New Salem-Almont School District

The February Edition of the Holstein News!

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The 6th graders learned about irrigation in Ancient India during Social Studies and are now putting that knowledge to work by building water wheels!

Attention Parents: Unfortunately the Girls Scouts representative is unable to come out to New Salem today. When a new date is scheduled, we will make sure to share that information with you!

Mr. Kringstad’s sophomore students are studying how to classify different types of bacteria by using Gram staining techniques and samples collected from various locations throughout the school.

Varsity Boys Basketball at Carrington can be watched here. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HOHk_pGXrkU&pp=ygUhY2FycmluZ3RvbiBoaWdoIHNjaG9vbCBiYXNrZXRiYWxs

"Our Physics students are working on aerodynamics by creating ping pong ball launchers." 

The 6th-grade students are learning about DNA and heredity. They had the chance to extract DNA from strawberries using a soluble mixture and ethanol. The white stringy substance is the actual DNA!

We are proud to recognize the following students as our January Students of the Month. Congratulations!
Hazel, Syrena, Maizie, Azelinne, and Payton Hagemeister (not pictured). 

Mr. Deutsch introduced a new game called Battleship to the kindergarten students—and they had a blast!

Open gym has been canceled for today. (Sunday, February 1st)

A Special Wrestling Edition of the Holstein News!
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Our friends from Head Start came to visit Mrs. Brandt's second grade class and do a fun project today! What a fun way to kick off our February Kindness Month!

National School Counseling Week is coming up during the week of February 2-6, 2026, and we wanted to use this as an opportunity to say thank you to our amazing families for your continued support and partnership! We truly value working together to help students grow, build confidence, learn problem-solving skills, and feel supported at school. Your encouragement and involvement make a big difference in creating a positive school community where every student can thrive. We are so grateful to be part of your child’s journey here at New Salem-Almont Schools and appreciate all that you do to help build caring, resilient, and lifelong learners!

Mrs. Wald & Ms. Eggert

Meghan Chada from @KFYR visited the 8th-grade Earth Science students today. This is her second year volunteering her time to come in and discuss with the students Meteorology and what it is like to be a meteorologist on TV! Thank you, Meghan!  

On Thursday, the 7th-8th grade STEM students had the opportunity to visit kindergarten and assisted them with building catapults. This gives the older students a chance to mentor the kindergartens with a fun and STEM originated activity. STEM plans to visit them twice a month with a new building activity where they can learn new techniques from one another. 

Just a reminder there is no school on Friday the 30th! We hope you all enjoy your 3-day weekend! Come on out and help us cheer on our Holsteins wrestlers during East/West! Good luck Holsteins! 🐮

We will be having school today, starting at 10:00AM. Buses will be running, and we will contact the appropriate people on their routes if we have bus delays.
Please makes sure kids are dressed appropriately, and this includes high school students.
As always, the decision to send your child to school is up to you but please let the school and bus driver know in advance. Thank you for your understanding as we navigate this January weather.

Two-Hour Late Start Friday:

Given that we operate seven routes and require two additional buses as stand-byes in this type of weather, the best decision is to implement a two-hour late start tomorrow. Even when buses are plugged in, they are sitting outside in the extreme cold which has previously resulted in mechanical issues, leaving us short-handed and having to make last-minute adjustments.
As always, parents/guardians, please notify the school and your bus driver (if applicable) if your child will not be attending school tomorrow.

Youth Wrestling practice is canceled tonight (January 22).

Game time changes for today- January 22

JH BBB will start today at 5 p.m. Bus will leave at 3:30 p.m.
The JV/V GBB will start at 5 p.m. Bus will leave at 3:15 p.m.