Our Junior High students got the opportunity to do a Writer's Workshop with author Jessie Veeder on Friday.
Good luck to our BHS Musicians today as they compete at the Regional Music Competition in Minot!
Bottineau FBLA students traveled to Bismarck for the State Leadership Conference earlier this week.
Kyra Brossart and Phoebe Fan qualified for the National Leadership Conference in California this summer!
These students placed in the top for their events:
Phoebe Fan - 1st Place in Entrepreneurship
Kyra Brossart- 1st Place in Introduction to Business Procedures
Jakeb Knodel- 5th Place in Computer Problem Solving
Tukker Fedje - 7th place in Insurance & Risk Management
Kyra Brossart - 10th Place in Introduction to Financial Math
Emma Ellis - 10th Place in Public Policy & Advocacy
Athletic Scheduling Changes-
Softball 4/5/25 at Ray has been moved to 4/28/25
Varsity Baseball at Shiloh for 4/4/25 has been canceled
Track/Field at MSU Dome 4/4/25 is on!!
Varsity Baseball 4/5/25 at Shiloh game has been pushed back to noon start vs. Park River (weather permitting will know Friday afternoon)
BPS will be hosting a High School Career Fair/ Job Fair on April 23. We have a bunch of fabulous people signed up already but might have missed contacting someone. If you would like to visit with students about your career field and/or are looking for high school aged employees please email stacy.aasen@k12.nd.us.
Thank you!
Preorders for the 2025 Yearbook (Grades 7-12) are available now! We are super excited about this year's book! Yearbooks are $40 each. They will arrive in August. If you have questions, please contact Mrs. Palmer.
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Congratulations to Kyra Beckman on being named a member of the Division A Girls Basketball All State 1st Team! Way to go Kyra!
ND State Assessment:
Grades 7, 8, and 10 will be completing the ND A+ Summative Assessment in the near future. The window for state testing is March 17-May 9. All three grades will test in Language Arts and Mathematics. Grades 8 and 10 will also complete a science assessment. We hope to start with 7 & 8 Language Arts on Thursday during their English class.
If you have questions, please contact Mr. Beyer or Mrs. Glasner
For more information visit https://www.nd.gov/dpi/districtsschools/assessment/nd-plus
Bottineau FFA recently participated in the State Winter CDE event in Minot. Three teams competed, one in each category of Livestock Judging, Agronomy, and Ag Sales. Marie Sand and Deering Thompson both received Bronze awards in their respective events.
Participants were:
Ag Sales- Daxton Schepp, Parker Mclain and Mason Lyness.
Agronomy- Deering Thompson, Hunter Hahn and Carson Anderson
Livestock Judging- Anna Tiffany, Marie Sand, Hailey Myer, Paige Marsden, and Carter Zahn.
Information about Summer Volleyball Camp. Contact Becky Moen if you have questions.
Next week is Blackout Week at BPS for Grades 7-12. Please see attachments for more details. Can you survive the Blackout Challenge?
Congratulations to our February Students of the Month: Logyn Simpson, Tukker Fedje, and Jack Wintermute! The trait for the month was Leadership. Way to go!
On Monday, March 17th, Ember Lunde and Sylvia Grenier represented Bottineau County at the North Dakota State Spelling Bee held in Bismarck. Both young women did Bottineau Public School proud by first out spelling many participants at the County level to qualify for the State competition. 100 top spellers from across the state competed in a written round to start the day. Ember Lunde came out of the written round to join 25 other finalists in the Oral Spelldown portion of the competition. Ember came away with a 4th place finish overall! This is exceptional and we are so proud. Please congratulate both young women, should you see them, on a job well done! (Photo credit: Apryl Mawby)
Good luck to our boys basketball team in the state qualifier game today Go Braves!!
Boys basketball state qualifier game information: Saturday, March 15th at the Minot Auditorium vs. Beulah at 3pm
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Congrats to Bud Wilkie on being named All Region 3A! Way to go Bud!
Good luck to our boys basketball team as they take on Rugby tonight at 6pm for chance to play in a state qualifier game this Saturday at the Minot Auditorium at 3pm Go Braves!!
On Thursday, March 13, the juniors will take the ACT. We will start at 8:35 and will be in the library. The students have created accounts and are ready to go. Please encourage your student to do their best. The ACT score is used for college English and Math coursework as well as the ND Scholarship, college scholarships, and Choice Ready.
Good luck to our Braves basketball in the regional tournament tonight vs. DLB tip-off at 6pm Go Braves!!
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Congratulations to everyone who competed at State DECA last week! They represented BPS well! Those who received recognition at the State Conference were:
*The entire Bottineau DECA Chapter – National Chapter Campaign Winners – Earned two seats to attend the Thrive Academy at ICDC in Orlando, FL
*Phoebe Fan – Second Place in Entrepreneurship Series and qualified to compete at DECA ICDC in Orlando, FL
*Phoebe Fan – Finalist in Professional Selling
*Phoebe Fan – Bottineau DECA Outstanding Senior Award
*Ashlyn Follman – Finalist in Marketing Communications Series
*Ashlyn Follman and Callie Erdman – Finalists in Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research
*Cassidy Brodehl – Finalist in Quick Serve Restaurant
*Grady Glasner, Kaden Bristol, and Peyton Getzlaff - Finalists in Project Management Business Solutions
*Mason Bristol – 2nd in State in Retail Virtual Business Challenge
*Sam Bentley - Bottineau DECA Outstanding New member award
*Mrs. Heilman – 5 Years of DECA Advisor service re
