
It’s time to recognize our team! This week’s staff member is Andrew Ellingson, a third-grade teacher at Ellen Hopkins Elementary. 🧡Thank you for everything you do. 👏👏👏#WeAreSpuds


Our team of physical therapists is the best! These individuals set up students for success so they can thrive in school. Thank you Chelsey, Kristin and Michele. We are grateful for everything you do! #WeAreSpuds #SpudPride #NationalPhysicalTherapyMonth




Our students took giant bites of apples to celebrate Great Apple Crunch day! On Oct. 13, students across the great lakes celebrated fresh and local produce in honor of #FarmToTableMonth. Each student crunched into a delicious apple at lunch, which came from Gottenborg Apple Orchard!


We’re looking for people like Parker to impact our school positively! Become a tutor and help our students strengthen their skills. Moorhead Area Public Schools still needs tutors for this school year. Full-time and part-time opportunities are available starting in January. Learn more and apply by Dec. 14 at join.readingandmath.org


These photos of students dancing at the recent Pow Wow brighten our day! “It was great to see people come out and support the Native American community for the Indigenous Peoples’ Day Pow Wow. It was a great opportunity for the students at the school to feel proud and celebrate who they are.” – Arlan Littlewolf, Indian Education Liaison



The Moorhead School Board meets today at 6 p.m. for a board meeting. 🔸 Visit our website for agendas, minutes, meeting dates and a virtual meeting link >> www.isd152.org/page/school-board-meetings


It’s time to recognize our team! This week’s staff member is Jill Christopherson, an Early Childhood Family Education outreach coordinator at Vista Center for Education. 🧡Thank you for everything you do. 👏👏👏#WeAreSpuds


It's time to celebrate our building leaders during #NationalPrincipalsMonth! Today we are highlighting our 9-12 admin team! Principal Josh Haag; Assistant Principals David Ahmed, Craig Fahrendorf, Jennifer Fremstad, Spencer Stowers; and Holly Strand-Rysgaard, and Coordinator Kjersten Skatvold. Thank you for everything you do! 🙌 #SpudPride #WeAreSpuds




🚌Meet our Transportation Team 🚌
Meet Shari Nelson! What do you love about being a bus driver? “I love the relationships I’ve built with my students and co-workers. Also, having holidays, weekends and summers off is a nice perk.”
💥Jobs Available at 💥 www.isd152.org/careers


Moorhead High School 1989 graduate Cynthia Changyit Levin recently published a book that empowers moms to become advocates. She always cared deeply about global poverty and hunger. Once her children were in the picture, it toughened her resolve to stand up for her values and work to create a better world for all kids. Read More >> www.inforum.com/lifestyle/on-the-minds-of-moms/moorhead-grad-pens-book-encouraging-mothers-to-become-advocates

Earlier this month, our students took to the pavement on these new Strider bikes! The kids at Dorothy Dodds had a blast perfecting their balance as they raced around the track outside. Arlen Ness, a former Moorhead elementary student, died at 79. To honor him, Polaris Industries and others donated money to the Strider Foundation. Moorhead Area Public Schools was selected to receive a grant to purchase strider bikes for our schools!





It's time to celebrate our building leaders during #NationalPrincipalsMonth! Today we are highlighting Principal Amanda Henry and Assistant Principals Cory Holten, Tera Sistad, Jeremy Lapka, and Meagan Blake from Horizon Middle School. Thank you for everything you do! 🙌 #SpudPride #WeAreSpuds




Spuds are on 🔥
🎾 Katryna Hansen placed second in the Section 8AA Individual Tournament and earned a spot in the State Tournament, which runs Oct. 25-28.
🏊♀️ The girls swim and dive team placed second in the Section 8AA True Team Meet to earn a spot in the State Tournament as a wild card entry!
🏃 The cross country team put five girls in the top ten and four boys in the top 15 at the Bemidji Invitational. Those individuals are Ava Dunnigan, Anna Nelson, Avery Marquardt, Ella Cole, Lauren Heneman, Austin Liebl, Jack Kupitz, Ethan Copeland and Hayden Leiser.
⚽ Boys soccer will play in the Section Tournament Championship game against STMA tomorrow at 7 p.m. The Spuds beat the Bemidji Lumberjacks 1-0 on Tuesday.




Horizon Middle School celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month in the school library! Check out the display case. The media center team and Spanish Immersion Teachers Bea and Cara put together this creative display. #SpudPride


It's time to celebrate our building leaders during #NationalPrincipalsMonth! Today we are highlighting Principal Josh St. Louis and Assistant Principal Tiffany Nagel from S. G. Reinertsen Elementary. Thank you for everything you do! 🙌 #SpudPride #WeAreSpuds


There will be no school for Moorhead students Oct. 19-21. Classes will resume on Monday, Oct. 24.


Congratulations to MHS junior Addie Loerzel! She won the 2022 Silver Ladle Award at the Gourmet Soup Kitchen for Churches United.🥳 She served “Grandma Elva’s Soup.” #SpudPride #WeAreSpuds



It’s time to recognize our team! This week’s staff member is Brooke Peterson. She works in food service at Moorhead High School. 🧡 Thank you for everything you do. 👏👏👏#WeAreSpuds


Robert Asp Elementary second graders showed us their best Spuddy drawings! It was powerful for our students to learn about how they are a part of the entire Spud community. These drawings illustrate what it means for them to be a Robert Asp student and a Spud. #SpudPride #WeAreSpuds

It's time to celebrate our building leaders during #NationalPrincipalsMonth! Today we are highlighting Principal Chris Triggs and Assistant Principal Erika Engelking over at Robert Asp Elementary. Thank you for everything you do! 🙌 #SpudPride #WeAreSpuds
