2022 Sunburst Local Spelling Bee
Sunburst Schools held their annual spelling bee today with 38 participants from 5th-8th grade. The top 15 spellers and 2 alternates qualified for the Toole County Spelling Bee on February 7, 2022 at 6pm in the NTC Audtiorium.
Congratulations to all spellers for their great efforts. Special congratulations to Christopher Biesemeyer who is now a two time winner of our local Sunburst Spelling Bee.
Top Finishers were:
1. Christopher Biesmeyer
2. Ali Nau
3. Colter Sandon
4. Kaylee Berthelote
5. Victoria Sudbrock
6. Gabe Bouttier
7. Elonzo Benjamin
8. Maci Mokate
9. Nick Bucklin
10. Parker Berthelote
11. Ethan Blake
12. Halle Rogers
13. Elijah Scribner
14. Silby Seymour
15. Kacey Wipf
16. Szymon May (alternate)
17. Abby Reed (alternate)


Good luck to the 38 participants in the 2021 Sunburst Schools spelling bee.
The 2022 Northern C Divisional Basketball Webpage has been created. You can find standings, rosters, brackets and tournament information all at one website. It will be updated as new information is received.
The link below can also be found on the school website under basketball:
https://sites.google.com/nsschools.org/22northerncbb/home
Sunburst Schools is fortunate to have SRO Officer Robins come in weekly to teach lessons to our students. Thanks to the Toole County Sheriff's Department for making this time with our a priority.

January 2022 Refiner Newspaper
Please check out the latest edition of the Refiner Newspaper!
https://www.sunburst.k12.mt.us/page/refiner-newspaper
PTO Meeting
There will be a PTO meeting tonight at 6pm in the NTC Library.
5th-8th Ski Trip
Ski trip information was sent home with students today for our February 3rd Ski day at Showdown. All forms need to be returned by Thursday, January 27th at noon.
Reffiner/Wildcat Extracurricular Activities for Jan 24-30
Tuesday, January 25
HSBB vs Heart Butte 4p JVB, 5:30p GV. 7p BV
Thursday. January 27
S & D @ Huntley Project/Billings
Friday, January 28
HSBB vs Valier 4p JVB, 6p VG. 7:30 VB
S & D @ Huntley Project/Billings
Saturday, January 29
HSBB @ Augusta VG 4:30 (only girls game)
S & D @ Huntley Project/Billings
The Denton Community wanted to thank everyone for their donations when Sunburst Schools had the free will offering for admission to Refiner basketball games a few weeks ago. Their thank you card is below.


More 2nd quarter awards!


Sunburst Elementary celebrated our students' successes during our 2nd quarter awards assembly. Students were recognized for making the honor roll, Think 30, Rocket Math. Accelerated Reader, Million Word Club, and attendance.




Refiner Basketball Game Update!
On Friday, the Sunburst Boys JV basketball game will only be a half game with two 8 minute quarters. This game will tip off at 4:45pm. The Varsity girls game will still begin at 6pm with the Varsity boys game to follow at 7:30pm.
Refiner/Wildcat Extracurricular Activities for January 18-22
Friday January 21
BJV/VG/VB Basketball Vs. Dutton/Brady 4p, 6p, 730p
Saturday January 22
S & D @ Choteau Divisionals
BJV/VG/VB Basketball @ Cascade 1p/230p/4p
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Sunburst Schools will not have school on Monday, January 17th, in obervance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.
Sunburst Schools runs four bus routes daily: 9 Mile driven by Adele Benjamin, Kevin driven by Mike Tobin, Oilmont driven by Lynn Kimmet, and Sweetgrass/Loop Road driven by Justyna May. All transportations services are maintained by transportation director Chris Blair. These folks do a great job of safely transporting our students to and from school daily!

Rescheduled Heart Butte Basketball Games
The Refiner basketball games vs. Heart Butte have been rescheduled for Tuesday, January 25th, 2022 in Sunburst with Boys JV playing at 4pm, Girls V at 5:30pm, and Boys V at 7pm.
Volleyball and Football Coaching Positions
North Toole County High School is accepting applications for Fall 2022 coaching positions for football and volleyball.
Please send a cover stating your experience and a list of refernces to Tyler Bucklin and/or Jeff Nix. If you have questions, please contact either of them at 937-2811.
Congrats to our 4th graders that earned their orange belts!

Refiner/Wildcat Extracurricular Activities for Jan. 11-15
Thursday January 13
BJV/VG/VB Basketball @ Simms 430p/6p/730p
Friday January 14
Vs. Power 4p BJV, 530p GV, 7p BV
Saturday January 15
Speech & Debate @ Simmes
Important Refiner Basketball Update!
The Refiner basketball games scheduled vs. Heart Butte for today, Friday, January 7, have been postponed to an unknown future date. Heart Butte is currently dealing with blizzard conditions.
