Thursdays in Kindergarten means we are engaging in technology with Mrs.Heinrich! The next couple of weeks we are learning how to use "OSMO"
Kids Heart Challenge 2024 is underway. K-6 students should have come home with fundraising packets yesterday to begin our efforts toward raising $10,000! Some incentives for students include:
-Top Fundraiser gets to name the Gym after themselves for a year.
-Raise $5 and enter a drawing for prizes at the end of fundraising.
-Raise $250 to attend a Heart Hero pizza party
-Top Fundraiser from each class will get to Silly String Mr. Thielges!
To start fundraising you can register online at https://www2.heart.org/goto/medinaschool
or collect cash or checks and put them in the envelope brought home by your student.
The fundraiser will end on February 23rd. If you have any questions feel free to email me at brett.thielges@k12.nd.us.
Our school community is amazing! We have had some fundraisers to support Mike and Teresa Schelske with travel and medical costs as they navigate Mike’s cancer journey. Teresa was presented with the money from those fundraisers, to help with expenses. We are thankful for our community and their support!
The information for the archery tournament at St. Johns Academy in Jamestown on Saturday can be found here.
https://www.medina.k12.nd.us/page/archery
The basketball games in Ellendale on Friday, February 2 will now begin at 4:30 with Junior High instead of 5:00. All games will be played in the main gym. The JH will start at 4:30. JV will begin at 6:00 and varsity will follow the JV game.
Here is the bracket for the District 2 GBB Tournament that will be held at the Jamestown Civic Center on February 9, 10, & 12. MPB plays LLM at 6:00 on February 9. Go Thunder!
https://5il.co/2dysr
At the boys' basketball game on Friday, February 2 in Ellendale, there will be a "Red Out" for Heart Health Awareness. MPB fans are invited to wear red on this night to show support for both the Thunder AND Heart Health Awareness! Let's "Red Out" the whole gym in Ellendale on Friday, February 2! Go Thunder!
On Wednesday, January 31, our 8th grade students will be participating in the NAEP test. Some students will be tested in math and some in reading. This is a national test given to students in 4th, 8th, or 10th grade. This year, our 8th grade students will be participating in the testing.
At tomorrow night's boys’ basketball games, there will be a baked goods silent auction with all proceeds going to Mike & Teresa Schelske for medical and travel expenses. Please come out and show your support for Mike & Teresa!
Part of School Street is closed due to construction that occurred over the weekend. Please use an alternate route to access the school.
The boys' basketball games in LaMoure tonight will be livestreamed. Here is the information needed to access the games. Go Thunder!
https://5il.co/2djyy
The Medina City Park is seeking a maintenance person for the upcoming season. If interested in this position, Contact Rory Hoffmann at 701-659-0515 before March 1, 2024.
The February 2024 School Newsletter is in the mail. If you live in our school district or have students who attend our school, you should receive a copy in the mail. If you don’t, please contact the school office.
Here’s the link to view the newsletter online and in color! https://5il.co/2d9sx
Here is the bracket for the junior high boys' basketball tournament that will be held in Medina on Saturday, February 3. https://5il.co/2dgsq
Thank you Medina Pep Band for playing at the game tonight!! You did awesome!
There will be a Junior High Boys’ basketball game in Carrington on Thursday, January 25 at 4:30. The boys will play in the West (old) gym. The C/JV/Varsity girls will play in the East (new) gym.
We added a lot more products to our MPB Thunder store! Thanks to bringing this to our attention! To kickoff the store you can get 10 percent of your order through the end of the week! Enter promo code thunderbuddies at checkout. Like and Share and let’s be Thunder Buddies! https://701apparelstores.com/mpb_apparel/shop/home
There will only be one girls' basketball game played with BCN in Pingree on Monday, January 22. This game will be a C game and will begin at 5:00. There will be NO JV game this night. The MPB girls' JV and Varsity will have practice in Pingree following the C game.
Do you have a "thinker", a builder, a learner and/or engineer at your house? This event at the University of Mary is open to all middle and high school students. Registration is due by Jan 24. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZln8Ikt8oxXeMt0JCm-GjIutxGGNxaLc0oLSb-6Edpr3m3w/viewform
There have been some changes to the boys' basketball games in Medina on Thursday, January 18 vs. Kidder County.
Junior High will begin at 4:30 (4 quarters)
JV will begin at 6:00 (only 2 quarters of JV will be played)
Varsity will begin at approximately 7:00 PM
Elementary students who are singing the national anthem should be at the school by 6:30.