Red Lake Secondary Complex

At the most recent schoolboard meeting, there was a change made to the master schoolboard calendar to include an additional day off for students on December 9th, to allow for a full professional development day for our teachers and staff. All students will not have school on Friday, December 9, 2022.

Part of the group of students attending the Inspire Conference had the chance to meet Goldy!

The National Weather Service has issued a Blizzard Warning for NW Minnesota from 4:00 am tomorrow through Friday. Due to this impending blizzard with expected rain, ice, snow and wind, Red Lake Schools will NOT have in-person school tomorrow. Instead, we will be holding an E-Learning Day across the district. All students will receive online assignments or paper packets to complete for the learning day. Students are expected to complete their work and submit it by Monday of next week. We are also postponing parent-teacher conferences that had been scheduled for Red Lake and Ponemah Elementary Schools tomorrow. We will announce a date in the future to reschedule those conferences. As a reminder, there is no school on Friday in observance of Veterans Day. Thank you for your cooperation as we hold an E-Learning day tomorrow.

Reminder: No after school activities today, November 8, due to elections.

On 10/28/21 the Red Lake Secondary ALC Ojibwe Language and Culture class went on a field trip to the old Blackduck bridge located on the Old Ponemah Road. Arnold Kingbird, the Schools Elder Language Mentor, showed them what is called a Bagijige or “s/he makes an offering.” He shared that this is done in the spring and fall time to ensure the safety of a person when they went out to fish or swim, and it is a way of giving back to the lake for providing us Bimaadiziwin (Life). All in all, the ALC students loved this ceremony and so did Migizi because he soared right us by after the offering was made. We noticed he was tipping side to side giving us a sign that he was happy that the students did this. Chi-Miigwech to Arnold and Vicki Graves for making this happen. Chi-Makwa Red Lake Middle School Ojibwe Language and Cultural Teacher

The Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference https://www.nmrconference.org/ is hosting its 5th annual Championship event on Friday, October 28, and its 2nd annual NMRC Open event on Saturday, October 30 at Alexandria High School. It’s from 9 am-5 pm on both days, open to the public, and free admission. A live stream link is posted on our Conference webpage! https://www.nmrconference.org/

Lunch update for secondary complex! Today's lunch line will include the following: Line 1: Bison Burger, WGR Hamburger bun, baked chips includes all the condiments Line 2: Pork Taco on WGR wrap, all the condiments included on line or salad/veggie bar Line 3: Ham & Cheese Sandwich, Baked Chips Today’s Soup: Chicken Enchilada

Homecoming Coronation at the Secondary Complex will not be open to in-person attendees. It will be streamed live at 2:45 on the Red Lake School District YouTube Page for everyone to view. Miigwech!

Fall Sports Pictures: October 11th – Football (JH and HS), Volleyball (JV and V) October 13th – JH Volleyball ** Order packets will be sent home in October. Pictures can be ordered after the picture day through Image (online) or by returning the packet to Jody by October 31st.

The 2021-2022 High School Yearbooks are in!! You can pick them up for $20 from Jody before school, during lunch or after school.

Bus # 2 will be about 45 mins late getting home today and 1 hour late on pick up on 9/21/22 due to bus driver shortage.

Red Lake Ogichidaag went to an off-season Robotics Competition this past weekend. We traveled to Fargo to compete at the STEM EXPO. We were selected as 3rd Alliance captain in the round-robin finals competition. We finished 3rd in the finals. Incredibly proud of how our robot competed against other area teams. We were looking forward to accepting new high school students as members of the Red Lake Ogichidaag Robotics Team 7235. Contact Mrs. Ketterling or Tami Liberty for more information.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Please bring the tribal enrollment number of your student, their parent, or grandparent to Open House. We will be using that for Title XI data. Thank you!

Middle School Supply List is here!

The Pay School Central site is now ready to go with the Red Lake School District listed. Parents are able to now able to log onto https://www.payschoolscentral.com/ for the free and reduced meal application for your student. In order to make an account, you will need email access and your student's ID number. Once your account is created, you are able to fill out the application form. If anyone has any questions, please reach out to Andrew Erickson, Food Service Coordinator at 218-679-3353 ext. 1158

Parents: log onto https://www.payschoolscentral.com/ for the free and reduced meal application for your student. In order to make an account, you will need email access and your student's ID number. Once your account is created, you are able to fill out the application form. If anyone has any questions, please reach out to Andrew Erickson, Food Service Coordinator at 218-679-3353 ext. 1158

We will have only high school (grades 9-12) volleyball practice this week 08.15.22 – 08.18.22. Practice will run from 3 pm – 5 pm in the middle school gym. There will be a bus to pick up players at 5 pm. If players need a ride, they should have their parent/guardian call 218-679-3512.

Our 9-12 grade students had the opportunity today to go and view the Wall that Heals, a Vietnam Veterans Memorial Replica & Mobile Education Center. It currently is located at Chisolm Football Field through June 26th. They were also able to locate four Red Lake Nation members! This was an awesome experience for all students and staff who attended.

School may be out for the summer, but we are still celebrating our amazing 4th Quarter Honor Roll students here at the secondary complex! These students did an amazing job wrapping up their year. We can't wait to see you back in September!

If you are struggling or if life feels overwhelming reach out! You can and will get through it and we are here to help! Our moods are like weather, constantly changing. If you’re feeling kind of down or having a hard time please reach out. If you need immediate support you can call (218) 556-1813 for youth counseling phone support Monday-Friday 8:30-3:30. Students to schedule time with a wellness counselor or therapist please call us. Red Lake Elementary 679-3329 Teanna Pemberton ext 1832 Chris Jourdain ext 1456 Jenny Djonne LICSW ext 1305 Red Lake Secondary Complex 679-3733 Jennifer Schoenborn ext 1245 Randy Holthusen ext 1155 Anna Ford LICSW ext 1140 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) Native Youth Crisis Hotline: 1 877 209-1266 Trevor Lifeline (LGBTQ+): 1 866-488-7386 Trevor Text Line: Text START to 678-678 Runaway & Homeless Youth Support Line: 1-800-786-2929 WERNATIVE.ORG or Text CARING to 654664 to get weekly wellbeing texts Crisis Textline: Text HOME to 741-741 Evergreen Youth Crisis Line: 1 (218) 751-4332 Red Lake Hospital/Behavioral Health: 679-3912 Red Lake Police: 911 or 679-3313 There is help! There is hope! Red Lake Warriors Stand Together https://www.redlake.k12.mn.us/o/rlps/page/school-counselor-information