Knight News

May 15th - Spring Choir Concert - 7:00 PM - Auditorium

May 20th - Spring Orchestra Concert - 7:00 PM - Auditorium

May 22nd - Early Release - 1:00 PM

May 22nd - Class of 2028 Activities Fair - 5:45 - 7:30 PM

May 27th - NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day

May 28th - Last Day of School for Seniors

May 30th - Last Day of School Grades 9-11

June 2nd - Graduation Ceremony - 1:00 PM - Betty Englestad Sioux Center

Aug. 5th - Girls Golf and Boys Soccer Seasons Begin

Aug. 8th - Football Season Begins

Aug. 12th - Boys & Girls Cross Country and Boys Tennis Seasons Begin

Aug. 19th - Girls Swimming & Diving and Volleyball Seasons Begin

Academic Awards

U.S. Presidential Scholar

We are pleased to announce Hanson Du was selected as a finalists of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars competition. Two students are chosen from each state. Du was previously announced as one of 625 semifinalists for this award. The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars selects scholars each year based on their academic achievement, personal characteristics, leadership and service activities, and an analysis of their essay.

Governor's Official State Choral Program

Central's Chamber Choir has been selected at the 2024 Governor's Official State Choral Program! The Governor's Chorus selection criteria is based on musical talent, achievement and community involvement. The choir may be invited to perform at official state functions throughout the year as part of this unique honor.

Congratulations to Choral Director Geoff Mercer and the following 9th & 10th grade chamber choir members for being chosen for this prestigious honor! Avery Atherton, Kenai Auch, Owen Berglund, Jack Berry, Levi Borboa, Madi Clark, Ada Dachtler, Andromeda Green, Jaded Halvorson, Vincent Hambrick, Simone Legerski, Elizabeth Malott, Rowan Olmstead, Chis Reed, Avery Spartz, Violet Spartz

The following students were inducted into Grand Forks Central High School's Chapter of the National Honor Society on May 11th. The National Honor Society is a national organization recognizing high school students for their achievement in four areas: scholarship, character, leadership, and service. Membership is not only an honor, but also a commitment to uphold these standards and continue to demonstrate these qualities. Please congratulate these students who have met the high standards required for induction!

Riley Anderson, Sara Andre, Dustee Balek, Edwin Bartholomew, Owen Berglund, Rylee Bertleson,

Julia Biby, Stella Blue, Emmerina Briggs, Kaleb Carls, Madison Clark, Trey Clausen, Isaiah Cormier,

Ada Dachtler, Brady Fee, Aidan Fiala, Katrina Gilbertson, Mason Griffin, Breann Griffore, Allie Grotte,

Mason Heldt, Ryah Hogberg, Keagen Houser, Sophia Huschle-Wendt, Kaeden Kjonaas, Hallie Kohlmeier, Rayne Kotowicz, Aubriell Kraemer, Jocelyn Laker, Simone Legerski, Kendyl Lewis, Elizabeth Malott, Caitlyn May-Ley, Madisyn McLaughlin, Ryder McNally, Jackson Monroe, Jade Naughton, Skyler Naughton, Rowan Olmstead, Ella Peters, Samuel Presteng, Jacie Reardon, Luke Riley, Emi Rivera, Lily Rubash, Amelia Ruse, Sydnee Sandberg, Isabelle Sateren, Chesney Sigdahl, Brooklyn Strom, Malayla Swatlowski, Adrianna Tande, Bailey Tebelius, Elijah Thompson, Sydney Tollefson, Logan Vorhies

Please congratulate these students on being chosen for induction into the National Technical Honor Society. NTHS honors the achievements of top CTE (Career & Technical Education) students and provides scholarship opportunities. These students undergo a rigorous process before being inducted and must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Emily Arnold, Karlie Arthur, Colby Belzer, Riley Carriere, Lexis Christianson, Mason Corey, Danika Devos, Hayden Harrison, Brady Horn, Kendall Kjonaas, Alexis Kuglin, Tray Kuntz, Khloe Leek, Aisha Mohamed, Rylan Osowski, Evan Panzer, Cale Quamme, Eleece Reilly, Theodore Scharmer, Samantha Schofield, AJ Spicer, Leo Strandell, Ethan Thomas, Aspen Thompson, Tatum Vanyo, Tyler Whalen

GRADUATION PRACTICE - May 31st

• All seniors will be required to attend graduation practice at The Betty Engelstad Sioux Center on Friday, May 31st. Seniors must arrive no later than 9:45 a.m. so practice can begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. Students should park in the north or south parking lots (not the Wellness Ctr lot) and enter the main doors of The Betty (facing west). This practice is mandatory and must be attended if you plan to walk through the graduation ceremony on June 2nd.

