
Are you an introvert who wants to be more outgoing? Are you an extrovert looking for a place to
channel your energy and enthusiasm? Do you like to create voices and characters when you read aloudin class or to siblings? Do you like to perform? To learn? To teach? If you answered YES to any of these questions, you should look into joining the Waubun Speech Team!
Interested students should contact Mrs. Dady for more information!

Congrats to the Thunderbird Boys Basketball on their victory over NCE/UH last night!
Congrats to the Thunderbird Girls Basketball on their victory over Win-E-Mac last night!

Healthy Children Learn Better ! Are all your children's shots up to date?


Live Steam for the wrestling duals in Fosston tonight:
SCHEDULE:
5:00 Fosston/Bagley vs. Roseau
6:15 Mahnomen/Waubun vs. Roseua
7:30 Fosston/Bagley vs. Mahnomen/Waubun
Streaming: Facebook Fosston/Bagley Brawlers:
https://www.facebook.com/brawlerwrestling
You do not need a facebook account to watch.
We will stream all 3 matches (JV and Varsity)

Live Steam for the wrestling duals in Fosston tonight:
SCHEDULE:
5:00 Fosston/Bagley vs. Roseau
6:15 Mahnomen/Waubun vs. Roseua
7:30 Fosston/Bagley vs. Mahnomen/Waubun
Streaming: Facebook Fosston/Bagley Brawlers:
https://www.facebook.com/brawlerwrestling
You do not need a facebook account to watch.
We will stream all 3 matches (JV and Varsity)

General notification for families that a person in the school program community tested positive for COVID-19
Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Public School Saturday, January 16, 2021
Dear Families,
We were notified by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) that a member of the Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Public School community has tested positive for COVID-19. No dates have been identified for potential school community spread. We cannot for privacy reasons share details about the person. At this time, they are staying home and/or working at home until they are well and can no longer spread the disease.
We have worked with MDH and local public health to identify those who were in close contact with the person who tested positive for COVID-19, and no close contacts have been identified in our school community.
If you have not been contacted, your child is not considered a close contact, and there is nothing special you need to do.
Because the spread of COVID-19 from unknown sources is widespread in Minnesota, you should continue to watch your child for COVID-19 symptoms, which include:
Fever of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher
New cough or a cough that gets worse
Difficulty/hard time breathing
New loss of taste or smell
Sore throat
New nasal congestion/stuffy or runny nose
Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea
Muscle pain
Extreme fatigue/feeling very tired
New severe/very bad headache
Chills
If your child gets symptoms, they should stay home and you should talk with their doctor or other health care provider to decide if they need to see a doctor and/or to get tested for COVID-19. Please review the following resources:
Home Screening Tool for COVID-19 Symptoms (PDF) (https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/schools/homescreen.pdf)
COVID-19 Attendance Guide for Parents and Families (PDF) (https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/schools/attendance.pdf)
We understand that this news may make people feel uneasy. We have taken action to clean and sanitize the building and are working closely with MDH to watch the situation. We are asking all members of our community to lower the chance of spreading illness by taking the following actions:
Protect yourself and others by wearing a face covering.
Wash your hands often with soap and water.
Cover your coughs and sneezes; do not touch your face with unwashed hands.
If you are sick, stay home from school, child care, sports, and other activities.
Clean all commonly touched surfaces often, such as telephones, doorknobs, countertops, etc.
Resources that you may find helpful:
MDH Coronavirus Disease 2019 (https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/index.html)
MDH Schools
and Child Care: COVID-19 (https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/schools/index.html)
CDC Coronavirus (COVID-19) (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html)
If you have questions, contact Mina Spalla, School Nurse or Lisa Weber, Superintendent at 218-473-6171.
Thank you for helping to keep our school community safe.
Lisa Weber, Superintendent
Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Schools

Sports & Activities
Tuesday
Boys Basketball at Ulen. C team at 5, B 6, varsity to follow
Girls Basketball in Mahnomen vs Winemac B at 6, varsity to follow. C team TBD
Wrestling at Fosston. 6:15 and 7:30
Thursday
Girls Basketball at Twin Valley. C team at 5, B 6, varsity to follow
JH boys Basketball in Mahnomen vs Lake Park. 7th 4:30, 8th 5:30
Saturday
Dance at Hawley. TBD
Boys Basketball in Waubun vs New York Mills. C at B at noon, Varsity after.

