New Salem-Almont School District

Holsteins defeated Garrison with a buzzer beater, winning 55-53! They advance to the semifinals where they’ll play the winner of the Flasher/Wilton game tomorrow (3/9) @ 6:00 pm. Way to go Holsteins!

The March 8 regular school board meeting will be located at the High School Conference room at 7:15AM, this is due to the Boys' Region game at 3:00PM in Bismarck. The PVE discussion for next year will be put on hold as we put together an ad hoc committee to meet later that week to discuss 2021-22 school options and then share at the April Board meeting. You will find any and all board information including the agenda here: https://www.new-salem.k12.nd.us/page/school-board-meetings

REGION 5 BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT MARCH 8, 9, & 11, 2021 ST. MARY'S CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Holsteins will take on Garrison in the first game on Monday (3/8) @ 3:00 pm Good luck Holsteins! (Link to PDF Bracket: https://5il.co/q5mr)

Sixties Day at PVE! Also, Happy Birthday to Ms. Seeger today!

Congratulations to the boys basketball team who won last night, they will now move in to Regions and play Garrison on Monday, March 8 at 3:00PM in the St. Mary's gym. Due to the fact that many staff and students will be attending, we will be dismissing school at 2:00PM, with buses running at 2:05PM. Ticket prices are $10.00 fro grades 1 through adults-this was set by the NDHSAA. PVE will hold there after school tutoring program from 2:00PM to 3:00PM in case we have some K-6 students that need some additional help.

Junior Class Raffle Ticket winners! Our last two winners are: Feb. 27- Charlie Ledger Feb. 28- Annie Schmid Thank you all so much for the people who bought tickets, see you all at prom!

District 9 Boys Basketball tournament action - Holsteins lost a tough one tonight 52-54 against Flasher. They will play again for a chance at regionals on Monday, 3/1 @ 5:45pm against Solen.

PVE PARENTS: Please sign up for parent/teacher conferences using the link below. They will be in person unless you feel more comfortable with a phone call conference. They are scheduled for Monday, March 15 3:30-8:30. https://ptcfast.com/schools/prairie_view_elementary?fbclid=IwAR25gX5ph9cxPfg_tpcxrLIcfFf8NMLsXtDTizYtevYvWVVZjTb-XpCY30o

Congratulations to the February Students of the Month: August Kroh, Wilbur Gniffke, Hadley Erickson, and Paul Hanebutt.

Junior Class Calendar Raffle ticket winners! Feb. 20- Amanda Kessler Feb. 21- Sierra Henke Feb. 22- Toby Olin Feb. 23- Morgan Berger Feb. 24- Darnell Heid Feb. 25- Kayla Kunkel Feb. 26- Geri Schmid

If any NSA subs or bus drivers would like to get the COVID-19 vaccine, please contact Brian Christopherson at 843-7610 for more information. March 6 is the date Custer Health has for school employees.

District 9 Boys' Basketball Tournament Schedule St. Mary's High School - Bismarck February 26, 27, & March 1 NSA kicks off the tournament in Game #1 vs. Grant County - Friday 2/26 @ 5:45 PM . Good luck Holsteins! (PDF copy of bracket: https://5il.co/psxk)

What do you get when 13 Holsteins walk into Fargo for the state tournament? How about three state champs, a runner up and two more top placers and a third place team finish: 106 Wyatt Engwicht - Champion 113 Cole Gerhardt - Champion 126 Ethan Maier - 6th place 152 Ethan Hammons - 3rd place 160 Ty Wolding - Runner-Up 285 AJ Heins - Champion Saturday brought a tight opening loss to Carrington and wins over Hettinger and Velva for a 5th place dual team finish. Lead the whole way by our ND Class B back to back to back state coach of the year Dave Wolding. This team has titles to defend, titles to claim, the heart to earn it and the leader to lead it. "Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in installments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out." Israelmore Ayivor

Feb 13-19 Junior Class Calendar Raffle ticket winners! Feb. 13- LeAnn Rasmussen Feb. 14- Dean Bachler Feb. 15- Cory Gullickson Feb. 16- Vivki Kunz Feb. 17- Sheila Christian Feb. 18- Mike Doll Feb. 19- Brenda Kovar