• If you have a school sponsored event that conflicts with graduation practice, you must inform Mr. Strandell by Thursday, May 30th.

GRADUATION CEREMONY - JUNE 2

• GFC graduation will take place on Sunday, June 2nd at 1:00 p.m. at The Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. Graduates must arrive by 12:15 p.m.

• All students who participate in the commencement ceremony are expected to dress in an appropriate manner. They are encouraged to dress nicely for this special occasion. The cap, gown and tassel are required to be worn. No personal additions are allowed to the cap or gown, other than the school-issued stoles and NHS pins, without prior permission from administration.

• Only students who have completed their graduation requirements will participate in the graduation ceremony. The list of students participating will be finalized on Wednesday, May 29th.

• Spectator tickets will not be required to attend the ceremony.

• The graduation ceremony will be live streamed here: https://bit.ly/24-GFC-grad

• Seniors not walking in the ceremony, may pick up their diplomas and/or caps & gowns beginning on Monday, June 3rd in the main office at Central.

You may request a refund, transfer funds to another student or donate the balance of a lunch account by filling out the form below. Funds remaining in inactive accounts (students who graduate or transfer out of our district at the end of the year) will be assumed to be donated if not requested by October 31st of the following school year.

If your student paid an athletics participation fee this year, but quit the sport in good standing before playing in any games, they may be eligible for a refund on that participation fee. A refund can be requested by completing the form below and submitting it to the main office.

If your student has medications at school, they need to be picked up by May 30, 2024

A parent or guardian will need to stop in the school office to pick up these medications. If medications remain at the school after June 1st, they will be disposed of by the school nurse.

If you have questions, please contact Rachel Suhr or Katie Rike in the Health Office, by calling the school's main line at 701-746-2375.

Each student is issued a lock at the beginning of the year. If this lock is not left on the locker at the end of the year, the student will be charged $5.00 for it's replacement. ALL ITEMS MUST BE REMOVED FROM LOCKERS BY 2:00 PM ON THURSDAY, MAY 30TH. Our custodians will begin emptying lockers at 2:00 p.m., items left in lockers will be disposed of immediately. The school is not responsible for items left in lockers!

The Central Post Prom Committee would like to recognize and thank the following businesses for their generous donations:
Aiden Nails

Albatross Indoor Golf Club

Alerus Center

All Season's Garden Center
Altru Health System

American Crystal Sugar

American Legion Post 157 EGF

Ault Construction

Bank Forward

Blue Moose
Braaten's Quality Auto Service
Brady, Martz & Associates

Budget RV Inc
Buffalo Wild Wings

Butler Machinery
C & R Cleaners

Charras & Tequila

China Garden
Chris Horn

Cirrus Aircraft
CL Linfoot

Cole Papers

Cold Stone

Construction Engineers
Country Financial / Diana Hoverson
Crisp & Green
Crumbl Cookie

D & D Truck Repair

Dairy Queen North

Dakota Commercial
Dakota Dental & Associates

Dakota Sales

Danel Orthodontics
Darcy's Cafe

Daydream Specialties

Deek's Pizza

Dietzler Apiary
DJ Burris Carpet Cleaning
Dobmeier
Economy Plumbing

Eagle's Aerie 350

Eagle's Crest
Earl Farms
Elite Nails
Essence Salon
Face & Jaw Surgery Center
Fat Alberts

Frandsen Bank & Trust

Fuji
Gate City Bank

Golf Center

Gowan Construction
Grand Forks Central Booster Club
Grand Central Station /Hannah Freese

Grand Forks Escape room
Grand Forks Subaru/Kia
Grand Forks Welding

Ground Round
Happy Grass

Harry's Steakhouse

Hugo's

ICON Architectural Group

IMM Properties

Ironhide Equipment

Italian Moon

Jersey Mike's

Johnny's Lounge
Kings Walk Golf Course
Knutson Printing
Lori Konze / Thrivent Action Team
L&M Meats
Lifetime Vision

Lovely Nails
LucentHD

Manvel Bean Co./Knudson Farms Co.

