Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School

Bug O Nay Ge Shig High School students enjoyed a warm, sunny day at the Mud/Goose rice camp on Sept. 10th. Activities included poling and knocking rice, fishing at the dam, and various learning stations that involved the study of manomin.

Bug O Nay Ge Shig School began the year with an all-school opening ceremony, introductions, welcoming speeches, announcements and the drum.

The Bug O Nay Ge Shig School is looking for a new Business Manager! The main role of our Business Manager is to help turn our financial resources into positive student outcomes, which is a pretty cool job! This is a full time job and requires a 4-year degree in Business or Accounting. We will accept applications until September 25th, or until the position is filled. Please visit bugonaygeshig.com and click on Employment to learn more!

Boozhoo Bug O Nay Ge Shig Community! Now that we are into July, we wanted to share a few exciting staff updates. Our team of awesome educators is growing! We are thrilled to share that Janelle Johnson will be our Elementary Ojibwe Teacher! She comes to us with several years of experience in the classroom, and when we talked this morning, she shared how excited she is to be coming to Bugonaygeshig to work with Leech Lake kids on their language skills. We also have Ombaazhi Guernsey joining us as a new paraprofessional. She is coming to Bugonaygeshig after several years of experience in youth services and education, and she has some language skills herself. Last, Earl Robinson is our new Community School Coordinator. He will be helping us start our new Full Service Community School Program, which will connect kids and families with important services and resources as a part of their school day. On top of this good news, all of our teachers from last year are returning and the 26-27 school year is going to be great at Bugonaygeshig!

The July School Board meeting will be held on Thursday, July 16th at 4:30pm. This change is to accommodate the LLBO Swearing In Ceremony for newly elected members, which is scheduled for July 10th.

Summer School Families! Students will arrive home one hour later than normal drop off time.

Memorial Feast will be held on Tuesday May 19th @5:30pm in the elementary gym. The Feast is held to honor the memory of all students and staff who have been part of the Bugonaygeshig Family in the last 50 years and who have passed to the Spirit World. Families and friends please join us.

Boozhoo Bug O Nay Ge Shig Families, We are sorry to share that a number of our staff have recently lost family members, and with people needing to grieve and attend services, we have to make some changes to our school calendar for the next few days. Here are the major updates: 1. Friday, April 24th will be an E Learning Day for students, and staff will report to school at regular times. Teachers will be prepping students for E Learning this afternoon, and they will be available to connect with students by 8:15 on Friday morning. 2. Our Elder's Feast will still be held on Friday, April 24th at noon, but the Powwow will be rescheduled for May 1st. Food preparation started today, and the feast honoring LLBO Elders will start at noon tomorrow. 3. On Monday, April 27th there will be no school for staff or students. The Bugonaygeshig School will be closed. 4. Our Elder's Powwow will be held on Friday, May 1st. We will change that day from an Early Release schedule to a Powwow Friday schedule, with the powwow starting at 1:00pm. We apologize for these last minute changes. For those who have lost someone, know the Bugonaygeshig community is thinking about you. Miigwech.

On Friday, March 27th the Bugonaygeshig School is hosting our 1st Annual Cultural Connections Showcase! We are excited to show families and community members the cultural and language connections happening in our classrooms, and the day will include a traditional meal served by our Kitchen team as well as our Powwow! Here's the schedule of events: 11:40-12:10 K-6 Lunch 12:15-12:45 K-6 Showcase 11:45-12:15 7th-12th Showcase 12:20-12:45 7th-12th Lunch 1:00-3:00 Powwow Parents/Guardians who attend the Showcase will be given a "Bugonaygeshig Passport" which can be stamped at each of the Showcase destinations. Completed passports can be exchanged for a $10 Leech Lake Market gift card and will be entered into our drawing for door prizes.

We are hoping to find a superstar to be our Community School Site Coordinator! This is a new program that we are excited to kickstart in the coming months. Please use the link below to learn more. This is a great opportunity to do meaningful work with great kids, great families, and a great staff! Job description and application information available at bugonaygeshig.com under "current job openings."

Bug O Nay Ge Shig Families - We are hosting Parent-Teacher Conferences on Friday, March 20th. We offer in person, online, or phone conferences, whichever works best for you! You will be hearing from your child's teacher or advisor to schedule a time, but we can work around your schedule. Our goal is to connect with our families and partner with parents/guardians to help create success for students. Miigwech!

A few announcements for our Bug O Nay Ge Shig community this afternoon: 1. Afterschool activities have been canceled today due to the forecast; 2. Our School Board meeting will be online for the same reason; 3. We got notice that we were awarded a Full Service Community School grant for the next two years, and we are excited about what that means for our students and families!!!!

Aaniin Bugonaygeshig Families! Happy Friday! Here are a couple friendly reminders about things happening at Bugonaygeshig: 1. Today is an Early Release Friday, so students will depart on busses at 1:45 (same as every first Friday of the month) 2. At approximately 1:00 today, we are doing one of our safety drills, so the school will be temporarily in lockdown status while we practice our emergency response plan. We expect to be done between 1:30-1:40. Students have been briefed on the drill procedure, and it will be announced as a drill and not a real emergency when we initiate the drill. 3. March 27th is both our Cultural Connections Showcase and our Powwow! We will have a meal and an open house showcase event for parents and guardians followed by our Powwow. We are still working on details, but the meal and showcase will likely start around 11:45am and our Powwow at 1:00pm.

Hey Silver Eagles - Let's do some E Learning on Wednesday! Looks like pretty heavy snow across the Bug O Nay Ge Shig region, maybe with some rain and ice in the mix. Stay safe out there, and we will see everyone on Thursday morning. E Learning for Wednesday, February 18th.

The Bugonaygeshig School Board will have their regular February meeting on Tuesday, February 17th at 4:30pm. This is rescheduled from Thursday, February 12th.

Aaniin Bugonaygeshig Families & Community Members! Today has been a good day at school! We started with everyone together in the gym with the drum. Thoughtful words were offered, smudging happened, and it all got our day started in a good way. We have a full driving staff, so afterschool activities are on track. There are lots of 50th anniversary t-shirts being worn, and we had chicken strips for lunch. A lot of people who were ill earlier this week have recovered. Altogether, it's a good day to be a Silver Eagle!