It continues to be very busy here at the MLS School! With the first 9 weeks of school behind us

our students continue to be very busy academically, our sophomore class started the Aspire

ACT test on Thursday, October 12th, this test a pre-test to the ACT test they will be taking as

juniors. I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and commend our music depart-

ment, teachers and students for their Veterans Day performance on Wednesday, both the Choir

and Band did an excellent job with their music performance. A big thank you to Mrs. Roelofs

and Ms. Nelson-Schach for doing such an awesome job working with and preparing our stu-

dents. Our Christmas Music concerts will be December 7th for the Mohall elementary, Decem-

ber 8th for the Mohall Jr. & Sr. high school and December 14th for the Sherwood elementary, all

concerts start @ 6:30pm. The elementary principal and I have started preparing some prelimi-

nary plans for the transition of the Sherwood students and teachers to the Mohall school starting

next fall, with that transition, I have met with Christianson Heating and Mowbray & Son Heat-

ing on working on an alternative heating source for both the gymnasium/locker rooms and the

west wing of the elementary school. I am hoping to get a quote or proposal from Mowbray’s

within the next two weeks. With our fall sports season officially over I would like to thank our

coaches and players for the commitment and dedication they put in their sport, not only repre-

senting our school but also our communities and families, good job coaches and players. Our

winter sports season officially starts on Monday, November 16th with the girls’ basketball sea-

son and the boys’ basketball season starting on Monday, November 30th, good luck coaches and

players on your seasons. Please come out and support our basketball teams. We will have an

early out on Tuesday, November 17th @ 1:30pm for the Sherwood school and @ 1:40pm for

the Mohall School to have a First Aid training for our teachers and staff. We will also have ear-

ly out on December 2nd and 16th for CPR training for our teachers and staff. Just a reminder that

we will not have school on Thursday and Friday, November 26th and 27th, this will be our

Thanksgiving break. If you have any questions on our newsletter please don’t hesitate to call or

stop in for a visit.

Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving Holiday!

Volume 3

November 2015 Newsletter

MLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS MLS MOHALL

MLS SHERWOOD

Parent/Conferences were held at MLS Mohall High School, the information below reflects the number of

parents who showed up to discuss their students’ academic progress with the teachers.

Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen 8th Grade 7th Grade

9 of 27 = 33.3% 7 of 24 = 29.1% 10 of 18 = 55.5% 12 of 23 = 52.1% 18 of 35 = 51.4% 20 of 26 = 76.9%

TOTAL

76 of 154 = 49.3%

Greetings from the

superintendent’s office

Parent-teacher conferences

MAVERICK ROUNDUP

5th Grade Class Visitor 2

Winter Clothing Request 2

Cyber Alert 2

Honor Roll 3

AD Report 4

Counselor’s Corner 5

Parenting 6

Inside this issue:

Special points of inter-

est:

* Thanksgiving break: November 26 & 27. *MES Concert December 7 6:30 * MHS Concert December 8 6:30 * SES Concert December 11 6:30

On Tuesday, November 10th, Master Sergeant Clifford Jacobson came to the Mohall fifth grade class. He discussed

multiple topics including different ranks, military foods, supply drops, what he was able to bring with him, the guns

he used, encounters he had, and his everyday life. He showed us the L.A.W (light, anti-tank weapon), metals he

earned, and a huge practice bullet. The fifth grade enjoyed the visit.

*Reported by the Mohall fifth grade class*

The School district would like to inform you about an APP that many of our students are using called After School. It is not en-

dorsed by the school. It is a web site that allows students to comment anonymously. The comments have primarily been nega-

tive; often bullying and sexual in nature.

The school has very little control over student technology use outside of the school building so we are asking parents to please

have a conversation with your student about responsible cyber citizenship. We encourage our students not to post anything

online that they wouldn't feel comfortable saying face to face to another student.

Your help in this matter is greatly appreciated.

P A G E 2

MLS Students PK-12 who ride the bus to and from school each day need to be properly dressed for the elements of a North Da-

kota Winter.

The weather has changed and it looks like cold temperatures are here, PK-6th Grade students need to prepare for the elements.

