Good evening District 8 families, The District 8 Administration has been monitoring the COVID numbers and they are continuing to stay at a manageable level. As a result of the encouraging numbers, administration has elected to move to the Green Phase in our Restart Plan. Please refer to the district website to review the Green Phase. As we transition into the... READ MORE >
Good evening District 8 families, The District 8 Administration has been monitoring the COVID numbers and they are continuing to stay at a manageable level. As a result of the encouraging numbers, administration has elected to move to the Green Phase in our Restart Plan. Please refer to the district website to review the Green Phase. As we transition into... READ MORE >
For more information on transferring your child to another school in District #7 for the 2021-2022 School Year, click on the link below... https://5il.co/pir5 READ MORE >
District 8 families, At the January 11, 2021 board meeting, the board changed the Health & Safety Smart Restart Plan. The change is in the Yellow Phase in regards to Face Coverings. While in the Yellow Phase, Face coverings are required except when medically excused, outside, during gym class, during band, or while eating and social distancing can be... READ MORE >
District 8 Family,Please be advised that the District 8 School Board has amended the school calendar in order to allow extra-time for Parent Teacher Conferences in January. Instead of the Parent Teacher Conferences being held on the evening of January 12, the conferences will be held on the evening of January 13 and all day on January 14th. Students will have the... READ MORE >
Garden Valley Families,With snow on the ground and the cold weather please be sure that your students are bringing proper winter gear to school everyday. This includes a coat, snow pants, snow boots, hat, gloves, and a pair of sneakers for indoors. Students are expected to be outside for recess every day if the temperature is above -10 degrees and we would like... READ MORE >
District 8 Families,The PTO Sponsored Winter Clothing Drive is still on, but please NOTE the change in the Distribution Date. We are still accepting coats, winter hats, scarves, gloves, and boots. Donations can be dropped off at your child's school. If you need any of these items, please visit Missouri Ridge on Wednesday, November 11, from 10:00am to 2:00pm. For... READ MORE >
The District 8 PTO will be sponsoring our First Annual Haunted School Night at Missouri Ridge School! All District 8 families are invited and admission is FREE. Activities will include: - Trunk or Treat: - Haunted School (for younger students) - Haunted Shop (for older students) Donations are always welcome. Food and baked items will be available for... READ MORE >
Free Weekly Meal Pick-Up for Distance Learning Students READ MORE >
District 8 families, Due to recent occurrences in our county, the WCSD8 administration has decided to move into the Yellow Phase of our Restart Plan. Please review the Restart Plan located HERE for more information. If you have further questions, please contact your child’s school. Beginning September 8th, we will no longer be checking student’s... READ MORE >
The USDA is allowing us to provide FREE BREAKFAST and LUNCH for all district students. Starting Thursday, September 3 through Friday, December 18 students will not be charged for breakfast or lunch. Distance Learning students will begin receiving breakfast and lunches at a later date. Funds currently on each students account will remain unused until after... READ MORE >
Parents: It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2020-2021 school year! As the nation ended last school year in distance learning, there is undoubtedly some uncertainty with how this school year will look. It is our priority to work together with each family to protect the safety and well-being of students while also providing a quality education so that each... READ MORE >
Garden Valley and Round Prairie Families,Kindergarten Orientation will be on be Monday, August 17th from 2pm-4pm and Tuesday, August 18th from 8am-10am. Please call your Kindergartner's school to schedule a time to visit with the teacher and tour the classroom. Garden Valley-701-826-4261 Round Prairie-701-875-4346 READ MORE >
