Viking View
November 25, 2020
Making the Move
Online Learning - Tips for Parents
- Reduce distractions - make sure your child has a quiet spot to work during their learning.
- Brain breaks - allow your child to take small breaks away from the screen to stretch and move
- Time management - plan for your child's school day, be sure your child gets enough sleep
- Provide positive feedback to your child on their work
- Be flexible - if you run into technology issues it is ok. We can work through those together. It may require the student to log back in or complete an online task later.
- Help your child keep in touch with friends - let them make phone calls, facetime, or zoom sessions with their friends that you are able to supervise.
Reading Connection
Viking PTO Cookie Fundraiser
Hello Viking Families!
We are so excited to partner with Brick & Barley, a locally owned and operated business right here in Grand Forks. Their cookies are INSANELY good and we can’t wait for you to try them! Since we haven’t done a fundraiser with them before, we would love to explain how this cookie fundraiser will work. Please keep reading!! (Did we mention Viking School will get 40% of total sales?!)
1. Safe and Easy: Everything is done ONLINE! No order forms or cash collection. Just share the link: brickandbarleygf.com/viking or send the attached flyer to friends and family. Then order anytime online between November 22 – December 5th! Some things to note:
· These are locally made, baked and individually packaged cookies! Perfect to keep for yourself or to give away as gifts!
· Once the link goes live, there will be 10 flavor options:
· The Original aka “OG” | $4 | Two 3.5 oz Salted Bittersweet Chocolate Chip Cookies
· Apple Crisp | $5 | 8 ounces of fall spiced dough with Crisp Apple Pop Tart pieces, white chocolate chips STUFFED with caramel filling
· Blueberry Lemon Cake | $6 | 8 oz of OG base with white chocolate chips STUFFED with lemon cake and dried blueberries
· Cookies & Cream | $6 | 8 ounces of OG dough with Chocolate Pretzel Pop Tart pieces, bittersweet chocolate chips STUFFED with two brownie bites
· Crushed Candy Cane | $5 | 8 oz of OG dough with crushed candy canes, white and bittersweet chocolate chips STUFFED with peppermint cream filling
· Hangry | $6 | 8 ounces of cocoa dough with chopped snickers, peanuts and bittersweet chocolate chips STUFFED with caramel filling
· Hot Chocolate | $6 | 8 oz of cocoa dough with bittersweet chocolate chips, malted milk powder and mini dried marshmallows STUFFED with marshmallow
· Peanut Butter Kiss | $5 | 8 oz of Peanut Butter dough with bittersweet chocolate chips and Hershey’s kisses STUFFED with a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
· Unicorn | $6 | 8 ounces of OG base with unicorn baking chips and unicorn sprinkle mix STUFFED with rainbow marshmallows and frosted animal cookies
· Xmas Monster | $6 | White Chocolate Chips, Green & Red M&Ms, dry roasted peanuts and oatmeal STUFFED with a Christmas Tree cake
· Viking School will receive 40% of sales!
2. Contactless Curbside Pick Up AND A Shipping Option: On Wednesday, December 9th from 3-8 PM, you can head over to Brick & Barley (9 N 3rd St, Downtown Grand Forks) and either stop in to get your order or just pull up out front or in the alley and give them a call at 701-757-4012 and they will bring your order right to your vehicle. Just pop your trunk for contactless delivery. There is a shipping option too! Brick & Barley ships nationwide for orders of 10 or more cookies.
This Online Cookie Fundraiser will open on Sunday, November 22nd. As always, please watch out for more information from the Viking PTO Facebook page.
Thank you for your continued support!
Written Notification of School Accountability Report
Dear Parent/Guardian,
Now more than ever, it is important for schools to be transparent to its stakeholders. The world is in an unprecedented pandemic, and much has changed in our schools and education in general due to COVID-19. Included in this change is the way that we notify you of school accountability.
Transparency to the Public North Dakota is committed to informing communities about how well its schools are doing. North Dakota’s future success depends on tapping into the potential of all students, so they graduate choice ready with the knowledge, skills, and disposition to be successful.
State education departments are required to annually create an accountability report for every public school in the state. The School Accountability Report outlines how schools are performing on the accountability elements North Dakota selected within its ESSA plan. Due to the waiver of the North Dakota State Assessment and accountability process in the spring of 2020 by the U.S. Department of Education, no School Accountability Reports are being created in the 2020-2021 school year.
As a reminder, North Dakota has a public dashboard designed to help communities across the state access important data regarding K-12 districts and schools, including COVID-19 Response. Insights features easy-to-read reports on multiple measures of school success, including test scores, graduation rates, English Learner progress, student engagement results, and state accountability. To find out information about our school, visit the dashboard at Insights.nd.gov, select “Find My School”, and search alphabetically.
Even though no School Accountability Reports are being issued, there is updated data from the 2019-2020 school year for our school in the following areas:
• Student Engagement Survey
• English Learner Progress
• GED Completer Rate
• Graduation Rate
Please note, data made available to the public masks or hides data for groups with 10 or fewer students to protect confidential information about individual students. Therefore, if data is not available to less than 10 students, it will say “no data available”.
Family Engagement We have robust plans for working to continuously improve educational programs at our school, even in the midst of a pandemic. We would like you and your child(ren) to continue to be active participants in our educational system. Please help support our high expectations for student achievement by participating in school initiatives, offering input and support in our endeavors to raise student achievement, and volunteering at school. Meeting our school’s goals will take a united effort, and I look forward to working with families to ensure success for each student.
Continuous Improvement All schools engage in continuous improvement for general support; therefore, our school has completed a continuous improvement plan through Cognia.
As part of the overall school improvement plan, a strategy map is generated for each school. Our strategy map, outlining our key school improvement initiatives, is also available on the Insights Dashboard. Viking School is a participating Title I school, with a student membership count of 318.
If you have any questions regarding the information in the memorandum, please contact Jolyn Bergstrom at 701-746-2300
Website Notification of Interactive Dashboard
North Dakota has an accountability system reported through insights, more commonly referred to as the “Dashboard.” The Dashboard contains reports that display the performance of school districts, schools, and student groups on a set of state and local measures to assist in identifying strengths, challenges, and areas in need of additional support.
North Dakota’s Insights website is designed to help communities across the state access important information about K-12 districts and schools – including ours.
The North Dakota Dashboard features easy-to-read reports on multiple measures of school success, including test scores, graduation rates, English Learner progress and attendance. The Dashboard replaces the former School District Report Card and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) reports.
Please note, the data made available to the public masks or hides data for groups with 10 or fewer students to protect confidential information about individual students. For questions concerning K-12 education data, please contact the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. Phone: (701) 328-2260 You may also direct questions regarding our specific district data to Jolyn Bergstrom at (701)746-2300.
Parents Lead
One of the most influential factors during a child’s adolescence are maintaining a strong, open relationship with a parent/guardian. When we each create supportive and nurturing environments, children make better decisions. Though it may not always seem like it, children hear concerns, which is why it’s important that parents/guardians discuss the risks of using alcohol and other drugs. How do you start the conversation? Visit www.parentslead.org.
Viking Elementary School
Email: jbergstrom310@mygfschools.org
Website: gfschools.org/viking
Location: 809 22nd Ave S, Grand Forks, ND, USA
Phone: 701-746-2300
Twitter: @learningvikings