Drayton Public School 19

📣 We are honored to share that our very own DVE Track Coach, Mr. Jeryl (Murph) Thompson, has received the NDHSAA Boys Coach of the Year award! 🏃 Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition, Mr. Thompson! Thank you for your dedication to our school and students! 🖤🤍

🛞 Preschool is finishing up their alphabet studies! Last week, they were working on the letter W and learning about wheels! We'd like to extend a thank you to Andy & Kristen Grzadzieleski for bringing some BIG wheels for our PK and Kindergarten students to explore! 🚜

🇺🇸 Mr. Riddles 7th Grade Ag class presented their Parliamentary skills to our judges today. This is a great chance for students to learn and develop leadership skills while growing a passion for agriculture! ⚖️

🖐🏻 We have more STEM learning to share at DPS! 🐛 Mrs. Severtson’s 1st grade class has been busy studying the life cycle of butterflies! They are in the process of watching their Painted Lady chrysalises transform into butterflies. Here are some snapshots of their project! 🦋 What a fun way to wrap up the school year! ☀️

Drayton High School Art Show

👩‍⚕️ Notes are being sent home today if this applies to your student! 💊 Parents/guardians: please pickup medication at the school office by 5/29/24 at 4pm. Thank you!

📚 A friendly reminder to return your library books ASAP as summer break will be here soon! ☀️

🏈 Check out this exciting opportunity for our youth! Be sure to mark your calendars! 🗓️ Go Bombers! ❤️🖤

📣 Today's lunch menu has changed! The ladies will be serving grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup / vegetable soup as the main course. Thank you!

We love collaborative learning! 🌱Mr. Riddle’s 8th grade Agriculture Ed class hosted a learning lunch for Pre-K! 8th graders led an outdoor lesson that included planting seeds, planting flowers, and identifying plant parts. It was a fun experience for both classes outside of their classrooms!🪴🌸

✏️Happy Teacher Appreciation Day! We are taking the whole week to honor our teachers and staff for the time and effort that they dedicate to our students! 🥳 We are grateful for you today and every day! Keep up the great work! 📚

🌟Drayton Public School Class of 2024 Senior Spotlights🌟 Graduation will occur in the Drayton Public School Gym on May 26, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. Class Flower: Pink Hibiscus Class Colors: Pink and Purple Class Motto: “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get." Valedictorian: Siobhan Kissee Salutatorian: Hailey Berg 2024 Graduates: Emily Jerome Natasha Knudson Gavin Ryan Claire Thompson Grant Vold Bryce Wimpfheimer

💡 Did you know that acts of kindness and intergenerational relationships support social and emotional learning? 💖 It was a joy to bring May Day baskets to our neighbors at Tisdale Manor! Mrs. Schumacher, Mrs. Vold, and Mrs. Johnston's classes crafted baskets and hand-delivered them on Wednesday! 💐

🍎 Today is school lunch hero day! We would like to give a great big THANK YOU to Barb, Tammy, and Birdie! They keep our bellies full all year long; greeting us with a smile and modeling teamwork every day! 🦸‍♀️

📚Happy School Principal Day! Today we celebrate our very own, Mr. Jeremy Lund, and his dedication to our school! Thank you for all that you do for our students!✏️

Found in Gym week of April 15

Grey hoodie found in Girls locker Orange bag in boys locker room April 12

📣Calling all Drayton Public School LEGO creators in grades 3 through 6! Sign up today to be a part of this fun competition! We can't wait to see what our students create! 🌟 Contact Mrs. Longtin at angela.longtin@dps19.com to get signed up ASAP!

Happy Volunteer Appreciation Week! We have many amazing volunteers at DPS that go the extra mile to make the school experience extraordinary for our students! We literally couldn’t do it without you! 👏 We wanted to share one of our volunteers in action! Meet Brigita Passa 👋 This year, she has been volunteering as our elementary librarian! 📚 She coordinates library book check ins and outs, facilitates our elementary reading program, and most of all, creates a love for reading within our elementary students! 🎩 Hats off to you, Brigita! You are the best!

We are proud of our students and staff for their excellent job cleaning up our community on Earth Day! 🌎 A special thanks to Bombers PTO for providing us with gloves, snacks, and refreshments AND the City of Drayton for donating garbage bags and picking up our filled trash bags! We appreciate Mayor Chip Olson coming to spend time visiting with the students afterward. He encouraged everyone to be good stewards of our community and be proud to live in Drayton! 🇺🇸