Langdon Area Schools

Two events happening next week at LAES—mark your calendars! 📅

🌍 Social Studies Fair
Come check out all the amazing projects

🍪 6th Grade Bake Sale
Support our students and their field trip

🗓 Wednesday, April 29 | ⏰ 3:30–5:00

Happy School Office Manager Appreciation Day! 🩵 We love and appreciate Ms. Kitchin and EVERYTHING she does for our school! LAES wouldn’t be the same without her.

Mrs. Mikkelsen and her 6th graders are bringing the novel Hidden Figures to life by designing and building their own space shuttles. As they read about the incredible mathematicians behind NASA’s success, students are exploring the science and engineering that made space travel possible. 🚀

6th Grade Math in Action! 📐 Our 6th graders brought coordinate graphing to life with these awesome projects—look at their Cardinal Pride! ❤️

We are SO proud of our LAES students! Our very first 'From the Nest' newspaper is here, and it’s completely student-created—full of creativity, leadership, and hard work! 👏 A huge shoutout to Mrs. Romfo and Ms. Kitchin for guiding and supporting our students every step of the way—this wouldn’t be possible without you! 📰❤️ Volume 1, Number 1

With today’s weather, all 5 winter gear items are required again for recess! Please make sure your student comes prepared with: 🧤 Gloves 🧢 Hat 🧥 Coat 👖 Snow pants 👢 Boots Thank you!

We had a GREAT time at our first night of Gearing Up for Kindergarten! 🎒✨ We can’t wait to see even more of you at our second session: 📅 April 21 ⏰ 6:30–7:30 PM Then it’s time for Kindergarten Roundup: 📅 April 23 OR April 24, call the office to sign-up 256-3270. A big THANK YOU to our amazing kindergarten team—Mrs. Braunberger, Mrs. Lorenz, and Mrs. DuBois—for making the night so special! ❤️

☀️ We are LOVING this beautiful weather! 😎🙌 Just a quick reminder to dress accordingly—temps are expected to drop later this week ❄️ so layers are always a great idea!

The ABC Countdown is underway at LAES! 🎉 On Tuesday, we started with A – America Day 🇺🇸 followed by B – Buddy Reading today 📚Stay tuned as we count down to summer! ☀️

✏️🎒 Gearing Up for Kindergarten! We can’t wait to meet our future Cardinals! ❤️

✏️Our ABC Countdown to Summer is officially set and we are READY to make every day count! ❤️

Join Us for the LAES Social Studies Fair! 🗺️🌍 Wednesday, April 29th from 3:30–5:00 PM in the LAES Gym

On Wednesday, April 8th the elementary, middle, and high school bands hosted guest clinician Christie Aleshire. Mrs. Aleshire is a music educator and conductor with 40 years of experience. Students performed their concert and contest selections followed by a coaching session. Mrs. Aleshire offered great tips and tricks for improvement to students at all levels. Thank you to Mrs. Aleshire and all band students for a great day of music making.

On Tuesday, March 31st the high school band hosted guest clinician Maisy Lindseth. Miss Lindseth is a percussionist from Grand Forks. She holds degrees in medical laboratory science and music from the University of North Dakota. Maisy has a long history of receiving top ratings at concerts, contests, and festivals at the middle school, high school, collegiate, and professional levels. Students performed their contest selections followed by a coaching session. Maisy offered great insight to all students on how to best prepare for success at instrumental contest. It was a great experience for all involved.

Join us for Stroll ‘N Roll ND 2026! 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️

Langdon Area Elementary School is lacing up and heading outside!
🗓 Wednesday, April 8
⏰ 12:30 PM
We’ll be taking a quick walk around the both schools to promote healthy, active lifestyles and strong community connections.

👟 Community members are welcome to join us—come walk alongside our students and staff! Let’s get moving, Langdon! 💪

🌍✈️ Tour of Countries – Reading Month at LAES! 📚🏅 From 🇺🇸 USA to 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇫🇷 France to 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇳🇴 Norway to 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇸🇪 Sweden to 🇮🇹 Italy… each stop brought new learning, excitement, and fun activities for our students! Our students “traveled” across the globe, exploring new countries and cultures. 🌎❤️

Reading Olympics Closing Ceremony! 📚🏅 What an incredible month of reading at LAES! We wrapped up our Reading Olympics with our Closing Ceremony, and we couldn’t be more proud of our students! 🥇🥈🥉 We celebrated our Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medalists for each country! These were the top readers for the month. Their hard work and reading commitment paid off! 👏 A SPECIAL shoutout to our Reading Challenge Finishers—these students went above and beyond by taking on our extra reading challenge for the month. Thank you to our students, staff, and families for making this month so special. Keep on reading, Cardinals! 📖✨

🍎✨ Shout Out to Our Amazing Paraprofessionals! ✨📚 Last week we celebrated Para Appreciation Day & School Librarian Appreciation Day with these wonderful ladies. On Wednesday, we enjoyed an App(reciation) Day Lunch—just a small thank you for the HUGE impact they make every day. 🧁🥨🍓

📣 Let’s hear it for our March Cardinal Ticket Winners! 👏🏻 These students lead the way by demonstrating respect, responsibility, and kindness throughout our school. They have shown their Cardinal Pride! ❤️🖤 Not pictured: Hazel

Introducing Our March Cardinal Time Captain! Maddyn! Nominated by her peers, Maddyn truly represents what it means to be a leader at LAES. She is kind, caring, smart, confident, and outgoing- bringing positive energy wherever she goes! Maddyn has a special way of making others feel happy and included. Great Job, Maddyn! We can’t wait to see your leadership continue. 🌟