North Dakota School Boards Association - NDSBA

12/16/2025

School cafeterias got a step closer to seeing whole milk again after the U.S. House passed a measure Monday to restore the dairy staple to school lunches.

12/16/2025

School counselors are increasingly tasked with guiding students toward vocational and technical careers rather than just four-year colleges.

This shift raises questions about whether staff have the training and bandwidth to manage these diverse postsecondary options.
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12/16/2025

Some things just can’t wait.

The more we heard from parents, teachers, school leaders and researchers about cell phones becoming a growing distraction in the classroom, the more we realized it was an issue that couldn’t wait until the 2027 legislative session.

So we acted. Lt. Governor Michelle Strinden and I worked closely with lawmakers, educators and families to pass a phone-free schools bill in just four weeks – a common-sense step that allows North Dakota students to focus on academics without the pull of addictive social media.

The response has been overwhelmingly positive. This was about restoring attention, improving classroom environments and allowing teachers to do what they do best – teach. Schools maintained control and flexibility in how they implemented phone-free policies, ensuring solutions fit their students, staff and communities.

This was about prioritizing our state’s most valuable resource – our students.

12/16/2025

Here's more great artwork that was submitted for the NDSBA Student Holiday Artwork Contest! Thank you to Mrs. Dockter's 2nd and 3rd graders and Mr. Anderson's 4th grade students from Zeeland Public School!

See all the artwork entries here:

https://ndsba.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/final_submissions_2025-ndsba-christmas-cardd4a1062b153c49c7ae47e4c1a9584b31.pdf?sfvrsn=259d4fdd_1

12/15/2025

Dads have been lining up regularly at an elementary school to show the students that people care about them and their futures https://www.valleynewslive.com/2025/12/13/fathers-line-up-regularly-elementary-school-create-positive-experience-students/

12/15/2025

A high school mentoring program led to a huge drop in the number of failing grades among freshmen.

12/15/2025

North Dakota banned cell phones in schools this year, requiring students to put their phones away from bell to bell.

12/15/2025

12/15/2025

Mrs. Schmitcke's 11th and 12th grade students at Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock school submitted these wonderful works of art for the NDSBA Student Holiday Artwork Contest! HMB Public School

Check out all the artwork here:

https://ndsba.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/final_submissions_2025-ndsba-christmas-cardd4a1062b153c49c7ae47e4c1a9584b31.pdf?sfvrsn=259d4fdd_1

12/14/2025

Thank you to Autumn Farnstrom for submitting this beautiful piece for our holiday artwork contest! Autumn is a 4th grader from Beach School District, and her teacher is Ms. Armstrong.

https://ndsba.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/final_submissions_2025-ndsba-christmas-cardd4a1062b153c49c7ae47e4c1a9584b31.pdf?sfvrsn=259d4fdd_1

12/13/2025

Thank you to 6th grader Lakyn K***z from Wishek for submitting this beautiful work of art for our Student Holiday Artwork Contest!

See all of the contest entries here:
https://ndsba.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/final_submissions_2025-ndsba-christmas-cardd4a1062b153c49c7ae47e4c1a9584b31.pdf?sfvrsn=259d4fdd_1

Wishek Public School/South Border Mustangs

12/12/2025

Here's more outstanding artwork by our public school students in North Dakota!

These were created by 6th and 7th grade students from Medina Public School. Their teachers are Tara Hoffman and Michele Cassula.

See all of the beautiful works submitted to NDSBA for our Student Holiday Artwork Contest:

https://ndsba.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/final_submissions_2025-ndsba-christmas-cardd4a1062b153c49c7ae47e4c1a9584b31.pdf?sfvrsn=259d4fdd_1