schools during regular business hours, Monday through Friday.

“Educating Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s World” Newsletter Vol. 28 Issue 9

Phone: 701-742-3234 www.oakes.k12.nd.us

May 2018

Music Notes By: Kathie Hay

Region 6 Large Group Contest Results: Congratulations to all of our fine OHS musicians for

their excellent participation in the Region 6 Large Group Contest held on March 20th! We are pleased to announce that the Oakes Concert Band received a rating of Excellent and the Jazz Band’s rating were a Star and an Excellent. Our show choir received Double Star Ratings and Concert Choir received a Double Star Rating and was named Outstanding Concert Choir in the region!

Region 6 Solo & Ensemble Contest Results:

Congrats to all of our students that spent time and effort in preparation for this busy day! You represented our school and community with confidence and excellence! Way to go!

These students received a STAR rating at Regional Solo & Ensemble Contest and will be advancing to State Music in Bismarck on May 5th: Vocal Solo – OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE – Dillon Swanson Vocal Solo – Marisa Garza Vocal Duet – Makayla Wetzel and Marisa Garza Mixed Vocal Ensemble – Michael Spiese, Erik Haugen, Dillon Swanson, Kyle Thompson, Nicole Schmitz, Emily Cox, Makayla Wetzel, Hannah Zantow, Marissa Diggs, Hannah Damjanovic, Marisa Garza, Shayla Novak Boys Vocal Ensemble – Michael Spiese, Erik Haugen, Dillon Swanson, Kyle Thompson, Aiden Ulmer, Logan Sell Percussion Ensemble –Sam Huffman, Michael Spiese, Trey Juran Trombone Solo – Michael Spiese Trumpet Solo – Aiden Ulmer Percussion Ensemble –Trey Juran, Ryan Hermes, Jacob Bredeson, Michael Spiese, Sam Huffman Trombone Trio – Taylor Schall, Alex Nelson, Michael Spiese Flute Trio – Dillon Swanson, Laura Gabriel, Marissa Diggs Clarinet Solo – Dillon Swanson Flute Solo –Marissa Diggs Trumpet Quartet – Kylee Schmitz, Maddie Iverson, Emily Cox, Alex Rosas Trumpet Trio – OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE-Aiden Ulmer, Kylee Schmitz, Emily Cox

As we turn the page to a new month (yikes --- can it already be May?) we want to be sure to remind you of our spring events: Friends Awards Banquet on May 15th, Instrumental Concert for grades 7-12 on May 10th and Vocal Concert for grades 7-12 on May 17th. As always, we truly appreciate the support and encouragement you continue to show our musicians by your presence at our regional and state contests, state music and end of the year performances.

Grand Piano to Arrive At long last the new piano for our stage will become a reality! If all goes as planned, it will be delivered early in May, just in time for our end of the year performances.

Summer Math and Reading Parents: Do you know what the summer slide is? No, it is not the big yellow water slide at the swimming pool, and no, it is not how to beat a tag in baseball. The summer slide is the tendency for students to lose some of the achievement gains made during the previous school year. When a student does not read or practice math skills consistently over the summer, they could: *LOSE up to 2 MONTHS of reading skills! *LOSE up to 2.6 MONTHS of math skills! *LOSE the equivalent of 1 MONTH of overall learning! * Teachers spend on average 4-6 weeks RETEACHING material students have FORGOTTEN over the summer! But fear not! Oakes Public School offers free programs to help keep your students practicing and using all those skills they worked so hard to master this past year. SUMMER READING AND MATH is offered FREE OF CHARGE to ALL students of Oakes Public School. What: Summer Reading and Math Who: ALL STUDENTS When: Tuesdays 11:00am-1:30pm (6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/10, 7/17, 7/24, 7/31) Note: No math & reading July 3rd Where: Oakes School Library & Central Office Why: Beat the summer slide & start next school year at or ABOVE the levels achieved in May. How: There is no need to sign up ahead of time, simply show up at the School Library & Central Office anytime between 11:00am and 1:30pm on Tuesdays. Students can also come in during public library hours to take AR tests.

