Kenmare School District 28

📣Education Standards and Practices Board Members Needed!📣 Do you enjoy collaborating with educators from higher education, the school board association, and other educational entities and making decisions related to teacher licensure? ♦️ESPB is looking for new board members who will be appointed by the Governor. ♦️A term lasts three years (limit of 6 years) and begins in July 2023. ♦️Meetings are every month, often remotely. ⬇️If you are interested in becoming a board member, please below to submit your application to the Governor’s office.⬇️ https://apps.nd.gov/gov/boards/ 📞 Please contact Becky Pitkin, Executive Director of ESPB at (701) 328-9646 with any questions.

🦌🎯 HUNTER EDUCATION CLASS🎯🦌 Wayne Stanley is holding a Hunter Education Class for anyone in the Kenmare area. 🗓️ May 4-6 📍 Kenmare High School ❗️Must be born in 2012 or earlier 📣👏A big shout-out to Goosefest for sponsoring the meals!📣👏 If interested, there is a signup sheet in the High School office. ⬇️Please see below for additional details ⬇️

🎭SPEECH SHOWCASE NIGHT 🎭 Please join us as our speech team presents their speeches in preparation for regional competition. 🗓️ Thursday, April 13 ⏰ 6:30PM 📍 High School Auditorium All are welcome!

North Dakota Car Seat Distribution Locations 👀⬇️Check out the link below for details about locations that participate in the Car Seat Program. 👀⬇️ https://www.hhs.nd.gov/health/epr/north-dakota-car-seat-distribution-locations

🫶🏻🧡PARAPROFESSIONALS DAY🧡🫶🏻 Kenmare Public School is blessed to have such wonderful paraprofessionals and support staff who support our educators and students each and every day! Thank you for sharing your compassion and time! Kristen Griffin Rachel Zeltinger Amber Bruner Sara Hess Stephanie Lotvedt Tiffany Michel Kim Wooster Amanda Peterson

Dear KPS Families: Due to the anticipated impact of the upcoming storm and our concern for our students and staff, we have decided to distance learn tomorrow, Wednesday, April 5. Please stay safe, everyone. Thank you!

Honker Extra-Curricular Updates for Tuesday, April 4th: Softball: Practice at Kenmare Elementary School after school Track & Field: Practice at KHS gym after school (net will be down) 5th/6th Boys Basketball: Games moved up to 3:30 & 4:30pm in Bowbells (vs MLS) Dismiss @ 2:30pm, Leave at 2:40pm 5th/6th Girls Basketball: Practice at KHS gym after school (net will be down) Baseball: Practice at KHS at 5:15pm

📚SCHOOL LIBRARIAN DAY📚 We want to thank our amazing school librarian, Mrs. Kris Zimmer, for all you do for our students. Thank you for making the love of reading fun and stocking our libraries with endless resources for learning and research! We appreciate all you do!

🎶🎭 5th-Grade Field Trip 🎭🎶 On Friday, March 31st, the 5th-grade students attended the International Artist Series Outreach Program at MSU. The students watched the singing and dancing duo NIC + DESI. Mr. Johnson, thank you for providing an excellent opportunity for the students to take in some Broadway stage entertainment through song, story, and dance!

🗣️ALEXANDER SPEECH INVITATIONAL 🗣️ The speech team headed to Alexander on Friday, March 31. 💛"It was a long day and a long trip, but the students showed tremendous character in their representation of our school and in their performances in the competition."-Speech Coach Houck 🫶🏻Kenmare Public School and Mrs. Houck are so proud of each student and the work you have put in so far this season. 👏 The results are as follows 👏 Abbey Kohler and Diontrea Anderson - 1st in Serious Duo (State Qualifying) Drew Houck - 1st in EPR (State Qualifying) and 2nd in Storytelling Jesse Rodin - 2nd in Radio and 4th in Impromptu Anna Petersen - 3rd in EPR Ashe Hall - 3rd in Speech to Inform and 8th in Impromptu Roxy Quigley and Anna Petersen - 3rd in Humorous Duo Brooke Zimmer - 3rd in Speech to Entertain Shae Jensen - 4th in Speech to Inform Aden Anderson - 6th in Speech to Entertain Roxy Quigley and Brooke Zimmer - 6th in Serious Duo Landan Spear - 6th in Speech to Inform This team is looking forward to the Regional competition at Burke Central High School on Saturday, April 15th.

