Garrison Public Schools

Garrison Public School Teacher Parade will be Friday, Mar. 27 beginning at 3:30. We will start on the west side of Cenex, heading north, and drive on every street (not avenue) in Garrison. We hope to show all of our students we are here for you, we care for you, & we miss you!

Preschool and Kindergarten Pre-Registration for 2020-21: Please call the elementary school at 463-2213 between 8-4 M-F to add your child to our list for preschool or kindergarten for the upcoming year by April 1. We will give you more guidance when you call. Thank you.

Hello Parents, By now we are a few days into our eLearning environment. Thus far, we are wildly impressed with our students, families, and community. You have all done an awesome job of adapting and helping your children. We understand that this is not without struggle and we appreciate your continued support. Some things we have encountered: 1) We are continuing to analyze required components for what teachers expect. Remember this week is a learning curve. 2) For high school students, we cannot control ITV courses and ND Distance Education. However, if you have specific concerns please send those Mr. Dangel and we will work to address what we can on our end. 3) Parent struggle. We all are feeling a bit overwhelmed and struggling through this. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. In an effort to help out with these, please continue to contact our teachers. They have been incredibly responsive. Please, if you have any additional suggestions, please email them to me at nick.klemisch@k12.nd.us. If we as admin need to host a virtual meeting for all, please also let me know and we will try to accommodate the best we can. Thanks for all your help! Please continue to communicate if you are having issues or struggles. Sincerely, Dr. K.

Good afternoon students and parents. This is Mr. Dangel and I hope everyone is being safe and adjusting to our new way of learning. Our teachers have been working hard trying to find the best way to deliver the best education they can to you. Please stay on top of all your learning. If you need anything, I am at the school everyday. Please call me at 701-463-2818, I am here for you. I am busy trying to get a schedule put together for next year. I need your help. I have created google classrooms for this years 8th-11th graders. Please join the class and complete the following course requests for next year. Here are the course codes: 8th grade (2020 9th graders) — me2ppl4 9th grade (2020 10th graders) — p4gflgy 10th graders (2020 11th graders) — tuyy2n6 11th graders (2020 12th graders) — u72s4ih Thanks for everything and please contact me if you need anything. Mr. Dangel

If you'd like a free meal for your child during these difficult times, please go to our website, click explore, and then select meal request. It will then open to the form for you to fill out for your children. This is available to any student within our district for FREE.

During this time schools are still providing counseling services virtually. In our district students and parents will be able to schedule online video appointments with Mr. Heiple in grades 3rd-12th. For students in grades K-2 Mr. Heiple is able to consult with parents to help provide resources and guidance to address their concerns. Mr. Heiple is also our 504 Coordinator. If you have questions regarding your child's 504 accommodations , please e-mail him at kristopher.heiple@k12.nd.us or call 701-463-2818. You can also contact him through Remind by texting the code @mrheip to the number 81010. Your child will need to sign up for Mr. Heiple's Google Classroom using a special code for their grade level by visiting his counseling website. To schedule virtual appointments with Mr. Heiple you can also access instructions on his website as well. Mr. Heiple's website link is available on our district website but you can also access it directly by clicking here:https://kristopherheiple.wixsite.com/garrisoncounseling

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All students are eligible for FREE lunch with breakfast items included for the following day beginning on Today thanks to the NDDPI. If your family is wanting this, please fill out the attached form daily and meals will be ready for pick up out of the kitchen drive through window. Please share this information. https://forms.gle/eoquw54LUgrhRyDY8u

Elementary Zoom Times during ELearning: 8:45-9:00 Kindergarten Anderson/Beyer 9:00-9:30 5 Ude/Ruud 9:30-10:00 3 Thompson/Ekstrom 10:00-10:30 2 Salhus/Rasch 10:00-10:30 6 Belisle 10:30-11:00 6 Schaible 10:30-11:00 4 Gehring/Gehring 11:30-12:00 1 Finneman/Giffey 11:00-11:30 6th Band Hertz 1:00-1:30 System 44 Magandy 3:00-3:30 5th BandHertz 5:30-6:00 Pre-K K. Belisle Please contact your teacher if you need more info or assistance!

To kick off our first E-Learning Week, the elementary school invites students to participate in Virtual Dress Up Days at home: M-Pajama day T-House shirt day W-Sports jersey day Th-Hat day F-Trooper Spirit day We miss you and are excited to see your faces as we connect virtually instead of in person during this time. Thank you!

All students are eligible for FREE lunch with breakfast items included for the following day beginning on Monday thanks to the NDDPI. If your family is wanting this, please fill out the attached form daily and meals will be ready for pick up out of the kitchen drive through window. Please share this information. https://forms.gle/eoquw54LUgrhRyDY8

Dr. K. here.... we will provide a more formal guidance document regarding next week to be released tomorrow. It will include recap of the Governor’s latest executive order, office hours, food services, and recap our plan previously released this week for next week. Thank you all for being so accommodating and knowing we have the hearts of your children, our students, in mind. We will get through these stressful times stronger than ever before!

