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MISSOULA CHILDREN’S THEATER

On Sunday, April 17th the Little Red Truck again pulled into Ashley for our seventh wonderful week of fun and learning for all of the students involved in “Alice in Wonderland”. The two directors fit everything they need into the Little Red Truck. They bring the backdrop, costumes, lighting, and all of the props! Over forty Ashley students participated in this year’s production. The cast of “Alice in

Wonderland” worked hard to prepare for two memorable performances on Saturday, April 23rd. It is amazing what our students can accomplish during this week! Throughout the week the directors also put on three workshops for the students at Ashley School. MCT was a huge success this year! The kids did an awesome job! Way to go “Alice in

Ashley Public School the

April 2016

The Show Must Go On!

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to

learn and change.

~Carl Rogers

May 2-5: Teacher Appreciation WeekMay 3: 5th & 6th gr. visit to JamestownMay 4: McIntosh County Spelling BeeMay 6: National Science Fair in AZ-good luck Katie!May 9: Academic Awards Ceremony 7 pmMay 10: Citizenship DayMay 11: “Best of the Class” in BismarckMay 16: Elementary music concert May 17: High School music concert May 17: last day for seniors

May 18-19: Semester tests

May 19: graduation practice

May 20: last day of school

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MCT....CONTINUED.Wonderland” cast! Coming in 2017 “Rumpelstiltskin” presented by our Ashley Students! I would like to thank everyone who helped make the week such a huge success! An extra big thanks Bill and Nina Klein for providing housing for the week. I would also like to thank Mary Paulsrud for being the accompanist. Thank you to Ashley School, Super Valu, and Haugom Window Coverings for providing the meals and Monica and Fern for cooking them. The Sunshine Homemakers and Ashley Staff did a wonderful job of serving supper for the cast members. Thank you to Michelle Kempf for all of the behind the scenes help.

MCT truly would not be the success it is without the businesses and organizations who help every year with the cost of MCT. The total cost of MCT is

$2,800. Every year this cost has been covered by the donations of local businesses. Thank you so much to the Ashley Lions, Kem Electric, Dickey Rural Network, Ashley Endowment Fund, Ashley Veterinary Clinic, McIntosh County Bank, and Wald Fencing. It is my hope to continue having MCT every spring for our students at Ashley Public School. If anyone would like to make a donation please contact the school. Without the help and donations from our local businesses and you we will not be able to continue to see the Little Red Truck come every spring. Any donation will help achieve our goal to continue bringing new activities to Ashley for our students. This is a wonderful opportunity for our school and community. Thank you to everyone involved.

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Alice, the White Rabbit, and a host of others were involved in a musical wonderland on April 23, 2016 when the Missoula Children's Theatre and more than 40 local students presented an original musical adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic, ALICE IN WONDERLAND.Playing the title character, Alice, were local students Cailtin Molter, Nicole Schmidt, and Isabell Klipfel. Other featured performers included Kylee Thiery as Margaret, Kaleb Thiery as the King of Hearts, Trevor Schmidt as the Knave of Hearts, Alexis Kempf as the Queen of Hearts, Brenden Lear as the Mad Hatter, Shane Nitschke as the March Hare and Tyler Herron as the Doormouse. Michayla Haknanson was featured as The Duchess, Zach St.

Aubin as the Cook, Nathan Hakanson as The Gryphon, Christina Kloster as The Mock Turtle and Danielle Gilstad as Humpty Dumpty. Tweedledum and Tweedledee were played by James Schacher and Daniel Schumacher, and Christna Kloster and Parker Zimmerman played the Fish and the Frog. The Cheshire Cats were played by Kebba Beach, Gracie Hoffman, and Keeda Beach. Appearing as the Caterpillar were Aidan Bertsch, Bethany Gojkovich, and Kyrie Gojkovich, Jorja Haas and Nolan Ranfranz played the Cards, and Allison Engelhart, Faith Melom, and Kathryn Schneider made up the Flower Band. And finally, Patty Clements, Landon Doll, Jillian Engelhart, Dylan Herron, Vada Hoffman, Brendan Jenner, Eloise Jenner, Ethan Lear, Jadyn Lear, Kitana Martel, Katelin Miller, Alyssa Nitschke, and Lydia Wolf performed the roles of the Lobsters. Emma Ranfranz served as Assistant Director throughout the week.

The Missoula Children's Theatre residency in Ashley is brought to you by Ashley Public School with support from Ashley Lions, KEM Electric, Dickey Rural Network, McIntosh County Bank, Ashley Endowment Fund, Wald Fencing and Supplies, and Ashley Veterinary Clinic. For more information, call Jessica Schmidt 701-288-3456.