Join the School Boards of Williston Public School District #1 and Williams County School District #8 for a Public Meeting on the proposed merger of the school districts. There will be a presentation detailing the Reorganization Plan and a Question & Answer Session for public input. These meetings will be held on Wednesday, July 22 and Thursday, July... READ MORE >
District 8 Family,Your input is very important to us. We want to know your thoughts and concerns on the proposed reorganization of the schools in Williams County (District 8, District 1, Trenton, Tioga, Nessen, Ray, and Grenora). Please try and come to one of our four Community Q&A Meetings so that we can hear from you. - Tuesday, June 16th - 6:30pm at Missouri... READ MORE >
Good Morning District 8 Family, We have set up the following schedule for you to drop off your student's Distance Learning Materials. Drop-off will be done curbside, so you will not need to get out of your car. We will be collecting ALL MATERIALS for all District 8 schools at Missouri Ridge School. Material collection will occur at Missouri Ridge,... READ MORE >
Each month your students will be assessed to measure their progress in math and reading. Please follow your teacher's instructions, and the following tutorial to access the Star Reading and Math testing through Renaissance Learning.Parents/guardians it is really important that students do the tests on their own. Please resist the urge to help your child. If they... READ MORE >
DISTRICT 8 STUDENTSHaving trouble with that math problem? Struggling with a Social Studies or Science Question? Need some help with those vocabulary and spelling words? Have no fear! We have tutoring here...DISTRICT 8 ONLINE TUTORINGClick on the above link and then follow these steps: 1) You will be prompted to sign in.2) Sign in using the student's District 8... READ MORE >
DISTRICT 8 - TECH HELPParents and Students... Got Chromebook issues? Password Problems? Connectivity Issues? Please click on the following link:DISTRICT 8 TECH HELPThen follow these steps:1) You will be prompted to sign in in. Sign in using the student's District 8 Google Email and Password.2) Select a time slot that works best for you.3) In the Description please... READ MORE >
WCSD8 Families... Distance Learning begins tomorrow! Please view the following tutorial so that your students are logged in to their Chromebooks correctly.Student Chromebook Login Tutorial READ MORE >
Garden Valley and Round Prairie Parents, In order to borrow a Chromebook for Distance Learning, you will need to read and sign the following Chromebook User Agreement. WCSD8 Chromebook User Agreement Please read over the Chromebook User Agreement carefully so that you understand your responsibility. You can either download, print, and sign the... READ MORE >
District 8 Family, We will be distributing materials for Distance Learning on Monday, March 30th and Tuesday, March 31st. Curbside pick-up of educational materials (including Chromebooks and personal items left by students) will be at all three District 8 Schools according to the following schedule… Monday, March 30th, 2020 ... READ MORE >
Most stops will occur between 9:15 - 9:35 aMenards and South Ridge Apartments between 10:00-10:15 am Western Vet and Eric's 10:25-10:30 amMeals may also be picked up at Missouri Ridge between 9:30-10:00 am. There will be school employees at each site to help with distribution. Students need to pick up food (this is a federal rule) Students will receive a... READ MORE >
For all information regarding the impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on our school, please stay tuned the Williams County School District Website and Facebook Page.Williams County School District #8 Websitehttps://www.district8nd.com/Williams County School District #8 Facebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/WCSD8/ READ MORE >
Garden Valley Families, please join us on March 5th at Missouri Ridge for a family dinner and art show. We can't wait to see you there! READ MORE >
Welcome back to Garden Valley Ms. Morey! READ MORE >
Garden Valley is PUMPED UP for Heart Health! We kicked off Jump Rope for Heart/Kids Heart Challenge today and packets are coming home today! Watch for your student to be excited about Heart Hero characters and saving lives! Our school site for them to make a heart healthy pledge and join our school team is http://www2.heart.org/goto/gardenvalleyhasheart READ MORE >
