Any students in grades 7-12 interested in joining the NC Chargers Track Team, please sign up outside the High School office. Track practice is scheduled to start on Monday, March 3, 2025.

It was a G-R-E-A-T day for our spellers at the Nelson County Spelling Bee!

Brooklyn received a response to the business letter she sent to the Hershey Company as part of a class assignment. Not only did they reply, but they also sent her a few chocolate bars 🍫—sweet bonus! Brooklyn is the first student to receive a response from a company since Ms. Hurst started this assignment a few years ago.

Congratulations to Dagan Slade on her acceptance into the prestigious North Dakota Governor’s School! This program recognizes outstanding students for their academic achievements, leadership potential, and commitment to excellence.

Order your yearbook today by using the QR code, going to www.jostens.com/inyearbook, or calling the high school.

Wallwork Truck Centers joined the manufacturing class to present on their employment opportunities. Wallwork is located all over North Dakota with a new facility on the west side of Grand Forks. They repair and sell new trucks and distribute parts. They have been in business for over 100 years and is owned and run by the same family. Students looking at general diesel or autobody are in high demand there.

Best of luck to our DP spellers this Wednesday!

Andee from Dickinson State University presented to the accounting and cybersecurity classes about opportunities in those fields. One thing that stood out is DSU offers 1 year, 2 year, and 4 year programs in a large variety of subjects. I've personally never heard of universities offering programs like this. For example, they offer a 1 year meat processing certificate and a 2 year associates in elementary education. Another thing to note is they offer LIVE dual credit courses which means you will learn from an instructor at a designated time who is teaching live. For those you haven't witnessed dual credit classes lately, they are almost all self-paced and self-taught rarely having any interaction (other than instant messaging) with a teacher.

Ms. Molstad and Mrs. Johnson's 7 Mindsets group held a bake sale and a hat day to raise money for Giving Hearts Day on February 13th. Students brought in goods such as Chex mix, brownies, cookies, etc. They were able to raise $250 dollars to donate to Hope Inc out of Fargo. Hope Inc. provides sport and recreation for individuals and families with mobility challenges.

Mr. Slade came into the freshmen English classes as a guest teacher.

DP FCCLA hosted 110 students and advisors for the district competition at Petersburg Lutheran Church! A special thank you to the church for graciously allowing us to use this space every year – your support helps make events like this possible. Congratulations to Brandi, who competed in Sports Nutrition and earned a silver award!

Congratulations to our Knights of the Month!

School will dismiss at 2:50 tomorrow so anyone wanting to attend and cheer on the girls basketball team at the district tournament game in Northwood at 4:00 can leave. Buses will run at 2:50 so students will arrive home about 40 minutes earlier than normal. After school activities will take place as planned. Go Chargers

Sophia took 5th at Regionals and is headed to the state wrestling tournament! Way to go, Sophia!

At the speech meet in Park River, we had two Dakota Prairie students who were finalists in their categories. Amanda Vance took 6th place in EPR. Hayley Rosewaren took 8th place in Poetry. Congratulations, ladies!

Jayden Collins was selected to the 2025 ND Academic All State Team as honorable mention. Over two hundred seniors were nominated by their school for this statewide honor. The award is based on GPA, ACT, extracurriculars, community service, and leadership qualities. Jayden is a senior who plans to study political science at UND next year.

Best of luck to our spellers who will compete in the Nelson County Spelling Bee on Wednesday, February 19th in Lakota.

Dakota Prairie families were invited to help create and decorate Valentine boxes with the students on Wednesday, February 12th. There was a fantastic turnout! The gym was filled with creativity, smiles, laughter, and togetherness. Thank you, families!

Congratulations and best of luck to Sophia as she competes in the regional wrestling tournament!

Due to illness the elementary regretfully has to cancel the Valentine Concert that was to be held on Wednesday, February 12. We will still be holding our Student and Parent Valentine Box Decorating Event at 2:00 on Wednesday, February 12, for grades PK-6. We hope to see you there!