Thank you for your support at the Bakken Book Fair! We earned over $3500 in Scholastic Dollars to purchase books, supplies, and maker materials for our school!
Bakken's 6th Grade Girls Who Code Club started this week! We would love to have more 6th girls join our club where we learn computer science skills well as other core values of bravery, resilience, creativity, and purpose. Our club meets on Wednesday after school until 4:30. For more information, see Mrs. Mehlhoff.
CHOIR MEMBERS-There will be no practice next week, Tuesday 24th!!
Reminder: There is no school on Wed. 11/24 - Fri. 11/26 for Thanksgiving. We wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!
There will be NO GIRLS YOGA tomorrow, Tuesday, November 23!
Let’s help our Tetons fill the sleigh!!!
You can see the live performance of the Bakken & Innovation Academy 6th Grade Winter Show-Off Concert on our WBSD7 Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wbsd7
The staff getting into the spirit of things on Whoville day!
Choir practices will resume Tuesday, January 11th. Anyone interested in joining choir for the spring needs to come see Mrs. Miller.
Dress-up das this week!
Check it out! Youth Curling!!
Look at our beautiful new gym floor!! Please make sure all kiddos have an extra pair of shoes for PE so we can keep our floor shiny and new!! Thank you for your support!
School is back in session, and winter is in full swing with temperatures ranging anywhere from 35*F to -27*F in the next 10 days. Remember elementary students still go outside for recess until temperatures reach -10*F.
If you are in need of winter gear for sizes 4T and up, please contact Allison Stensland at (701)572-1580 or allison.stensland@willistonschools.org.
Mr. Mehlhoff kicked off second semester by reviewing important information (and some stories about bats in the halls🦇 ) with all of his students at Bakken Elementary so they can have the best semester ever!
Williston Basin School District #7 is proud to partner with CHI St. Alexius Health Williston for our Partners in Health Program. Our Partners in Health Program will provide WBSD7 with opportunities to provide beneficial resources including expert reviewed health articles and blog posts, Staff Wellness Days, informational forums, and more.
Our first featured article is "Gather Around for the Benefits of Family Dinner." Did you know that having a regular family dinner can result in higher grade point averages and self-esteem for children and teens?
For this article and more, check out our Partners in Health page: https://www.willistonschools.org/page/chi-stalexius-health-partnership
CANCELLATION:
Due to flight cancellations, our guest speaker Sgt. Rich has been cancelled this week. We will be rescheduling him for a later date and will communicate that as soon as we have that information.
Reminder: There is no school for any WBSD7 schools on Monday, January 17th.
Attention all boys!! We are so excited to offer this opportunity to our students beginning next week! Permission slip is required to participate. Thank you to the Williston Area Rec Center for partnering with us to make this happen! Permission slips are available in the office…
Get in the Game- READ! Reading month is happening in February at Bakken! To gear up for reading month, we will be having dress up days next week, January 31 - February 4 and throughout the month to celebrate!
February's SEL word is Acceptance.