Sunburst Schools

Ski Day Reminders Ski day for 5th/6th students is tomorrow, Jan. 26, 2023! The information below was sent home with your child last week so they could start gathering their gear. Please note the leave times of 5:20am from the north elementary school door; 5:30am from 4 Corners; and 5:55am from Shelby (Shokpo parking lot).

Sunburst Spelling Bee Results We had 32 students from 5th-8th grade participate in our local spelling bee with the top 15 and 2 alternates representing Sunburst Schools at the Toole County Spelling Bee in Shelby on February 6, 2023, at 6pm. Congratulations to Parker Berthelote, the 2023 Sunburst Spelling Bee Champion. Also, congrats to the following for their great spelling and efforts: 17. Gabe Biesemeyer (alternate) 16. Colter Sandon (alternate) 15. Abby Reed 14. Maci Mokate 13. Andrew Whitman 12. Elonzo Benjamin 11. Nick Bucklin 10. Janae Roberts 9. Athena Bouttier 8. Kallen Fitzpatrick 7. Cheyenne Miller 6. Jill Taylor 5. Silby Seymour 4. Kaley Sandon 3. Vince Taylor 2. Kaylee Berthelote 1. Parker Berthelote

Refiner/Wildcat Extracurricular Events for Jan. 23-29 Thursday, January 26 S & D (State) @ Manhattan Friday, January 27 S & D State @ Manhattan HSBB @ Valier 5p BJV, 6p GV, 7:30p BV Saturday, January 28 S & D @ Manhattan HSBB vs. CJI 1p BJV, 230p GV, 4p BV

Speech & Drama Congrats to Dale Rohlf and Trevon McKinley as they both advanced to the state speech and drama meet next week. Dale placed 1st in impromptu speech. Trevon placed 3rd in impromptu speech.

New Transportation Director Sunburst Schools is excited to welcome Mr. Ulan Omdahl as the new transportation director at Sunburst Schools. Mr. Omdahl will officially begin his new position on Monday, January 23, 2023.

January 21st is GAME DAY! See you all at the NTCHS gymnasium for our RED OUT game against Cascade! Wear your Refiner Red to show your Refiner pride! -JV boys start at 1:00pm, Girls Varsity at 2:30 pm and Boys Varsity at 4:00 pm! Go Refiners! 🏀

Youth Basketball Youth basketball for students in grades Kindergarten-4th grade continues tomorrow, Jan. 21, with practice at 9:00am in the elementary gym. Games will be held tomorrow afternoon during Refiner basketball games vs. Cascade.

Bear Aware! Special thanks to Miss Erin Fenger from the Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks for coming to our school to share information and help our students be bear aware. Our Kindergarten through 6th grade classes had the opportunity to learn about identifying bears, food sources, and what to do in certain situations such as a bear attack, etc.

Thursday, Jan. 19 JV Game Cancelled! The Dutton/Brady JV boys game scheduled for this Thursday, Jan. 19, at D/B has been cancelled. Girls Varsity will still start @ 5:30pm with boys varsity to follow. Departure for the school bus will now be 3:15pm.

Ice Fishing Our 3rd-6th graders had a great time ice fishing today. Our students had this wonderful opportunity as part of the Hooked on Fishing Program sponsored by the Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. More pictures are posted on our Facebook page!

Ice Fishing Tomorrow 3rd-6th graders that return a permission slip will be ice fishing tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023! Please remind your child to wear all of their warm gear and be prepared for an exciting day learning to ice fish for free with the Montana, Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Hooked on Fishing Program.

Refiner/Wildcat Extracurricular Activities for the week of Jan. 16-22 Tuesday, January 17 3rd-6th Grade Ice Fishing Thursday, January 19 @ Dutton/Brady NO Boys JV, 530p GV, 7p BV Saturday, January 21 S & D @ Dutton/Brady -- Divisionals BJV/VG/VB Basketball vs. Cascade 1p half BJV/+10 min Youth ball/230p GV/4p BV (Youth ball halftime)

Martin Luther King Day In observance of Martin Luther King Day, Sunburst Schools will not be having school on Monday, January 16, 2023.

Phone service is up and running smoothly at Sunburst Schools again!

Youth Basketball All youth in Kindergarten through 4th grade are encouraged to attend youth basketball practice on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, at the Sunburst Elementary School Gym at 9am! Whether you came or not in the past, everyone is welcome to attend! Big Refiner basketball players and coaches will be there!

Sunburst Schools has been made aware that incoming phone calls are temporarily not working. We are working to resolve the issue. If you need to contact us, please send a Remind message to your teacher or contact Miss Val or Miss Lori via email. Thank you!

Science fruit or science vegetable??? Third grade students have been learning about the power of plants! The main focus has been about the fact that flowers are plant structures with the primary function of producing seeds and when flowers produce seeds they are frequently contained in fruit! In today's activity, students examined common grocery produce to predict if each item was a science fruit or a science vegetable!

5th Art The 5th grade students joined the Missoula Art Museum via Zoom for their "Art as a Megaphone" program. Our students received instruction and worked on an art project with artist April Werle. Her wonderful work inspired us to create some unique art today. We were very lucky to have the opportunity to participate in this activity that the students all enjoyed so much. Thanks to Mrs. Bergstrom for letting us know about this program!

Youth Basketball The letter and schedule for youth basketball players is below. It will also be coming home with students that attended youth basketball this past Saturday! Our first games are tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 12th, at the NTC Gym. Please contact Mrs. Alex Aschim at 406-937-2811 if you have questions!

Ice Fishing As part of the Hooked on Fishing Program sponsored by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, our 3rd-6th graders have the awesome opportunity to go ice fishing next Tuesday, January 17, 2023. This program will provide this opportunity at no cost to any students! Please look for permission slips coming home today!