Mrs. Bennett shares her experience with Edmentum ExactPath - see the article below! SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT Accelerating Learning Recovery in New Salem Story by Madison Michell, Edmentum https://blog.edmentum.com/accelerating-learning-recovery-new-salem-north-dakota Prairie View Elementary School of New Salem-Almont School District serves 165 elementary students in the small New Salem, North Dakota, community. Recently, I had the pleasure of connecting with Principal Lauren Bennett to learn how educators and students alike are forging a new path toward academic growth in partnership with Edmentum. “We knew, going into this year, we were going to have a lot of challenges and learning gaps,” remarked Mrs. Bennett. “We really needed to hit it hard with some intervention that was good for all kids.” Unsurprisingly, this story is all too familiar nationwide. In a schoolyear crippled by learning disruptions, accelerating learning recovery has become the reigning theme. How It Started “We were home from, obviously, March until August [2020], and so that was a big drop in education,” reflected Mrs. Bennett. “We knew we needed something. We really liked Edmentum, a company that we had already worked with, so we were really excited.” Prairie View Elementary became one of many North Dakota schools implementing Edmentum Exact Path, a K–12 diagnostic-driven individualized instruction program, in the 2020–21 academic year. Exact Path has been provided at no cost by the governor’s office of North Dakota and the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction for all North Dakota students through September 30, 2021. “Our Title I program is who started using it first,” commented Mrs. Bennett. “A couple of times a week, [students needing intervention services] would go on for reading or math, and our Title I teacher really liked what she saw.” Favorite features and functionality for Mrs. Bennett and her teachers centered around the user-friendly nature of Exact Path. The depth of the instruction, variety of practice, and inability for students to just buzz through without first demonstrating mastery were also elements that quickly stood out. “Any question I had [about the program] was always answered right away,” remarked Mrs. Bennett. “And, as far as getting all our [student] information in there, it was really nice. It was already in there, so that was really great.” Flexible professional development and training opportunities have also been an important element for educators looking to increase their Exact Path knowledge. In addition to synchronous learning options, Edmentum offers many North Dakota–specific on-demand training sessions for easy consumption. “We’re a very small district,” noted Mrs. Bennett. “A lot of us are coaches or bus drivers. It’s definitely not like you’re a classroom teacher and that’s your only role. So, it is really tough to be able to say, ‘OK, we need an hour and a half of your time after school.’ That can be very difficult, so I like this flexibility.” How It’s Going In mid-January staff meetings, conversations turned to extending the program’s reach to a schoolwide implementation for all students. Prairie View Elementary offers daily “WIN (What I Need)” time in every classroom, and teachers are always looking for new intervention ideas for struggling students, as well as acceleration opportunities for highflyers. “It’s not like, ‘Oh, here’s another paper to do’ or like, ‘Let me find something additional to take up some of your time’ but [Exact Path] is something worthwhile that they’re actually going to get something from,” shared Mrs. Bennett. Additionally, using Exact Path with all students makes regular assessments and progress monitoring actionable. Students at Prairie View Elementary School complete NWEA® MAP® GROWTH™ assessments three times a year, and an integration with Exact Path means that each student can receive a tailored instructional path based directly on those scores. “I really liked that Exact Path worked with MAP, because we really dive deep with test scores,” commented Mrs. Bennett. “We don’t take the test and then never look at it again. Exact Path allows that intervention based on their test score, putting students where they need to be.” Those connection points seem to be paying off according to Mrs. Bennett: “We’re seeing our [NWEA MAP Growth] test scores go up, which is amazing, so we know what we’re doing is working. And some of that definitely has to do with the interventions we’re using.” Assessment data indicate that the future is bright for elementary students in New Salem, North Dakota, and a partnership with Edmentum is offering one powerful tool to the school’s instructional toolbox. “It’s very difficult to be able to tailor many kids with many different interventions,” concluded Mrs. Bennett. “Teachers are just working so much and are absolutely amazing, and it’s incredibly helpful to be able to have one part of that being taken care of. We feel very lucky to have something that will do that [differentiation] for us.”

Tonight the Board voted to lift the mask mandate for students and staff. Masks are recommended and teachers will do their best to try and separate if possible. In the motion, the Board put in a mechanism that will return the district to a mask mandate based on 15 or more active student/staff cases for two or more days in Morton County schools. The mandate would be lifted once the numbers go down. The website that shows the information is below. https://www.health.nd.gov/k-12-school-dashboard The other trigger included in the motion would be if a school building in our district would have 5 or more active cases, then that building only would return to a mask mandate until those numbers declined.

BBB game tonight against Linton/HMB will be live on "HMB Public School" on Facebook for those who can't make it.

Junior Class Calendar Raffle ticket winners! Feb. 6- Shane Tellmann Feb. 7- Shawn Feiring Feb. 8- Shelly Nehl Feb. 9- Toby Olin Feb. 10- Kathy Sanders Feb. 11-Tammie Jueth Feb. 12- Jerome Slag

Boys Basketball tonight against Linton/HMB will be in HAZELTON. Games will begin at 6:00 p.m. with JV. Good luck Holsteins!

Cheer on the GBB team in Districts starting this Friday in New Salem at 5:30pm. Since this a District tournament comprised of 5 other teams, we cannot stream the game live. However, the games will be on our NFHS network, but on delay, so you will be able to watch Friday's games on Saturday. We are also not allowed to stream via Facebook either.