Divide County School District

Library books-If you are finished with a library book, please return it if you are able. We have other students waiting for books and the end of the year is fast approaching. Both elementary and HS books can be returned to the drop box located at the public library enterance. Please contact Mrs Wissbrod if you have any questions or concerns.

DCHS Senior Families - A survey seeking input from senior families regarding graduation was emailed today to emails we have on file. If you do not receive it, please email nicholas.ator@k12.nd.us with your updated email information.

Hey everyone. We all hope that you’re staying safe and healthy during this unprecedented time of unease and inconvenience. We know that the students of our school have all been dealt a cruel hand. Things like sporting seasons, awards ceremonies and social functions have been taken from them like never before, not to mention plain old school. We are working behind the scenes to make an honest effort at providing whatever we can in terms of these events. We are still, in part, hoping that possibly we can return to the school building in May. With that said, we need to consider forms of alternative options. We could have prom in May or at a later date into the summer. Graduation, especially, is our number one priority. For graduation specifically we are considering a few alternative plans including but not limited to: a ceremony outdoors on the football field where we could practice social distancing, a digital display of students using Facebook or the like, or simply moving the date back into the summer. All of these plans have weaknesses and will cause us problems, but it is the best we can offer during this time. In the meantime we are awaiting guidance from the Governor on whether we can be in the school building or not in May. At that point we can finalize our decisions as quickly as possible. We thank everyone for their patience and understanding.

Please join us on the ND FBLA Facebook page for the North Dakota FBLA Virtual Awards of Excellence Program. https://www.facebook.com/NDFutureLeaders/

Kindergarten Registration! Registration will be completed electronically at this time. Please reference the information found in the attached picture. Your child must be 5 years old on or before July 31st, 2020 to register for the 2020-2021 school year.

-As you know this coming Monday, April 13th is NO SCHOOL. The high school has decided that we should have Monday's schedule be made up on Friday the 17th. So in short, Next Friday the 17th you will have your EVEN hour/period classes, that would have happened on Monday. Next Week (13th to the 17th): Monday: No School Tuesday: ODD hour classes Wednesday: EVEN hour classes Thursday: ODD hour classes Friday: EVEN hour classes. Please reach out to your teachers and ask them if you have any questions on this. Thank you!

Hey everyone! I just wanted to say hello and thank all of our awesome students and staff for their hard work this first whole week of E-learning. I want everyone to know that we at the school are thinking about you and feeling confident that everything will get back to normal one of these great days. For our students grades 7 thru 12, if you need anything don't hesitate to email myself or your teachers on my/their Google account. Keep being diligent in your effort to connect with your teachers and fellow students so you can finish this school year strong. Take care!

Divide County School is lighting up the football field as a sign of hope that we will get through this tough time together. We are DC!

NOTICE: NCC will be doing a fiber upgrade between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. today. The internet will be down for a brief period of time.

Teen Readers! Check out this awesome ebook database that the State Library offers: Teen Book Cloud. Username: ndtumbles Password: trial Available through August 31, 2020 https://www.teenbookcloud.com/Home.aspx

DAY 1 - Successful! Good Evening, Everyone! I want to thank everyone who helped make this first day of online learning a success! Thank you to our teachers who diligently worked to convert classroom learning to an online platform in a matter of 7 days! We are so blessed to have such dedicated, talented, and innovative teachers and staff at DCE! They put in LONG hours making sure that we could continue educating the kids of our community! Thank you to our PARENTS!!!! You truly are rock stars! Thank you for being patient with us as we introduce you to this new platform. Thank you for adding even more responsibilities to your already full plates during this time of uncertainty. We appreciate all that you are doing alongside us right now! You are not alone - we are here to support each other every step of the way! Thank you to our students! They are so resilient and eager to try out this new platform! So much so that a few of them made some discoveries prompting us to set up some guidelines and boundaries for using the online learning platform. They keep us on our toes!! Please see said guidelines attached to this message and review the expectations with your students. I'll be going over them during announcements tomorrow morning as well as popping into a few LIVE lessons to review the expectations with smaller groups of students. I appreciate everyone's help! We can do this TOGETHER! ~Mrs. Brown

Need new library books? Contact Mrs. Wissbrod at megan.wissbrod@k12.nd.us. Check out the online library catalog to see what is available. Pick up at the elementary/public library. https://polaris.odinlibrary.org/polaris/default.aspx?ctx=27.1033.0.0.1

DCE teachers will be going LIVE during their scheduled live classroom times beginning today. Don't worry if you don't have access or aren't sure where to go yet. Monday and Tuesday are the days for us to help everyone get things figured out. Email your teacher or Mrs. Brown if you are having any difficulties. We're here to work through this TOGETHER! We'll see you soon!

Good evening. Just a reminder that on-line school starts tomorrow morning at 8:30. Teachers are all ready to go with their Google Classrooms. Even hour classes are Monday and Wednesdays and your Odd hour classes are Tuesday and Thursday. Assignments will be due on Friday and teachers are working Fridays for if you need to check in with them. Please understand we will be taking attendance for these classes, as well as assigning work. We can't wait to get connected with our students and start a new, unprecedented chapter in the history of DC schools. Get logged in tomorrow and we will all do our best! If anyone has any issues at all, call the high school or email your teachers. Go Divide County Maroons.

Junior High and High School teachers decided whether or not to send home specific textbooks. So in short, not all textbooks are going to be sent home. Only books that specific teachers elected to us as we continue our classes. Teachers will address this with students in their Google Classrooms.

For everyone's safety please stay in your cars during pickup at the High School building. Staff will bring it out to you at the main entrance. Thank you.

Please see this information regarding pick-up procedures for today and tomorrow at DCE. Please stay in your vehicle in one of the pick-up lanes and staff will come to you. Thank you for your assistance!

Hey everyone. Here is the link to the DCHS on-line schedule ( https://5il.co/e5h9 ) for teachers and our students’ classes. We elected to create a block schedule to hopefully allow more time for students and teachers to work together in their on-line platforms. Even period classes are on Mondays and Wednesdays, odd period classes are on Tuesday and Thursdays. We also hope that these blocks will allow more time for students personal schedules. A paper copy of this document will also be in students bags when we conduct pickup. Please note that teachers also have “office hours” to be available for on-line meetings, emails and phone calls from our students. On Fridays teachers are available from 8:00 to 4:00 to all of their students in all of their classes. The high school hopes that this week, beginning Thursday and into Friday, all students can get logged into their Google Classrooms. This way we will know who needs help with class access going forward. Then on Monday (3/30) we can hit the ground running by beginning instruction and completing assignments. Any student in grades 7 thru 12 that cannot get logged into a class by Monday can please call the high school. A helpful hint to students is to highlight or mark their own personal class schedules in this new block system. Students, please remember which period you have your assigned period class…meaning there is two periods of a 7th grade science class. You should remember that you were in either the 1st or 2nd hour science class. The teachers have you placed in your same, original periods Google classroom.

DCSD Informational Letter

Calling all readers! If you would like a new library book, please contact Mrs. Wissbrod with your specific request. Check out our online catalog to see what is available! We will add the book(s) with your student’s belongings that will sent home later this week. All current library books will be renewed with no overdue fines. Elementary/Public Library Catalog (Online) https://polaris.odinlibrary.org/polaris/default.aspx?ctx=27.1033.0.0.1 High School Library Catalog (Online) https://polaris.odinlibrary.org/polaris/default.aspx?ctx=28.1033.0.0.1 Email: megan.wissbrod@k12.nd.us