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!
Join us for a fun afternoon at the elementary!
Please contact your child's teacher or the office if you plan to take your child home after the concert and activity.
Thank you to senior players, Brandi, Madysen, and McKenna, for being exemplars of discipline, teamwork, and resilience throughout the years.
The C Squad Boys Basketball game vs. Park River/F/L on February 21st has been canceled due to Park River having rescheduled games moved to that date.
The Juniors and Seniors visited Bismark on Wednesday. Several of the seniors were able to sit with legislators on the floor during both the House and Senate floor meetings and really enjoyed it. Rep. Craig Headland, Rep Don Vigesaa (our district reps) and other reps were welcoming to the students and happy to discuss the legislative process with those on the floor. They also spent time at the ND Heritage Museum where they learned about The museum director taught them about atlatls and the early bow and arrows and posed with a mammoth!
PowerSchool Update from the state:
CONGRATULATIONS to the Dakota Prairie team for taking first place in the team portion of the Math Counts competition. In the individual competition, Dakota Prairie students walked away with first through fourth place. Nathan B took first place, Bennett O took second place, Graham C took third place, and Bowen H took fourth place.
GREAT JOB to all the Dakota Prairie students who competed. We are proud of your accomplishments!
