Policies to address health, safety and state laws for libraries took up much of the discussion at the Rugby Public School Board’s regular monthly meeting April 11 in the Rugby High School library. Pierce County Lake Region District Health Unit Nurse Samantha Wentz came to the board to ...
Fourth graders from Kristen Heilman’s class at Ely Elementary School gathered around a table in Memorial Hall on March 29 as Rugby Future Farmers of America chapter officers Ryleigh Keating and Ryan Slaubaugh talked about the seeds that make oil for pizza dough. “Along with sunflowers, ...
Rugby school board members learned of a “concerning” dip in reading scores for fourth graders at Ely Elementary School at their regular monthly meeting, held March 14 in the Rugby High School Library. Angela Hager and Ashley Seykora, who work as intervention specialists in math and ...
Although he said the word “golem” stumped him, Rugby seventh grader Easton Geiszler triumphed over a list of challenging terms to win the Pierce County Spelling Bee Wednesday, Feb. 15. Geiszler will join eighth grader Ella Walker March 20 at the Bismarck Events Center for the North ...
February has been designated as Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month in North Dakota, and Rugby High School offers classes in three CTE departments to help students develop skills to use no matter where life takes them. In the relatively new family and consumer science department, ...
The Ely Elementary School Lego League team celebrated a successful season Jan. 31 with a pizza party and discussion about its trip to regionals in Minot the weekend before. “We competed at Minot State University at Swain Hall,” team member Anthony Smith said. Team advisor Andee ...
The Rugby High School Speech Team wrapped up their first meet of the season Saturday, Jan. 21 with two state qualifiers. The meet, held at Rugby High School, hosted eight other schools in addition to Rugby. Coach Dana Thoreson said the team, consisting of students in grades 7-12, had ...
The Little Flower Catholic Youth Organization of Rugby will hold its fourth annual Skating for Life fundraiser at Al Wentz Arena Sunday, Jan. 15 from 1-3 p.m. The event has become a tradition for the group, who donates the funds raised by the free-will donations collected for admission to ...
The academic progress and well-being of students topped the list of topics discussed by the Rugby Public School Board at its regular monthly meeting Dec. 13. Superintendent Mike McNeff presented data from a survey tracking problem behavior risk at the high school level and discussed ...
Seven Rugby High School students performed vocal and instrumental music at the Northwest International Festival of Music held Nov. 4-5 at Minot State University. “The students involved in this festival were selected from auditions sent in from North Dakota and Montana,” said Kari Hill, ...