These students will need to have the proper clothing with them at school because we will be going outside for recess. PK-12

students need to be prepared if they ride the bus to and from school, on a field trip or to practice and games.

The MLS School District strongly recommends that all students should come to school with the following items.

1. Gloves

2. Stocking hat

3. Boots

4. Snow pants (helps to keep them from getting wet when the snow arrives)

5. Warm winter jacket

These items will better prepare our students to deal with different weather related issues that can arise quickly, throughout the

cold weather season in North Dakota.

M A V E R I C K R O U N D U P

Cyber alert for mls parents & students

Winter clothing request

MLS-Mohall 5th grade enjoys visit

Highest Honors (GPA 3.5-4.0) Honors (GPA 3.0-3.49)

Grade 12 Grade 12 Taylor Aasen Morgan Raap Jacob McIntyre Seth Southam

Leandra Bohm Becca Schoenberg Jesse Mott

Riley Guenthner Abagayle Tohm Madison Schimdt

Matthew Lafferty Zachary Urfer Tyler Schrupp

Mason Nehring Allison Voigt Jacob Smith

Grade 11 Grade 11 Emily Brendsel Kayla Mortensen Shannon Asheim Nathaniel Tohm

Kasie Evanger Statler Olson Morgan Depute

Macy Feland McCabe Radzwill Jennah Haygood

Zavure Frech Hayley Southam Sierra Linstead

Katie Gates Talon Thompson Cheyenne Naumann

Kylie McLain Laura Ziliak Berkley Santos

Grade 10 Grade 10 Mikaylee Bahl Tanner Lembke Chase Gates

Calli Brackenbury Taylor Peltier Aaron Voigt

Stephen Ellingson Trevor Savelkoul Brittney Weight

Levi Feland

Grade 9 Grade 9 Steven Bovia Dalton Moberg Mariah Brown

Chase Driscoll Isabella Radzwill Dillon Mortensen

Charles Eriksmoen Madison Simko Zane Wenstad

Jacob Gates Grace Solemsaas

Gianna Genareo Ethan Southam

Jorie Holsten Taylor Steeves

Andrew Jones Isaac Undlin

Grade 8 Grade 8 Fischer Ackerson Riley Vendsel Tristan Armstrong Tara Haygood

Ally Feland Nathaniel Beha Rhyder Jorgenson

Leah Feland Adrianna Bohn Kayla Kinkead

Kaitlyn Kinkead Elijah Ellingson Hallie Schmidt

Henry Savelkoul Kaleb Foltyn Summer Smith

Janie Savelkoul Trinity Guenthner Adam Southam

Autumn Smith JayDen Hanson Braeden Volk

Grade 7 Grade 7 Alex Armstrong Myla Grengs Dominic Gordon Makena Raap

Brock Depute Stetson Helwig Hannah Hagen Bryden Santos

Christy Ellingson Deacon Johnson Jerze Jorgenson

P A G E 3

1st quarter honor roll

V O L U M E 3

Football playoff game was a success as it netted a profit after expenses of $2456.45 on the financial side of things.

This was the amount of money sent to the High School Activities Association. Unfortunately, the scoreboard wasn’t

so kind to us as our season ended that day.

Opposing coaches commented on how nice our field looked for that time of year so we watered, fertilized and mowed

and people noticed. Dustin Newgard and I are seeing the field in the same light and he fertilized it this fall so it

should have a good start next year. I do thing it needs to be sprayed for lawn clover next year as the field has quite a

bit of it.

The field is secured for the winter with lines of sprinkler system blown out by the city guys and Dustin Newgard. The

Crow’s nest bathroom lines were drained by Clarence Degenstein.

I checked into the progress of lights several times with Ben Fitzsimmons and he felt the field had to freeze up so it

would support a truck to deal with the lights. I’m hoping it gets done this fall yet. Ben is going to have Tom Wit-

teman there as well to deal with the electrical side of things.

I’m happy that Dan Dew is dealing with the outside makeover of the Crow’s Nest. I think it is a good thing he is

spearheading. The building needs some tender love and care.

Coaching evaluations are almost complete. Football and Pee Wee Basketball are on file and done. I am waiting for

volleyball assistant sheets to come back and I need Coach Adams to sign hers. Head Coaches evaluated the assis-

tants and I wrote evaluations on head coaches. They were simple versions which I picked up at the A.D. Conference

this fall. I felt this had to be done and most coaches agreed.

