Gary A. Wilz-Superintendent

Karter Kleeman-Jr./Sr. High Principal

Andrew Cook -Elementary Principal

Phone: 701-764-5877

Fax: 701-764-5648

Website: www.killdeer.k12.nd.us

Killdeer Public School Monthly Newsletter

March, 2020

IN THIS ISSUE * School Board Positions – Pg. 2

* Principal News - Pg. 3

* Drivers Ed Info. - Pg. 4

* FFA News - Pg. 5

* Art News - Pg. 6

* Post Prom - Pg. 7

* Love & Logic - Pg. 8

* March Calendar – Pg. 9

* March Menu - Pg. 10

DATES TO REMEMBER

March 6th

No School

March 20th

No School

March 25th

4th Grade Music Program

Wrestling Room– 2:15pm

Scholarships Available for Graduating Seniors

The Killdeer Public School Jeans for Charity Committee is proud to announce the

availability of a scholarship for a member of the 2020 graduating Senior Class of Kill-

deer Public School. Interested scholarship applicants should contact Superintendent

Gary A. Wilz, Career Counselor Holly Schmidt, or Secretary Jessica Klym at the

school for an application. Application deadline is April 15, 2020.

Allan and Kaye Dolezal are sponsoring two scholarships (one male and one fe-

male) for graduating Seniors from the Class of 2020. The scholarships are available

for all fields of post-secondary study that award a certificate and/or diploma upon com-

pletion from any technical school, trade school, junior college, college, or university.

The scholarship values are currently $1,000 per scholarship, but are determined by Al-

lan and Kaye Dolezal. Interested scholarship applicants should contact Superintendent

Gary A. Wilz, Career Counselor Holly Schmidt, or Secretary Jessica Klym at the

school for an application. Application deadline is April 15, 2020.

Neil Thomas is sponsoring two scholarships on behalf of his parents, Berniece and

Ralph Thomas. Berniece was a long time educator in the Killdeer area spending many

years teaching children in the country schools. Berniece last taught at the Fayette

School prior to its closure in the late 1950s and then taught for a number of years at

Killdeer Public School. Ralph supported Berniece’s educational efforts through his

work as a handyman when needed in the schools she served. The Berniece and Ralph

Thomas Rural Educators Tribute Scholarships are for graduating seniors from the

Class of 2020 of Killdeer Public School. The scholarship values are currently $1,200

per scholarship but are determined by Neil Thomas. Interested scholarship applicants

should contact Superintendent Gary A. Wilz, Career Counselor Holly Schmidt, or Sec-

retary Jessica Klym at the school for an application. Application deadline is April 15,

2020.

The Walt and Ardis Kukla Memorial is sponsoring two scholarships for graduating

Seniors from the Class of 2020. The scholarships are available for all fields of post-

secondary study that award a certificate and/or diploma upon completion from any

technical school, trade school, junior college, college, or university. The scholarship

values are currently $1,000 per scholarship, but are determined by Dean and Pam. In-

terested scholarship applicants should contact Superintendent Gary A. Wilz, Career

Counselor Holly Schmidt, or Secretary Jessica Klym at the school for an application.

Application deadline is April 15, 2020.

From the Superintendent

Gary A. Wilz, Superintendent

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School Board Position Open

There are two positions on the Killdeer School Board up for election this year. The positions open

are “North Area,” presently filled by Levi Bang and “Killdeer City Area,” presently filled by Melis-

sa Benz. The Annual School Board Election will be held on June 9, 2020. The deadline for filing

for either position is 4:00 p.m. on April 6, 2020. The applications for the school board position may

be picked up at the Office of the Business Manager, Killdeer School.

Rose Hurt, Business Manager

Congratulations To All Cowboy Winter Sports Teams On Great Seasons!

Congratulations to the following State Wrestling Placers:

Gus Bohmbach

Zach Andersen

John Tomjack

Congratulations Junior High MATHCOUNTS Winners! 1st Place - Andrew Fritel

2nd Place - Nathan Buckman 3rd Place - Grayson Fettig

4th Place - Maci Jo LaPierre

Upcoming Music Programs:

4th Grade - March 25th - 2:15 pm - Wrestling Room

Elementary & JH (5th-8th Grade) Music Festival - March 28th

5th Grade - April 17th - 2:15 pm - Wrestling Room

6th Grade - May 15th - 2:15 pm - Wrestling Room

The 2020 JHBB team finished its season on Thursday, Feb.

