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Orchestra Concert

North Jr. High will have an orchestra concert on Tuesday November 24th at 7:30 p.m. in the Upper Gym. It will be directed by Dianne Brady. Come by and check out the great music the orchestra has put together!

Band Concert

The North Jr. High Band, directed by Mrs. Sonmor, will have a concert on Tuesday November 17th at 7:30 p.m. It will be located in the Upper Gym. See here for Band Concert pictures!

Knowledge Bowl Meet

North Jr. High hosted a Knowledge Bowl meet on Monday November 9th with 18 teams participating. It was a very successful meet and everyone did an excellent job!

Chamber Choir Performance

The North Chamber Choir will be performing at the VA Medical Center on Wednesday November 11th for Veteran's Day. These students have been working with Mrs. Clinton all fall to prepare for this event. Check out the Chamber Choir VA pictures!

A Midsummer Night's Dream

North Jr. High will be performing the play A Midsummer Night's Dream this week. Performances will be held in the North Little Theatre. Performance dates and times are Friday November 13th at 7:00 p.m., Saturday November 14th at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday November 15th at 3:00 p.m. Cost is $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for seniors and students (ages 5-17), and $2.00 for North Jr. High students with a responsibility pass. Come on out and enjoy the show!!!

Willy Wonka Candy Art Contest

Congratulations to Naomi Beutel and Nora Haltom for having their art hung at the Paramount Theater in St. Cloud for the run of the play Willie Wonka. 7th graders participated in the Willie Wonka Candy Art contest sponsored by Great Theater. In conjunction with a unit on still life shapes, they created art work made of candy.

School Supply List Available Online

View our 2009/2010 school supply list in the Acrobat PDF format.

District uses part of $100K ING donation to remodel North pool

A closed North pool will be turned into a gym and multipurpose facility this summer. The district has decided to use approximately $80,000 of a $100,000 donation from ING Direct and combine it with $120,000 in district capital improvement dollars to remodel the closed pool at North. The North pool was closed 4 years ago due to budget cuts and has sat empty since. Due to significant maintenance and operating costs, it is extremely unlikely that the pool will be opened in the future. It would take approximately $160,000 for the pool to be brought up to code and additional $30,000 a year to operate it. Although a working pool would be the first choice, district officials don't believe they could sustain the yearly operational and maintenance costs of a swimming pool. By remodeling the space, the area will be used for instruction instead of storage. The new space will house the weight room and have a gym floor over the reminder of the area that can be used by students and can be developed into a fitness center available for community use as well.

Technology Students Design and Manufacture Mechanical Arm

Honors Technology classes are finishing up their Mechanical Arm capstone projects. The students designed 17 different parts on CAD (Computer Aided Drafting) software then they manufactured and assembled the device in the Construction Lab. The project was part of a year long course that focuses on incorporating math, science, and the design process in the Industrial Technology class. The hands on activities enforce the practicality of the class and prepare the students for advanced engineering coursework at the high school and college level. Click on the image below to see a slide show of the complete process.

North Students Participate in MBDA
Congratulations to the North students selected to participate in the MBDA band festival in Moorhead on May 9th.

United States Academic Triathlon Update
During April, two teams of five students each went to the Minnesota State competition for US Academic Triathlon. North Junior High had two regional competitions in St Cloud in which these two teams placed first at each site. This made them eligible for the State competition. At the State level, our students competed against many fine schools in Minnesota each having placed first at their regional competitions in their home towns.
The main event was split into several smaller events of six teams each. Our North teams didn't compete against each other so both were eligible for the best placement possible. The event had three major components: Written and Verbal Face-Off, Mind Sprints and P.A.R.T.Y. in a Box. The Face-Offs asked several questions and the teams either wrote their answers within the 8 minutes allowed or "buzzed in" for answers given in seconds. The Mind Sprints were three rooms of different problems to solve. The P.A.R.T.Y. in a Box required a 3-4 minute skit to be created and performed given a scenario.
As it were, our two teams both placed second in their State competition. The ten students involved were: Katie Evenson, Jeremy Kosloski, Sloan Squire, Kimberly Colgan and Alora Smith coached by Teresa Colgan; and Alisha Knutson, Allison Reichl, Kendra Butkowski, Madison Schiller, and Emily Thornton coached by Chris Reichl and Kara Butkowski. We are all so proud of our students and think they did a marvelous job at representing North Junior High.

District 2009-2010 school calendar

North 2009-2010 Calendar of Events