McKinnon Co. Inc,
Mexican Village
Morkve Construction
My Handyman Services

Nail Studio

Nautical Bowls
National Muffler & Auto Service
Nodak Electric

North Dakota Eye Clinic
North Dakota Mill
Northern Air
North Sky Construction
Northwest Tire
Now or Never Nutrition
Olive Garden
O'Reilly Auto Parts
Paradiso

Parrot's Cay Tavern & Grill

Perkins

Petcetera Animal Clinic

Pete & Amanda's Barber Shop

Pizza Ranch

Plato's Closet

Poppolino's Pizza
Pristine Detail

Probitas Promotions
Ralph Engelstad Arena

Ray Richards Golf Course

Red Pepper
Residual Materials
Right Choice Electric
River Cinema 15

River City Jewelers

River City Speedway
Rydell's

Sakura
Sanford Health
Scheel's

Shear Salon / Christie Benjamin

Silo Boutique
Simonson's Car Washes

Sky Vu Drive In Theatre

Sound Decision
Speedway 805 Grill & Bar
Starbucks Coffee Co

State Farm Insurance / Andrew Bergee

Strata Corporation
Subaru/Kia
Sublime Nutrition
Suite Shots (Fargo)

Tea & Crepe

Texas Roadhouse

Tina's Nail and Spa

Tire One Auto Center

Triangle Bus Services
United Valley Bank

University Federal Credit Union

Urban Stampede
Valley Vision Clinic

Valvoline Instant Oil Change
Walls Medicine

Webster, Foster, & Weston Consulting Engineers

Wendy's

Whalen's Moving & Storage
White Horse Salon

Widman's

We would also like to thank the following individuals for donations:
Rachel Aure
Geoff Mercer
Heather and Jon Strandell
Tera Vanyo
Tara and Chris Kulack
Heather Terrell
Bethany Harms
Andrea Hynek
Jennifer Rivera
Kurt and Cheri Hodny
Tanya Kuntz

Sarah Dietzler

Laura Kendall

Thank you to all the volunteers:
Kayla Dickelman

Mel Hanson
Mike Kraemer

Lori Kraemer
Mike Simmers
Pat Hynek
Andrea Hynek
MaryAnna Carls

Jackie Houser
Jen Harrison
Jessica Morkve
Travis Morkve
Kadie Anderson
Jared Anderson
Kim Arnold
Susan Stern
Andee Meyer
Lori Kraemer
Jayme Simmers
Sarah Wocken
Tera Vanyo
Christie Benjamin
Heather Reardon
Cheri Hodny
Kristen Vetter
Steph Magenau
Melissa Mickelson
Cari Mack
Laura Kendall
Sarah Deitzler

Thanks to the following at Central:
Principal Strandell
Principal Wilber
Principal Dahl
Ms. Wilcox
Ms. Olson
Ms. Hogberg
Ms. Spicer
Officer Kaiser
Mr. Lennon
Mr. Bina

Online enrollment for the 2024-2025 school year is once again available for Grand Forks Public School students. This process replaces the paper forms sent home at the beginning of each school year. You will use the PowerSchool Parent Portal to access the Registration 2024-2025 link. If you have not already completed the online registration process, please follow the directions through the link below to complete the online enrollment.

Wednesday, May 15 - World History 8:00 am

Thursday, May 16 - Biology 12:00 noon

Friday, May 17 - Physics 8:00 am

Boys tennis will have summer drills (free) at Paukert Tennis Complex (formerly Riverside Tennis Courts) on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. starting on June 10th.

Skills Camp and Summer Leagues - see the flyers below.

Knights and Knights Youth Football camp flyers are below.

See flyer below

GFC Volleyball Summer Opportunities

• Open Gym, every Sunday starting June 2nd from 6-8pm in the Main Gym at Central. This will go until the Sunday prior to tryouts in August. This is FREE to attend and 9th-12th graders are welcome to attend (based on their Fall 2024 grade).
• Camps, there are a lot of camps in the area, mainly at colleges and universities. There will be occasional updates when camps are added on our sportsYou page.
• Join our sportsYou page (website or phone app) to keep up with all the summer volleyball opportunities.
• Website: Visit sportsyou.com
• App: sportsYou on App Store or Google Play Store
• Access Code: CMGJ-VUX7
• If anyone has any questions, please contact head coach Brandon Walters at bwalters229@mygfschools.org

Prior to graduation, there are a number of items that need to be completed. The following is a checklist of all obligations/deadlines that must be met by each student before a diploma will be presented.

May 1st

• Senior photos and baby photos (baby photos are optional) for the yearbook are due on May 1st. Photos can be turned in any time prior to that date to Mr. Berglund or emailed to centralyearbook@mygfschools.org

May 15th

• Caps & gowns will be distributed in the main office beginning on this date. Students who have a hold on their cap & gown must satisfy all holds before it will be released. A hold may be placed on any student who owes: detention, classroom or library materials, misc. fees or fines, technology items, device damage fees, athletic uniforms, other misc. items or if there is an academic concern. No personal additions will be allowed on caps, gowns, or honor stoles without prior permission from administration.

