
📚🎒 Back to School Night! 🎉
Ogema Elementary & Waubun School
🗓 Tuesday, August 27th
📍 Join us as we kick off the 2025-2026 school year!
Come meet your teachers, tour the school, drop off supplies, and get ready for an amazing year ahead! We can’t wait to see all of our students and families back in the building! 💙✏️
#BackToSchool #WaubunStrong #OgemaElementary #2025SchoolYear
Ogema Elementary & Waubun School
🗓 Tuesday, August 27th
📍 Join us as we kick off the 2025-2026 school year!
Come meet your teachers, tour the school, drop off supplies, and get ready for an amazing year ahead! We can’t wait to see all of our students and families back in the building! 💙✏️
#BackToSchool #WaubunStrong #OgemaElementary #2025SchoolYear


🏈 Fall Sports Are Almost Here! 🏐📣
Sports Meeting
Monday, July 28th @ 5:30 PM in Waubun
Sports Meeting
Monday, July 28th @ 5:30 PM in Waubun


YMCA Summer Food Program. Free meals for kids in the community. All kids ages 18 and younger can take home 7 days of FREE healthy breakfasts and lunches - no eligibility requirements! Tuesdays 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm at the Waubun High School parking lot. ymcanorthernsky.org/foodprograms


📚✏️ School Supply Lists Are Now Posted! 🖍️📓
It’s that time of year again! 🎒
The 2025-2026 School Supply Lists are now available for all grade levels.
📝 Be sure to check the list so your student is ready for the first day!
📍 You can find the supply lists posted on our website and at the school office.
Let’s get the year started off organized and prepared! 💼
Kick Start - 3rd Grade - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fYsW01gmVZtaUIC1KhFnHYlogMVWo0FewhqLl52z7_c/edit?usp=sharing
4th - 6th Grade - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f9_XGPB-I3AuLMWTES40hQ83zhW6hj2WwYQsY0IJcps/edit?usp=sharing
JH - SH - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yul5f51Db8Z2dyvLCIPyO_PGpSjGsOtjnLaQTj3Izug/edit?usp=sharing
#BackToSchool #SchoolSupplies #WaubunStrong #2025SchoolYear Waubun Elementary School Supply List JH-SH School Supply List Updated 25-26 Ogema Elementary Supply List
It’s that time of year again! 🎒
The 2025-2026 School Supply Lists are now available for all grade levels.
📝 Be sure to check the list so your student is ready for the first day!
📍 You can find the supply lists posted on our website and at the school office.
Let’s get the year started off organized and prepared! 💼
Kick Start - 3rd Grade - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fYsW01gmVZtaUIC1KhFnHYlogMVWo0FewhqLl52z7_c/edit?usp=sharing
4th - 6th Grade - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f9_XGPB-I3AuLMWTES40hQ83zhW6hj2WwYQsY0IJcps/edit?usp=sharing
JH - SH - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yul5f51Db8Z2dyvLCIPyO_PGpSjGsOtjnLaQTj3Izug/edit?usp=sharing
#BackToSchool #SchoolSupplies #WaubunStrong #2025SchoolYear Waubun Elementary School Supply List JH-SH School Supply List Updated 25-26 Ogema Elementary Supply List

🏈 Fall Sports Are Almost Here! 🏐📣
Get ready — the 2025 Fall Sports Season is kicking off soon!
* Senior High athletes will begin practices on August 11th
*Junior High athletes will start on August 18th
Get ready — the 2025 Fall Sports Season is kicking off soon!
* Senior High athletes will begin practices on August 11th
*Junior High athletes will start on August 18th


Waubun 12U went 2-1 July 17th at the 12U tourney in Frazee. Great Job!


5th and 6th grade boys summer baseball took home the win at their tournament last week.


