Baraga Area Schools

The car accident on February 24th brought some life changes to the Lamson family. With all the children back home, and Kayla in wheel chair, they needed a way for her to get into and out of the house. Mr. Filpus's Industrial Education classes from Baraga Area Schools stepped up to help out one of their own. The Computer Aided Drafting & Design class designed a ramp and helped to put together a materials list needed to build it. Other Industrial Education classes then used their expertise and tools to make the ramp and this week they delivered and installed it at the Lamson house.

The 2nd grade had homework this week, as the Easter Bunny gave them the assignment of babysitting some eggs he dropped off this week. They took them home each night and wrote in their daily baby book. Today the Easter Bunny returned and made them all honorary Easter Bunny helpers since they did such a great job raising their peeps.

The Little Vikes have been sitting in their eggs all week and today they hatched while they were at lunch

With the up-tick in Covid positives and with some students having to quarantine, there are many questions out there. The best place to get those answers is the Western UP Health Department and the number to call is 906-482-7382 and choose the covid prompt. More than likely you will have to leave a message, but I am told that the messages are checked often and calls are returned.

With Spring Break coming up, it might be a good idea to take home all of our masks and give them a good cleaning for the start of the 4th quarter. Might be a good idea for an Easter present as well, so new masks. Thanks and have a great break.

Dear Baraga Families, Baraga Area Schools would like to update parents and community members with the latest on COVID-19 issues. There seems to be an increase in the number of positive cases throughout the state. This up-tick in cases is also being seen in our region. Whether this is due to the new variant that seems to be hitting down state or not, we are seeing a rise in positive cases here in Baraga County. Baraga Schools has had two positive cases, one in the elementary and one in the high school. We do not know the origin of these cases. The school has followed the guidelines set by the local and state health departments, including notifying all close contacts. We will continue to follow the guidelines and still feel that schools are one of the safest places for students. Please help keep our school open during these challenging times and thank you for your continued support. Stay safe, Richard Sarau, Superintendent Baraga Area Schools

With Spring Break right around the corner, Baraga Area Schools and 31 Backpacks are working together to ensure that our kids aren't hungry during their time away from school. Mrs. Rinkinen has been handing out food and other commonly needed household goods since yesterday and will continue until all of our students who have signed up for this previously, have been served.

Dear Parents of current 6-7th graders, We are very excited to announce that we will be leading a select group of students and parents on an educational tour to Washington, D.C. and Mt. Vernon on August 4-7, 2022. Join us on: Tuesday, March 23rd - 6:00pm via Livestream for a short informational meeting where each traveler will be eligible for an Early Bird Scholarship of $300! To join the meeting, simply click this link: https://vimeo.com/event/748079/d0485f81ae To RSVP, click here: https://forms.gle/w3RzLG9pUNfXhkj87 Check out this awesome video and see for yourself why we're so excited about this opportunity for our school, and click here for additional information on the meeting, itinerary, scholarship and more! For any other questions, feel free to email one of us at: cgallup@baragaschools.org or arinkinen@baragaschools.org Don’t miss out, Christina Gallup & Amanda Rinkinen

If you play a role in the life of a middle school aged child, Guiding Good Choices is the class for you! Parents, grandparents, teachers, coaches, neighbors, and so many more can benefit from this program. Attached below is a flyer and summary for Guiding Good Choices, which is being offered virtually by Dial Help in collaboration with the Houghton/Keweenaw County CTC and NorthCare Network. This 6 session program will meet weekly on Thursdays, from 6:00-8:00 pm, starting on April 15, 2021. All class sessions will meet virtually over Zoom. Participants who complete all six classes will receive a $50 Visa gift card (1 per family). The training is FREE but registration is REQUIRED! To register, please visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdyKcclb4DYIN68jQKJwMrmjCM6lBT_OHwfSYCLtPDY0NMkXA/viewform?usp=sf_link Thank you, Chris Schuldt Prevention Coordinator TOP Coordinator Dial Help, Inc.

March is reading month and Mrs. Warner is doing just that with our Little Vikes

Attention: Mr. Dave Harris’ bus #2 is running late today, 3/12/21. The Arnheim and Keweenaw Bay route is running 1 hour behind and the Baraga route is running 30 minutes behind. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Order your LAST YEAR'S 2019-2020 high school yearbook here (6th-12th grade). The 2020-2021 yearbook will be on sale later this spring, watch for that announcement. If you have any questions email vklein@baragaschools.org

Due to roads not being 100% cleared yet Baraga Area Schools will have a two hour late start today Monday March 1st

Due to roads not being 100% cleared yet Baraga Area Schools will have a two hour late start for Monday March 1st

Virgil M. won 1st place in the CCISD Automotive Skills competition and 3rd place in the entire Upper Pennisula. Way to go Virgil! Viking Strong!

The 2021 Baraga Senior Bash Committee will be collecting cans at the Baraga American Legion #444 South Door on Saturday, February 27, 2021 from 10 am until noon. All safety protocols will be followed. If you would like to have your cans picked up we can arrange that as well! Call or text 201-4531 with your local address. Curbside pickup will be arranged. ALL CANS WITH A MICHIGAN DEPOSIT WILL BE ACCEPTED, thank you in advance! Thank you for your support of our BHS Senior Class of 2021

Just a reminder that Baraga Area Schools will be having the virtual conferences this Thursday afternoon/evening. The instructions on how to register for the conferences was put up last week, so please sign up before Thursday.

Here are the instructions on how to sign up for the virtual conferences next week.

Next week Baraga Area Schools will hold their Spring Conferences. Due to ongoing Covid issues, and wanting all to be safe, we will once again be doing them virtually. It will be a different sign up from the way we did it in the Fall, but hopefully easier. Look back here early next week for instructions on how to sign up. Thank you for your patience in this matter. As always, if you have any questions, feel free to contact Mr. Scott at 353-6661

Just a heads up about tonight's games. The boy's junior varsity game will begin at 4:30, the varsity boy's game will follow at 5:45, and the girl's game will begin after the boy's game has concluded