May 17th

• Deadline for all bills, fees, and fines to be paid (such as lunch accounts, media center, athletic equipment, lab equipment, or book damages).
• Deadline for all independent study, online and correspondence course work to be completed.

May 22nd

• Deadline for completion of the Senior Survey. The survey will be sent to student email accounts in early May. Teachers will notify students when the survey is open.

May 24th

• Deadline to opt out of participating in the graduation ceremony. Students who do not want to walk in the ceremony must notify Kristin Wilcox in the main office by this date. You do not need to notify anyone if you are walking, only if you are not. We must know exactly which students are walking so there are no gaps in the lines and names match up to students as they walk across the stage. Students who opt out may pick up their diplomas and/or caps and gowns in the main office beginning on Monday, June 3rd.

May 28th

• The final day of classes for seniors is May 28th.
• All course work, tests, and detention time must be completed by this date.

May 31st

• Mandatory graduation practice is scheduled for Friday, May 31st at 10:00 a.m. at the Betty Englestad Sioux Center. All graduating seniors who wish to participate in the ceremony must attend practice and must arrive no later than 9:45 a.m. If you have a school sponsored event that conflicts with graduation practice, you must inform Mr. Strandell prior to May 31st that you will miss practice.

June 2nd

• Graduation Ceremony begins at 1:00 p.m. at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. Students must report to the holding area no later than 12:15 p.m. All students who participate in the commencement ceremony are expected to dress in an appropriate manner.
• The cap, gown, tassel, and shoes are all required. No personal additions will be allowed on caps, gowns or honor stoles without prior permission from administration.

Only students who have completed their graduation requirements will participate in the graduation ceremony. Graduation requirements include not only the academic requirements, but also completion of detention hours, payment of all fees and fines, the return of all classroom and library materials, technology items, athletic uniforms and equipment, miscellaneous uniforms and all other loaned materials.

The list of students who will be participating in the ceremony will be finalized on Wednesday, May 29th.

A few after school detention dates for serving detention have been added to the detention schedule.

On the early out days listed below, detention will be held in the commons from 1:15 - 3:15 PM. Students must check in with the detention supervisor in the commons before they begin serving their hours.

May 22nd

Grand Forks students enrolled in Spanish 2, 3, or 4 will have the opportunity to participate in the summer school course, Spanish Studies 2025. The course has both a classroom and travel component. The travel component will take place on June 10-22, 2025. Students must be enrolled for the full 2024-25 school year to be eligible. Your child’s Spanish teacher will have application forms available at the beginning of the 2024-25 academic year. Applications will be reviewed by a committee and students will be notified if they are accepted. Approximate cost for the trip is $3,700.00. Price includes round-trip airfare from Fargo, Travel Insurance, In-country transportation, local guide, all breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, 3 or 4 star hotels, and entrance fees.

If you have any questions, please contact Señora Kristine Middleton at kmiddleton120@mygfschools.org.

The high school summer school registration window is now open. High school summer school will take place at Red River High School from Monday, June 3rd through Wednesday, July 10th, with half and full credit classes being offered in the morning. If your child is interested in taking a summer school class they can register online at Central or Red River High School’s website or they can register with their counselor. The registration deadline is Tuesday, May 21st.

The Daily Sign Up Form can be found on the home page for the Mentor Center Site:

https://www.gfschools.org/departments/mentor-center-program

Student Link to obtain the parking permit for student parking areas:

https://gfpermits.rmcpay.com/#purchase?purchase_seed=KJQEA7YZT3_RQMX9HEGCA_SAWKF415LE

Like so many others, we are in need of some fine folks to fill out our staff at the school known as The Finest in Dakota! Please follow the link below to view the open positions at Central (and all of the Grand Forks Public Schools) that include paraprofessionals and custodians. Be part of the work to make a positive change in a student's life at Grand Forks Central!

Mr. Jon Strandell - Principal

Dr. Gabe Dahl - Associate Principal A-K

Mr. Mike Wilber - Associate Principal L-Z

Mr. Tony Bina - Athletic Director

Main Office : 701-746-2375

Attendance Line: 701-746-2482

Main Office Hours 7:00 AM-4:00 PM

School Doors Open at 7:30 AM

Location:

115 N. 4th Street

Grand Forks, ND 58203

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