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FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA

Other News – Kara Scherbenske of Hometown Credit Union stopped in to talk to the Sophomore Accounting Class and 9th Grade Business Fundamentals class on April 13th. Kara discussed the importance of having good credit, taking out loans and opening a checking/savings account. Kara did a mock consumer loan worksheet with the students and opened up the floor for questions. Thank you for coming in to discuss these important topics!

The Ashley FBLA Chapter had twenty students participate in the 2016 State Leadership Conference (SLC) in Bismarck April 3-5th. The chapter attended workshops, opening and closing sessions as well as competed in events. Ashley FBLA took home many recognitions and awards! The chapter completed many tasks throughout the year and received North Dakota Gold, the highest level! Receiving Gold is a huge accomplishment for these students – many thanks to community members and local businesses for helping to make this occur. While at State, six students qualified for Nationals in five events which will be held in Atlanta this summer. A special thanks to Warren Martz and Jason Schmidt for chaperoning and driving bus during SLC – you made Ms. Sathre’s life much easier each day! Great job to all the participants and for representing Ashley Public School in a positive manner!

Chapter Received North Dakota Gold!

GUEST SPEAKER!

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Upcoming Events: Ditch Cleaning (Sunday, May 1st), Teacher Appreciation Breakfast (Tuesday, May 3rd), International Science Fair and National FBLA Burger Feed @ The Roost (Wednesday, May 4th).

FBLA...CONTINUED

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• Tiffany – Chapter Scrapbook – 4th Place• Collin – Local Annual Business Report – 5th Place• India Bender – Spelling and Proofreading – 1st Place• Riley – Introduction to Information Technology – 10th

Place• Katie – Accounting I – 8th Place

• Brooke – Economics – 7th Place• Brooke – Job Interview – 6th Place• India Bercier – Database Design – 6th Place• Jacob – Introduction to Business – 6th Place• Chloe – Graphic Design – 5th Place

State FBLA Results:

Qualified for Nationals:

Bryce – Introduction to Business (4th)Rachel Rueb & Tiffany – Publication Design (4th)Jacob – Introduction to Information Technology (3rd)

Addie – Agribusiness (3rd) and Accounting I (2nd)India Bender – Introduction to Business (1st)

Membership Achievement North Dakota GOLD! March of Dimes

Chapter Recognitions:

Who’s Who: Katie & Tiffany Membership Madness: Brooke & Katie

Individual Recognitions:

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AshleyHighSchool,NorthDakotaFBLA

NationalFBLA&InternationalScienceFairBurgerFeed

Where:TheRoost

When:May4,2016~5-8p.m.

Cost:$6.00perplate

Includes:

• Burger/Cheese• Pop• Bar• Chips

Meet the Qualifiers!

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Are choices powerful? You bet! The more strong-willed a child, the more important it is to share the control we don't need. The art of gaining the control we need lies in finding ways to give away the control we don't. This means giving plenty of fun little choices over matters we care little about. "Are you going to put your shirt on first or your pants on first?" is a good example. Another might be, "Do you want your curfew to be 8 pm…or 10 pm?" Some people make the mistake of turning choices into threats. 

"Are you going to eat that or spend the rest of the night in your room?" is a threat disguised as a choice. So is, "Are you going to behave or do you need a swat?" Other people make the mistake of giving choices after the child has become resistant. This actually rewards the child for being persnickety. Choices are best given before the child has misbehaved. Wise parents and educators anticipate potential power struggles and come up with some choices ahead of time.

PARENTING WITH LOVE & LOGIC

This month’s assembly was about “caring”, with an emphasis on how can we make a change in the world? Change begins with me. I most certainly can’t control others, but I CAN control what I do. In order to make a change in the world for the better, it starts with each individual. There’s an idea out there called, “Pay it forward”. The concept of pay it forward is about doing something for somebody expecting nothing in return except for them to “pay forward” an act of kindness to someone else who may be in need. We watched a short video clip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw0Lvr4eK-k)

giving us a springboard for discussion within our teams. Teams leaders facilitated a brainstorming session on how we can pay it forward in our community. The challenge was handed down to answer the question, “How can I change the world?” - and to pay it forward right here in Ashley. The last pillar in Character Counts is on

citizenship. The community of Ashley does so much for our school, we would like to show a small token of our appreciation by paying it forward and volunteering throughout the city in various ways of service. Stay tuned...