Word Counts: We will be tracking the number of words students read throughout the summer, just as we have been doing this entire year in the library. Each student’s word count will start over in June, and every time they read an AR book and take a test, their word counts will increase according to the size of the book read. Students will earn a House point for each level they achieve on the House posters. Accumulating House points will be displayed each Tuesday at Summer Reading.

BOGO Book Fair Comes to OPS May 14-17 9:00-4:30

It is a well-known fact that students who read during the summer will be more successful when school starts in the fall. As summertime approaches, kids look forward to a break. But there’s one thing kids shouldn’t take a break from over the summer: reading! Reading is the most important skill to develop with a child. As a parent, you can make a huge difference in developing your child’s reading skills. Here are some easy tips you can use with your children: build a home library with books at your child’s level and be sure they are subjects they love, but most importantly, be a reading role model for your children. With these thoughts in mind, we invite you to our annual Scholastic BOGO Book Fair May 14-17 at the Library. Hours will be 9:00 to 4:30 each day. We encourage you to shop with your child, picking materials that are satisfying to both you and your child. Hope to see you there!

Elementary Teacher Requests

We take MANY things into consideration when assigning students to teachers and make it our priority to plan for the best educational experience for everyone allowing for the greatest level of learning. Although we will be accepting teacher requests, we may not honor all of them due to the fact that there are often circumstances unknown to parents that limit our ability to honor all requests.

All teacher requests must be made in writing or by email (anna.sell@k12.nd.us) by June 1st to Mrs. Sell, Oakes Elementary Principal. All requests must be accompanied by an educational reason. Only requests meeting these guidelines will be considered.

Counselor Corner By: Janelle Wibstad & Jamie Franks

Here are some ideas for laying the ground work for a

strong academic year. Remember, every grade counts. Every course, beginning in grade nine, counts toward establishing a strong GPA and class rank. • Read, read, read. Remember to weave reading into your summer activities. Reading widely is the best preparation for doing well in classes, on the ACT and on upcoming college placement exams. Visit www.greatbooks.org or stop in the library for more ideas. • Choose a variety of reading materials and various levels. • Check out another “Great Books” list on www.collegeboard.com. • While you are on summer trips take time to visit college campuses along the way. Colleges often provide accommodations at a reasonable rate to families who are passing through. It’s not too early to begin exploring what you like and don’t like about a variety of post‐secondary settings. Stop in the Counseling Office for a Campus Visit Checklist.

• Watch out for stress, eat well, and get your rest. • Have a fun and safe summer!

Message from the Author By: Kelli Gebhardt

Robert Munsch is an author that appeals to most

school-aged children through his use of exaggeration and fun story lines. After completing a two-week book study on Mr. Munsch’s books, students in Mrs. Gebhardt’s first grade reading class wrote letters to him. A few weeks later, the class was ecstatic when they received a package from his address! Not only did this famous author answer some of their questions, but he also included an unpublished story using some of the kids’ names! If you haven’t had the joy of reading one of Robert Munsch’s books yet, be sure to check one out. You have plenty to choose from, because he has published 67!

On May 15th, Dickey County Health District will be in the school for the following:

• Immunizations for 11-12 year olds (5th grade) • Immunizations for sophomores (age 16)** • Immunizations for Juniors** • Scoliosis screening for 6th grade girls

**With the changes in vaccine requirements for the 18-19 school year, all students age 16 and older must have 2 doses of MCV4 (meningitis). This will be given on May 15th. Parents should have received an email with more information!

If your child is in need of immunizations, you will receive notification. We WILL NOT vaccinate your child in school without proper consent. Please call the Dickey County Health District at 349-4348 with any questions.

Vision Certificates:

Does your child need an eye exam and you do not have vision insurance?! VSP® Sight for Students® gift certificates ensure that children in need have free access to quality eye care and glasses through a local VSP provider. Through the partnership with the National Association of School Nurses, DCHD has gift certificates available. See the guidelines below. Please call with any questions or to request a certificate.

