Garrison Public Schools

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Reminder that elementary students are having their movie and parties today, rescheduled from before our break! We are also having pj day today if you’d like to wear school-appropriate pajamas!

All, Now that we are actually on Christmas break...I want to take this time to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope you all enjoy your time with family and friends! Hopefully, when we return we don't have to deal with as much snow and wind... Safe travels to those who are venturing out, but you may want until candy cane lane clears up today. Dr. K.

The FFA has extra fruit, cheese, and summer sausage! Please contact Mrs. Riemer if you are interested.

Attn High School Students -- With school closure, tomorrow's finals will be virtual. If you need to take a final, teachers will upload them into google classroom. You will need to take these finals during your assigned finals time. Some teachers may require you to be in a google meet and the final will be done with your video on at all times. Other teachers will have their final on go formative. It will open at your assigned final time and close at your time. Just a reminder, the schedule for tomorrow will be as follows: 4th hour 8:55-10:20, 5th hour 10:30-11:55, 6th hour 12:30-1:55, and 7th hour 2:05-3:30.  If you don't have internet at your house, please call the high school office during your assigned time. Mrs. Osterlund will keep track of these names and let your teachers know. For those students who have this issue, we will need to put an incomplete in your final grades. Once you complete this test early next year, I will go back into your historical grades and put in the proper grade. Again, it is your responsibility to call the office in the morning and let Mrs. Osterlund know. The office phone number is 701-463-2818. If you do NOT complete your final during your assigned time or you do NOT contact the school, you will receive a 0 on the final.  Mother nature hasn't cooperated with us much these past couple of weeks. I am proud of the resiliency of both the teachers and students. We have made the best of a bad situation. I hope you all finish strong and have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Years. Thanks -- Mr. Dangel

All, Due to the fluffy white garbage on the ground this morning and the 40 mph winds the weathermen can always get right, there will be no school on Thursday. Individual instructions for each building will be sent out and listed separately to the live feed, Facebook, text, and phone call. Thank you and have a merry Christmas! Hopefully, Mother Nature gets her act together or she’s getting Coal! Dr. K.

Attention Elementary Students and Families: With school closure, tomorrow's plans will be postponed to Friday, January 6, 2023. We will plan our movie for that morning and our New Year's celebrations that afternoon in lieu of our planned activities for tomorrow. Any concessions money and gifts you have sent in will be kept for use on that date. We sent all of the students' winter items home with them today in case of school closure so they can enjoy their break. It has certainly been a challenging and interesting winter so far! We appreciate your flexibility and understanding with all of the changes, and hope that the break and new year will bring a fresh start and better weather! Stay safe and warm, enjoy your family and friends, and I wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ~Mrs. Fuller

All, The forecast tomorrow is awful, as Mother Nature continues to be off her meds. The temps with wind chill is forecasted to be at -55 plus blizzard conditions. This will be a stretch for our buses. Drivers will proceed with extreme caution as always and use their discretion. In addition, I will have two buses in the the oven at school should I need to go out if there are any issues. PLEASE ensure all students have necessary winter gear for the next two days of school. Thanks. Dr. K.

Couple of updates from our board meeting… PLEASE READ!!! We will make up one storm day and it be on will January 16 opposed to February 21 to give us a buffer should we need use this one in the future. This is a change from the school calendar. Mrs. Gehring will our new special education teacher starting next year at the elementary school. She will begin classes to complete her degree as a special education strategist. Lastly, Mrs. Rasch will be the new elementary PE teacher next school year. Thanks. Dr. K.

Our Hudl Camera is experiencing technical difficulties due to the recent power outage, so tonight's Girls home game will not be streamed.

Bob Callies families, Santa's Workshop has been rescheduled for tomorrow (December 20th) at Bob Callies Elementary School. Please remember to send the gift tags and shopping money with your child(ren) to school tomorrow. As a reminder, all items will be $10 or less, and items are marked in $1 to $10. No coins will be accepted.

Attn HS students, Garrison Honor Society will hold a Finals study session on Sunday from 12-5. Even though we had 4 snow days, the end of the semester is Thursday with finals on Wed and Thursday. Come for an hour, or three, or all five. Hope to see you tomorrow!!

Basketball Updates: Lady Troopers will play Monday at 5:30 and 7 against Des Lacs in Garrison Boys will travel to Flasher on Monday with C squad starting at 4:30, JV at 6, and Varsity at 7:30. Thank you all for being so understanding with all the changes.

The FFA fruit delivery has been delayed. Students will prepare and deliver on Monday!

All, There will be no school on Friday. I have talked to numerous people and most of the county roads are packed full of snow. I know city and state crews will be out early, but we’d be missing a third to half of our students plus several employees because of where they reside. I’ve never canceled this many days of school in a row or year for that matter and hope I never have to again. Regarding make up days those will come when the board meets next and the information will be shared. Just think… one more week of school until Christmas break! Dr. K.

One more update: The JH game on Saturday against Washburn has been canceled and will not be rescheduled.

UPDATES: GBB and BBB in Flasher has been postponed to a later date, and information is to come as it gets planned. The Linton Holiday Wrestling tournament has been canceled. JH State Wrestling is still on as planned for Saturday.

All, I’ve been out cruising the country side. The east west roads aren’t too bad and the north south ones have more drifting. My plan, for now, is to start school on time. The city did a great job cleaning the streets this morning along with the state highway department. However, the county crews, unfortunately, have not been out yet. I have expressed my concerns regarding this. During my travels, county road 15 running north of Garrison is nearly plugged completely shut. Anyone living on or near this road will need to find an alternate route until it’s reopened. As for buses, they will run where possible and drive at their discretion. If your road is not passable or you choose to drive your child, please contact your driver. If anything changes, I will send another alert tomorrow morning. Thank you. Dr. K.

All, April Fools… I wish it was April anyways. Apparently, I should have listened to my father when he said never trust a weatherman. That being said, the forecast has changed considerably with another cruise and if you look out your window along with the storm warning now being extended to Friday. Additionally, the wind is supposed to blow like a banchee, which makes seeing nearly impossible with all this light fluffy gross stuff we are getting now. Therefore, I'm left with no choice but to cancel school once again. No school for Thursday! Dr. K.

All, the forecast continues to be doom and gloom unless you like snow, but on the plus side I haven’t moved snow at the school… yet. Anyways, we will not have school on Wednesday. The the weatherman informed me we are projected for another 8-12”. In other news, Santa’s Workshop will still happen on Thursday. I will be at the elementary school from 3:00-5:00 for businesses to do drop offs. Thanks. Dr. K.