Volleyball season wrapped up with a regional qualifier loss. We should get a check of around $290 from Glenburn

because of profit. Hopefully, coaches are getting uniforms collected and put away. I will remind them.

Pee Wee Girls Basketball season ended in early October. Wally did a nice job of collecting and also he did a nice job

of keeping me informed about what was going on during his season. His uniforms have been collected and he in-

formed me that the trunks of the uniforms were in tough shape. I ordered 14 pairs of small sizes to replace old ones.

They were some of the trunks my oldest daughter wore so it was time. We had some bigger sizes which were in good

shape so the boys this spring will benefit from this. We already got them and they are with the uniforms.

I ordered earlier the Letters for Letterwinners from BSN and got a supply of certificates from Lowe’s Printing. I also

ordered a supply of individual pins from an online company that was cheaper than BSN or Lowe’s. Our supply was

low and I want to have all of this in place before awards day next spring. I’m hoping to have envelopes stuffed with

fall pins and letters so it isn’t so monumental next spring. My plans are to do it after each season, but again got to

find the time.

Fall schedules are set for 2016. Volleyball added Rugby. JH FB added a game with Parshall and South Prairie and

JV FB added a game with South Prairie as well. I believe I have all home contracts out and waiting for the return of

our copy. They are trickling in. I wish people would just send them back when they get them, but that isn’t the case.

I’d imagine there might be a tweek or two next fall. I’m thinking this is where my mistakes are going to show up.

Officials for VB and FB have been sent contracts and I’m waiting for head officials to sign the contracts and send

back. They were sent to Perry Olson FB and Jenny Bogden VB. I tried to get a Bottineau crew over for a game, but I

was too late. They were already contracted in early September. I will have to remember that for next year.

Girls Basketball starts up Nov. 16th so get an unlisted number and boys are scheduled to start on Nov. 30th. JH Girls

Basketball started last week in October and have their first games this week. I believe there are 14 girls out.

I’d like to have a plan in place for home boys games as I will probably be in Sherwood with practice going on with

the cash box and such. Someone in charge until I get back to oversee thase things. I can handle it when it’s a home

girls game as I will be here.

P A G E 4 M A V E R I C K R O U N D U P

Athletic director’s report

graduate and move one to the next step,

I also enjoy getting to know them

more! In the elementary, I have been

focusing my guidance lessons on or-

ganization, being different, building

self-esteem, kindness, and trust. My

fifth graders started a project this week

on making a book all about themselves

(their goal is to keep it until they are

older to look back on or some of them

are making it for their future kids; writ-

ing them a letter in it)! The 3rd graders

in Mohall School won the Red Ribbon

Week Contest and the 1st/2nd grades

along with the 5th/6th grades won in

Sherwood. They will be getting a pop-

The last month has been so busy on my

end with testing. The juniors took the

ASVAB and will have their results

interpreted to them soon; sophomores

are starting to take the ACT Aspire;

and the 4th, 8th, and juniors all took the

Science portion of the State Assess-

ment. I have been working with the

seniors during some of their study hall

scheduled times, giving them scholar-

ships and providing information for

them to either make decisions on what

will happen after HS or help them ap-

ply for a college/scholarship. I enjoy

my time with them, to make sure they

each are getting what they need to

corn and movie date with me! I will be

showing the newly released movie

“Inside Out.” I want to thank all of you

supporting my Facebook page and I

hope it is resourceful along with

providing you a small look into what I

am doing in the Counseling Depart-

ment. Also if you haven’t already, I

highly recommend that you like and

follow the page (Just search for MLS

School Counseling Department)! I have

been posting scholarships on their

along with great resources for parents,

students, and others in the community!

Mrs. Lorea Watson

P A G E 5

Counselor’s corner

The purpose of using a consequence for misbehavior is to teach, not to punish. Some consequences happen naturally, such as

missing a fun activity after dawdling too long, or getting a bad grade as a result of not studying. Others need to be imposed by

parents. Knowing how to use consequences can be the key to successful discipline. These tips will help:

• State consequences in a positive manner. Instead of saying, “No, you can’t play because you haven’t finished reading,” say,

“Yes, you can play as soon as you finish your reading assignment.”

