Join us for the first-ever NK Bands Wrap-athon! Dec 12. 3:30pm-8pm. Free will donation will support students on current and future trips with NK Bands!
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NK Spartans did a great job decorating (and eating :) their holiday cookies after school today. Thank you Mrs. Riipinen for regularly teaching Community Education classes. Your classes are always a big hit! We appreciate all you do for our school! Thank you also to all the families who sign your kids up for after school activities. Sometimes it's not easy juggling schedules!
Let’s give a big shoutout to this week’s featured senior — Jade Baumann!!!
Historically, students have used assessments such as FastBridge or STAR. This is the first time the Minnesota Department of Education has mandated a testing platform for grades 4-12.
The screener will check a student’s decoding ability, understanding of morphology, vocabulary, and grade level reading comprehension.
For more information, please see the attached document from the Minnesota Department of Education.
For more questions, reach out to Chelsie Belkholm at cbelkholm@isd319.org.
We cordially invite you to our Nashwauk-Keewatin Elementary School Christmas Program, featuring students in PreK - 4th Grade!
See you at 1:00pm on Wednesday, December 17!
Students in 7th Grade General Music collaborated with Spartan Band at the end of Quarter 1 to put their 10 weeks of learning into practice. General Music students each wrote short songs for the students in Spartan Band.
The outcomes of this collaboration were plentiful. Here are a few highlights:
Students in General Music had to utilize all of the elements of music learned throughout the quarter in order to write a song that a musician can understand. Students dove deep into rhythm, the skeleton of music, as well as a journey into the realm of note names. The finished product was then given to the students of Spartan Band to be played. For the students in Spartan Band, this was a real-world opportunity for them to perform never-before-played music. Following reading each song, Spartan Band Performers left feedback for the General Music Composers, giving both positive feedback about the composition, and a few constructive criticisms in order to help them improve their music writing in the future.
It was great to see the excitement on both sides of the project, and to witness the power of collaboration for our future world leaders!
Goodland Community Center. 13502 Community Road, Goodland, MN. For more information call Sarah at 218-244-9346
Bring your gifts and some wrapping paper, and students in NK Bands will wrap your gifts for you! We will have some wrapping supplies, but a donation of a roll goes a long way.
This fundraiser will be free will donation with all proceeds going to help students in NK Bands go to Disneyland this spring, or on our next trip, 4 years from now!
If you would like to make a separate donation at any time to the NK Band Boosters to support our student musicians, please contact Mr. Melby at dmelby@isd319.org.
Thank you for your donations and your support of our students in NK Bands!
Spartan Outdoors got the opportunity to investigate a harvested ruffed grouse today, after a student got one to the school. After discussing the ruffed grouse's diet and where they live earlier in November, we got the chance view the bird today. We started by determining the gender of the bird by looking at the tail. Then we started with the crop where food is stored before digesting and found buds from various trees. We discussed how the grouse's diet changes from clover to buds this time of year after snowfall. We followed the digestive track to the gizzard where we found small pebbles that aids in a grouse's digestion. We finished with filleting the breast ready for a dinner plate! Fun day to be a Spartan!
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Due to safety concerns at the Elementary building, it is not safe for people to occupy at this time. Unfortunately, the garage sale scheduled for Friday, December 5th has been canceled.
We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.
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