The Bug O Nay Ge Shig School Sugarbush Camp produced the maple syrup pictured above, which was gifted to elders recently. Older students showed the younger students how to tap trees, collect sap, and boil it down, according to their Culture teacher, Richard Armstrong.
The Bug O Nay Ge Shig School now has a recording studio and a piano keyboard lab operational for the students. KOJB Station Manager donated the Pod Cast Recording Studio Equipment to our school. With help from Chris and the schools Tech person Brian Barta the studio is now operation and our team of high school students will be recording announcements and Ojibwemowin Language phases out to the school and these recordings will also be sent to KOJB where KOJB can edit them and play them on KOJB 90.1 FM “The Eagle”. The school also has a beginning Piano Keyboard Lab. Bug O Nay Ge Shig School staff member Gil Applebee is the Piano Keyboard Instructor and the supervisor for the high school recording team students. Currently there are four members of the recording team from the high school. “The children will not remember everything that we’ve taught them … but they will remember how we treated them.” Howah!
Bug O Nay Ge Shig School held its annual Elder’s Feast and Powwow on Friday March 25th. A large number of elders enjoyed the traditional feast. During the powwow, a giveaway featured handmade quilts, blankets, traditional artwork and many other useful items.
Please join us for Kindergarten Round Up/Pre School Screening on April 24th from 2-5.
We have new information about summer EBT cards aka "Sun Bucks"
Follow the link below or go to our documents page for more information.
If you have other questions, call 651-431-4608
or the main office at 218-665-3000
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Bugonaygeshig Upperclassmen have been representing Leech Lake well over the last few days at the 2025 Close Up Native Youth Summit in Washington D.C.! Between presenting on our community, touring, conferences, and crafting their Tribal Action Initiatives, students have also made new friends from other Native Nations across the country.
We will be having our Giveaway Pow Wow on April 25th .
Grand Entry will begin at 1pm with an Elders Feast starting at noon.
If you have questions, contact Bruce White at 218-665-3000 ex 2159
Bug O Nay Ge Shig Families - Road reports tonight are all pretty negative, with packed ice and freezing slush on most roadways. We will be utilizing an E Learning Day on Monday, March 24th. Teaching staff will be available throughout the day to help with work. If you have to travel, please be safe. Miigwech.
The Bug O Nay Ge Shig Sugarbush Camp is in full swing near the school. Each classroom will have the opportunity to experience all phases of the process from identifying and tapping the maple trees to boiling down and processing the syrup. The finished syrup will be shared with community elders.
Our trip for "If The Dress Fits" is going to be rescheduled for next week.
Get your permissions slips in ASAP if you still want to go.
In preparation for March’s “I Love to Read” week, the kindergarten through sixth grade students at the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School competed to see who could make the best book mark. This year’s winners are Tala Graves, first place, Diana Kingbird, second place and Estaban Ramiz Diaz and Malina Wind tied for third place. The winners each received prizes and copies of their bookmarks will be available to all students.
Boozhoo Bugonaygeshig Families. The Bugonaygeshig and Leech Lake community have had a number of funeral services over the past few days, with another scheduled for tomorrow. This is impacting many of our staff, and we want our people to be able to attend services for those they’ve lost. This means we won’t have adequate staff to safely operate a full school day tomorrow, including transportation and classroom supervision. So, we’re going to cancel school on Monday, March 10th out of respect for those services. We will resume our normal schedule on Tuesday, March 11th. Miigwech for your understanding, and let the kids know we look forward to seeing them on Tuesday.
Aaniin Bugonaygeshig Families!
Due to a shortage of drivers, we are cancelling after school activities for Thursday, March, 6th.
Tonight, there will be no after school activities. Students will be riding their regular buses home. Miigwech!
We had a beautiful day to be outside! Here are some of our students at our snow snake track!
We are celebrating "I Love to Read Week!"
Monday: "500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins" and "The Cat in the Hat"
Wear a Hat Day or Black, White or Read
Tuesday: "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" & "McElligot's Pool"
Wear something with fish and or Red, Blue or beach related
Wacky Wednesday: Dress Crazy BUT school Friendly! Clothes backwards, mis matched and or bring a joke to share.
Thursday: "Dr. S's Sleep Book" & "If I Ran the Zoo" Wear pajamas or something with animals on it.
Friday: Let's Celebrate Reading! Wear a reading t-Shirt or readable clothing. Wear a sign.
We had a lot of fun activities around the school for our 100th day!
Our Winter Games have been moved to February 27th to give us time to prepare. Miigwech for understanding. If you have questions, please call the office 218-665-3000
Bug O Nay Ge Shig Families - We are going to be cautious in the morning and start 2 hours late. This will give us time to get buses going after such a long sit in cold weather, and make sure we can get everyone to school safely in the daylight. Buses will be 2 hours later than normal, and school will start at 10:15. We're looking forward to having the kids back, and to stringing together some regular school days!
Boozhoo Bug O Nay Ge Shig Families! With the dangerous cold weather, we will be closed on Tuesday, February 18th. We look forward to seeing our students on Wednesday morning! Stay safe. Miigwech!
After school activities for Thursday, February 13th have been cancelled.
The Boys basketball game with COLA has also been cancelled. Please call the office with any questions.