https://www.fortransomsd.us/
August 10, 2023
Dear Parents/Guardians/Community:
Welcome back, we are looking forward to another great year! Hope you had a wonderful summer and are ready for the school year to begin. The goal is to continue providing the strong educational setting that the Fort Ransom Elementary School has been noted for.
This letter is written to update you on the 2023-2024 school year. School starts for grades K-6 on Monday, August 28, 2023. The school day starts at 8:00 am and the children are dismissed at 3:00 pm.
Breakfast and lunch will be served daily for the 2023-24 school term. We have also enclosed the 2023-2024 Application for Free or Reduced-Price Meals with instructions, the annual asbestos notification letter, and a page with information regarding the new app that will be available soon.
Miss Hope Ciesynski will be teaching the full-time kindergarten and 1st grade. Mrs. Elizabeth Kruger will be teaching 2nd and 3rd grades, and Mrs. Leila Mark will be teaching 4th, 5th, & 6th grade classes. Mrs. Mark will be in charge of PE and Mrs. Myers will be our music para to begin the school year. Mrs. Holly Trzpuc is the cook and Mrs. Sherri Ness is our paraprofessional/custodian. Kyli Sours is the school secretary/paraprofessional. Mrs. Katie Birklid will be a substitute teacher. Currently, we are seeking a food service worker to cover duties when Holly, our school cook, is absent. If you, or if you know of someone, who would like to help to be a consistent substitute, please let us know. Pay will depend on experience. An application is available at the school office, or you can download an application from the school website listed at the top of this letter.
Our bus drivers are Darla Smith and Terry Brown, with James Sorby as our transportation supervisor. Call your drivers with any route questions. We are always in need of additional bus drivers for our school.
The Fort Ransom School Board members are Jonathan Ness, President; Lynn Thorfinnson, Vice-President; Chelsey Jones, Stacy Ercink, and Samantha Weidner, Directors. The school board welcomes your comments and concerns.
If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to give a call to the teachers, the staff, or myself. You can also email us at Hope.Ciesynski@k12.nd.us , benjamin.zahrbock@k12.nd.us , elizabeth.kruger@k12.nd.us , leila.mark@k12.nd.us, or steven.johnson@k12.nd.us, or lynelle.hanson@k12.nd.us.
Check out the new School website at: https://fortransomsd.us/
Dr. Steven L. Johnson, Superintendent
“We Believe the Children are our Future”
We're thrilled to announce the new app for FRSD! It's everything FRSD, in your pocket.
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Parents, Tomorrow we are doing our spring community clean up! Please send your children in pants, close toed shoes, and utility gloves of some sort! Thank you!
2023 Missoula Children's Theatre! The Fort Ransom bus will drop off any students participating in the play Monday-Thursday. Friday dress rehearsal starts before school dismisses, so we will NOT drop off Friday. We will only drop students off, we will not transport them back to Fort Ransom. If you would like to have your child ride the bus to the Lisbon Opera House, you need to contact Kyli in the office to let her know. If you have any questions, please contact Kyli in the office.
Parents, On May 1st, the NDSU extension office is coming out to do an afternoon of garden fun. They ask that each student bring a shoe box, or the equivalent of a shoe box to put their plants in for transportation. Please have your student bring the box to school with their name on it by Friday, April 28th.
On the last day of school, 5/26, we will be dismissing early at 12:00. We will be having lunch before dismissal.
Reminder that Spring Concert is this Thursday May 18, 2PM & 7PM at Standing Rock Church. We will have rehearsals from 2-3PM Today, Tomorrow & Wednesday. I have a note for parents that needs to go home today.