Sunburst Schools

Refiner VB Tourney The Lady Refiner volleyball team beat Heart Butte in the tournament play-in game and will now be the #8 seed. The tournament bracket is attached below. All games will be held at the Great Falls Central Catholic Gymnasium.

Breakfast Change for Oct. 27 Once again due to issues with our supplier, we will have to change Thursday's breakfast from Apple Cinnamon Scones. Breakfast will now be Apple Strudel.

Pop Concert The 7th-12th grade pop concert will be held at the NTC Auditorium tonight, Oct. 24th, starting at 7pm. The event will also be streamed live and available online via the Sunburst Schools Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SunburstSchoolsMT

5th/6th to Starbase Tomorrow Our 5th/6th grade students will be going to StarBase tomorrow at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls. This fun filled STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) trip offers our 5th/6th students some incredible opportunities. All students already have a signed permission form and are approved by Malmstrom to attend. The bus will leave Sunburst (north library door area) at 7am and 4 Corners at 7:10am. The bus will return to 4 Corners at approximately 4:10pm and Sunburst around 4:20pm. Students need to have the following: a cold lunch, a water bottle, a warm coat, and good walking shoes. Teachers will utilize Remind to contact parents if arrival times change.

Refiner/Wildcat Extracurricular Events for October 24-October 30, 2022 Tuesday, October 25th 6C West Volleyball District Tournament – Play In Game Match #0 This game is at 6pm and features #9 Heart Butte @ #8 NTCHS. The match will be held in Great Falls at Great Falls Central Catholic. The cost for entry into this tournament play-in game is: $10 – Adult $ 8 – Senior/Student Thursday - Saturday October 27 - 29 6C West Volleyball District Tournament @ Great Falls Central Catholic **Double Elimination (with win over Heart Butte**) Match #1 - #1 vs #8/9 @10am -Win Match 5 @ Thursday 6pm - Lose Match 7 @ Friday 10am Friday, October 28 Red and White junior high basketball scrimmage (Sunburst vs. Sunburst): 4pm girls, 5:30pm boys

Red Ribbon Week This week, October 24-28, we celebrate Red Ribbon Week. The theme this year is "Celebrate Life: Live Drug Free!" We will be talking all week about making smart choices and not putting bad things into our bodies. We also have special dress days as part of Red Ribbon Week! Monday: Comfortable being drug free! (sweats day) Tuesday: Doing drugs is crazy! (crazy dress day) Wednesday: Put a cap on drugs! (hat day) Thursday: Team up against drugs! (favorite team jersey) Friday: Red Ribbon Day! (wear red)

Cross Country Results Congrats to Nikki Nau who finished all state by placing 10th. Also competing for the Refiners were Gabriella Cosme, Claire Bucklin, Ali Nau, Ella Samsal, Avani Champanaria, Ian Benjamin, and Virgil Manthey. Great job Refiners!

Cross Coutrry State Results The NTC Lady Refiner cross country team finished 4th at state. MHSA miscalculated the scoring and initially awarded our girls 3rd. After the awards ceremon, they recognized the error and conacted Coach Nix and informed him of the unfortunate news. Although the change of results is devastating, they all competed extremely hard and represented our school so well. Go Refiners!

Volleyball 6C District Tournament @ Great Falls Central Catholic: Tuesday October 25th - 6pm vs. Heart Butte (@GFCC) (#8 vs #9 Play-In Game) October 27, 28, 29th Tournament @GFCC

More Fish Art Photos!

NTCHS Pop Concert The NTCHS Music Department is proud to present the 2022 Pop Concert! The concert will take place at 7:00 p.m. on October 24th, 2022, at the NTCHS Auditorium! We hope you'll come and enjoy "Music through the Decades!"

We gave him the gifts yesterday, but we appreciate our Superintendent, Tyler Bucklin, everyday. Our efforts surpassed what the bag could hold without breaking so we had to grab a box. It’s a great metaphor for what he inspires us to do. (Break the mold so we can do great things for our students) Thanks for all you do to keep us on track, Mr Bucklin.

Fish Art As part of the Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Hooked on Fishing Program, Miss Cathy came and shared "fish art" with our 3rd-6th grade students. Our students learned about various kind of trout and then created their own fish.

Information for the upcoming Service Auction for the NTCHS Costa Rica Ecology Trip.

Refiner/Wildcat Extracurricular Activities for Oct. 17-23, 2022 Tuesday, October 18 VB vs. Simms - 6pm (conference game) Junior High Basketball Pictures at 3:30pm in elementary gym (bring uniforms) Wednesday, October 19 (No School) FB vs. Heart Butte – 6pm Thursday, October 22 (No School) JH Basketball @ CJI – 4p Girls/5:30p Boys: Bus Departure – 2pm Friday, October 21 (No School) JH Basketball @ Havre (vs. Big Sandy) 10:40am Girls/12pm Boys – St. Jude Catholic School (5th st & 6th ave): Bus Departure – 7am XC Transit Departure – 1pm Saturday, October 22 XC @ MHSA State - Missoula: Girls 1:45 pm; Boys: 2:45pm JH Basketball @ Havre (vs. Box Elder) – 1:20p Girls/2:40p Boys – St. Jude Catholic School (5th st & 6th ave): Bus Departure – 10am

Mark your calendars. Student Council and National Honor Society have combined to make a family fun community event on October 30th at the Sunburst Community Center. Come join the fun.

Picture Retake Day & JHBB Picture Day Tuesday, October 18, is picture retake day. Lindsay Sandon Photo+Design will be here to take pictures of any students that were absent on picture day as well as to do retakes. Please contact her at 303-587-5807 if you have questions about retakes. Junior high basketball pictures will also be taken during practice on the 18th so athletes must bring their uniforms, etc. Please contact either school if you have any questions.

While every teacher at Sunburst Schools works hard to include many hands-on lessons and activities, it's important to see how hard these kiddos work to memorize facts and learn about note-taking and studying skills as well. In yesterday's social studies lesson, 4th graders learned about Montana's history of Indian Education for All and we focused on Essential Understanding 1: All tribes are unique. We then included a map of Montana's reservations in our notes and labeled them accordingly!

Third grader students learned about how fossil dinosaur tracks reveal how quickly a dinosaur could run in the past. In the activity, students figured out if they could have won a race with a dinosaur that was just their size. To determine the winner, students compared the length of their running steps with the dinosaur’s steps. Unfortunately no 3rd graders outran the dinosaurs this year!

3rd graders have been learning about Montana's state symbols. To show what they've learned, they created an art piece inspired by Juane Quick-to-See Smith's "Ode to Cheif Seattle".