Guidelines: Services covered by the gift certificate include a free eye exam and, if prescribed, free pair of glasses from a local VSP provider. Students must meet the following requirements:

• U.S. Social Security Number • 19 years of age or younger • Family income at or under 200% of Federal Poverty

Level • Not enrolled in any vision insurance that includes

routine eye exams, including Medicaid • Hasn't received care through a VSP charity program

during the last 12 months

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SOCIETY Congratulations to Aiden Ulmer, Bailey Skjefte, Alyssa Petersen and Sean Her-mes for being inducted in to the National Technical Honor Society, the highest honor SRCTC bestows on a student. Keep up the hard work!

APRIL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Congratulations to Kylee Schmitz and Landen Link-Nordick! They were both selected to receive the April Award of Excellence. Kylee is a junior at Oakes High School and is enrolled in Advanced EMT. She is the daughter of Brian and Stacy Schmitz. Landen is a senior at Wahpeton High School and is enrolled in Construction Technology. He is the son of Brian and Tri-sha Nordick. Congratulations to the both of them!!

CHEF TRAINING Randal Brockman

Every year at this time, I ask myself this question - where did the school year go? As the 2017-2018 school year winds down, planning for next year becomes a major focus. At Southeast Region Career and Technology Cen-ter, we have exciting news about new classes that will be offered starting in the Fall of 2018. We are currently in the process of remodeling and turning two under utilized rooms into a state-of-the-art chef training facility. This project will allow us to teach many technical skills to junior high and high school students about food safety and preparation. Looking at the prelimi-nary numbers of students signing up, it looks to be a popular class. I am excited about what this update offers to our students and the com-munity. Once the project has been completed, I look forward to showing it to all of our patrons.

FCCLA/CHILD DEVELOPMENT/NUTRITION & FOOD PREP Maryellen Homan The FCCLA State Leadership Conference was held in Bismarck at the Ramkota Inn on April 15 – 17. The delegate representing the Oakes chapter was Makayla Schafer. Dakota Schoenfeld-er and Brennan Wiederrich were the delegates represent-ing the Edgeley chapter. One of the main highlights of the conference was the motiva-tional message of persever-ance from Miss America, Cara Mund, and getting to meet her in person during a photo session. Congratula-tions to Edgeley senior Grace Buckeye, current FCCLA EHS chapter presi-dent, who received the ND FCCLA and FACS Educa-tion Honor Award! The Child Development and Parenting classes en-joyed designing and assembling photo albums and pro-gress reports for the 14 preschoolers from the spring session. Both classes, as a community service project for FCCLA, made tie blankets in class to give to the Oakes Community Hospital to be used for children who are patients there. Destiny Valdez also volunteered her services and some of SRCTC’s big toys during Family Fun Day sponsored by the Dickey County Day Care Association on April 21. The Nutrition & Food Prep class in Edgeley has been baking all sorts of goodies with the study of Bak-ing Basics. Various muffins, buttermilk biscuits, and popovers have been made, enjoyed and evaluated. The next challenge is to bake nutritious cookies. Can it be done? The 2nd semester 9th graders are now on friendly terms with their sewing machines. They are nearly fin-ished with their burrito pillow cases with French seams. They comment on how fast time goes! DECA L. C. Kjelland Four Oakes students attended the DECA International

