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Comet News

November 14th, 2022 Vol. 12, Issue 9

Comet NewsNovember 14th, 2022 Vol. 12, Issue 9
Event Information

Rose Buford Pinochle Tournament & Soup Benefit

There will be a benefit pinochle tournament and soup dinner on Sunday, November 20th, 2022, starting at 3pm to defray medical expenses for Rose Buford. Silent auction items will also be available to bid on during this time, too. Please contact Michelle Simonson or Terrille Jacobson if you are unable to attend but would like to support or donate in some way.

When?

Sunday, Nov 20, 2022, 03:00 PM

Where?

Alexander City Fire Department, Elk Street, Alexander, ND, USA

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Turkey Bingo

This Thursday, November 17th, 2022, APS's FTC will hold its annual Turkey Bingo and Canned Food Drive. The first game starts at 6:00pm with the doors opening at 5:30pm. Bring 1 canned food item per Bingo card or 5 per family, if possible. Please do not bring outdated food. Prizes include turkeys, pies, board games, puzzles and other fun items.
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School Events

Tuesday, November 15th, 2022

Wrestling and girls' basketball practice as normal.

Wednesday, November 16th, 2022

Wrestling and girls' basketball practice as normal.

Thursday, November 17th, 2022

5:30pm Turkey Bingo-Canned Food Drive

(Please bring 1 canned food item per Bingo card or 5 per family, if possible.)

Friday, November 18th, 2022

High 5 Club/Friday Intervention School

Both Lego League Teams

Saturday, November 19th, 2022

JH Wrestling Invitational @Dickinson

Monday, November 21st, 2022

Wrestling and girls' basketball practice as normal.

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022

Wrestling and girls' basketball practice as normal.

Wednesday, November 23rd-Friday, November 25th, 2022

Happy Thanksgiving!

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School Breakfast & Lunch

November 15th, 2022

Breakfast: Breakfast pizza

Lunch: Build your own burger bar and fries

November 16th, 2022

Breakfast: Cold Breakfast (PBJ, Cereal, Cheese sticks, Frozen Fruit, etc.)

Lunch: Sweet n sour or teriyaki chicken, fried rice, fortune cookie, egg roll

November 17th, 2022

Breakfast: French toast & sausage patty

Lunch: Build your own pizza

November 21st, 2022

Breakfast: Cold breakfast (PBJ, cereal, cheese sticks, frozen fruit, etc.)

Lunch: Chicken or Fish Burger on a bun and fries

November 22nd, 2022

Breakfast: Comet potatoes & scrambled eggs

Lunch: Turkey or ham dinner

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AHS Featured Club: FTC

FTC is a club that uses technology and stands for the First Tech Challenge. FTC's first competition will occur December 10th where they will be building robots.

The FTC Advisor, Mrs. White, said “FTC is a great program that encourages students to use their brain for sport. The skills learned on the FTC team are essential to their futures.”

Besides competing, the group promotes several community fundraising projects such as the Haunted Museum, the APS Family Fun Nights, The Christmas Stroll, scrimmage competitions, Dart wars, dodgeball, carwashes, movie nights, and more. Angel Ochoa, a member of FTC, stated, “I was suggested to join FTC and FTC is a fun group because of working together and learning new skills.”

White hopes to continue to see her students compete at the regional, state and hopefully world competitions with this year's final competition for FTC occurring in April 2023.

“This is a great opportunity to do and be part of something different, learn new things and build new skills to further increase your desirability in today's workforce,” said White.

Leader in Me Habit of the Month

This month APS is focusing on "Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind." Having a plan by defining outcomes before one acts and taking the time to create and live by a personal mission statement are two highly effective practices. We all can work to develop these practices for ourselves and to promote clear vision, commitment, and purpose for others.

Boys Basketball and Wrestling

By: Ethan Thomas

Alexander Public School has basketball and wrestling for winter sports coming up for the high school. Carlton Turnquist and AJ Allard are the coaches for these sports. Boys High School basketball starts the Monday after Thanksgiving break and wrestling started November 7th.

This upcoming season will be Carlton’s second year coaching here at Alexander. Carlton graduated and was a state qualifier for wrestling at Alexander. Carlton wants kids to go out for wrestling to find and continue to improve their limits.

The upcoming boys' basketball season will be AJ’s 9th year in all coaching but his 4th year at Alexander. AJ coached girls high school basketball for 3 years at Grenora and 2 years Junior high girls at Bainville. AJ wants kids to play basketball to be part of a team.

Donuts with Dads and Dudes

Pictured below are Ms. Geltel and Ms. Kuhn's kindergarten students received a special treat to spend the morning of November 1st, 2022, with a dad or male role model. Students had juice, donuts, and completed various activities with their dads and dudes while being treated to a pajama party day, too.

Leadership with Calli Thorne

By: Kenzie Suko

6th and 7th grade students get to experience Calli Thorne's leadership training classes two days a week every two weeks.

Thorne is a keynote speaker, global leadership trainer, and a life coach with the Maxwell Leadership team. She works with a wide variety of organizations and clients such as youth from schools, agricultural organizations, women in leadership, and several other teams and individuals.

Calli is also a Mental Health First Aid facilitator helping people to know what to do in times of mental health distress. 7th grader, Trinity Hernandez says her favorite part of Calli's class is when she makes them write positive things about each other and themselves.

Calli has students work on various activities to enforce students to become leaders. She also shares new vocab words that have positive meanings.

Thorne loves her job because she connects with others to help them gain confidence skills. She likes seeing the impact her students make on themselves, people around them, and their communities. Calli gets to travel and meet people that challenge her to do better.

Alexander Middle School welcomes Calli back every year to teach students, “leadership and character traits,” said Shannon Faller, Alexander Middle and High School Principal, who continues to see students develop positive traits from this experience.

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