Please join us Thursday January 23rd for another Family Dinner at Missouri Ridge! We can't wait to see you and your kiddos there! READ MORE >
Join us for Parent Teacher Conferences and a Hot Chocolate Social on Thursday! READ MORE >
Parents: with the weather changing please make sure to send your kids to school with adequate clothing. Winter coats, hats, gloves, scarves, boots, and snow pants maybe required depending on conditions. READ MORE >
Join us at Garden Valley on Thursday, September 26th to celebrate literacy! Go from room to room participating in a literacy scavenger hunt, and at the end receive a delicious prize. We can't wait to see you all there! READ MORE >
Just a reminder that the shirt order forms that were sent home last week are due on the 27th! We certainly cannot wait to see all of our GV students wearing this awesome Hawks Pride gear!!! READ MORE >
Celebrate Spirit Week 2019 with us at Garden Valley Elementary! We look forward to seeing everyone dressed up to show their school pride! READ MORE >
In order to make finding your student's classroom, here is a campus map of Garden Valley READ MORE >
Dear Parents and Staff:It is my pleasure to welcome you back for another school year! The first day of school is August 19th.I eagerly look forward to serving you as Garden Valley Principal. With District #8’s rapidly increasing enrollment, Garden Valley will be a K-2 school, offering at least three classrooms per grade. Our third and fourth grade classrooms have... READ MORE >
Kindergarten Graduation! READ MORE >
Congratulations to these students for being awarded the Good Team Player award at our assembly on Friday, May 10. READ MORE >
Congratulations to these students for receiving the Good Citizenship Award at our school assembly on April 26. We were priviledged to have as a guest Detective Manuel from the Williams County Sheriff's office to talk to our students about making good choices while they are young in order to put them on the right path for later on in life. Thank you for... READ MORE >
Congratulations to these students for achieving the All A's Honor Roll and the A's & B's Honor Roll in Fourth Grade. And a HUGE THANK YOU to Arby's, McDonalds, and Dairy Queen for the donated gift certificates for all Honor Roll honorees. READ MORE >
Congratulations to these students for achieving the All A's Honor Roll and the A's & B's Honor Roll in Third Grade. READ MORE >
Congratulations to these students for achieving the All A's Honor Roll and the A's & B's Honor Roll in Second Grade. READ MORE >
Congratulations to these students for achieving the All A's Honor Roll and the A's & B's Honor Roll in First Grade. READ MORE >
Congratulations to these students in Kindergarten for getting all Satisfactory + on their report cards this year. READ MORE >
Congratulations to these students for getting the Behavior Rockstar and Most Responsible Awards at the School Assembly on April 12. READ MORE >
Williston Auto came and nominated Mrs. Carr our 4th grade teacher as Teacher of Week they brought school supplies, t-shirts and donuts. They also gave her a BRAND NEW Tahoe to drive for a week! Congratulation's Mrs. Carr! READ MORE >
Dear Parents, Field Day is approaching fast and we are in need of some volunteers for stations on May 21st from 8 AM - 2 PM! For those of you new to Garden Valley this year Field Day is a big end of the year party with a fun run, lots of games, water games and a BBQ too. If you rather help out in a different way we also need donations. Things to... READ MORE >
Top photo-Also performing were Ivor Peterson (1st gr.) playing on clarinet, Alexia Jernigan (2nd gr.) singing, Ava Messick (2nd gr.) poetry reading, Leighton Laub (3rd gr.) playing piano, Rylan Liles and Malique Maness (3rd gr.) poetry reading, Brinley Rhoades (3rd gr.) gymnastics, MacKenzie Ritter and Sebastian Dorce (4th gr.) dancing duo, and Hudson Kallio... READ MORE >
After the Talent Show, Miss North Dakota spoke to the Third and Fourth graders about having self-confidence and working towards their goals and dreams. She asked many students what they want to become and told them anything is possible if they work towards their dreams. Miss North Dakota, Katie Olson, is from Williston and is currently attending the... READ MORE >