Career and Develop-ment Conference in At-lanta, Georgia April 20th

-25th. At the conference, Bailey Skjefte, Claire Wagner, Ryan Hermes and Chloe Schaefer competed in competi-tive events they quali-fied for at the state lev-

el. They also had the opportunity to tour and experience

many parts of Atlanta. These opportunities included a guided Segway tour of Midtown Atlanta, a guided tour of the new Mercedes Benz stadium where the Atlanta Falcons play, a guided tour of CNN’s world headquar-ters, a tour of the Coca Cola museum and a chance to experience the Georgia Aquarium, the largest aquarium in the United States and second largest in the world. Each student competed in a DECA event at the con-ference. Bailey Skjefte competed in the Financial Liter-acy Promotion event. Bailey won state in the event where she promoted financial literacy in Oakes for ele-mentary students, high school students and adults. Claire Wagner partic-ipated in a hospitality professional selling event where she did a sales presentation for a hotel catering busi-ness. Ryan Hermes and Chloe Schaefer both participated in the Virtual Business Personal Finance competition. Both Bailey and Claire received the Award of Excellence for finishing in the top 10%-30% of their competitions with 200 competitors in each of their events. Ryan finished 9th in the Virtual Business compe-tition and Chloe finished 12th. Both Ryan and Chloe were two of only 16 teams out of over 1,000 nationally who qualified for nationals. The DECA chapter will be hosting a blood drive on May 8th at Oakes High School. If anyone would like to sign up for the drive, talk to any DECA member or call Mr. Kjelland at the SRCTC at 701-742-3248 AUTO TECH John Andrus The end of school is coming quickly. We are cur-rently working in the brakes unit and will finish up with wheel bearing service.

On May 17th, we are plan-ning a car show for the stu-dents to show off their cars. There will be a contest with two categories: best car and best pickup. We also plan to raffle off the 2002 Ford Ex-plorer that the students have been working on all year. The proceeds will go to the student's organization

SkillsUSA. Tickets are $10 each. If you wish to pur-chase one, contact John Andrus at 742-3248 or one of the Auto students.

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April Students of the Month

Oakes Junior and Senior High School April Students of the Month are pictured below: 8th grader Grace Wood, daughter of Scott & Becky Wood; 7th grader Justin Nelson son of Jamie & Lori Nelson, Senior Layne Schmit, son of Dean & Jolene Schmit; and Sophomore Claire Wagner, daughter of Cameron & Denise Wagner. The criteria for this month: Creativity/Genuine Relationships – The student generates new ideas, and follows through with the task at hand.

Congratulations on a job well done!

Drivers Ed Meeting By: Vickie Kelly

There will be a Parent meeting Wednesday, May 9th at 6:00pm in the Commons Area of the Oakes High School. If both parents can attend with their child that would be awesome but if only one can attend that is fine also. The length of this meeting will be ½ hour and will include very important items of discussion.

Kindergarten End of Year Program

34 Kindergarten students are eagerly practicing for their End of the Year Program. They are anxious to show you some of the skills they learned this year. Complete with songs and dance, it's going to be a fun-filled morning! The public is invited to attend, along with friends and family, on Friday, May 18th at 11:00 am in the South Gym.

Communication Disorders Among the Most

Common Childhood Disabilities By: Denise Awender

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) reports that 11% of children ages 3-6 have a speech, language, voice, or swallowing disorder and almost 15% of school age children experience some degree of hearing loss. Based on this, communication disorders are among the most common disabilities in children nationwide. Timely intervention is important, as untreated speech/language and hearing disorders can lead to problems with reading and writing, academic success, social interactions, behavioral problems, and more. Families can learn more about the signs and get tips for helping their child at http://IdentifytheSigns.org. During May, which is Better Hearing & Speech Month, families are urged to learn the early signs of these disorders and seek an assessment if they have concerns.

March Elementary Students of the Month

Oakes Elementary Students of the Month are chosen by house: Corraggio- Gabriella Dill granddaughter of Brian & Jenni Seyer, Bakwa- Kyle Lee son of Scott & Alice Lee, Ohana- Megan Miller daughter of Bob & Roxy Miller, Amistad- Kaia Heimbuch daughter of Chad & Monica Heimbuch, Reveur- Aryian Steiner daughter of Jeremy & Tara Steiner, and Mahalo- Tessa Schafer daughter of Stephanie Schafer. Congratulations on your recognition towards our commitment to Respect, Genuine Relationships, and Growth Mindset!

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