At the speech meet in Park River, we had two Dakota Prairie students who were finalists in their categories.
Amanda Vance took 6th place in EPR.
Hayley Rosewaren took 8th place in Poetry.
Congratulations, ladies!
Jayden Collins was selected to the 2025 ND Academic All State Team as honorable mention. Over two hundred seniors were nominated by their school for this statewide honor. The award is based on GPA, ACT, extracurriculars, community service, and leadership qualities. Jayden is a senior who plans to study political science at UND next year.
Best of luck to our spellers who will compete in the Nelson County Spelling Bee on Wednesday, February 19th in Lakota.
Dakota Prairie families were invited to help create and decorate Valentine boxes with the students on Wednesday, February 12th.
There was a fantastic turnout! The gym was filled with creativity, smiles, laughter, and togetherness. Thank you, families!
Congratulations and best of luck to Sophia as she competes in the regional wrestling tournament!
Due to illness the elementary regretfully has to cancel the Valentine Concert that was to be held on Wednesday, February 12. We will still be holding our Student and Parent Valentine Box Decorating Event at 2:00 on Wednesday, February 12, for grades PK-6. We hope to see you there!
Join us for a fun afternoon at the elementary!
Please contact your child's teacher or the office if you plan to take your child home after the concert and activity.
Thank you to senior players, Brandi, Madysen, and McKenna, for being exemplars of discipline, teamwork, and resilience throughout the years.
The C Squad Boys Basketball game vs. Park River/F/L on February 21st has been canceled due to Park River having rescheduled games moved to that date.
The Juniors and Seniors visited Bismark on Wednesday. Several of the seniors were able to sit with legislators on the floor during both the House and Senate floor meetings and really enjoyed it. Rep. Craig Headland, Rep Don Vigesaa (our district reps) and other reps were welcoming to the students and happy to discuss the legislative process with those on the floor. They also spent time at the ND Heritage Museum where they learned about The museum director taught them about atlatls and the early bow and arrows and posed with a mammoth!
PowerSchool Update from the state:
CONGRATULATIONS to the Dakota Prairie team for taking first place in the team portion of the Math Counts competition. In the individual competition, Dakota Prairie students walked away with first through fourth place. Nathan B took first place, Bennett O took second place, Graham C took third place, and Bowen H took fourth place.
GREAT JOB to all the Dakota Prairie students who competed. We are proud of your accomplishments!
DP Schools will be virtual learning today due to visibility concerns in open areas. Please check the website for schedules. Tonight's boys basketball game will be rescheduled for a later date.
DP Schools will be 2 hours late tomorrow to start. We will update status of virtual learning, if needed by 8am.
Any students in grades 7-12 interested in joining the Dakota Prairie TRAP Team, please sign-up outside the High School office. Registration closes on March 24, 2025. The first practice will be Sunday, March 30, 2025.
Any students in grades 7-12 interested in joining the NC Chargers Track Team, please sign up outside the High School office. Track practice is scheduled to start on Monday, March 3, 2025.
Congratulations, readers!
Speech results from this weekend:
The Dakota Prairie Junior Class hosted a 3-on-3 basketball tournament this weekend in McVille. A huge THANK YOU to all of the teams who participated and the volunteers who helped make this event happen.
Congratulations to the winners of the girls' bracket, the Grand City Aces and the runners up, Lakota. Congratulations to the winners of the boys' bracket, the Chargers Black and the runners up, AP Select.
Dakota Prairies 8B 7 Mindsets group volunteered at Michigan Munchkins today for their "100% Accountable" project. They planned activities throughout the month to do with the daycare kids including nail painting, basketball, and artwork!
