Wanted: used inkjet and laserjet cartridges, also old cell phones If you have empty cartridges or cellphones, please bring them to the North Woods School and drop them off in the office or Media Center. We will send the items to Funding Factory, they give us points which we can redeem from their catalog.
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North Woods Science Club Field Trip
The North Woods Science Field Trip this year was unbelievable. Comments that I heard included: “This is the biggest trip you ever planned Pierce”; “We had so much fun”; “The food was great”; “The science field trip was super fun, and everyone had a great time” Andrea Simonson; “The science field trip was awesome! The best parts were Adventure Zone and the planetarium” Shelby Lerfald; “It was fun and interesting to learn about the planes. I really enjoyed it.” Hanna Olson.
For many of the students the day started at 5 a.m. with getting up and meeting the Voyageur Charter Bus ...
Geometry Hat Project
The sixth graders from both Mrs. Briggs and Mrs. Panichi's classes made Math Hats as a culmination of the March Math Madness week. Examples of Geometry concepts that they needed to show were angles, parallel and perpendicular lines, vertex, line segments, edge, face, area, surface area, perimeter, circumference, radius, diameter, ... the list goes on and on -- look through the glossary of your child's textbook.
March Math Madness
The elementary staff at North Woods School sponsored this event for a fun evening of MATH!! It was a "great success"! Over 250 students and parents attended this event. There were approximately 20 different tables of games, including the School Store was open to get your Grizzly Gear. "Are you Smarter than a 5th grader?" was a huge success, along with the iPads that were in the library.
The Estimation Jar winners: Sixlets: Ben Kruse; Balloons: Steven Sopoci **right on with his estimate!; Tootsie Rolls: (tie) Madison Taylor & Chloe Johnson; Crayons & Erasers: Aleah Bangs; Popcorn: Taylor Vagle; Pencils, Erasers...: ...
Thank you from McDonalds
Thank you for a great night last night to all the teachers that came out and made McTeachers night a big success! We are pleased to inform you we were able to make $314.45!!! Thank you again to all who made this night a great success!
Mrs. Swenson’s first grade readers!!!
First graders in Mrs. Swenson's class did an amazing job reading during the month of February, "I love to Read" month. The class read a total of 632 books! Fantastic job first graders!!!!
Darby Youngstrom hits 2,000 points
FIELD TOWNSHIP – North Woods junior Darby Youngstrom only needed 10 points to reach 2,000 for her career.
But she kept fans in suspense as time ticked away in the first half and she remained just a few points shy of the milestone. Late in the half, she broke free on a layup, which cemented her place in North Woods sports history as the first Grizzly to get 2,000 career points.
Darby, who has been averaging 24 points a game, was pleased to reach the goal and a bit relieved that the pressure was over. “I just tried to let it happen ...
National Honor Society holds induction ceremony
[caption id="attachment_2826" align="alignleft" width="300"] 2013 National Honor Society[/caption]
On Tuesday January 23, the North Woods National Honor Society inducted an additional ten members to join forces with the current fifteen already involved in this prestigious club. New members include Devon Ekmark, Emily Fultz, Rebecca Green, Jessica Harmston, Emily Koch, Matthew Koch, Samuel Maki, Noah Squires, Jaylen Strong, and Daniel Tausk. The short ceremony was attended by family and friends with delicious cake and punch afterward. Thank you to all who attended and congratulations to all the new members!
North Woods third graders receive a visit from Flat Stanley
The third graders at Charles Lindbergh Elementary School in Little Falls, Minnesota have read and enjoyed the book Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. Stanley Lambchop was a typical boy who had a large bulletin board mounted on the wall over his bed. One night while he was sleeping, the bulletin board fell on him and flattened him to a one-half inch thickness. He was surprised when he woke up to find himself flat. Stanley discovered he could be folded up and mailed in an envelope to different places. Stanley visited his friends in California and had a great time. Stanley ...
School Store
The School Store recently received new Grizzly Wear items. Mrs. Lamwers was wearing and modeling one of the new zip-up hooded sweatshirts in Carolina Blue.
Students come into the store in the morning before school begins and browse the items in the store. A School Store webpage was recently created and is located under the Home tab.
