Dakota Prairie School District

Four Nelson County Charger music students participated in the Viking Vocal Days at Valley City State University. Annika Charles & Kendra Henke from Dakota Prairie High School and Ava Carlson & Emily Lovell from Lakota High School spent two days practicing with the college choir, had vocal lessons, and attended master classes. Friday evening, they took in a concert where the VCSU faculty performed solo pieces and different college choirs performed. Jamestown Community Women's Choir also performed. The two-day event ended with a concert on Saturday afternoon where they performed with the college choir and some high school students from other schools performed solos as well. It was two days of fun with a lot of singing and lots of laughter!

March is here and is busy with activity!

Be sure to check the website and the Chargers Nation Facebook group regularly for all events and updates.

Nelson Co. Spelling Bee Results:

3rd Grade:
Emmett Locken, 1st runner-up
Emiliano Ortiz Ramirez, champion

4th Grade:
Jaina Peavy-Roberts, 1st runner-up
Gracie Flom, champion

5th Grade:
Hendrix Dahl, 1st runner-up
Aubrey Ulland, champion

6/7/8:
Fiona Klein, 2nd runner-up
Pepper McKay, 1st runner-up
Hadley Strand, champion

Congratulations, spellers!
Thank you to all who helped make the spelling bee a S-U-C-C-E-S-S!

The Nelson County Spelling Bee is tomorrow at 12:15pm at the elementary.
Best wishes to our spellers representing Dakota Prairie!

Come join us in Petersburg!

Speech Results from Feb 21 in Park River:
Royce - 6th in Inform
Hayley - 7th in Poetry
Fiona - Top Novice in Humorous

It's another busy week at Dakota Prairie. Be sure to cheer on our students in their events and activities!

Have a great week!

Today is National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day. We "wheelie" appreciate our bus drivers! They get our students to and from school, practices, games, and events. We are so thankful for them!

If you would like to become a bus driver for Dakota Prairie, please contact either school office.

The Nelson County Spelling Bee has been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 24th, at 12:15 PM at Dakota Prairie Elementary School. If your student is competing, please come out and support them as they compete with their peers.

Dakota Prairie Schools will go to Virtual Learning today, Thursday, February 19th due to road conditions throughout the district.

Dakota Prairie Schools and Buses will be 2 hours late tomorrow, February 19 due to weather conditions and no travel advised in district areas. Buses will travel where they are able to. If there are any changes an ALERT will go out by 8:00 AM.

Dakota Prairie schools will be virtual learning tomorrow, Wednesday, February 18th, due to ongoing weather conditions.

Please help us spread the word!

2026 INSTEM student application is NOW OPEN.

Registration closes April 17, 2026.
You will find the application link and updated FAQs on the website: www.vcsu.edu/instem.

Be sure to check the website and the Chargers Nation Facebook group for all activities.

Have a great week!

Happy Valentines Day from Dakota Prairie.
We love to work with our students each and every day!

The PreK-3rd grade Valentine Concert is available to watch on Hudl.

https://fan.hudl.com/usa/_/_/organization/12959/nc-dp-l-high-school/team/838125/dakota-prairie-activities/watch?b=QnJvYWRjYXN0MzY4Njk5OA%3D%3D&shared=true