After reassessing the road conditions, we have decided we will not be running our school buses today for morning or afternoon routes.
Due to icy road conditions, all WBSD7 schools will start 2 hours later than normal on Monday, January 24, 2022. Schools will begin 2 hours after their normal start time, and buses will run 2 hours later than normal for pick up in the morning. School will dismiss at its normal time.
Thank you,
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Our Heart Heros
CONGRATULATIONS GARDEN VALLEY. We are over half-way to our goal in the kids heart challenge! This fund raiser will end January 28th. So lets do our best to hit our goal this year. Thank you so much for those who have donated and its not too late to keep this going.
Reminder: There is no school for any WBSD7 schools on Monday, January 17th.
Jump on Board With the Heart Heroes. Helping to raise awareness for the American Heart Association. Kids Heart Challenge. Sign up today on the Heart Challenge app or at heart.org/KHC Help your child chose a daily healthy challenge that they would like to achieve. The more donations they collect the more prizes they earn. Thank you for supporting our children and our community.
We would like to remind families of the policies we are following per our Return to In-Person Learning Plan related to COVID-19 positive individuals:
Positive COVID-19 Diagnosis
ISOLATE: Stay home and away from others for at least 10 days after symptom onset and be fever free for 24 hours (without the use of medications) and have improvements in symptoms. If asymptomatic (without symptoms) isolate for 10 days beginning on test date.
If you have COVID-19, you must self-isolate regardless of vaccination status, previous infection, or lack of symptoms.
Recently the CDC updated their COVID guidelines for isolation time for positive individuals, however, at our recent school board meeting, it was decided we would continue with our current plan.
For more information and to read the plan, please visit our District Website https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1413803/1.7.22_Amended_Return_to_In_Person_Plan.pdf
With the unfortunate increase in violence, threats, cyberbullying, and disruptive social media “challenges” in schools throughout the country, the Williston Basin School District #7 would like to take a moment to remind families and students that our District takes a zero-tolerance approach to any misconduct of this nature. Please see the attached notice from the Interim Superintendent, Lori Olson, and the Director of Student Services, Wyndy McGinley.
CANCELLATION:
Due to flight cancellations, our guest speaker Sgt. Rich has been cancelled this week. We will be rescheduling him for a later date and will communicate that as soon as we have that information.
Williston Basin School District #7 is proud to partner with CHI St. Alexius Health Williston for our Partners in Health Program. Our Partners in Health Program will provide WBSD7 with opportunities to provide beneficial resources including expert reviewed health articles and blog posts, Staff Wellness Days, informational forums, and more.
Our first featured article is "Gather Around for the Benefits of Family Dinner." Did you know that having a regular family dinner can result in higher grade point averages and self-esteem for children and teens?
For this article and more, check out our Partners in Health page: https://www.willistonschools.org/page/chi-stalexius-health-partnership
We ended the first week of 2022 with an assembly focused on our SEL word of the month: CHOICES. We also had Miss Mary with the American Heart Association teach our kids how they can all be Heart Heroes!
WBSD#7 Parents,
Please join us this Monday, January 10th, at Williston High School at 7pm for a Workshop on Cyber Safety and Security. At this high energy, fast paced presentation you will learn about every app, how to monitor your child’s activity and see real time how to navigate the most popular social media apps. Sgt. Rich has spoken to over 1 million people worldwide and has been featured on NBC, FOX, CNN and Good Morning America!
For more info, check out www.AlwaysConnected.org
Our phone lines are currently down at Missouri Ridge, Garden Valley, Round Prairie, WHS, and the Education Office. If you need to reach any of these schools, please contact our district office (701)572-1580. Thank you for your understanding.
Reminder: Bookmobile comes tomorrow! If your student has books checked out, please remember to return them. If you didn't return your application and want them to check out, please email Mrs. Mosley ASAP and she can send home a new application. kimberly.mosley@willistonschools.org
Bookmobile comes the first Wednesday of every month.
School is back in session, and winter is in full swing with temperatures ranging anywhere from 35*F to -27*F in the next 10 days. Remember elementary students still go outside for recess until temperatures reach -10*F.
If you are in need of winter gear for sizes 4T and up, please contact Allison Stensland at (701)572-1580 or allison.stensland@willistonschools.org.
January's SEL Word of the Month: Choices
And the fun didn't stop there! At the end of the assembly, Ms. Morey surprised her teachers with a scavenger hunt! Students were given clues for their teacher, who then had to find a paper elf hidden in their classroom. The first teacher to find the elf was Ms. Gutknecht, who won a gift certificate!
A message from the Director of Student Services and the Interim Superintendent.
WBSD#7 Families, with the extreme weather we are having, please be sure to send students to school with a warm coat, a hat, and gloves. Especially for those students riding school buses. If your children are in need of warm winter clothes, please contact your child's school.
Holiday Concert.
We would like to give a big THANK YOU to all the family members and community members who supported our concert. The children were amazing. Thank you Mrs. Gutknecht for all the hard work preparing for such a wonderful concert!