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FISHING FOR STUDENTS’ SUCCESS

Here we are the end of April. I can’t believe how the time flew by. We are in the middle of Track and Golf season and I am thinking we should have had these seasons in February. I do think we would all agree though that it is ok to have a few meets cancelled because of this rain. Good luck to both teams. Both are doing very well and will continue to make us proud. I would like to congratulate the senior class of 2016 and their parents. You did it!!!! We are proud of you. Go for the gusto; you can be successful at anything you do. This year’s seniors include; Hannah Bercier, Morgan Gallagher, Brooke Gilstad, Tyler Haugom, Chloe Hauth, and Matthew Rueb. Good luck with the next step in your life.

Parents remember there is only a month left, continue to push your children. Yes, we know that spring fever has hit the school. We want them to finish the year out strong. Make sure they are bringing homework home. I am seeing a few more students with grades of D’s or F’s on our weekly report - parents please check PowerSchool and make sure your child is finishing strong. If you have any questions about your child’s grades, call the teachers; they are more than willing to help each student. Thanks for all you do for your child and the school. I would like to give a big WOW, to all of our Science Fair participants and to our State FBLA participants. You have all done a great job and have made our school proud. Great job advisors for preparing our students to excel in these events. I would also like to thank the community for supporting these students that are going to compete in the next level. It is greatly appreciated how much support everyone is giving to our school. Just a reminder there will be a burger feed on May 4th starting at 5:00 pm. This will be for helping our students raise money that are going to the National/International levels to compete.

I would also like to put a big thank you out to Jessica Schmidt, Michelle Kempf, and Kelly Dockter for all that was done to make another very successful Missoula Children’s Theater. It was once again a wonderful performance by our students. It is amazing how they can learn so much in one week and put on such a high quality show. I am already looking forward to next year’s performance.

The yearbook staff will be taking orders for purchasing the 2015-2016 yearbook on Monday, May 2 through Friday, May 6 in the lobby. The cost this year will be $25.  PLEASE HELP SUPPORT OUR YEARBOOK! Thank you!

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April is National Poetry Month, and the 7-10th English students took full advantage of celebrating it. The purpose of National Poetry Month, which was created in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, is to encourage the reading and writing of poems, to appreciate poetry and the poets, and to encourage support for poets and poetry. Poetry Month was kick started with Chalk a Poem. The students chose 1-2 lines from a poem and chalked it out on the sidewalk in front of the school. They also had some chances to read poems to the class during “Share a Poem Friday,” and each student was required on National Poem in Pocket Day to bring a poem to school and share it. We also had “New Poem Form Wednesday” (I know very catchy phrases) where the classes learned a different poem form and put it to use. As the students read and wrote poetry, I saw all the poets come out in them.

Their final project was to create a poem that could go up on the “Poet-ree” by the library. The poems submitted so far have been wonderful. I strongly encourage the parents to have their kids show them the amazing poems the students have written throughout the month. The students have outstanding talent, and I hope they continue to read and write poetry. There is so much potential in each of them.

Student of the Month

Morgan Gallagher, daughter of Shawn and Bonnie Gallagher, has been selected April’s Student of the Month. Morgan is respectful, kind, polite and helpful to everyone. She demonstrates a number of important qualities that Ashley Public School desires all students to emulate and consistently works hard to be an excellent student. Morgan contributes to class discussions, sets goals and establishes plans to achieve them. She is confident, independent, trustworthy, dedicated, and hard-working. She is a high achiever because of her work ethic and consistently does her best. Morgan is dependable and reliable as also demonstrated through her school-to-work program at Maverick Ag. Morgan plans on pursuing her higher education at NDSU.  

This month, Mrs. Watkins and her team of Brainiacs participated in a math contest at the University of Jamestown, competing against students from all over the state! Even though they didn’t make it into the finals,

they performed very well, answering the toughest of brain straining questions! Our students here at Ashley compete very well academically against even the biggest of schools in North Dakota!

ASHLEY MATH TEAM

Brooke Gilstad

Chloe Hauth

Matthew Rueb

Hannah Bercier

Tyler Haugom

Morgan Gallagher

Thirteen years within the walls of a place we call school...is just about to end for six Ashley students as graduation is just around the corner. Looking back on the life of a kid in school, going from not being able to tie a shoe in kindergarten to being an independent senior - so much happens in between and where did all that time go? One day, our kids are just babies, and the next thing we know they are walking across the stage getting their diplomas, on to bigger and better things; making a life of their own.

Please join us as we celebrate the next step in life for these young men and women at the graduation ceremony May 22 at 3:00 pm in the Ashley High School gymnasium.

