Bug O Nay Ge Shig students are busy at Culture Camp this week with activities such as: Ojibwe Language Class, Archery, Birchbark Work, Drum Making, Cultural Crafts, Drumming, Beading and Traditional Games.
Students and families enjoyed track and field day on May 22nd!
Bug O Nay Ge Shig student and families celebrated the school year’s finish with games, prizes, music, and a picnic. Enjoy a safe summer everyone!!
Bug O Nay Ge Shig School’s Niigaane Ojibwe Immersion Program celebrated the Graduation of four 6th graders from the program recently with their families.
Our School Picnic will be Wednesday from 11am to 2pm. We will have a lot of fun activities for everyone to enjoy!
Our Kindergarten through 4th grade students had the opportunity to go to the Deep Portage Learning Center by Hackensack, Minnesota. We had a little rain, but it was a great day!
Please join us for Culture Camp June 3rd through 6th from 9am to 2pm.
Please use the QR code to follow a link to our parent/guardian survey. Your information is valued and appreciated. Miigwech!
The Bug O Nay Ge Shig Seasonal Activities Class recently constructed a picnic table that will be used at the School’s Sugarbush Camp each Spring.
Second Grade students teamed up with Kindergarten and First Grade to soak up some sun and read a good book!
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.