YMCA Summer Food Program. Free meals for kids in the community. All kids ages 18 and younger can take home 7 days of FREE healthy breakfasts and lunches - no eligibility requirements! Tuesdays 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm at the Waubun High School parking lot. ymcanorthernsky.org/foodprograms


Thunderbirds--in just a few short weeks we will host our all-sports meeting to discuss our handbooks and registration process for the upcoming year! This meeting is designed to briefly discuss overall items for all student-athletes/parents for the year and will take place at the Waubun High School on July 28th at 5:30PM.
Following that information, our Fall athletes will receive details on teams and upcoming practices.
*ALL student-athletes will be offered a chance to schedule a physical, if you need one, from either IHS or Essentia Health. Spots fill quickly. Contact your school AD or HS office with questions or for appointment availability.
***Reminder that all 7th-12th graders planning to participate in a sport for the first time require a physical on file--if you have never had a physical and will be in grades 7-12 planning to play, you need one! And, anyone with a physical on file that is older than 36 months will need an updated physical.*** These are required before participation in an activity.
White Earth Tribal Health will be on-site, offering immunizations to any student who may need them.
Thank you to our partners at the Indian Health Service and Essentia Health! We look forward to seeing our coaches, Thunderbirds, and parents!
Following that information, our Fall athletes will receive details on teams and upcoming practices.
*ALL student-athletes will be offered a chance to schedule a physical, if you need one, from either IHS or Essentia Health. Spots fill quickly. Contact your school AD or HS office with questions or for appointment availability.
***Reminder that all 7th-12th graders planning to participate in a sport for the first time require a physical on file--if you have never had a physical and will be in grades 7-12 planning to play, you need one! And, anyone with a physical on file that is older than 36 months will need an updated physical.*** These are required before participation in an activity.
White Earth Tribal Health will be on-site, offering immunizations to any student who may need them.
Thank you to our partners at the Indian Health Service and Essentia Health! We look forward to seeing our coaches, Thunderbirds, and parents!


Little League pool 1 Bracket!
The bus will leave the Waubun Softball fields at 7:45 am on Thursday, July 10th, 2025
The bus will leave the Waubun Softball fields at 7:45 am on Thursday, July 10th, 2025


YMCA Summer Food Program. Free meals for kids in the community. All kids ages 18 and younger can take home 7 days of FREE healthy breakfasts and lunches - no eligibility requirements! Tuesdays 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm at the Waubun High School parking lot. ymcanorthernsky.org/foodprograms


Attention parents/guardians: If your student still needs to complete credit recovery courses from June Summer School, ALC is here to help! Open in July Tues, Wed, Thurs from 10am-2pm. must provide own transportation- enter through the South ALC doors. Call 218-473-6120 with any questions or just show up!!!!


🏀⚽🏈 Attention Student Athletes! 🏐🎽🥍
Are you planning to participate in school sports this year? Make sure your sports physical is up-to-date and on file before the first day of practice!
📌 7th Grade Students: A physical is required before you can join any team.
📌 Returning Athletes: Sports physicals must be renewed every 3 years.
✅ Not sure when your last one was? Call the high school office to check!
Let’s get ready for a great season—don’t let paperwork keep you on the sidelines! 💪🏾


Summer Rec Baseball and Softball will take a week of next week June 30 - July 4th for the July 4th Holiday week, but then we are back in action the following week with games and tournaments.
Babe Ruth's game has been moved to June 30th at 11 and 12:30
Practices will be Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the Week of July 7th. No Practices on July 10th due to the tournament.


Culture Camp: Today the students' guests were Dr. Raye Taylor University of MN Vet
Medicine and Roger Faust Environmental Science, Carlton school
Roger taught the students about chronic waste disease in our deer
population and a research study he did with the White Earth Department
of Natural resources. The students learned how diseases are spread in
animal and human populations, how to take samples in a prosthetic deer
skull and why environmental research and taking care of wild animal
populations is important.
Dr. Raye taught about animal check-ups using Chow as a patient.
Students got to do a real-life exam of his joints and lymph nodes and
listen to his heartbeat. Dr. Raye also brought in 3d models of a cat
and dog skull and did some exploratory learning on them with the
students.







Pee/Wee game in Pelican Rapids has been cancelled today, June 25th, due to weather

WOWE Indian Education Culture Camp Water Safety event held on Monday!







Culture Camp Week 4: Monday students attended water safety for kayaks and canoes at the Rediscovery Center on White Earth Lake. Over 20 students in grades 5-8 attended. White Earth Natural Resources taught the students how to kayak and canoe safely and what do to in emergencies. The kids had a wonderful time! Miigwech to WE Natural Resources for hosting this event.










WOWE Employment


Baseball Pine-to Prairie awards
Congrats to all the players on a great season!


