New England Public Schools

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has ordered a statewide mask mandate. The executive order was issued late Friday, November 13, 2020. The directive requires everyone to wear face coverings in indoor businesses and indoor public settings, as well as outdoor public settings where physical distancing is not possible. The order went into effect Saturday, November 14, 2020. On Monday, November 30, 2020 all students getting on a bus for school and all students entering school must wear a mask. Pre-school and kindergarten students are exempt from wearing a mask once they enter the building and go thru the proper health screening protocol. Mask breaks will be allowed during school when a student needs a break. At this time, all school activities have been postponed. The start of winter sports will be delayed until December 14, 2020. More information on postponements and winter activities will be forthcoming.

Teachers and students will have difficulty accessing Classlink at this time. Tech support is working diligently on the issue. We will keep you posted and apologize for the inconvenience and confusion. We hope it’s remedied soon. We will send notice as soon as it’s running again.

FREE COVID TESTING EVENTS IN DICKINSON: Old Whiting Building/True Value—North of Runnings—Garage Drive through at 528 21st St W Monday, November 16: 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 17: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday, November 18: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. DSU Campus Walk-In at the Student Center Ballroom (Mask required) Thursday November 19: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Please pre-register at: Testreg.nd.gov

PreAlgebra students please pick up your Module 3 book at the office today before 2 pm

Over the course of the weekend, New England Public School has seen an increase in the number of positive Covid-19 cases and quarantined students and staff. Out of an abundance of caution, an effort to stop this current spread, New England Public School has made the decision to switch all New England Public School students (grades PK-12) to full distance learning effective Monday, November 16, 2020. Students will return to campus Monday, November 30, 2020 after the Thanksgiving holidays. This includes suspending all extracurricular activities during this time. The transition to distance learning will be seamless. We already have an amazing distance learning component in place at New England Public School. Below are the procedures for students in grades 4-12 to follow over the next two weeks. Continue learning with their same teacher/s and classmates as they did in the traditional scenario. Student class times will be the same for online learning as the regular school day bell schedule. Students in grades PK-3 will have a hybrid schedule as determined by their teacher. Students will be expected to log in to their classes and attendance will be taken. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause; however, we want to ensure our entire school community stays healthy during the holiday season and beyond.

On behalf of the administrative team, it is once again with a heavy heart and out of deep concern for the health and welfare of our entire school community that I am making the following announcement. New England Public School students in fourth grade thru twelfth grade who were attending face to face instruction, will begin transitioning to distance learning effective Monday, November 16, 2020. Our return to face to face instruction, for grades 4-12, will be November 30, 2020. Our work together to slow the spread of COVID-19 has helped keep most of our students in school for 13 precious weeks. However, we have seen county numbers continue to rise at a steady rate. In our school community we have also seen an increase in the number of staff and students testing positive along with an increased number of persons being asked to quarantine due to close contact. We are better prepared and equipped to provide high quality distance learning instruction until we can safely and enthusiastically bring all students back into our buildings once COVID-19 cases notably reduce in our schools, county, and state. Thank you for your unending support for high quality education for all learners at New England Public School and please stay strong, courageous, patient, and most of all — healthy.

LifeTouch Picture Retake Day has been moved to Thursday, December 3. You may continue to use the order forms already handed out.

NEW TIGER-WEAR IS HERE!!! Order forms have been sent home with all students Pre - 6th Grade. Extra forms for high school students & adults are posted outside Mr. Daryl's office! Any questions call Julie Rafferty # 701-209-0169! GO TIGERS!!

Wednesday, November 11, is Veterans Day. There is no school on that day.

Trinity Titan Home Volleyball Protocols 1. Your team will enter door #7 which is the west side of the gym. You will have access to the junior high girl’s locker room to change and keep bags. No showers should be used in the locker room. Your team bench will be the south bench. 2. Make sure each athlete has their own water bottle. We have bottle-filling stations open in the school. No water fountains will be available. 3. We are presently ‘orange’ as a county. Therefore, masks are required for all non-participants per NDHSAA post-season regulations (see attached.) 4. All visiting fans will enter door #7 and gain entrance into the gym through the west gym doors. Fans must present a pass to purchase a ticket. Each participant will be allowed 2 passes each with a limit of 40 fans. No extra tickets will be sold! All tickets are $8 for any fan. 5. The match will start at 6:00 MT. Here is the schedule of times for the teams: 5:27 – Teams will be allowed on the court for 25-minute warm-up. 5:52 – Introduction of all non-starters of both teams starting with New England. 5:55 – Introduction of Starting Line-ups. 5:57 – National Anthem. 6:00 – First Serve. 6. Concessions will be available in the Fisher’s Commons Area as well as streaming of the matches. 7. Reminder there will be no shaking of hands either before or after the game. Line up on the 10-foot line to wave to your opponent. 8. After teams acknowledge each other, the All-Region 7 VB Team, along with Senior Athlete of the Year and Coach of the Year will be read. 9. At the end of the awards, 8 minutes will be placed on the clock. We ask that all fans please exit the gym by that time. 10. If any fan can’t make the game, the match will be lived streamed on the NFHS network @NFHSnetwork.com.

Fan protocol for the volleyball tournament at Trinity is as follows: Only those wearing a badge or fans having a pass will be allowed in the gym as attendance has been limited to 40. Masks for ALL fans are to be worn per NDHSAA.

Hettinger County is still in "Yellow". Our Regional Volleyball Tournament starts Saturday, November 7th against Killdeer. The game will start at 6:00 PM. Capacity is limited to 100 people due to NDDoH guidelines.

Fourth, fifth, and sixth grade basketball boys basketball practice has been moved to DWCRC tonight, Friday, November 6th.

Basketball practice for 4-5-6-7-8 BOYS will be at the correctional center Friday, Nov.6.

2020 Girls Volleyball Tournament

Attached is the In-Town Bus Route. We will start our route on Monday, November 9th. The route will start around 7:30 AM on the east side of town.

Due to Covid-19, Richardton/Taylor is not allowing any fans at their activities. The game tonight, November 5th can be watched via Facebook Live on Richardton-Taylor Public Schools Facebook page.

Due to the increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in Mercer County, Hazen is limiting fans for the volleyball game tonight, Thursday, November 5th to only senior parents for both teams.

November 9th will be our first day for in-town bus service. If you have questions, or want to sign up for in-town service, please call the District Office at 701-579-4160. Our route schedule will be posted later in the week.

Mathcounts on Thursday Nov 5 is cancelled. We will resume next week Thursday.