Fargo Public Schools is committed to literacy for all students and is working to eliminate barriers for students to graduate highly literate. To reflect the broad diversity of the world, specific cultures of the families we serve, and to support the home languages of families, the Elementary Language Library Project was created. The traveling libraries with resources in 10 languages, are available upon request.

Read more about the Elementary Language Libraries and how to access them in this Feature Column by FPS Coordinator of K-12 Literacy Lindsay Seelig.

Congratulations to the North/South girls hockey team on winning their third-consecutive NDHSAA State Girls Hockey Championship! The Spruins defeated Bismarck Century 5-1 on Saturday at Scheels Arena to lock up the title. North/South finished the season with a 22-3 record and closed the season on an 11-game winning streak.

Congratulations to North High School Boys Hockey Coach Tyler Klein on being named the North Dakota High School Coaches Association Subway Coach of the Year! Klein received the award at the NDHSAA State Hockey Championships on Saturday at Scheels Arena. The Spartans went 20-7 this season and made their first trip to the state tournament since 2013.

Congratulations to the Davies boys swimming and diving team on winning the Eastern Dakota Conference Championship on Saturday at the Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo! This is the Eagles' fourth consecutive conference championship.

Students from Discovery Middle School, Carl Ben Eielson Middle School, and Ben Franklin Middle School represented Fargo at the North Dakota Middle Level Honor Orchestra Festival in Jamestown, N.D. on February 9-10. Students were accepted through an audition process and spent Friday and Saturday rehearsing with other middle school students from across the state, culminating with a performance Saturday afternoon. View the full list of FPS participants.

The Fargo Public Schools 2022-2023 Annual Report was awarded a North Dakota American Advertising Agency Silver Addy Award in the Public Service Reports Category. The Fargo Public Schools Communications Team received the award at the North Dakota AAF Awards Show on Friday, February 23 at the Avalon Events Center.

Registration for Fargo Public Schools' Summer School 2024 is open. FPS Summer School offers opportunities for students from elementary through high school to participate in programs focused on academics, athletics, arts, and more. View Fargo Public Schools' Summer School 2024 offerings.

Registration is open for the English Learner Expanded Learning Summer Program. The program will offer English Learner students to practice an use language in an authentic and meaningful way through engaging hands-on experience. Interested individuals should speak with their students' EL teacher to register.

The program is held at the Agassiz Building from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in June. Bussing is provided and breakfast and lunch will be served. Learn more about the EL Summer Program on the FPS Summer School web page.

The Fargo Public Schools Development Foundation administers scholarships on behalf of community businesses, families and organizations. Scholarships are made available through annual donations and investment income from endowed funds.

Graduating seniors from any of FPS' high schools, should select their school below to see what scholarships are available.

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Virtual Academy

South High School presents the play As You Like It from March 7-10 in the South High School theater.

As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare with major themes of love, gender, and injustice. Duke Frederick usurps the dukedom from his brother, the rightful Duke Senior, and banishes him. Several of the characters seek refuge in the Forest of Ardenne where they learn of love and forgiveness in nature.

Thursday-through-Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. with the Sunday performance at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for students and are available at the Fargo Public Schools Box Office.

Expect the Unexpected! Experience magic, explore passion, and expand potential at Trollwood Performing Arts School with summer performing arts classes and performance opportunities for students currently in Grades K-12. Trollwood summer registration is now open.

Trollwood offers a full array of classes, performing opportunities, and technical theater experiences for every skill level, from elementary to middle school to high school. See the full list of Trollwood summer programming in this newsletter special edition.

Be the Leader They Need! Fargo Public Schools is now hiring full-and part-time support staff positions including paraeducators, custodians, and food service workers. Learn more about these great opportunities to impact our community's youth and apply for a position today at www.fargo.k12.nd.us/apply.

The Board of Education of the City of Fargo meets in regular session on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, beginning at 5:30 p.m. To find Board meeting agendas and schedules, a broadcast link, an archive of past meetings, and more, visit the Board of Education webpages on the FPS website.

Read the Board Briefs from the February 27 regular meeting of the School Board.

The first graders in Lewis & Clark’s Gifted and Talented program presented teddy bears and assorted stuffed animals they collected during their We Care Bears drive to representatives from Essentia Health and YWCA Cass Clay in a special presentation on Friday, February 23. The students collected 75 new stuffed animals during the donation drive, held during Kindness Week from February 12-16. Donations came in from school staff, students, families, and the community. Eight reading enrichment students and seven math enrichment students helped organize the project. (Photo courtesy Stacy Anderson)

This newsletter is published weekly on Thursdays during the school year when classes are in session. Material for publication is due by noon on Tuesday of the week of desired publication.

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