Kenmare School District 28

🤩EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY 🤩 Today is Employee Appreciation Day. Kenmare Public School would like to thank our past, current, and future employees. 💞Our community is blessed to have such wonderful staff and faculty who care and are passionate about the education and well being of our students. 💪 Thank you for coming into the schools each and every day-even on the days that are tough! Our staff shows compassion, dedication, teamwork, and resilience. We are grateful for the experiences, education, knowledge, and friendships that are shared. 🏆 🌟Happy Employee Appreciation Day to the best of the best!!🏆🌟

📐 GEOMETRY PROJECTS 📐 👀 Check out the tunnel projects Mrs. Herman's Geometry students created!

✏️2023-2024 PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION ✏️

Mrs. Rockeman’s 8th Grade English students had the opportunity to hear Irene Butter speak over zoom today. 🌟Irene is the author of Shores Beyond Shores - a personal memoir of her experience during the holocaust. Irene shared her message of “never a bystander” and “triumph over tragedy”. 🌟Irene is an inspiring woman who overcame the tragedy of time spent in Nazi concentration camps to earn her Ph.D. in economics and involve herself in peace work. ❤️Thank you to Mrs. Rockeman for bringing this incredible experience to our 8th graders and to Irene for sharing her story with them.

🚌🚨 GIRLS STATE BASKETBALL SEND OFF🚨🚌 There will be a community send off for the Girls' Basketball Team heading to Minot for state competition. 🗓️ Thursday, March 2 ⏰ 12:30 pm Good luck coach, stats, and girls! We are so very proud of your efforts. Work hard and have fun!!

👕 Clothing Order: Character Counts and the KPS Mission and Critical Attributes of a Graduate 🎓 Our mission is to educate all students to succeed. Our critical attributes of a graduate include: Collaboration, Accountability, Integrity, Communications, and Critical Thinking Link: https://charactercounts2023.itemorder.com/

🏀 BOYS DISTRICT TOURNAMENT RESULTS🏀 👏 Congratulations to our boys basketball team on their 2nd-place finish at the District 16 Tournament! 👏 🤩All District 16 Regular Season: Luke Crosby Jack Zimmer 🤩All District 16 Tournament Team: Luke Crosby Jack Zimmer 🍪 A big shout out to Cookies and Confections for donating cookies for the team!! Good luck at Regionals!! ⬇️ Region 8 Tournament Bracket ⬇️

🎟️ STATE GBB TICKETS 🎟️

Below is the link to the State B Girls Basketball shirt order website for preorders. -Pre-orders will be packaged up by the school selected -You must select your school for each garment when adding items to the cart -All pre-orders will be picked up by Mr. Keysor and can be picked up from him during game on Thursday -Pre-orders can’t be picked up by individuals -All pre-orders must be placed no later than Tuesday (2/28) at Noon CT -Coaches Choice will be on-site in Minot with a limited supply of extra shirts https://estores.coacheschoiceonline.com/estore/coaches/products.asp?cat=8

🗣️VELVA INVITATIONAL MEET 🗣️ The speech team participated in the Velva Invitational Meet on Saturday, February 25th. All speakers did a great job‼️ 🌟Those placing are as follows:🌟 Jesse Rodin: 7th place in Radio broadcasting Drew Houck: 1st place (and another state qualifying) in Storytelling 👏 Way to go, everyone!

🏀📣PEP RALLY FOR BOYS & GIRLS BASKETBALL 🏀📣 Please join us Wednesday afternoon as we celebrate our student-athletes, stats, and coaches in the Kenmare-Bowbells basketball programs. 🗓️ Wednesday, March 1 ⏰ 3:00 PM 📍 High School

🤩Another big shout out to our girls basketball team heading to state basketball this week! Congrats to Brenna Stroklund for receiving the senior athlete of the year in Region 8! Congrats to Taya Aufforth, Madison Melin, and Brenna Stroklund for making the Region 8 all tournament team! And to Coach Zimmer for getting Region 8 coach of the year! Keep shining Honkers! You make us proud. 🙌🏻

Thank you, City of Minot, for the customized video, as congratulations to the girls' basketball team! What a great resource that also provides a link to local deals, accommodations, and things to do while in Minot. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/72xszwe4xp7w26kz3tcrc/h?dl=0&preview=Horizontal+-+MINOT+WELCOMES+Kenmare.mp4&rlkey=ddcl23n6zuvkgii6i5mg3pjwe

The 4th seeded Honkers will face off against the #1 seed Stanley Blue Jays tonight starting at 5:30pm @ Ray High School in the District 16 Semi-Finals! Radio Broadcast: KTGO/The Flag with Randy Peterson https://www.am1090theflag.com/sports Live-streamed on: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCRKz32d4n__Up2HfST0OXcg

The Honkers boys basketball team opens up District 16 Tournament play this evening @ Ray High School. The Honkers will play the Tioga Pirates starting at 5:30pm. 📺Games will be live streamed on "Ray School Activities" YouTube Channel -https://youtube.com/@rayschoolactivities6173 📻Also on KTGO/The Flag Radio with Randy Peterson -https://www.am1090theflag.com/sports 🤩Good Luck Honkers🤩

🏆The Honkers are heading back to the State B at the Minot State University Dome next week! 🎟️Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, February 28th for players' families from 7:45am-8:20am and open to the public from 9:30am-11am. Mr Keysor will also be at Parent Teacher Conferences this evening with tickets available to purchase. 🎟️Ticket Prices: Student: $24 (all 6 sessions included) Reserved: $66 (all 6 sessions included) *Reserved tickets are in Section 9 & 10 *Cash or check payments only 🔜State B bracket and times will be released later this evening after final region championships are decided. 🍽️There will be a hospitality room on Thursday and Friday at the Grand Hotel, more information and times to come next week! If any questions please contact Mr. Keysor at kkeysor1@mykps.us

🏆🏀 GBB REGION 8 CHAMPS🏀🏆 👏 Congratulations Lady Honkers! We are headed to State! ⬇️Get your Region 8 Champion shirt at the link below. Orders are due TOMORROW by noon! https://honkersgirlsbasketball.itemorder.com

📣EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 📣 🚌The Kenmare Public School has a job opening for the Director of Transportation position for the 2023-2024 school year.🚌

🚨 ESPB ALTERNATE SUB LICENSE COURSE 🚨 Kenmare Public School would like to add to our roster of subs. If you do not have 48 semester hours, ESPB offers a training course for individuals interested in substitute teaching. 👀 Check out the link below for additional information! 👀 https://www.nd.gov/espb/licensure/substitute-license-requirements-and-application

📣Nedrose Invitational Speech Meet📣 Our speech team headed to Nedrose on Saturday. ⬇️ Check out the results below! 🤩Results🤩 Jesse Rodin: 5th place in Impromptu Brooke Zimmer: 4th place in Speech to Entertain Roxy Quigley and Brooke Zimmer: 4th place in Serious Duo Drew Houck: 1st place in Storytelling (state qualifying) 👏 Way to work hard, everyone!!