
Fun! Congratulations to the 4th grade students in the upper west neighborhood at Sunrise, they are the recipients of the Golden Plunger this week. The Golden Plunger is awarded to the grade level judged to have kept its bathrooms the cleanest over the preceding week.


Yesterday was the grand opening of the Sunrise Gaga Ball pit! The pit was purchased through last year's NBAEF Fund a Dream. Dawson (pictured with SRS Principal Taylor Swanson) helped order, plan, and place the Gaga Ball pit. The grand opening was a huge hit! Thanks NBAEF!





To read "Vikings Giving, Vikings Receiving," Supt. Sara Paul's latest column, click the following link and scroll down: https://www.isd138.org/page/contact-the-superintendent

Please join us for a free event at the Education Center on Friday, Oct. 27, 6 - 7:30 pm. Un-Scary Halloween offers children an indoor trick or treating experience, crafts, carnival games, cookie decorating, prizes and candy. See flier for more details!


SKOL! and congrats to Girls Soccer, playing for the section 7AA championship on Tuesday, Oct. 17! The game is 5:30pm vs Cloquet-Carlton Lumberjacks - location either Cloquet or Denfeld. View bracket here: https://www.mshsl.org/tournaments/2023-section-7aa-soccer-girls-tournament


It's Fire Safety and Prevention Week! Our partners at the NBFD are meeting with students to review fire safety, and participating in fire drills at every school. Here, students at Sunrise learn about smoke alarms, "stop, drop, and roll," and the equipment used by firefighters.











To read "A Viking Bus Ride Home," Supt. Sara Paul's latest column, click the following link and scroll down: https://www.isd138.org/page/contact-the-superintendent

Carlos was the Star of the Week this week in Meghan Hanegraaf’s class! Stars of the Week get to stand in front of the class while classmates share what they like about them. As you can see, Carlos is a very amazing student!


Students in Mrs. Peters and Mrs. John's math classes recently learned to be mathematicians by practicing what it means to struggle and persevere. Students had to recreate an object without touching it. Students did a fabulous job of working together to try and solve the puzzle.





Community Ed Competitive Gymnastics had a great meet last weekend at the the Spirit of the North! Violet Wholecheese scored the highest all around score of the entire meet with 37.725. The Bronze team (pictured) took 3rd place as a team and many medals.
PHOTOS:
Violet and friends (l to r): Violet, Grace, Delaney, Bailee, Raegan
Bronze team is Gen, Laurin, Avyn, Fran, Willow, McKenna, Lilly, Faye
SKOL! and congratulations!



To read "Viking Innovation," Supt. Sara Paul's latest column, click the following link and scroll down: https://www.isd138.org/page/contact-the-superintendent

REMINDER: Join NBAPS, the City of North Branch, and Chisago County for the fall Walk and Roll to School event on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 7:05 am. The walk will start at St. Gregory's Church. See flier for additional details!


REMINDER: Viking Victory Day is Oct. 4
Special Needs students (boys and girls) of all abilities K-12, and the transition program, are invited!
Wednesday, Oct. 4, 5:30-6:30 pm, at the stadium.
RSVP to jvoss@isd138.org by October 1.
See flier for more details.



2023-24 Family Survey
Please take a few minutes to complete the NBAPS 2023-24 Family Survey:
https://forms.gle/PuXbSw3bAHaGNtp36

Interested in attending NBAPS' Friday, Oct. 13 Patron Tour? Patron Tours start at 7:45 a.m. and end at 12:30 p.m. Guests enjoy refreshments in the morning, tour every site in the district, and finish the half day with a lunch prepared by high school ProStart students. In between guests visit classrooms and talk with staff, students, and leadership. It's a great way to learn more about NBAPS from early childhood all the way through high school! To attend, contact Pat Tepoorten at 651-674-1018 or ptepoorten@isd138.org.


Here we go! Spread the word- it's Alumni day for the tennis team. It's Fall Ball- Saturday October 14 at the high school tennis courts. Any alumni or friends and family are invited to come back and get on the courts. Going to be a great time! See you there!


Operation Community Connect is coming up Oct. 19, 11:30 am - 2 pm at NBAHS. Families can get connected to services they may need. See flier for complete details.


5th graders attended the Water Festival at Wild Mountain last week. Students learned about water conservation, water creatures, and native fish; and practiced casting and water safety among many other things at various learning stations. Here, students from Mrs. John's class are enjoying the event!











To read "Working in Partnership is AGmazing!," Supt. Sara Paul's latest column, click the following link and scroll down: https://www.isd138.org/page/contact-the-superintendent

All of us in Viking Country are looking forward to seeing our Viking community at the game tonight. It will be a big crowd, so please read through the following game expectations so we can all share in a great Homecoming football game experience. It is sure to be a blast!
