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, ...
Members of the Rugby FFA chapter took home the gold and silver from competitions at the National FFA Convention held at Indianapolis, Indiana Oct. 22-30. “I am very proud of each of the kids and the teams as a whole,” Rugby FFA Advisor Kristi Tonnessen said. “They really studied and ...
Rugby High School students will have a chance to develop technology skills and earn college credit beginning in the 2023-24 school year with a dual-credit drone program offered by Dakota College at Bottineau. The course receives funding from a grant supported by the USDA National Institute ...
Changes could be in store for Rugby Panthers basketball teams if a proposal to divide North Dakota’s two-class team system into three classes. The Rugby Public School Board reviewed the proposal at its regular monthly meeting Oct. 11. Rugby High School Athletic Director Scott Grochow ...
Students at Rugby High School cheered as Logan Harner and Mariann Kraft received their crowns as 2022 Homecoming King and Queen at Rugby High’s Johnsen Field on Sept. 19. Harner, the son of John Harner and Monica Thorson, both of Rugby, plays football, basketball and baseball for the Rugby ...
District budget matters, school fundraisers and a construction site tour at Rugby’s Ely Elementary School sparked discussions at the Rugby Public School Board’s regular meeting on Sept. 13. Superintendent Michael McNeff presented information about the district’s budget for 2023, which, ...
Rugby schools prepared for the first week of school the week of Aug. 22 with training sessions for new and returning teachers and student registrations. At Rugby High School, Principal Jared Blikre said he expected a few last-minute enrollments during the first few days school is in session. ...
After an initial delay, construction on Ely Elementary School is moving along as planned, Ely Principal Jason Gullickson said at the Rugby Public School District’s regular board meeting on Aug. 9. Issues with concrete footings at the site where the building would expand caused the delay. ...
A group of more than 20 Rugby High students and recent grads left the comforts of small-town North Dakota for nine days in Peru late in June. Rugby High English and math teachers Leah Johnson and Dan Seykora accompanied the students on the trip where they explored the ruins of Machu Picchu ...
Colorful masks and paintings created by Rugby High School art students in Terry Jelsing’s classes starred in the inaugural student art exhibition, held in the school’s new gallery space on May 18. Jelsing said the gallery resulted from hard work during winter break with the help of ...