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The third graders have been enjoying the beautiful spring weather we have been having. There was a lot of excitement in our classroom in the middle of April when our caterpillars came. During the last few weeks of school the third graders will watch them grow, make their

chrysalises, and turn into beautiful butterflies. We will release them on the last day of school. The third graders have also started working on their powerpoint projects with the freshman class. I always enjoy seeing the third graders take their story and making it come to life with the help of Ms. Sathre and the freshman class. We are hoping to have these done soon so we can share them with other classes.

The 2nd graders have had a very busy few months!  March was reading month with a lot of fun activities.  The 2nd graders and Mrs. Engelhart would like to say “THANK YOU” to Teresa Dockter for coming in to read to us on guest reader day!!  All of my 2nd graders participated every day of the month, and all were able to help duct tape Mr. Hauth to the wall in the elementary gym.  They thought that was pretty cool!  April brought the Missoula Children’s theater in which a few of my 2nd graders participated in.  I have to say, they did a phenomenal job!!  It’s really hard to believe that the school year is winding down!  I have been reminding my students to stay on task, and that we still have to concentrate.  Until next time…

Jessica finishing a successful drone flight!

Mr. Schmidt getting flying lessons from Tyler!

Andy decorating his planting pot!

The sixth-grade class started the month off performing the always popular play “Miss Louisa and the Outlaws” for their families and the elementary classes.  Once again schoolteacher Miss Louisa outsmarted the outlaws and taught her students a lesson in courage at the same time.  Cast of characters were Miss Louisa-Gracie Hoffman; Outlaw Dead-Eye Dan-Blake Meyer; Benny the Kid-Jackson Meidinger; Sheriff- Colton Martz; Deputy-Damian Clements; Introduction- Kaleb Thiery;

Narrator-Joshua Gordon.  Students were played by Bailee Rudolph, Michayla Hakanson, Danielle Gilstad, Darrell Eddins, Matthew Wolf, Brenden Lear, and Katrina Gojkovich.The students also presented their filmstrip book reports and began a unit on poetry.  The students are learning about several different forms of poetry and are composing their own poems to be put into a poetry book. Another creative project was making clay pots using the coil- and- pinch method.  The students learned about this technique when studying ancient civilizations. Other activities keeping the 6th grade students busy were participating in junior high track and golf, volleyball, and the Missoula Children’s Theater production. Chelsey Horner of the McIntosh County Soil Conservation District gave a presentation to the class on the

adverse affects of adding pollutants to the soil and how those pollutants can get into our water.  The students discussed different ways to cut down on pollution to preserve our fresh water.

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Elementary Computers

Kindergarten – We have been learning our home row keys, proper technique, and proper ergonomics. We are able to key in simple words using only the home row keys. Grade 1 – We have been creating a basic PowerPoint about the basic shapes by adding new slides, transitions, simple animations, we have excellent slide shows!Grade 2 – 6 are animating their own stories! Every student needs to engage their gift of imagination! They have really been enjoying their creations! Each grade has different writing objectives and technological skills objectives. Our programs to be able to learn the basics of animation are Paint and MS PowerPoint. We have explored animation features on www.abcya.com too. If you would like to have your child’s PowerPoint e-mailed to you when it is finished, please e-mail me at: kristi.bender@k12.nd.us, and I will send it to you!

PreKindergarten

Boom Chicka Boom! - a fun song with movement! Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Bill Martin Jr, has been the focus in our classroom! We have studied the alphabet, and have been putting it all together in order. We have been locating letters within various medias!We had visitors from Grade 5 read their stories to us! We had lots of fun listening and viewing their illustrations! We had even more fun with the various brain break games!

Library

April is Library Appreciation Month throughout the nation! April 4 is National School Librarian Appreciation Day! I asked a few students and faculty to write down how the library has helped them this year. Here are a few of the comments, I received:

This year, my library has helped me: Learn new informationLaugh with humorous booksLearning to read thicker booksRead books of interest to enjoy readingLearn the Dewey Decimal System for the location of the booksHelping with reportsHelping me become an author“Thank you for finding the books we need for our units. Interlibrary loans are wonderful. We always look forward to library and listening to the great books you read!”Young American Poetry Digest - We have fantastic poetry writers! This year 4 of our students wrote poems, and submitted to the Poetry Digest contest. All 4 of our poets poems were received! Our poets that will be in the 2016 edition will be Kathryn Schneider, Keeda Beach, Zach St. Aubin, and Cheyanne Lindgren.

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SOUTH BORDERAshley Public School

“Reaching full potential through seeing, doing, applying”

Lucy Meidinger-PresidentLyle Fey-DirectorKevin Nitschke-DirectorTrisha Schneider-DirectorGwyn Schumacher-Director

703 West Main Street Ashley, ND 58413

(701) 288-3456

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