Congratulations to the winners of the Garden Valley Art Show at the March Parent Dinner at Missouri Ridge on March 14. 3rd place - Kyle Mayhew-Jenson, 3rd grade (right) 2nd place - Mekiah Klumker, 4th grade (absent, not pictured) 1st place - Dustin Bratt, 4th grade (left) All classes displayed artwork from class projects that festively decorated the... READ MORE >
Friday, March 1 was Reading Buddy Day at Garden Valley. Students were rewarded for achieving on the NWEA Tests the previous week. Students brought stuffed toys to read to, some classes wore pajamas or brought blankets for comfy reading. Some classes had parents come to school in the afternoon so students could read to them. Wherever or whoever you... READ MORE >
Congratulations to these students for being recognized at our school asssembly on Friday, March 1, as Most Improved Readers! Oh the places you will go...when you read!! Keep up the hard work! READ MORE >
These students were recognized at our school assembly on February 15 for being Care Bears in our school - They have made extra efforts to care for others in our school. Thank you for helping make Garden Valley a Great Place to Learn! READ MORE >
Congratulations to these Garden Valley Students for receiving the Homework Hero and Super Student Awards at our school assembly on February 1st. This was Super Hero Day at Garden Valley when students and staff dressed up as their favorite Superhero. This was a reward day for their awesome achievements in STAR testing so far this year. READ MORE >
Come Join us!!! READ MORE >
Congratulations to these students for being recognized at our school assembly on January 18 for having Kind Hands - they are always willing to lend a helping hand to others. At Garden Valley, we know "Kindness Changes Everything!" Thanks for being Awesome! READ MORE >
At our school assembly on Friday January 4, students were recognized for Leadership, for always being a good Role Model! Congratulations to our award winners!! READ MORE >
Congratulations to these students for receiving the 'Busy Bee' and 'Bucket Filler'awards! Awesome job, keep up the good work! READ MORE >
If your student didn't get a chance to get their pictures taken, or you would like them retaken, Garden Valley picture retakes will be Friday, November 16th! READ MORE >
Thursday, November 8th, 2018 @ 6:00 PM Missouri Ridge School5640 140th Ave. NW READ MORE >
Join us in support of Red Ribbon Week! We are Proud to be Drug Free! READ MORE >
Dr. Robert Smith/Garden Valley Principal READ MORE >
Articles from Dr. Smith and Mrs. Murphy READ MORE >
Come on down for Parent-Teacher Conferences/Open House at Garden Valley School on Monday, August 27th, from 4:30-7:30 PM! We look forward to meeting you! READ MORE >
Dear Parents and Staff: It is my pleasure to welcome you back for another school year! For the past five years, I served as elementary principal at Round Prairie Elementary School, and I eagerly look forward to serving you as Garden Valley Principal. With District #8’s rapidly increasing enrollment, Garden Valley will be a K-3 school, offering three... READ MORE >
Supply List READ MORE >
We have several items in not only our clothing lost and found, but also in the lock box in the office. Several jewelry items and a few electronics have been turned into the office and still remain in the Lock Box. READ MORE >
WHO: Ms. Fisher’s and Ms. Murphy’s Students WHEN: Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 9:30am READ MORE >
May 23rd Garden Valley will be hosting a Field Day which will consist of many games, water balloon fight, and lunch. If you would like to volunteer or donate anything to Field Day contact Mr. Rizzo at michael.rizzo@k12.nd.us READ MORE >
Garden Valley students did an amazing job fundraising for Jump Rope for Heart by raising $4,650 this year! That is $1,500 more than last year! Great job Garden Valley!! READ MORE >
Garden Valley Elementary Grades 2-3 Presents YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE Spring Concert. Thursday, April 12, 2018, 6:30pm at Bakken Elementary School Auditorium. READ MORE >
You are cordially invited to our Book Fair. It will be held at Garden Valley School on Tuesday, March 20th from 4pm to 7pm, coinciding with Parent Teacher conferences. READ MORE >
The kindergartners at Garden Valley Elementary collected more than 1,400 items of food for the Salvation Army Food Pantry. The school brought in more than 2,700 altogether. READ MORE >