Thompson Public Schools

Principal’s Report

• Last week our Gr. 8-11 students began the pre-registration process for the 26-27 school year. The course description booklet  was shared with and reviewed by students during advisory meetings. Course interest surveys need to be signed by a parent and returned to advisors by Friday, January 30. 

• Next year’s juniors and seniors will have an opportunity once again to take classes at the Grand Forks Career Impact Academy. Course offerings in Precision Agriculture, Culinary Arts, Aviation, Computer Science, Medical Careers, Building Trades, Engineering & Robotics, and Automotices. Transportation to and from the CIA will be the responsibility of the students. 

• The Grand Forks girls wrestling team place 2^nd (out of 15 teams) at the Fargo Winterslam on Saturday! Kaylee Kurz was the champion in her weight class and Aulani Long placed 5^th!

• Good luck to our Music students who will be performing at the Myra Jazz Festival in Grand Forks on Wednesday. 

• Congratulations to our boys wrestling team on successful first ever home matches last week! Picking up wins were Xavier Swartz (first home win in program history), Mason Bartels, Jaxon Tozer, Dominic DeFoe, Garrett Krebs, and Caden Kurz (1^st ever pin). Also, thank you to our wrestling parents who helped manage the concession stand at last week’s home matches! The boys wrestling team is back at home this Thursday against MPCG and Grafton. 

• This week, students in grades 6–10 will begin the ND A+ winter interim assessments. The A+ interims are brief assessments designed to measure student growth in reading and math. The comprehensive ND A+ State Assessment will be administered later this spring.

• Best of luck to our Speech students as they open the season with their first meet this Saturday at Central Valley! Thank you to coaches Mike Bittner and Marla DeFoe for their work with the program this year!

• The Jr/Sr “Big Bingo” will be held this coming Sunday, February 1, at 1:30pm in the new gym. Bingo cards will be available at the door if you did not purchase any in advance from a junior or senior. All proceeds will go towards the “After Prom Party” on April 11. 

• The payment deadline for all Mayville State online and in-person classes is Wednesday, January 28. Payments can be made via the student’s online MSU account or by contacting the MSU Business office (701) 788-4757.

• Have a great month of February!

Test Schedule –  Mon: 7^th Health   Tue: 10^th English (quiz), 9^th Algebra I, 11^th Algebra II (quiz)   Wed: 6^th Math (quiz), 7^th English (Ms. Zak) (quiz)  Thur: No Tests   Fri: 8^th Financial Literacy (vocab quiz), 6^th English (grammar quiz), 6^th Health