• Make the connection. For example, if your child fights with her brother, a consequence might be to have her list her brothers’

three best qualities and discuss them at the dinner table.

Q: My child hardly ever seems to listen to me, and she always feels the need to challenge our family rules. How can I teach her to respect authority at school and other public places when I don’t feel like I have any in my own home?

A: First, remember that you are the adult and you are in charge. Your job is to set fair, reasonable rules and then enforce them

consistently. Your child will have more respect for your authority when she sees that you’re serious—and that tantrums or

backtalk won’t sway you.

Here are some things you can do:

• Give your child some control. Let her make some decisions occasionally. Keep them simple: “Would you like to start your

homework now or after dinner?” If her reply is, “Neither,” your response should be simple: “Okay, I’ll decide for you.”

• Be clear. If your first reaction is to get angry when your child doesn’t do something you ask, step back. Make sure she knows

what you are asking her to do. For instance, you may know exactly what you mean when you say, “Clean your room.” But to

your child, your meaning might not be so obvious. Instead, try, “Make your bed, put your dirty clothes in the hamper and

empty your trash.” Sometimes, what looks like a lack of respect is really a lack of understanding.

• Stay calm. Establishing your authority takes time, so don’t lose your cool in the process. Part of a child’s growing independ-

ence involves challenging rules and boundaries. Just remain firm and with time, your child won’t just recognize your authority—

she’ll come to respect it.

V O L U M E 3

“Behavior -consequence connections”

teach the best lessons

Setting expectations for your middle schooler can motivate him to give his best efforts at school, develop his sense of responsibil-

ity and build a strong family connection. It’s critical though, to make your expectations clear and achievable.

Here are some examples of appropriate expectations and specific ways to express them to your child:

• Put schoolwork first. “You’re free to watch TV, play video games or talk to friends after you’ve finished your homework,

not before.”

• Disagree respectfully. “I expect you to speak respectfully to me and to your teachers, even when you are upset.”

• Limit social media. “You can check Instagram and text friends for up to an hour each night. But electronic devices get turned

off at 9 p.m.”

• Keep you posted about plans. “Please let me know ahead of time if you want to go somewhere. Try not to surprise me at

the last minute.”

• Participate in family events. “You may plan weekend activities, but remember, we go see Grandpa on Sundays, and you

need to be there.”

• Take care of himself and his things. “Put your dirty laundry in the hamper. Any clothes left on your bedroom floor won’t

get washed.”

Source: R. Burke, Ph.D. and others, Common Sense Parenting: Using Your Head as Well as Your Heart to Raise School-Aged

Children, Boys Town Press.

Studies show that performing community service can lead to better grades and more interest in school. Volunteering can:

• Build your child’s self-esteem and connection to the community.

• Decrease the chances of your child taking negative risks, such as using drugs.

• Teach your child valuable skills, such as how to work with different kinds of people.

Source: J. Littlefield, “How to Promote a Positive Teen Volunteer Experience,” About Parenting, niswc.com/volunteer

P A G E 6

Q: My daughter hates to write. Whenever she has a writing assignment, she just stares at the blank piece of

paper. Is there anything I can do to help?

A: Middle schoolers are often reluctant writers. Many simply freeze with fear at the thought of writing. They fear that what they

write won’t be any good, or that they’ll be made fun of.

To help your child write more easily:

• Remind her that professional writers have difficulty writing sometimes, too.

• Talk through ideas with her. Encourage your child to write down her ideas just as they come. Later, she can correct gram-

mar and flow.

• Have her try free-writing. She should write anything that comes to mind, no matter how silly.

• Don’t over criticize. If she asks you to review her writing, note what you like first. Focus on what your child is trying to say,

not just the mechanics of writing.

• Don’t fix her mistakes for her. You’ll send the message that you don’t think your child is capable.

• Be patient. Allow her to express her frustration. It takes time to become a good writer.

M A V E R I C K R O U N D U P

Your child benefits from helping others

How can I make writing less agonizing for my child?

Set expectations and show your

child how to meet them

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