Tioga School District

Congratulations to Tioga High School Juniors Karter Longie and Addy Norgaard on receiving the I Dare You Award! The National Leadership Award is presented each year by the American Youth Foundation (AYF). The award was first offered in 1941 by the late William H. Danforth, who challenged young people to achieve their highest potential and to influence others through their lives of service. The award is inspired by the book, “I Dare You” which commends the balanced life of mental, physical, social, and spiritual development as the backbone of leadership. This award recognizes high school juniors who demonstrate personal integrity, lead balanced lives, and possess a willingness to assume responsibility. The recipients are given a personalized certificate, a copy of the book “I Dare You” and the opportunity to apply for a scholarship to attend the American Youth Foundation International Leadership Conference. Congrats Addy and Karter!

Please read the letter below that outlines the pick-up procedures of electronic devices and power cords, books, and other supplies. Summer lunch and the unknowns of summer activities in the buildings are also addressed.

Our last quarter was cut short on events and our end of the year awards recognition. Here is a list of the 2020 Math Meet Participants, Spelling Bee Participants, and Perfect/Near Perfect Participants. These students will get a pin put into their packets to send home. Congrats Math Meet Participants: 3rd: Ashlyn Foss, Blessing Mwende, Brock Poff, Harper Ferguson, Gracelyn Davidson, Waylon Seeyle, Dante Pratt 4th Piper Moberg, Dulce De Leon, Weston Lalim, Izzac Snegidar, Michael Grimes, Jeremiah Walsh 5th: Kambree Johnson, Gavin Davidson, Natalia West, Kiya Sparks, Boden Iverson, Triden Lambert 6th: Gunnar Moberg, Claire Lakey, Aletta Nelson, Wyatt Rice, Jeremiah Schmidt, Nathaniel Tims Spelling Bee: (WCSB-Williams County Spelling Bee) 1st: Maya Loveridge: 1st place WCSB 2nd: Amber Wihlhelmy 1st Place WCSB 3rd: Waylon Seeyle 4th: Dulce De Leon 5th: Marriane Reyes-1st Place WCSB 6th: Baylee Rienets Perfect Attendance: Maya Loveridge, Kingston Rose, Nora Hanson Near Perfect Attendance: Jemma Matthews, Brett Nelson, Mia Weflan, Amir Ramsey, Johnathon Kuntz, Raegan Matthews, Kenneth Moberg, Clay Placek, Isabella Slough, Kannon Schaffer, Kyson Johnson, Vade Samms, Ethan Yu, June Kuntz, Reichen Cox, Sasha Durfee, Brianna Rose, Gauge Wold

Tioga Rec. registration is open for Tball, Peewee, Midget, Babe Ruth, and Softball! Please use the link below to get registered. https://tiogarec.sportngin.com/register/form/954969540

Hello THS students and families! We (just about) made it! We do still have school next week, but will transition more to an intervention/enrichment mode; cleaning up and completing what has been assigned to this point. Students should still be logging on and checking in to Advisory through Wednesday at least. New material may be posted, but nothing new as far as content academically. Thursday, May 21st and Friday May 22nd, we will have check in of school materials (to included Chromebooks AND Power cords) at both Central and the High School. Our plan is to have people available from 9:00-3:00 except 11:15-12:45 as to not interfere with lunch pickup at Central. HS students with items still in the locker rooms, this will be an opportunity to gather those as well. Look for more information to follow from Mrs. Eide concerning end of year plans. This is graduation weekend for some area schools. On behalf of Tioga High School, Congratulations to all area graduates! We are also beginning to prepare/setup for our Graduation on Sunday, May 24th. I have attached a picture just to give an idea of how it will look. Seniors, be watching your piratek12 emails for further details. Cap and Gown pickup and deposits - Jayme is planning to be at the school for seniors to pick those up ($40 deposit) on Wednesday from 9:00-11:00. Just a reminder to seniors and their families, if you are needing additional seating to the 6 persons per table, please contact me via phone or email so that bleacher seating (social distancing) can be prepared in advance as well. To all teachers, students, parents, and community members, "Thank You" for all of your cooperation, support, and assistance during the past 9 weeks! We have just about completed the 2019-2020 school year. Make sure to finish strong! Keep sailing! Land is in sight. Mr. Odegaard

A quick reminder-if you are unable to pick up lunch for even one day, or if you wish to be removed from the lunch program, call Tonya or the school at (701) 664-2333. The school will let Tonya know. We can't save food from one day to the next so it it ends up in the garbage. Thanks for your help.

The federal government has approved schools to continue serving lunch and breakfast to children from the ages of 1 to 18 through June 30, 2020. Tioga WILL continue to feed children through that date, including weekends. For more information or to sign up your children or remove them from our list, call (701) 664-2333. Thanks!

The Tioga School Board will hold its May meeting tonight, Thursday, May 14, at 6:30 p.m. To observe the meeting, go to https://youtu.be/iM3f_1YzB_k and it will be streaming live. Thank you!

ELMER NESS SCHOLARSHIP EXTENDED DEADLINE The deadline for the Elmer Ness Scholarship has been extended to May 31st, 2020. If you missed the initial application deadline, now is the time to get your application in!!!

The Absentee Ballot Application Form is available at the following link: https://5il.co/fyne It can also be accessed on our school website. Select Documents on the menu. Then, select the Forms folder.