20th. Overall it was a great season. The boys worked ex-

tremely hard throughout the season. During the season end-

ing tournament in Richardton, the Orange team took 3rd in

their division, while the Black Team took 2nd in their divi-

sion. Cowboy Pride!!

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From the Desk of Mr. Kleeman

Congratulations to Gus Bohmbach, Zach Andersen, and John Tomjack for placing at the State Wrestling Tourna-

ment in Fargo. Thank you to fans, parents, athletes and coaches for all that you do to make our Cowboy Wrestling

program successful. Elementary wrestling began Monday, February 24. It is not too late for anyone who is still

interested. Track starts Monday, February 24. All students are welcome to come participate and try their skills at

the many track and field events. High school golf begins Monday, March 23rd .

All the Sophomores will be taking the Pre-ACT at the school on March 14. All Juniors will be taking the ACT at

the school on March 3rd . Prom is scheduled for Saturday, April 4. Remember all students must be eligible in or-

der to attend Prom. These dates and more are listed on the rSchool Today app. Please see the main office for in-

structions.

Midterm grades will be sent home March 13. Students and parents can track student progress and grades on Pow-

erSchool. Parents can contact the main office if they do not have a sign in and/or password. Also remember stu-

dents are only allowed to miss 10 days a semester, after their 10th day students will lose credit in those classes.

Students can make up those hours by coming after school and serving time. If you have any question or concerns,

please feel free to call the school.

Karter Kleeman, Secondary Principal

From the Desk of Mr. Cook

March 13th is the official end of the third quarter. It is hard to believe that the school year is almost ¾ complete.

As we come through a hard hitting flu season I want to again remind parents to keep their student home if the stu-

dent is running a fever or showing signs of illness.

The North Dakota State Assessment is coming up in April. If, for any reason, your student will not be present or

will not be taking the test, please come in and see me as there is documentation that must be filled out. This year

North Dakota is taking a new test, using the newly adopted North Dakota State Standards. Gone are the Smarter

Balanced test and the Common Core standards.

We have started receiving calls in regard to pre-school and kindergarten registration. We will be starting the pro-

cess of registering new students in April.

If you are a teacher who is interested in teaching elementary or know someone who is an elementary teacher in the

area who would like to work at Killdeer, please have them contact me at 701-764-5877 Ext. 1004 or at

andrew.cook@k12.nd.us.

Andrew Cook, Elementary Principal

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Summer Drivers Education Thursday, May 21st - Friday, May 29th 8:00 – 5:00 – Classroom Portion 6 hours Behind the Wheel (will be scheduled later) – Driving Portion

Fee: $150 or $300(retake)

** MUST HAVE PERMIT BEFORE MAY 1st** Please sign up at the front office Last day to sign up is May 1st

ND State MATHCOUNTS Congratulations Andrew Fritel! Andrew Placed 10th at the

State MATHCOUNTS Competition!

Nathen Buckman and Andrew were the 2nd Place Individual Team Overall!

Great Work!

Robotics News

Dr. West, Robotics Instructor

On February 1st the Killdeer Robotics team consisting of Eli Spears participated in the North Dakota FIRST Robotics State Championship. He competed against 32 other teams from across North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. In our first year competing in FIRST Robotics, Killdeer finished in 12th place with a 3-2 record. Previously Killdeer had competed in BEST Robotics. In FIRST Robotics, for every preliminary match each team is randomly assigned another team for their alliance. The alliance then competes in a match against another alliance and whichever alliance scores the most points wins the match. Each match consists of a 30 second autonomous portion where the robot performs preprogrammed instructions and a 2 minute manual portion where each team wirelessly controls their robot. After each team plays five preliminary matches with different alliance members each time, the top four schools by record get to pick their alliance member for the semifinal matches.

Congratulations to Eli Spears of the Killdeer Robotics team on a successful season.

FFA News

Killdeer FFA Members Compete at Little “I” and Kindred Winter CDE Competitions It was a “double-header” weekend for the Killdeer FFA members. On Friday February 14th, members competed at

the Little “I” competition in Fargo. On Saturday February 15th, members competed at the Kindred FFA Alumni

Winter CDE Competition. It was a very successful weekend for the members. The results are as follows:

Little “I” Winter CDE Competition:

Livestock Judging: 5th Place Gold Team; Team Members- Shadera Burian, Shawna Burian, Jaylynn Hicks, Ian

Dukart, and Abby Hardersen

Ag. Sales: 2nd Place Gold Team; Team Member- Faith Norby (5th place overall), Tate Simmons, Abbigail Sa-

dowsky, and Erin McFadden

Agronomy- Bronze Team; Danielle Dobitz- silver individual, Madeline Lambert- silver individual, Claire McFad-

den- bronze individual

Kindred FFA Alumni Winter CDE Competition

Livestock Judging: Silver Team. Ian Dukart- silver individual, Shawna Burian- silver individual; Abigail Harder-

sen- silver individual, Shadera Burian- silver individual, and Jaylynn Hicks- silver individual.

