“HOLSTEIN HIGH-FIVE”
New Salem-Almont HS 2nd nine-weeks Holstein High-Five was filled with many first time recipients. We had 50% of our students earn a “High-Five” for the 2nd quarter of the school year. It was nice to see we had many students earn more than one “High Five”. Our school year goal of “KINDNESS” it's nice to see many students earning recognition based on our “Pride Matrix”. We are starting to see a change in our students. Helping and respecting each other is the main focus of our “Kindness” goal.
Congratulations to our 2nd Quarter winners:
Middle School: Eric Gerving
High School: Mackenzie Brandt
On a positive note, congratulations goes out to our Students of the Month: Hannah Vander Wal, Eric Gerving, John Wolff, and Morgan Stang.
Dear Families,
The New Salem-Almont School District is aware of a troubling post that has been shared widely this week on the social media platform TikTok. The post refers to a threat to school safety “for every school in the USA, even elementary,” today.
The post appears to be part of a national TikTok trend and did not originate in our school district. Two weeks ago, we held a staff development training on our crisis intervention plan and part of the discussion was if you “see something, say something” and while we do not believe the threat to be credible, we are taking additional steps to remain vigilant and keep students safe.
This situation serves as a good example of why it is important to avoid sharing posts online that refer to school safety threats. Even if they are not credible threats, they can cause a great deal of stress and anxiety for our students, families, and staff. We ask our families to monitor their children’s social media activity and speak with them about proper behavior online. Please talk to your kids and let them know that the consequences are severe, including expulsion, if they joke around about school violence or bring any type of weapon into school.
If you or your child become aware of any potential threat posted to social media or anywhere else, please notify a school staff member or trusted adult right away.
As always, thank you for your partnership as we work to ensure a safe, secure, and positive learning environment for our students.
Sincerely,
Brian Christopherson
CHANGE IN GBB GAME TIME THURSDAY (12/30):
The girls basketball game on Thursday, December 30 versus Glen Ullin/Hebron (at Glen Ullin) has been changed to a 4:00 central start.
Junior varsity begins at 4:00, followed by the varsity contest.
Kindergarten had their Donuts with Dad’s this morning! Thank you to all the families that could make it and we hope you enjoyed the donuts, story, and games this morning! 🍩
Super Apple Man came to visit PVE today to teach us about eating healthy, kindness, respect, and having a positive attitude! Here are a few pictures of all the fun!
🎼Our students had a wonderful time practicing for the concert today! A reminder that the concert is this Thursday at 7:00 pm! We look forward to seeing you all there! 🎶
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The concert for grades 6-12 is tonight at 7PM, if you can't make it, we plan to livestream it on Facebook for all to enjoy.
REMINDER: The PVE (K-5) Winter Concert is on Thursday, December 16th at 7 pm @ the HS Gym.
REMINDER: Tonight is the 6th/JH/SH Winter Concert @ 7 pm in the High School Gym. We hope to see you there!
Kindergarten did a great STEM activity using spice drops and toothpicks! So many fun activities going on here at PVE!
Miss Heupel's class did a STEM activity with candy canes today! What a great to spend a Friday!
Mr. Kautzman's 4th grade class made candy out of maple syrup! What a fun way to study science!
3rd Grades Kindness Club came together this morning to decorate Christmas Cookies! Here are few pictures of the fun!
There is a change to the Boy's Basketball Game tonight at Steele. C/JV/Varsity will all play tonight starting at 4:30 p.m. Bus is leaving at 2:45 p.m.
Picture re-takes for PVE and HS are tomorrow (Thursday). PVE will be taken first then they will come to the HS.
We will also be taking winter sports pictures (BB, JHGB, GBB, WR) plus other yearbook photos.
Reminder of the 10:00AM late start tomorrow (Wednesday) for staff crisis prevention training. Expect buses to be approximately two hours late.
Donuts with Mrs. Bennett for the November Student's of the Month!
Behavior Celebration Friday! Here a few pictures of today's festivities! Congratulations to our Student's of the Month: K- Alice, 1st- Kinslee, 2nd- Athena, 3rd- Emery, 4th- Norah, 5th- Addison, and 6th- DeLainis! Great job everyone! It was also wear red day! It's a sea of red in the cafeteria!