🦆SUMMER JOB EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY🦆 Des Lacs National Wildlife is looking for individuals to participate in the YCC program this summer. ▪️Deadline to apply is May 5 ▪️Applications will be sent home with all 9-12 grade students. ▪️Additional applications can be found at the high school office. ⬇️Please see below for more details and requirements.⬇️

Dear KPS Families, We continue to be deeply shocked and saddened by the events that occurred yesterday at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. Please know that, if your child has questions or concerns, our counselors are ready to assist. We encourage students to speak with a counselor or another trusted adult if they need any help processing the news. Additionally, we want to assure you that the safety of our students is our top priority. We are constantly reviewing our security measures to ensure that we are doing everything we can to protect our students and staff. We also urge everyone to speak up if they see or hear anything that could represent a potential threat to school safety. Our focus is on the mental, emotional, and physical well-being of our students. Please join us in keeping the Nashville community in our thoughts at this time. Thank you for your support. Sincerely, Supt. Hennix ahennix@mykps.us

🌸🐰Kenmare's Annual Easter Egg Hunt🐰🌸 🐣Friday, April 7 🐣Ages 1-10 years old 🐣Registration starts at noon 🐣FREE Movie 🐣FREE Photos with the Easter Bunny 🐣Lots of goodies and prizes ⬇️More Details Below⬇️

🗣️The Kenmare Speech Team attended Bowbells Invitational Speech Meet🗣️ Mrs. Houck's speech team headed to Bowbells on Saturday, March 25th. 👏🫶🏻"They all did so well and were amazing presenters!"👏🫶🏻 🎖️Those placing in their events are as follows:🎖️ Diontrea Anderson and Abbey Kohler - 1st in Serious Duo (State Qualifying) Anna Petersen - 2nd in EPR William Cook and Drew Houck - 2nd in Humorous Duo Drew Houck - 3rd in Storytelling William Cook - 4th in Radio Broadcasting Anna Petersen and Roxy Quigley - 4th in Humorous Duo Jesse Rodin - 5th in Impromptu and 7th in Radio Broadcasting Landan Spear - 6th in Speech to Inform Brooke Zimmer - 6th in Speech to Entertain Roxy Quigley and Brooke Zimmer - 7th in Serious Duo Aden Anderson - 8th in Speech to Entertain * (Not pictured in the photo, but participated in this meet are Madysyn Madrid and Ashe Hall)* 🥰We are so proud of our speech team and coach! Keep up the great work, everyone!!

🗳️NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION🗳️ Applications can be picked up from the Business Manager at Kenmare High School. ‼️Applications must be returned to Mary Ann by 4:00 pm on April 10, 2023‼️ Applications can also be found at the link below: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1223892/absentee_ballot_application.pdf Election Details: 🗓 Tuesday, June 13 ⏰ 7am-7pm 🏫 Kenmare High School Two school board positions will be elected

🚌 The 4th graders went on a field trip today to the capitol and the Heritage Center. We got a tour of the capitol and got to see where the legislators do their magic and then we got to tour the heritage center. The favorite part may have been the ice cream from our bus driver, DuWayne! Thanks for the fun day, 4th grade! 🚌

✏️📚2023-2024 PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION📚✏️ Preschool registration is NOW open! ⬇️Follow this link to register⬇️ https://tinyurl.com/prekkps

Spring Sports Seasons that Begin Monday, March 20th: 🏃🏽‍♀️7-12th Track&Field 🏃🏼 Meet in KHS gym after school *Practice inside (need running shoes) 🥎 8-12th Fast Pitch Softball 🥎 Meet at back door 3pm *7th Grade will start Monday, March 27th ⚾️ 7-12th Baseball ⚾️ Practice 5:30pm at KHS Gym 🏀 5th/6th Girls Basketball🏀 Practice after school at KHS Gym 🚌 transportation provided when practice at Hall or Elem school 🏀 5th/6th Boys Basketball🏀 Practice after school at Memorial Hall 🚌 transportation provided when practice at Hall or Elem school 🩺Reminder ALL students need an athletic physical completed before 1st practice, please give copy to coach, HS office, or email kkeysor1@mykps.us 🧾Also, students need to contact office about paying athletic dues if they have not done so yet. 🗓️Coaches will provide more practice details on first day of practice, if any questions please contact your coach.

Announcing the KPS Read-A-Thon Grand Prizes! Honker Nation PTO has organized a Read-a-Thon fundraiser. All funds raised will go to help with education opportunities and classroom supplies for KPS. All students are invited to participate. Students who reach their goal and raise $50 in pledges will receive a book and be entered to win a grand prize! To pledge money to a student for achieving their reading goal visit: https://app.99pledges.com/fund/kps2023

🚨 Attention: The speech meet in West Hope is cancelled for tomorrow. Be safe Honkers and everyone!