Griggs County Central School District

School and buses will be 2 hours late today, March 13. School will begin at 10:30am. There will be no breakfast service.

Updated Track & Field Schedule with leave times.

The Mayflower Lodge #94 is taking applications for a scholarship up to $1000 and turn into the office by March 30, 2026. A fillable PDF of the Application can be found at https://aptg.co/Q606F3.

Join us for Parent-Teacher Conferences at Griggs County Central on Tuesday, March 17th from 3:15 to 8:30pm. Preschool through 5th Grade Parents please sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904084AA4AC29ABF49-62724056-spring. 6th thru 12th Grade Parents will visit with teachers on a first come first serve basis in the Teacher Classrooms.

The Griggs County Central Speech Team hosted the Beth Stokka Memorial Invite on Saturday, March 7th. Twelve teams competed in the event with around 140 speeches given. Thirteen competitors qualified for state out of fourteen events.

Coach Amy Moser would like to thank all the coaches, judges, and students that participated in the meet. Also a huge shout out to our GCC team and their parents for all the work they put into making this year's meet a success!

The following GCC students placed at the meet:
Briley Monson - 4th in EPR & 5th in Humorous
Scarlett Ludwig - 2nd in Dramatic & 5th in Serious
Paul Johnson - 8th in Humorous
Joel Brown - 7th in Humorous and 5th in Humors Duo with
Victor Ludwig - 5th in Humorous Duo and Top Novice in Serious Duo with
Matthew Brown - 7th in Inform
Alfred Eggermont - 6th in Persuade

Hello GCC families! We’ve set a goal to create a community of lifesavers by getting everyone to complete Finn’s Mission and learn Hands-Only CPR. When given immediately, Hands-Only CPR can double (or even triple) a person’s chance of surviving cardiac arrest. If you haven’t done it yet, complete Finn’s Mission today to learn this lifesaving skill and earn special thank-you gifts. http://www2.heart.org/goto/GriggsCo

The National Honor Society annually sponsors a Vitalant Blood Drive. It is happening Tuesday, March 24 from 12:00-6:00pm at Griggs County Central. NHS members will be calling past donors to make appointments. You can also make your own appointment at https://donors.vitalant.org/dwp/portal/dwa/appointment/guest/phl/searchDrives?findDrive=0 use code: cooperstownnd to find our blood drive!

Here is a TENTATIVE Schedule for Track & Field. Updates will be available as the weather changes.

We are excited to be teaming up with the Maple River Raiders Baseball team this year in order to offer a Varsity season. Go to https://aptg.co/lSxP8G to see the Baseball schedule. Practice will begin on March 16 in Hope starting at 4pm.

GCC KHC UPDATE!

38 students have already joined our school’s team. Mrs. Briss' Kindergarten class is in the lead with 8 students registered online, but Mrs. Dahl’s 2nd grade class leads for dollars raised. Way to go!

Visit our school page at http://www2.heart.org/goto/GriggsCo or download the AHA Schools app to join today.
We're currently at 42% of our goal raised with 16 days left!

Reminder that tomorrow 3/5 is the Elementary Family Night from 5:30-7:30pm. Family Engagement Night events will include supper, family activities, 4th grade wax museum, 5th grade musical, and more. The book fair will be open today from 7:45am to 7:30pm and wrap-up Friday at 4:00pm. GCC Preschool families are also welcome to attend. If you have not signed up for the meal yet, please do so today 3/4 at https://griggscountycentral.org/forms/reading-month-event-sign-up.

Congratulations to the 17 GCC Music students who participated in the Enderlin Young Musician Festival on February 28, 2026. The 17 Music students participated in 19 performances. The Students goal is to receive a ‘Star’ for their performance. GCC was awarded 4 Excellent, 14 Stars with 1 exceptional performance receiving an Outstanding. 

Excellent Performances
Anna Zaun-Vocal Solo-There Will Be Stars
Colton Delf-Trumpet Solo-Good King Wenceslas
Cora Collins/Skyler MacKenzie-instrument Duet-Mary Ann
Aria MacKenzie-Tenor Saxophone Solo-Buffalo Gals

Star Performances
Clara Brown-Vocal Solo-There Will Be Stars
Olivia Campbell/Leah Bauer-Vocal Duet-My Favorite Things
Reece Stockeland-Vocal Solo-Camptown Races
Isla Brown/Lily Webster-Vocal Duet-My Favorite Things
Alayna Brown/Iris Dahn-Vocal Duet-Calico Cat
Lily Webster-Vocal Solo-Shooting Star
Phoenix Beckman-Vocal Solo-Yankee Doodle
Josiah Stokka/Jacob Stokka-Trumpet Duet-Ode to Joy
Olivia Campbell/Leah Bauer-Clarinet Duet-On Bridge to Avignon
Clara Brown/Reece Stockeland-Trombone Duet-Merrily We Roll Along
Phoenix Beckman-Fluet Solo-Ode to Joy
Skyler MacKenzie-Clarinet Solo-Frere Jacques
Cora Collins-Snare Solo-Beautiful Brown Eyes

Outstanding Performance
Abigail Burnside- Vocal Solo-Riversong

Griggs-Midkota Track & Field Practice will begin today, March 3 beginning at 3:40pm.

Members of the GCC Speech team participated in the Midkota Speech Meet on Saturday, 3/2. The following members placed:
Briley Monson-7th in Humorous Interp
Scarlett Ludwig-5th in Serious & 6th in Dramatic Interp
Matthew Brown & Victor Ludwig-8th in Serious Duo
Alfred Eggermont-8th in Persuade
This Saturday 3/7 we host the Beth Stokka Memorial Invite at GCC. Events will begin at 9am if family or community would like to attend.

Good Luck to the Boys Basketball Team on their District 3 Tournament game against Cavalier today in Larimore starting at 3pm. The bus will depart GCC at 1:15pm.

Griggs County Central Robotics!!
In our debut season, all GCC teams qualified for state! They had an up and down season finishing strong at state with a 7th place (Orioles) and 9th place (Vipers) finish. It was a great learning year and we hope to come back stronger than ever next year! Thanks to Advisor Annette Beattie and to the parents for all their support!! And to the students for all their hard work!!

Tomorrow at 1:30, the Titan Girls Basketball Team will depart from GCC for the state play-in game. An escort will be provided by the Sheriff's Office, Fire Department, and Ambulance. The public is invited to join in sending off the team. We are extremely proud of the team's achievements!! Go Titans!!! We will meet at 1:15 at the school.

We have some fun activities for Kindergarten to 5th grades planned for Reading Month starting next week!  The GCC Book Fair Kick-Off Breakfast will be on Monday, March 2 from 7:30 to 8:25am. The book fair will run all week. Family Engagement Night events will be Thursday, March 5 and will include supper, family activities, 4th grade wax museum, 5th grade musical, and more.  Please RSVP to let us know how many in your family will be attending the meals at https://griggscountycentral.org/forms/reading-month-event-sign-up so we can plan food by end of day Saturday, February 28.