Destinie Villebrun scores 1,000 points
FIELD TOWNSHIP – It took all of five seconds for Destinie Villebrun to enter the record books as the first Grizzly girl to score 1,000 points.
Villebrun entered Tuesday’s home opener against Littlefork-Big Falls just two points shy of the milestone. Her fellow players got her the ball on their opening possession and Villebrun scored on a short jumper.
Afterwards, Villebrun said that was the plan. “The goal was to get it over as soon as we can and get on with the game,” she said.
Indeed, Villebrun saved the celebration of her achievement for after the game when cheerleaders presented her with ...
Ronald McDonald visits North Woods Elementary
The elementary classes had an afternoon visitor to the North Woods School on Wednesday, November 21st.
Grizzlies win Section 7A
DULUTH - Experience matters. Last year, the Grizzlies' tournament jitters cost them a section championship when they lost to a more experienced Cherry team. But this year, North Woods was the veteran team, sweeping Carlton 3-0 (25-12, 25-19, 25-20) on Saturday for the Section 7A Volleyball Championship.
The win advanced the Grizzlies to the State Class A Volleyball Tournament. They opened play against No. 2 seed Minneota (29-3) at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The top five teams in the tournament were seeded while the remaining three, including North Woods, were not. Bethlehem ...
 The North Woods Science Field Trip this year was unbelievable. Comments that I heard included: “This is the biggest trip you ever planned Pierce”; “We had so much fun”; “The food was great”; “The science field trip was super fun, and everyone had a great time” Andrea Simonson; “The science field trip was awesome! The best parts were Adventure Zone and the planetarium” Shelby Lerfald; “It was fun and interesting to learn about the planes. I really enjoyed it.” Hanna Olson.
For many of the students the day started at 5 a.m. with getting up and meeting the Voyageur Charter Bus coming down from International Falls. First stop was the Dam Supper Club at 6:30 a.m. At 7:30 the bus departed Zup’s parking lot with 38 students and two chaperones on board. We picked up Ms. Vaerconum in Eveleth along with her two sons. We were on our way.
Our first stop was AAR and a visit with Ms. Jennie Sage for a tour of the airbus 320 repair station in Duluth. Many students had the opportunity to sit in the cockpit and fly the plane around the hanger. There is nothing like sitting at the controls of a large aircraft. Students were amazed to see the planes up-close. Prior to departing AAR we enjoyed doughnuts, apples and juice with many of the employees of AAR. “What a great visit.” 
 Next, off to Lake Superior Squadron and a step back in aviation time. This is a group of aircraft and military enthusiasts that are restoring a WW II PBY Catalina aircraft. This is the plane we had a group picture in front of. The students were able to go inside the plane and they really had fun. Mr. Pierce has had a hand in the restoration of the PBY by helping secure funding to continue the overhaul process. Go Mr. Pierce. Keep up the grant writing.
Following LSS we enjoyed a quick lunch and off to Lake Superior Zoo. The students had enjoyed walking around and checking out all the exhibits. The weather was much better than forecast. We all enjoyed seeing the lions, peacock, llamas, and many other indoor and outdoor exhibits at the zoo.
Between the Zoo and Adventure Zone Mr. Pierce managed to squeeze in a tour of Lake Superior College. Ms. Jenni Swenson met our group with gifts and a big smile. The students and I enjoyed seeing all the wonderful educational opportunities that LSC has to offer. It was even heard in the crowd more than once that this is were I want to go to college by our North Woods students. LSC did a great job showing off their beautiful facility. Thank you Ms. Swenson for putting the LSC tour together for us.
    
After Lake Superior Zoo and LSC we went to Adventure Zone for three hours of arcades, laser tag, rock wall climbing, and pizza. And the fun just kept going. The time was getting late and at 7:30 we all boarded the bus for the Pizza Man on Superior Street and 16 large pizzas. The group gathered their pizza and headed to UMD to enjoy pizza, juice and a few laughs. We all had so much fun.
Last, a stop at the Marshall Allworth Planetarium for a late night viewing. We saw two shows. Our presenters Shane and Shawn did a great job keeping us entertained. What a very educational experience. At 9:30 p.m. It was time to board the bus for home.