Ag. Sales: 4th place Gold Team; Faith Norby- gold individual, Tate Simmons- gold individual, Abigail Sadowsky-

silver individual, Erin McFadden- silver individual

Agronomy- Bronze Team; Danielle Dobitz- gold individual, Madeline Lambert- silver individual, Claire McFad-

den- bronze individual

FFA Winter CDE Judging Season Kicks Off at Roughrider Judging Contest On February 1st, the Killdeer FFA Chapter competed in the Livestock Evaluation, Agricultural Sales, and Agrono-

my Career Development Events (CDEs) in Dickinson. It was an excellent first contest to start off the judging sea-

son. These events provide valuable learning opportunities that can transfer into a future career.

Livestock Evaluation provides participants with an opportunity to test their skills in the judging and selection of

livestock. This CDE also measures the student’s knowledge in the following categories: to make accurate obser-

vations of livestock; to determine the desirable traits in animals; to make logical decisions based on these observa-

tions; to discuss and defend their decisions for their placing; to install an appreciation for desirable human selec-

tion, management and marketing techniques; to gain a basic understanding of the livestock industry.

The marketing of agricultural products is the key to profitability in today's competitive economy, and agricultural

sales play a major role in this marketing process for a large segment of agribusinesses. Through this event, stu-

dents will have the opportunity to prepare for careers in sales by participating in activities oriented around the

sales process.

The Agronomy CDE is designed to create interest and promote understanding in agronomy by providing opportu-

nities for recognition through the demonstration of skills and proficiencies in areas of: Selection of Seed Grain

(placing & reasons), Crops and Weeds - Seed and Plant Identification, Grain Marketing, Pest Management- Insects

& Disorders, Equipment Management, and Soils.

It was a very successful day, and for many of the members, it was their first competition ever! The results of the

day are as follows:

Livestock Evaluation: 1st place Gold Team. Individual results: Shadera Burian- 1st place High Individual, Jaylynn

Hicks- 2nd place gold individual, Shawna Burian- 9th place gold individual

Agricultural Sales: 1st place Gold Team. Individual results: Faith Norby- 1st place High Individual, Erin McFad-

den- gold individual, Hatten Kleeman- silver individual, Tate Simmons- silver individual, and Abigail Sadowsky-

bronze individual

Agronomy: Individual Results: Danielle Dobitz- Gold Individual

David Leier, FFA Advisor

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Spelling Bee News

Congratulations to the following students who had their artwork displayed in the Dickinson State University art

gallery for the past month: Kelly Bang, Jordanna Baumann, Kostner BenzWeber, Mason Bice, Erica Bugos,

Shawna Burian, Daicie Mindt, Kaile Nodland, and Lexi Starr. The students' work was part of the Area High

Schools Fine Arts Exhibition. Shawna Burian and Lexi Starr had their artwork featured on the art exhibition

post card. Kelly Bang and Jordanna Baumann received honorable mention awards for their pieces. Daicie Mindt

received the top honor award as well as a $500 scholarship offer to Dickinson State University. Be sure to con-

gratulate all of our talented and hard-working art students who represented the Killdeer High School Art Deprt-

ment so well! Briana Papineau, Art Instructor

Art News

Congratulations to Andrew Fritel who won the Dunn County Spelling Bee on Wed. Feb. 19th. Our second

place winner was Ryann Wardrobe. They will represent Dunn County on March 23rd at the State Spelling Bee

in Bismarck.

Other participants were: Emelie Schaper, Matthew Schaper, Sarah Schaper, Jacob Jaggi, Ryder Leiss, Chessah

Morlock, Tommy Schmidt, Aspen Dunford, Carlos Vidaurri (who took 3rd place), Dalton Swenson, Dayne

Dorval and Cayden Neurohr. Participants from Halliday were: Amir Naber and Patton Swenson.

