Cook County ISD 166

With their playoff win over Carlton, the Girls Basketball team will play at UMD tomorrow (Saturday) at 4pm in the Section 7A Quarterfinals against Mt. Iron. Tickets are $5 for students and $9 for adults.

Congratulations Lady Vikings on your playoff win last night!!

Thank you Holiday and Java Moose for the coffee and sweets for our bus drivers!!

2020-2021 Kindergarten Parent Meeting: There will be a meeting for 2020-2021 kindergarten families on Thursday, April 2nd at 5:30 pm, Join us for a multimedia presentation about the excellent education your child will receive at Sawtooth Mountain Elementary School. At this meeting, administration and the current kindergarten teachers will share information about our small class sizes, aligned curriculums for mathematics, reading, writing and language arts, our licensed specialist teachers (physical education, music, art), our World Language program, our elementary library, our use of technology to enhance instruction, our school garden, school forest trail systems, and Winter Wonderland. Please plan to enter through the Main Entrance door and follow the signs to the Sawtooth Media Center. Free childcare will be available. Please RSVP for childcare by March 31st. For more information and to RSVP contact Lacey Smith lsmith@isd166.org 387-2271 ext. 455 or Autumn Hood ahood@isd166.org 387-2271 ext 457

Spring Sport Parent Meeting will be Tuesday, March 3rd in the varsity gym.

Miss Hand’s second grade celebrating “ Breakfast, Blankets and Books” as part of I Love to Read Month!

Sawtooth Kindergartners Celebrate the 100th Day of School!

The Varsity Knowledge Bowl team will not be traveling tomorrow (Thursday) to the meet. No Knowledge Bowl tomorrow!!

Reminder that there is NO SCHOOL for students on Friday, February 14th and Monday, February 17th.

There will be a send off for our state tournament bound Alpine Skiers on Tuesday, February 11th at 2pm. Masen McKeever, Halle Lamb, and Ray Dressley will all compete at the state Alpine ski meet!!

Congratulations to Halle Lamb, Masen McKeever and Ray Dressely on qualifying for the State Tournament-Alpine Skiing!!!!

Order your elementary yearbook today! Yearbooks available on pre-buy basis only. Cost is $15. Orders due by March 26th. Attached is an order form. Turn in to your child's teacher or the PK-12 office.

Kindergarten Art

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SENIORS Applications for all the local scholarships are now avaible in the High School Media Center. Deadline for most of them are April 7th, though there are a few with earlier deadlines. Please make note of deadline date listed on the application. Thank you to all the local businesses and individuals that support the Class of 2020!

Acceptance Assembly Held At Cook County Schools https://www.boreal.org/2020/01/31/295985/acceptance-assembly-held-at-cook-county-schools

The health office has provided the attached checklist to help screen a child's health before sending a student to school. Please follow these guidelines and keep your child home if they are ill.

4th graders took part in a Kindness Retreat today by Youth Frontiers! Special thanks to Tony & Andrew from Youth Frontiers, Dick and Joyce McFarland, and all our Student Leaders that made the last three days possible!

Youth Frontiers along with 7 High School leaders led a 7th grade Courage Retreat today at Cook County Schools.

Polar Vortex Week: Hat Day

Today, 9th grade students at Cook County Schools participated in an all day retreat focusing on Respect.