The Waubun School PBIS group is selling Thunderbird masks for $10.00. There are both youth and adult sizes. All proceeds from the masks will be used for student incentives. The mask sale will close at midnight on Sunday, August 23rd. The masks take two weeks to ship. So, if all goes all planned, you should have your mask by September 7th. Just in time for school! Go Thunderbirds! https://simplefundraising.com/sf/tbirds?reseller=5605479
Return to School Framework -updated 8-12-2020
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z-3lC2ERsqFtEOHRc9_ur_k8oDdM7Kun/view?usp=sharing
Parent Registration Survey. Please complete by August 17th.
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Water Bottle donation for Ogema Elementary students! A huge thank you to Nicole Kent, Community Development Bank and local community members for their generous donations!
NEW! You can now apply online for your student to receive free or reduced price school meals. Your application will be sent from a secure website directly to Waubun Ogema White Earth Public School, so you don’t need to worry about filling out a paper form that could be lost or misplaced.
LunchApplication.com has been designed to make it easy for you to know exactly what information you need to provide and to guide you through the process.
Once your application has been received, the district office will determine your eligibility and send you a letter with the results. Or, you can create an account on LunchApplication.com and you will receive your results via email.
LunchApplication.com is an easy, secure and convenient way to apply for free or reduced meals.
To apply, simply go to LunchApplication.com and click “Apply Now.”
https://www.lunchapplication.com/
Summer Food Service Program meals available at Ogema during summer school.
The two houses across the street from the front of the Waubun School are up for auction on KBid online auction site (both to be moved). The truck is also back up for auction. The highest bid form our last auction never paid for it or picked it up. Those that missed out, try again! Contact auctioneer Kelley Johnston of Johnston Trading Company if you want more information.
https://www.k-bid.com/auction/33736
Graduation Ceremony
Football Minicamp for grades 9-12
Monday (July27th), Tuesday (28th), Thursday (30th) from 6:30 to dark at the Mahnomen football field.
Official football practice starts August 10th. This is a week earlier due to us having a "zero" week again this year. Hopefully we will have a season.
Summer food Program
Seniors, please check your school email and fill out our survey for the graduation ceremony that we will be having on July 24th at 5:00 p.m. on the football field.
Dear students and families of Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Public Schools,
I hope you are enjoying our great July weather. We are very busy making plans for the three different learning options for the start of school. We believe that the best option is to start the 20-21 school year with in person learning and social distancing with increased cleaning protocols in place. We need a healthy and safe community with approval from MDE and MDH before we would be allowed to do that. In the meantime, we have district staff and a committee representing parents, students, staff, and every department working on plans for all three delivery models. Thank you to all the parents that already filled out the survey. For those of you that have not, please do! We need your help and input to develop the best plan we possibly can for each model. Depending on the directives we are given, we may not have a choice, but to move from one plan to another during the school year. We need to have feedback from your family for adequate planning. We eagerly anticipate Governor Walz’s recommendation on July 27th on how we are going to start the school year and from the Minnesota Department of Education for guidance on requirements. See survey link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNk__U52vhpuERNRyxfO2v0-LshRzFQOvMDLxIHa1znElltQ/viewform?fbclid=IwAR2kV2_ZC2r9UXxGisn_ja_fLfpyqgAnT740m97hCD4PjwDJjRJ6ssfAwSQ
Criminal Justice Reform youth essay video and audio contest
The killing of George Floyd and the unrest that followed have created a long-delayed but urgently needed discussion on police brutality, inequities in the criminal justice system and racial injustice more broadly. The Minnesota Urban Debate League (MNUDL) and Star Tribune Opinion believe in the power of young minds and voices, and if you are between the ages of 10 and 18, we want your students' best ideas about how our communities can continue the hard work of responding to these problems.
The MNUDL is a program of Augsburg University, which provides resources and programming to support competitive academic debate in Twin Cities high schools and middle schools. Its mission is to empower students through competitive academic debate to become engaged learners, critical thinkers and active global citizens who are effective advocates for themselves and their communities.
The Contest
The task is to create an original written essay, video or audio file that describes one or two specific changes our community, state or nation should make to reduce racial inequities and injustices in the criminal justice system.
Top submissions, as determined by a group of judges from the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota, will be published in the Star Tribune and on StarTribune.com and shared with leaders across our state and nation.
Your students' words could pass new laws, transform society, spark revolutions, change minds and hearts, or help heal our communities.
https://www.startribune.com/criminal-justice-reform-youth-essay-video-and-audio-contest/571568061/
Members of the WHS Class of 1970.
We are in the process of planning a 50th year class reunion and would like your input. Please contact one of the following with your current email address and/or cell number.
Larry Morrison lmorrison52@msn.com 218-396-0309
Kathy Clark grammakat2424@yahoo.com 218-849-1044
Dan Giefer 218-850-7172
Dave Rassel 701-388-9458
Gary Hoban 218-849-7590
We hope to hear from everyone. No response may mean we will not be able to get information out to you.
Resolution Establishing Dates For Filing Affidavits of Candidacy
We are in the process of planning an online reading program for students in grades 1-8. Please fill out this survey to help us determine whether or not to host one, the scope of the program and how to best provide programming. Your answers will help us tremendously. https://forms.gle/PsTxyBkWAqXbAjvg9 (please copy and past this to your web browser). Thank you.
Need Assistance Purchasing Groceries this summer?
All Chromebooks need to be returned to the Waubun school site as soon as possible. They were due the last week of school. Please bring them to the offices at the main desk as soon as possible. Thank you.
Graduates: your cap and gown pictures are in along with your baskets and scholarship certificates. Stop by the High School to pick up Mon-Fri until 3:30pm.