NCEC News

  Water Festival will be headed to Drake on May 11. This annual event held in cooperation with Dakota College at Bottineau and Project WET teaches 5th and 6th graders about water science, conservation, and best management practices by demonstrating how water interacts with humans and the natural environment within North Dakota’s watersheds. Contact Aimee for more information.

  Registration is now open for the fall LETRS 2 training scheduled to kick off August 31. Rugby Cohort 1 will run from August 2023 through April 2024 with face-to-face meetings falling mostly on Thursdays.  LETRS® provides K-12 educators with an in-depth understanding of the science behind teaching literacy and gives them the background and depth of knowledge to teach language and literacy skills to every student. Designed to be the cornerstone of a multiyear, systemic literacy improvement initiative, LETRS® is the most respected comprehensive professional development course for instructors of reading, spelling, and related language skills. By registering for LETRS® Volume 2, you're committing to: Completing 4 asynchronous online modules: Unit 5 (10-14hrs) | Unit 6 (10-14hrs) | Unit 7 (10-15hrs) | Unit 8 (12-18hrs)  Attending 4, one-hour synchronous professional learning community (PLC) meetups: 3:30-4:30pm  Attending 4, face-to-face sessions (multiple cohort dates/...

  The NCEC art educator PLC hatched a plan to create a traveling art show to display student artwork around the region. The exhibit was put on display in Harvey starting Monday, April 3 and will travel around the region spending a week in each school. The show will arrive in Rugby April 10, then move to Dunseith April 17, St. John April 24, and finally landing in Bottineau May 1. If you are able, go see it in person!  If you are not able, all artwork on display can be seen here:   Student Art Show Gallery There are clearly some very talented students and teachers in our region!