Counselor Spotlight: Sandra Drapeau, School Counselor at Wilkinson Elementary!
REMINDER: Kindergarten Roundup for the 2022-2023 School Year is this week! Tuesday, Feb. 8 and Thursday, Feb. 10 from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm at the District Office Board Room.
For any questions, please contact enrollment@willistonschools.org, (701)572-1580, or visit www.willistonschools.org/page/enrollment.
Upcoming Committee Meetings:
Policy Committee - Monday, 2/7/2022 at 4:00 p.m.
Coyote SEL Committee - Tuesday, 2/8/2022 at 4:30 p.m.
Personnel & Finance Committee - Tuesday, 2/8/2022 at 5:00 p.m.
To view the agendas for all meetings, visit https://meeting.sparqdata.com/Public/Organization/2185
Our phone lines are all operating as normal. Thank you for your patience during the outage.
The WHS Drama Club has the privilege of hosting a movie premiere in their theater tonight! A Heart Like Water is set in 1887 in Dakota Territory. A husband and wife, isolated in this unsettled wilderness, struggle to keep their family together and their hopes alive as they fight bitter cold, disease, wild animals, and crushing loneliness on the Dakota frontier. But they're not just fighting for themselves...New life is on the way.
This film was produced by a University of Mary professor and filmed near Watford City, ND.
The show is tonight, February 4 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 each and available on the link below.
We hope to see you there!
For Tickets and to watch the trailer, visit www.aheartlikewater.com
Our Athletic Director Robert Conley was featured in the newest edition of the NDIAAA Quarterly newsletter. Check out page 14 of their newsletter below!
https://indd.adobe.com/view/2dfa1f86-c436-4f35-ac9c-83b96580eff4
Congratulations to Meridith Johnson, principal of Lewis & Clark Elementary, on being named the 2022 National Distinguished Principal by the North Dakota Association of Elementary School Principals. We are so proud of you Mrs. Johnson! 🎉🎉🎉
Kindergarten Roundup for the 2022-2023 school year will be on Feb. 8th & 10th from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm at the District Office Board Room. Be sure to go into Door K on the backside of the building. **Students MUST be 5 years old on or before July 31, 2022 to enroll**
*Update - Upper Missouri District Health Unit will be available during the event to give immunizations or to print off immunization records for families.
For any questions, please contact enrollment@willistonschools.org, (701)572-1580, or visit www.willistonschools.org/page/enrollment.
Sgt. Tom Rich will be here on Thursday, February 10th, at Williston High School at 7pm for a Workshop on Cyber Safety and Security. At this high energy, fast paced presentation you will learn about every app, how to monitor your child’s activity and see real time how to navigate the most popular social media apps. Sgt. Rich has spoken to over 1 million people worldwide and has been featured on NBC, FOX, CNN and Good Morning America! For more info, check out www.AlwaysConnected.org
On Friday, February 4, 2022, all of our phone lines will be down intermittently beginning at 10:00 a.m. At this time, we do not have an estimate of how long the phone lines will be down. We appreciate your patience during this.
If you need to reach someone during this time, please email your school secretary. You can find a list of staff members and their email addresses by clicking on the “Staff” link on your school’s website.
February's SEL word is Acceptance.
Human trafficking is a real and troubling issue in our society with more than 40.3 million cases reported worldwide and more than 63,000 cases in the United States.
Learn the signs in this week's Partner's in Health article "Is Human Trafficking Real?"
https://www.willistonschools.org/page/chi-stalexius-health-partnership
Kindergarten Roundup for the 2022-2023 school year will be on Feb. 8th & 10th from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm at the District Office Board Room. Be sure to go into Door K on the backside of the building.
**Students MUST be 5 years old on or before July 31, 2022 to enroll**
For any questions, please contact enrollment@willistonschools.org, (701)572-1580, or visit www.willistonschools.org/page/enrollment.
This week's COVID Report Card is available on our district website. https://www.willistonschools.org/page/covid-report-card
After reassessing the road conditions, we have decided we will not be running our school buses today for morning or afternoon routes.
Due to icy road conditions, all WBSD7 schools will start 2 hours later than normal on Monday, January 24, 2022. Schools will begin 2 hours after their normal start time, and buses will run 2 hours later than normal for pick up in the morning. School will dismiss at its normal time.
Thank you,
WBSD7
There will be a Special School Board meeting on Wednesday, January 26 at 5:30 p.m.
Agenda Link: https://meeting.sparqdata.com/Public/Organization/2185
Thank you to all those who participated in the Stakeholder Meetings this week. Your feedback will help Ray & Associates build a list of qualities, characteristics and skills they will use to find our next superintendent!
Reminder - the Stakeholder Survey is still open, but will close on Monday at 8:00 a.m. Please take a moment to fill it out if you haven't yet!
Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HS2QM6D
This week's COVID Report Card is available on our district website. https://www.willistonschools.org/page/covid-report-card
The first annual Boys Basketball Alumni Celebration was a huge success! It was amazing to see so many fans and alumni in attendance to watch both JV and Varsity defeat Watford City. Kudos to the athletic department, coaches, players and all those involved in making last night happen. Can't wait until next year! 🧡🏀