The Governor's Executive Order has been amended to allow graduation ceremony to be held using school facilities with proper social distancing, cleaning, and other safety precautions. Tioga Public Schools is moving forward with plans to hold graduation at Tioga High School on Sunday, May 24th at 2:30 pm as originally scheduled. Please note though, that in order to follow guidelines, graduation will be very different this year. Initial plans are to limit attendance to graduates and their immediate household family members only. Exceptions will be made to parents and direct siblings only who do not reside in the same household. Unfortunately, graduation will not be open to extended family members or the general public and those with underlying health conditions or over the age of 65 are strongly encouraged not to attend. Graduation will be live streamed for public viewing with further details to come. All ceremony details will be shared with seniors and their families as plans get finalized. The guidelines specifically address the fact that "if an outbreak of COVID-19 occurs in your area prior to your scheduled graduation event, the State Health Officer may suspend any in-person portion of the event to protect public health and safety". This appears, at this time, to be the only possibility to any change in our date. We are happy that we can move forward with a plan. We feel like we can offer the graduates an in-person graduation experience and have a traditional graduation ceremony. It will require cooperation in a lot of ways, but appears a much better option than other virtual or distant graduation plans. It will not be a perfect plan to meet the expectations of all, but we will be able to recognize the Class of 2020 and celebrate their achievements together! Keep Sailing! Land is in sight! Mr. Odegaard

Reading access all summer with online books. Central has two options for your son/daughter to be able to get books into their hands now and during the summer months. We have tumblebooks and also MyOn. These two resources will be open all summer and free access to Central students. You can find the links with url, username and password on this link(just scroll down): http://tiogand.apptegy.us/o/tioga/page/elementary-principal--3 If you have any questions contact your students teachers or email Mr. Schaffer: tim.schaffer@k12.nd.us Thanks

Tioga High School students and parents! Are you looking for help with high school course planning, college planning, or ACT preparation? Go to: RUReady.ND.gov Please contact me for questions or assistance with mapping out a good direction for your future! 701-641-3255 tlarson@piratek12.org http://doxy.me/mrlarsonsoffice Click the link below to get to RUReady.ND.gov https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ruready.nd.gov%2F&data=01%7C01%7Ctom.larson%40K12.ND.US%7C12c9b21425554fa1722808d7f1eff41a%7Cdbbf782acef14af186c81f9201061db6%7C0&sdata=Rk8uR8vYuhARcEkmemWywRgEX7O3xvsFE2PGHWeaQc8%3D&reserved=0

Usually we have conversations about tornadoes at school in the spring and send things home with students. Here is just something to think about as we prepare for the summer storms and sometimes don't think about until it's too late. Tornado safety preparation tips Designate a safe room. This area can either be a storm cellar, a basement or a room on the lowest level of your home or building without any windows, like a closet. ... Put essentials in your safe room. ... Remove outdoor items. ... Reinforce your home. ... Contact your insurance agent.

Time to be careful while driving around town with a lot of students and adults riding bike. There are so many great reasons to ride your bike: It offers fun, freedom and exercise, and it's good for the environment. We want kids and families to ride their bikes as much as possible. Here are a few tips so that you'll be safe while you do so. The Hard Facts Properly-fitted helmets can reduce the risk of head injuries by at least 45 percent – yet less than half of children 14 and under usually wear a bike helmet. Top Tips Wear a properly-fitted helmet. It is the best way to prevent head injuries and death. Ride on the sidewalk when you can. If not, ride in the same direction as traffic as far on the right-hand side as possible. Use hand signals and follow the rules of the road. Be predictable by making sure you ride in a straight line and don’t swerve between cars. Wear bright colors and use lights, especially when riding at night and in the morning. Reflectors on your clothes and bike will help you be seen. Ride with your children. Stick together until you are comfortable that your kids are ready to ride on their own.

Any Tioga High School students interested in a Dental Assistant career! NDSCS Dental Assisting Program Online Info Session. On May 14th at 2:00 PM CST we're offering FREE Discover Dental Assisting online info session with Chanel Malone, Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of Allied Dental Education at the North Dakota State College of Science, to help students learn about a bright future in the career of dental assisting. We will be recording this and sending it out to High Schools as well. Our ask of you is to please share (via social media, email, text, yell down the hall, etc..) the following FREE zoom link sign-up with any high school students you know who may be interested in learning more about dental assisting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpd-2trDotE9amAfEZ1uCESjGOa6Si6G6-

Attention Seniors! Please return your student information forms to The Tribune ASAP!

THS sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Here is the latest update from ACT. ACT Test Online at Home Coming Fall/Winter In response to uncertainty and school cancellations due to COVID-19, ACT announced it will offer a flexible schedule for summer 2020 test dates and test-at-home options for fall/winter 2020. As CDC and local guidelines for safety allow, ACT will offer its June and July national test dates as scheduled and will additionally provide makeup test dates for June and July. The makeup test date for the June 13 national test date will be June 20, and the makeup test date for the July 18 test date will be July 25. ACT will work with individual national test centers should they need to reschedule to the makeup test date and students will be notified in advance. Students may also make free test date changes from the June to the July national test date. In addition to the three previously planned fall test dates on September 12, October 24 and December 12, ACT will also offer a remote proctoring option for the ACT® test in late fall/early winter 2020, allowing students to take the test at their home on a computer. ACT will launch the test-at-home option as part of its national testing program. The fee waivers ACT provides to students from low-income homes will apply to the at-home testing option, and ACT is considering other ways to address access and equity issues

The NDHSAA Board of Directors voted to cancel the remaining 2020 NDHSAA Winter Postseason Basketball Tournaments, Spring Sports and Spring Fine Arts Contests. The cancellation applies to all remaining Association sponsored athletic and arts contests and postseason events. If you have any questions in regards to this please contact Tioga Public Schools or Ryan Albrecht.

Huge Thank You to Tioga Public School Cooks.....