What a quiet ride home we had. Everyone gave it their all. This trip would not have been possible with out the generous gifts from many. I would like to take the time to thank: Northland Foundation and Kid’s Plus Grants, Cook Timberwolves Snowmobile Club, Mr. Tim Johnson and State Farm Insurance, Crane Lake Voyageurs Snowmobile Club, Dream Weavers Salon, Super One Foods, Cook Area Credit Union, Zup’s and ExxonMobil, McDonalds of Cook, Cirrus Aircraft, AAR & Jennie Sage, LSS, Thomas Long Trucking, Polley’s, Dale & Patty Klapmeier, Voyageur Log Homes, KGM, Lake Superior College & Ms. Jenni Swenson, UMD Planetarium, Mr. Metsa for his support both for the club and monetarily, and Jessie and Kylye for grant writing.
Special thanks go to Ms. Lori Udovich for joining us on our 2013 science field trip. Also, a great big thanks to Tyler from Voyageur Bus Charters from International Falls and his ability to navigate us through Duluth from activity to activity. What a great service he provided. Thanks to all that attended from Mr. Richard E. Pierce and Ms. Khorianna Vaerconum. You were all well mannered.
Have you ever dreamed of being Crowned…
… King, Queen, Prince and Princess??
The Orr Chamber of Commerce has just the opportunity for you. Make $$ and become Royalty!!!
Participants receive 10% of their ticket sales and a free night stay for 4 at Oveson’s Pelican Lake Resort & Inn
King & Queen: Ages 11 & up; Prince and Princess: Ages 10 & under
Participants must be willing to sell Raffle Tickets and be Responsible for all Tickets and Monies from the Sale of their tickets. Sign up by Friday, May 31st, 2013. Call Karis @ 218-684-5416 or email Karis@TheLakeCountry.com
North Woods Community Ed is now taking Summer Rec Program registrations. Summer Rec is a summer youth program for students who have completed Kindergarten through 5th grade. The program will run six weeks beginning Monday, June 3 through Wednesday, July 10. The program will run Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 9 am – 3:00 pm at the North Woods School. The fee is $75 per student. The Program is open to the first 50 paid registrants. Registration forms will be going home with North Woods students this week. The program needs a minimum of 25 registered students to ensure the program runs this summer. Deadline for registration is Friday, May 17. For registration form and fee information contact Becca Bundy, Community Ed Coordinator at 218-780-5423.
Testing for the Elementary has been completed. We might have a few students that need to do a make-up test, but as a whole group they are done.
The audio portion on the MAPs test was working today. Testing has resumed for all of the Kindergarten, first grade and second grade classes. Please remind your young ones to get plenty of rest this week.
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Senior Notices Seniors interested in meeting with Mrs. Stark to discuss college applications and future plans should sign up in the Counselor’s outer office.
North Woods Partners Cook Lion's Club
Cook Building Center
Comet Theater
State Farm Insurance of Cook, Tim Johnson, Agent
McDonalds
Zup
Subway of Cook
Cook's North Country Floral
Cook Coop Credit Union
American Bank of Cook/Orr
National Forest Service
Bios Forte Tribal Council
Cirrus Aircraft Co.
Northwoods Riders
Cook Volunteer Fire Department
Timberwolves Snowmobile Club
Disability Associates
Hibbing Taconite Co.
Dream Weaver
Cook Hospital
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The North Woods Science Field Trip this year was unbelievable. Comments that I heard included: “This is the biggest trip you ever planned Pierce”; “We had so much fun”; “The food was great”; “The science field trip was super fun, and everyone had a great time” Andrea Simonson; “The science field trip was awesome! The best parts were Adventure Zone and the planetarium” Shelby Lerfald; “It was fun and interesting to learn about the planes. I really enjoyed it.” Hanna Olson.
Next, off to Lake Superior Squadron and a step back in aviation time. This is a group of aircraft and military enthusiasts that are restoring a WW II PBY Catalina aircraft. This is the plane we had a group picture in front of. The students were able to go inside the plane and they really had fun. Mr. Pierce has had a hand in the restoration of the PBY by helping secure funding to continue the overhaul process. Go Mr. Pierce. Keep up the grant writing.