Good afternoon, this is Steve Dangel, Principal at Garrison High School. The following message pertains to students and parents in grades 7-12. In the midst of the coronavirus, we have been trying to prepare for school next week and beyond. We are hoping to be back at school next week but are planning that Gov Borgum or President Trump and the CDC will want us to continue to quarantine ourselves. If we are not at school, our teachers have been working and preparing to continue education through an online platform. One of our concerns is the lack of resources by our students, for example they don’t have chrome books or textbooks because they are here at the school. To help remedy this situation, I have broken our students down into groups of 10. We ask that students come and get their needed material quickly on Thursday or Friday. Our teachers are working on lessons and custodial staff are busy disinfecting classrooms, hallways, lockers, doors, and door knobs. I would like to thank you for all your assistance and flexibility while we overcome the coronavirus. Here are the groups and times for material pickup, please keep siblings grouped together, there is no need to come in at different times: Students with the last name Aasand — Bendickson can come on Thursday from 9–9:30, Betz — Davidson 10-10:30, Diffley — Franklin 11-11:30, Fuller — Hernandez 12-12:30, Hett — Huesers 1-1:30, Hummel — Jochiem 2-2:30, and Johnson — Kinden 3-3:30. Starting on Friday from 9-9:30 Kittel — Kolden, Kidman — Marsch 10-10:30, Mautz — Meyers 11-11:30, Nelson — Perkins 12-12:30, Phelps — Sand 1-1:30, Sanders — Schlehr 2-2:20, Schmitcke — Souza 2:30-2:50, Stehr — Vetterman 3-3:20, and Westman — Zook 3:30-4. I again want to thank you for your patience and look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Since the Governor’s announcement on Sunday night that K-12 schools would be closed, our teachers have been working vigorously to get ready for what many feared was coming.  In an effort for families and staff to prepare , we believe it’s best to move forward with this plan.  Therefore, we will begin our blend of learning alternatives on Monday, March 23rd.  Specific classroom questions can be communicated later this week to your child’s classroom teacher.  Please email nick.klemisch@k12.nd.us with discussion points you may have and I will put together an FAQ to answer those questions the best we can. Deployment of materials and tech devices will go out as planned tomorrow. All staff will continue to report as we have done this week.  PS we still do not have updates on spring activities, prom, and graduation. Our hope is the curve will flatten soon and we will back to normal.  Thank you for bearing with us as we enter uncharted educational territory.

This is Mrs. Fuller. The following message is for students and parents in grades K-6. In the midst of the coronavirus, we have been trying to prepare for school next week and beyond with so much unknown. We are hoping to be back at school next week but are planning in case we need to continue to quarantine ourselves. Our teachers have been working and preparing to continue education through an online platform in case we remain out of school. We will also be using some online tools to interact with our students throughout home-based learning times. We ask that parents of K-6 students come and get educational materials quickly on Thursday with the following schedule. You will need to use the North East Gym door, and we will only allow ten people in the gym at a time. Bring bags for your children’s items as we are sending Chromebooks (grades 3-6) as well as other curricular materials to use for school-at-home learning time. Our teachers are working on lessons and custodial staff are busy disinfecting our school. Here are the groups and times for material pickup: Parents of students with the last name beginning: A-B can come on Thursday from 10–10:20, C-D 10:20-10:40, E-F 10:40-11:00, G-H 11-11:20, I-J 11:20-11:40, K 11:40-12:00, L-M 12:00-12:20. N-O-P 12:20-12:40, R-S 12:40-1:00, T 1:00-1:20, U-V-W-X-Y-Z 1:40-2:00. If you have students with multiple last names, please find your children’s materials with your oldest child’s last name. Please try to stick to your time as much as possible. If you have only a preschool-aged child, there is no need to come pick up materials at this time. If you wish to return library materials at this time, you may bring them. Thank you for your help and cooperation in getting students materials to help them in continuing to learn as we battle COVID-19. We look forward to time when we can be back in school learning together with our students and staff in the future.

Please fill out the following district survey by Tuesday at 8:00 am to gain insights on how we can prepare for the shut down should it continue beyond this week. https://forms.gle/r4fA7Z9qHb3Z...​​

Dr. K. here with an update.... I will be meeting with my administrative team tomorrow to develop our plan moving forward based on the Governor’s recommendations. All staff will now report to work on Tuesday. This week will not be made up, but we will be preparing for the event should we be closed longer than this week. Our custodians will continue cleaning tomorrow and additional staff will utilized the remainder of the week to further this process. Please ensure you avoid large social groups and stay home if you’re sick. More updates to come. Thank you all for your patience as we continue to work through this.

All... The Governor has just announced the closing of all schools in North Dakota through March 20, possibly longer. As a result, all teachers, secretaries, and custodians should report to the high school gymnasium at 8:15 tomorrow. Students and parents we will prepare things for what lies ahead. Make up dates and information regarding what students are to do in the interim will come tomorrow via our alert system and social media. If you have questions, I will try my best to answer them as expeditiously as possible. Please email me at nick.klemisch@k12.nd.us or calling 463-2818.

Dr. K. here once again.... With the announcement from the NDHSAA and further announcements by the ND Dept. of Health, Governor’s Office, and The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction we have decided to not allow any outside activities use of our facilities until further notice.  School will be on as planned, but we are suspending all active groups from using our facilities. Additionally, Science Olympiad Monday, HS concert Tuesday, career fair Wednesday, and doughnuts with grownups are all cancelled this week. Please contact the school if you have any questions, comments, and concerns. I will continue to provide updates to you as this progresses.

We are continuing to  monitor the advice of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) and the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (NDDPI) regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in our area. We are aware that this is a rapidly evolving situation and will continue to monitor those events happening in our state and region.  The school has not received any recommendation or mandate from any organization as of now to close our school system. The district is working to address possible options in the event we are forced to close.  We are looking at providing some online lessons, reading and math supplements, etc...  in the event that our area would arrive at a situation where we would need to cancel regular school activities or in the event of a full quarantine. At this time we do not have plans to change our course of action or cancel any extra-curricular activities. Those families who do not have devices or internet connectivity at home are encouraged to contact the school to allow us to make individual contingency plans in the event we we close. Should the situation change patrons will be updated via social media and our instant alert system. We will continue to monitor the recommendations of the NDDPI, CDC and the NDDoH.