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Congratulations to Marla for taking home a Superior ribbon in the category of Informative Speaking on Saturday at the Blackduck Varsity Invitational!
The Speech season is starting to wrap up with the last Varsity invitational this coming Saturday and Subsections on April 6th. Good Luck to all of our speakers!
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The TrekNorth Polar Plunge is April 6th!
Want to raise money for Unified programming at our school? Want to get a bucket of ice dumped on your head and BE COOL?
Permission slips at the front desk.
Email Elizabeth @ emathews@treknorth.org with questions.
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The 2023 Track & Field season starts this TUESDAY, March 14th for athletes in grades 9-12! Practice will be after school from 3:30-5:15pm at TrekNorth and all participants should be prepared to practice inside and outside.
All high school athletes should have their 3-years physicals on file at the school and complete the linked MSHSL Eligibility Brochure. Contact Coach Meehlhause with any questions.
MSHSL Eligibility Brochure: https://forms.gle/34snn8mivdS3Kf199
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Trek had a great night at the Thief River Falls knowledge Bowl tournament last Thursday. Out of 15 teams from 8 schools, our Green team won 1st place, with 43 points. Our Black team, the only team competing that was all 6th graders, came in 8th, with 32 points. Great job Sundogs!
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Look for TrekNorth AP Art student work in this Saturday's Pioneer paper.
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TrekNorth hosted a KAXE/KBXE Phenology Teachers workshop today. Area educators came to TN to learn about phenology (the rhythmic biological nature of events as they relate to climate). John Latimer, Steven Carlson and Sarah Mitchell presented information on using phenology in the classroom, led us on a phenology walk and even reminded us of the great activity of cuttings twigs and putting them in a bucket of water to force them to leaf out! Participants in the workshop prepared a phenology report that will air on KAXE/KBXE's morning show on Tuesday between 6:45 and 7:00 AM.
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Conferences!
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TrekNorth is hiring!
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Congratulations to our lone Sundog Varsity Speaker who competed at the Chuck Beckman Memorial Invitational in Walker! Xavier earned personal best percentage scores on Saturday.
The JV team gets their turn to compete in Walker on Thursday and the Varsity team travels to Fosston on Saturday. Good Luck to all of our Sundog Speakers!
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Thank you to Don King from Idea Circle for presenting to our students about trades, manufacturing, and military careers.
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Congratulations to the Sundog Speakers that competed at the Bemidji Lumberjack meet this past Saturday at Bemidji High School!
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These TrekNorth students had fun and did well at the Snow Snake Tournament on Lake Bemidji!
Shea Fleming won 1st Place Stationary Target, and 1st Place Distance Throw ages 8-12.
Everett Fleming won 2nd Place Rolling Hoop, and 2nd Place Distance ages 8-12.
Micah Mitchell Won 2nd place Stationary Target, and 3rd place Distance Throw ages 8-12.
Hayden Doty won 2nd place in Rolling Hoop ages 13-17.
Honorable mentions Nate Behrns and Dennis Smallwood won $5 each for excellent sportsmanship!
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The next meet for the Varsity Sundog Speech Team is Tomorrow at Bemidji High School. Everyone is welcome to come out to support our speakers and learn more about our activity. Varsity Speakers should meet in the Bemidji High School Commons at 8:30 am.
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Yearbooks on on sale right now, early bird prices are only until March 1st ($30)
March 2-17th yearbooks will be $35
You may bring cash or a check to Tara or the front desk and specify that it is for a yearbook. Yearbooks usually arrive at the end of April/beginning of May
To order a yearbook using a credit card online:
Go to: www.buytheyearbook.com
Follow the prompts to find our school, we do not have a school code
You will need to create an account and then you will be able to purchase a yearbook.
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Way to go JV Speech Team! They showed out strong at the Cass Lake-Bena Meet this past Tuesday!
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Students in Ecuador are learning about farming in the Andes at 10,000 feet as well as the Amazon at 2,000 feet. We also loved some of the Carnaval celebrations!
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Painting Snow Snakes in 7th grade American Indian Language and Culture class today, students are enjoying it!
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We have made it to South Texas and are loving every minute! Yesterday, we explored the border. Today, we head to Brownsville to work!
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There's a great group of students doing an awesome job with the challenges of international travel! We've got another day in Quito, then on to Riobamba and Banos.
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The TrekNorth Junior Varsity team competed at their second meet of the season last night in Laporte. Our speakers had fun learning, growing, and meeting students from other schools. The next Junior Varsity meet will be at Cass Lake-Bena on Tuesday!
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