As we were not in person for two days this week, we are extending the order for senior sweatshirts! We have extended the order deadline to 1/9/23 at 3:00pm. All sweatshirts must be paid for no later than 3:00pm Tuesday 1/10/23. The order will be submitted that afternoon. All seniors have been sent the updated link through Teams and email.
Because many side roads in Beltrami County, and around Red Lake are still not plowed, Red Lake Schools will start two hours late tomorrow morning. With the extra time and daylight, we hope people will be plowed out by then.
Buses may be moving slowly through some secondary roads. Buses may not be able to go down side roads if they are not plowed. We ask for your patience and understanding, as we do our best to bring students to school.
Miigwech!
Due to continued weather forecasts, calling for blizzard warnings all day tomorrow with heavy snow, driven by high winds, Red Lake Schools will need to go into e-learning for a second day. No in-person learning will take place tomorrow.
Miigwech!
Red Lake Schools and busses will run two hours late tomorrow morning. We will use those two hours to decide about the rest of the day and whether we will have school in person or have an E-Learning Day. Miigwech!
All afterschool activities today, December 13th, have been cancelled due to weather.
SENIORS:
Next week is your ONLY chance to order the senior class sweatshirt!!
Links were sent to enrolled seniors allowing you to order senior sweatshirts. The order link has been sent to the seniors through our Class of 2023 Team and through their email. If students would like to PURCHASE a sweatshirt, they need to complete the link, then stop by the HS office and pay Barb or Melissa for their sweatshirt by the end of the day Friday December 16.
Cost:
Small - 2XL: $35
3XL: $40
As a reminder, there will be no school for students tomorrow, December 9th. We will see you back at school on Monday! Have a great weekend!
Let's celebrate the 229 students who earned A honor roll, B honor roll, or academic achievement during the first quarter! You rock!!!
Library Challenges:
Genre Bingo Challenge is back. Read 5 books from various fiction genres to earn a bingo. Anyone who completes a bingo will receive free book. You have until the end of 2nd term January 22nd to earn a bingo. Congratulations to the 7 students who have already completed the Genre Bingo challenge. Enjoy your free book!
Maud Hart Lovelace Award -- Read 3 of the 10 nominees in order to vote for your favorite, to win this state wide award chosen by students. You have until March 2023 to complete this challenge.
Librarian Hint: You can read a book for the Maud Hart Lovelace Award and also count it for your Bingo challenge.
Keep Reading!
Jr. High Boys Basketball will be having practice at the High School after school until 5pm.
As we enter basketball season, please be aware of these expectations for our students: Students who are suspended are not allowed to attend any school functions.
Any student who receives a write up the day of a home game will not be allowed into the game. There will be a list at the door.
If you are written up for poor behavior choices be aware you won't be allowed in -- so make good choices!
Work hard and Always do your best.
We look forward to seeing all of our students back this morning after the long weekend! As a reminder, Mondays are a late start. See you soon!
As a reminder to students and families, there is no school Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25 this week. We hope that you enjoy the long weekend home, and will see you back on Monday the 28th!
At the most recent schoolboard meeting, there was a change made to the master schoolboard calendar to include an additional day off for students on December 9th, to allow for a full professional development day for our teachers and staff. All students will not have school on Friday, December 9, 2022.
Part of the group of students attending the Inspire Conference had the chance to meet Goldy!
The National Weather Service has issued a Blizzard Warning for NW Minnesota from 4:00 am tomorrow through Friday. Due to this impending blizzard with expected rain, ice, snow and wind, Red Lake Schools will NOT have in-person school tomorrow. Instead, we will be holding an E-Learning Day across the district. All students will receive online assignments or paper packets to complete for the learning day. Students are expected to complete their work and submit it by Monday of next week.
We are also postponing parent-teacher conferences that had been scheduled for Red Lake and Ponemah Elementary Schools tomorrow. We will announce a date in the future to reschedule those conferences.
As a reminder, there is no school on Friday in observance of Veterans Day.
Thank you for your cooperation as we hold an E-Learning day tomorrow.
Reminder: No after school activities today, November 8, due to elections.
On 10/28/21 the Red Lake Secondary ALC Ojibwe Language and Culture class went on a field trip to the old Blackduck bridge located on the Old Ponemah Road. Arnold Kingbird, the Schools Elder Language Mentor, showed them what is called a Bagijige or “s/he makes an offering.” He shared that this is done in the spring and fall time to ensure the safety of a person when they went out to fish or swim, and it is a way of giving back to the lake for providing us Bimaadiziwin (Life).
All in all, the ALC students loved this ceremony and so did Migizi because he soared right us by after the offering was made. We noticed he was tipping side to side giving us a sign that he was happy that the students did this.
Chi-Miigwech to Arnold and Vicki Graves for making this happen.
Chi-Makwa
Red Lake Middle School
Ojibwe Language and Cultural Teacher
The Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference https://www.nmrconference.org/ is hosting its 5th annual Championship event on Friday, October 28, and its 2nd annual NMRC Open event on Saturday, October 30 at Alexandria High School. It’s from 9 am-5 pm on both days, open to the public, and free admission. A live stream link is posted on our Conference webpage! https://www.nmrconference.org/
Lunch update for secondary complex!
Today's lunch line will include the following:
Line 1: Bison Burger, WGR Hamburger bun, baked chips includes all the condiments
Line 2: Pork Taco on WGR wrap, all the condiments included on line or salad/veggie bar
Line 3: Ham & Cheese Sandwich, Baked Chips
Today’s Soup: Chicken Enchilada