Wrestling for tonight livestream: https://www.facebook.com/brawlerwrestling

Welcome Back WOWE students!


Just a friendly reminder of what our January Calendar looks like!

100th WIN
On Saturday, January 16th, senior, Garret Eiynck recorded his 100th win with the Mahnomen/Waubun Thunderbirds. He pinned the wrestler from Border West (Wheaton-Herman-Clinton-Graceville) in the first period. “I’m just glad we got to wrestle this year.” Garret said. “It was really hard ending the year last year with 99 wins.”
Garret has become the 18th winningest wrestler in Mahnomen/Waubun wrestling. “He still has a whole season to go” coach Short said. “If he has a good year, and we do not have any cancellations, he could move up to the 6-7th spot.”
Congratulations Garret.


Wrestling Thursday January 19th in Fosston
5:00 - Fosston/Bagley Vs. Roseau
6:15 - Mahnomen/Waubun Thunderbirds vs. Roseau
7:30 - Fosston/Bagley vs. Mahnomen/Waubun Thunderbirds

Jaelyn was chosen as Student of the Month. Her teacher, Mrs. Oertwich says, “I chose Jaelyn as my student of the month for December. Jaelyn is responsible, gets her work done as soon as possible, and asks for help when needed. She often asks for extra work and wanted work to do over Christmas break. Jaelyn approaches everything with a positive attitude and prides herself on her work. Not only does Jaelyn do her best and challenge herself academically, she consistently displays empathy to her classmates when they need extra academic support and encourages them when they are down. Keep being a great leader, Jaelyn.”
Jaelyn is most thankful for fishing with her family: Daddy, Mommy, Dustin, Erin, Jordan, Kimber, and Kase. She said Dustin catches the biggest fish and she catches the smallest fish. Jaelyn’s favorite part of school is playing hide and seek at recess with her friends. She also loves riding on the scooter in gym class. Jaelyn loves to play Subway Surfers on her iPad and likes to play dolls at home. Jaelyn can do cartwheels, somersaults, swing on the bar, walk on the balance beam, and the splits at gymnastics class! Wow!
Jaelyn you are amazing!!! We love you at Ogema Elementary!


Wrestling live stream link for Saturday https://youtu.be/doRAg94AU7M

The wrestling duals will be live streamed tomorrow, January 16th.
12:00 PM Wadena-Deer Creek vs Border West (Wheaton-Herman-Norcross)
1:15 PM Thunderbirds vs Border West
2:30 PM Thunderbirds vs Wadena-Deer Creek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doRAg94AU7M

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Dance competition in Frazee is cancelled today.

Third graders got to learn from and speak to NASA Space Launch System educators today on a virtual field trip! They spoke about the Artemis mission (Getting humans to Mars with a first stop at the moon!) They provided us with great information and conversation about the different jobs at NASA and they sent us bookmarks and stickers for the students!




Here is the link for the livestream for the dance competition tomorrow in Frazee.
https://www.facebook.com/frazeehornets

The wrestling triangular with Wadena-Deer Creek and Border West has been cancelled for tonight due to weather. It has been rescheduled for Saturday, January 16th.
First: Regular Practice Tonight (Thursday), Friday and Monday.
Weigh-ins Saturday 10:30 AM in Mahnomen (about)
Bus Leave Mahnomen 10:45-11:00 AM
Arrives in Wadena at 12:30 PM (latest)
Skin Checks 12:45 PM (latest)
Warm-up 1:00 to 1:15 PM
Triangular Schedule
Border West vs. Mahnomen/Waubun 1:15 PM
WDC vs. Mahnomen/Waubun 2:30 PM
There will be no concessions, and each wrestler is allowed 2 spectators.

ATTENTION THUNDERBIRD FANS: The wrestling matches for tonight (Thursday) in Wadena have been moved to Saturday. Matches will be at 1:15 and 2:30