New Salem-Almont School District

Departure times for Kidder County on Tuesday, August 30: *The 7th and 8th grade bus will leave at 2:00 *The A/B/C bus will leave at 3:20. NOTE FOR PARENTS AND SPECTATORS: Kidder County gymnasium will not open to the public until students are dismissed from school at 3:30 pm. The New Salem-Almont bus should park around the back (south) of the school to unload. Fan parking will be limited until approximately 3:45pm when staff and students are gone.

5/6 Grade Football Gear Checkout will be on Monday after school in the Wrestling room at the high school. Change of schedule: First practice will be on Tuesday, August 30 after school as well as Wednesday and Thursday. No practice on Friday, September 2 or Monday, September 5.

The 7/8 volleyball at Kidder County on Tuesday, August 30 will now begin at 3:30, not the originally scheduled time of 3:45. The bus will depart at 1:45. Kidder County has enough for two junior high teams, so we will be playing two starting 15 minutes earlier.

**Picture Day is Tuesday, August 30** Individual photos, as well as team photos for the following sports will be taken... Volleyball (A/B/C) - grades 9 thru 12. Volleyball (junior high) - grades 7 & 8 Girls basketball - grades 5 & 6. Football (varsity and junior varsity) - grades 9 thru 12. Football (junior high) - grades 7 & 8. Football (elementary) - grades 5 & 6. Girls golf - grades 7 - 12.

The New Salem-Almont School District invites local subcontractors to a pre-bid meeting on Thursday, September 1 at 9:00AM at the New Salem high school gym who would like to come and look over the new shop site prior to receiving bids. You will have an opportunity to look at existing conditions and get a better feel for the project. EngTech will be present to give a short presentation on the scope of the project and to answer questions.

The American Legion Post #91 and the New Salem Civic Club have graciously offered to pay for all K-12 NSA student activity passes for the 22-23 school year. All K-12 NSA students will get in free to regular season games beginning this Friday. Thank you to these two groups for making this possible! Students in grades K-5 MUST be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian. Please contact the High School office via telephone or email Marci Gilstad, marci.gilstad@k12.nd.us, if you would like a refund by Friday, September 2, 2022. If contact is not made by this date and you have paid for a student(s) activity pass, the money will be transferred to your child's lunch account. The Board and Administration extends thanks to district parents/guardians for accompanying and supervising your children while supporting the Holsteins!

Just a reminder to the Class of 2022 Students that were recipients of a New Salem - Almont Dollars for Scholars Scholarships. The Class of '51 Scholarships will be awarded to your college account after you have finished two semesters of college. All other scholarships will be awarded after you have finished one semester of college. Make sure to notify Sherri Hulm or Amanda Wald if you change colleges.

Just a reminder to the Class of 2022 Students that were recipients of a New Salem - Almont Dollars for Scholars Scholarships. The Class of '51 Scholarships will be awarded to your college account after you have finished two semesters of college. All other scholarships will be awarded after you have finished one semester of college. Make sure to notify Sherri Hulm or Amanda Wald if you change colleges.

Free and reduced lunch forms are located in both school offices plus the school's website. This data drives some of the funding we receive whether it's through the federal and state government and/or grant opportunities. If you qualified in the past three years, you only have thirty school days before you lose that status unless your refile. Sherri.hulm@k12.nd.us is the only staff member that collects and enters the data. Students must start the school year with a positive lunch balance unless you turn in a free/reduced form.

The first Weekly Bulletin of the year is posted! View it here: https://5il.co/n7kv or on the Holstein App or Website at "Weekly Announcements".

Your go to calendar for school activities. This is where updates will always be listed and keep everyone informed so they can plan accordingly. https://www.new-salem.k12.nd.us/o/nsa/page/calendar

Updated 5/6 GBB Schedule: https://5il.co/y0t0

Accuplacer and dual credit: The last two Accuplacer tests will take place this Wednesday at 11AM and Thursday at 9AM in the computer lab. You will need to pay the day before. BSC will be here this Thursday at 11AM to finalize student enrollments for dual credit courses, this includes our local college English class.

NSA Volleyball will have their first practice TOMORROW (8/15) from 3:30-5:30.

2022-2023 NSA Sports Schedules Schedules can also be viewed on the specific sport's page on our website (Ex. JH VB can be viewed on the Volleyball page) JH/JV/V FB - https://5il.co/sefj C/JV/V BBB - https://5il.co/na3w JH BBB - https://5il.co/o0bl 5/6 BBB - https://5il.co/1fz2l C/JV/V GBB - https://5il.co/lll7 JH GBB - https://5il.co/117js 5/6 GBB - https://5il.co/y0t0 C/JV/V VB - https://5il.co/nd4p JH VB - https://5il.co/ncop Wrestling - https://5il.co/nv44

Wednesday, August 17 3:00PM-4:00PM 6th Grade Orientation Schedule: We will hold a 6th grade orientation to allow the students to come in earlier than other grades to discuss the following: Expectations Introduction of middle school staff Tour of the school along with showing them their lockers Having each homeroom teacher show them their classroom 6th grade parents can show up for the orientation and/or during the 4:00PM-6:00PM open house if they choose.

The Elementary School is having phone outages at this time. Please call the High School at 843-7610 with any questions and they will relay the messages.

UPDATE ON MOBILE FOOD PANTRY: A substitute driver was found so the food pantry will be in New Salem on August 11th from 1-2 p.m.

Due to a driver shortage, the mobile food pantry on 11th has been cancelled for New Salem.

Students can come in and talk about their classes/schedules with Mr. Olson this week! August 9th- Grades 10-12 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. August 10th- Grades 7-9 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.