Liberty Rocket Reader
February 2024
MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES
Our Mission: "Empower every learner to thrive."
Our Vision: "Together, our strong relationships build inclusive, collaborative, and innovative environments that create agency and inspire a passion for learning, excellence, and discovery."
Our Values: Excellence, Innovation, Inclusion, and Leadership.
Outstanding Teacher of the Year Nomination
Each year, the Bismarck Mandan Chamber EDC distributes the Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award to five educators in the Bismarck-Mandan community honoring & recognizing those for their accomplishments in their field.
Do you know of a special teacher in your life that you’d like to see recognized as an Outstanding Teacher of the Year? Nominate them today! https://www.bismarckmandan.com/outstandingteacher2024. Nomination deadline is Feb 16th!
Kindergarten Registration Now Open
Kindergarten Registration for the 2024-2025 school year is now open. For more information and to register, visit www.bismarckschools.org/kreg.
Registration is open throughout the school year, but parents are strongly encouraged to register their K-5th grade students as soon as possible to help ensure placement in their neighborhood school. The sooner a student is registered, the higher the probability of them attending their boundary school. Due to capacity limitations, those who wait too long may be placed in a different school and required to wait until the following year to be enrolled in their boundary school.
Recess Weather Policy
Recess - the following can be found on the BPS website.
The health and safety of your child will be the major consideration when making decisions about the appropriateness of going outside during extremely cold or wet conditions. Other considerations will be the need of children for fresh air, exercise, work breaks, and unstructured play time for social development. Students should come to school dressed appropriately to be outside during the weather expected that day. BPS Elementary Schools have jointly developed a guideline which states that outdoor recess will not normally occur when the wind chill drops below -10 degrees Fahrenheit (based on the National Weather Service website). Keep in mind that actual time outside during recess breaks is generally limited to about ten-fifteen minutes. Based on the relative openness or protection of a particular school site, variations in this guideline will exist.
Recesses are shortened when wind chill drops below 0 degrees.