A Big Thank you to our judges: Fayleen Fisher, Loree Fettig and Cindy Agre. Also, thanks to Nicole Nowitzki

who filled in as pronouncer at the last minute!! She did a great job.

A thank you to Kaye and Allen Dolezal who provided pizza to the participants and guests. Thanks for your

generosity. Thank you to all the parents and family who help with all the studying.

Denice Sayler, Spelling Bee Coordinator

March 2020

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 KPTA Meeting -

7:00 pm - Wrestling

Room

3 BBB Regionals

Juniors ACT Testing

4 5 State Girls BB @

Grand Forks

6 State Girls BB @ Grand

Forks

Killdeer Youth

Wrestling Trny

No School - Storm Day

7 State Girls BB @ Grand

Forks

FFA @

Turtle Lake/Mercer

Winter CDE

8 9 BBB Regionals @

Dickinson Trinity

10 BBB Regionals @

Dickinson Trinity

11 School Board Meeting -

5:30 pm

HS Acalympics @ New

Salem - 9:00 am

12 BBB Regionals @

Dickinson Trinity

Author Visit in

Wrestling Room -

12:30 pm

13 Killdeer

Youth Wrestling

14 FFA @ Carrington

Winter CDE

15 16 Elementary VB Starts

Superintendent

Interviews

17 18 HOSA Blood Drive -

Wrestling Room

19

State BBB @ Bismarck

Love & Logic Class -

5:30 - 7:30 pm

20 No School - In Lieu of

Day

State BBB @ Bismarck

21 State BBB @ Bismarck

Cheer Competition

22 23 Golf Starts

FFA State Winter CDE

@ Minot

24

Make Up ACT for

Juniors

25 4th Grade Music

Program - Wrestling

Room - 2:15 pm

26 Love & Logic Class -

5:30 - 7:30 pm

27 28 Elem. & JH Music

Festival - Grades 5-8

29 30 FFA Banquet

Activity & Sports

Pictures - 10:00 am

31 Elementary GVB Home

- 4:00 pm vs. Beach and

Heart River

Close - Up Trip To Washington D.C.

March Menu 2020

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Cereal, Toast Juice, Milk

Chicken Alfredo

Mixed Vegetables

Bread

Milk

3 Bagels/w cream cheese, Juice, Milk

Quesadillas

Spanish Rice

Fruit

Milk

4 Cereal, Toast Juice, Milk

Lasagna Hot Dish

Peas

Bread

Milk

5 Waffles Juice, Milk

Hamburgers

French Fries

Fruit

Milk

6

7

8 9 Omelets Juice, Milk

Shepard Pie

Fruit

Bread Milk

10 Cereal, Toast Juice, Milk

Chicken Noodle

Soup

Garlic Toast Fruit

Milk

11 Pancakes Juice, Milk

Tacos

Fruit

Milk

12 Cereal, Toast Juice, Milk

Breaded Chicken

Patty Sandwiches

Chips Fruit

Milk

13 Long John Donuts Juice, Milk

Pizza

Corn

Fruit Milk

14

15 16 Cereal, Toast Juice, Milk

Macaroni & Cheese

Sausage

Carrots Milk

17 Oatmeal Juice, Milk

Chili

Cinnamon Rolls

Crackers Fruit

Milk

18 Cereal, Toast Juice, Milk

Pulled Pork

Sandwiches

Fries Fruit

Milk

19 Cereal Bar Juice, Milk

Hotdogs

Baked Bean

Chips Milk

20

21

22 23 Breakfast Pizza Juice, Milk

Meatball Subs

Fries

Fruit Milk

24 Cereal, Toast Juice, Milk

Crispitos

Spanish Rice

Fruit Milk

25 Poptarts Juice, Milk

Roast Beef

Gravy

Mash Potatoes Green Beans

Milk

26

Cereal, Toast Juice, Milk

French Toast

Scrambled Eggs

Sausage Links Fruit

Milk

27 Mini Donuts Juice, Milk

French Bread Pizza

Fruit

Milk

28

29 30 Cereal, Toast Juice, Milk

Super Nachos

Fruit

Milk

31 Breakfast Sandwich Juice, Milk

Tater Tot Hot Dish

Peas

Bread Milk

1 Cereal, Toast Juice, Milk

Turkey or Ham Subs

Chips

Fruit Ice Cream

Milk

2 Blueberry Muffin Juice, Milk

Popcorn Chicken

Salad

Fruit Milk

3 Cereal, Toast Juice, Milk

Cheese Ravioli

Broccoli

Breadsticks Milk

4