Drake-Anamoose School Districts

Kindergarten Round-Up is coming up! ✏️

Join us May 6th to meet the teacher, check out the classroom, and get your kindergartener excited for next year! 🎒

ADES April 2026 newsletter

🏆 Six of our students, who wrestle for HWC SWAT, competed at the North Dakota State Youth Wrestling Tournament this weekend—with more than 1,700 wrestlers in attendance— 5 out of the 6 wrestlers made it to the podium 🥇 Clayton McDougall – State Champion 🥉 Trip Hase – 4th Place 🥉 Millie Arnold – 4th Place 🥉 Logan Schuh – 4th Place 🏅 William Lupton– 6th Place Placing five competitors at such a large tournament is an amazing accomplishment and a proud moment for our entire Anamoose-Drake school. Congratulations to these hardworking athletes! 👏

Drake Anamoose High School April Menu & Activities Calendar

Gooseneck Implement Career Night at Harvey

⭐️ Yesterday, the Speech students traveled to Harvey. The students did a wonderful job once again! 👏🏼 Jade—Impromptu 6th, Extemp 2nd Kali—Inform 2nd Eden—Radio 6th Ashlynn and Kali—Serious Duo 3rd Kara—Serious 6th, Humorous 5th

The 60th Annual All-State Music Festival was held March 26–28, celebrating an incredible weekend of music and talent. 🎶 Mason Schuh had the honor of performing in the concert band flute section alongside some of the finest high school musicians in the state, under the direction of Dr. Erika Svanoe—an acclaimed conductor and composer known for her lyrical, imaginative wind band works. The festival featured outstanding performances from jazz choir, jazz band, treble choir, orchestra, and mixed choir, and concluded with five impressive concert band selections. It was truly a memorable and successful event, and we are so proud of you, Mason! 👏

So much happening—come take a look! 👇

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🐣🌸 Easter Egg Fundraiser! 🌸🐣 Let us take one thing off your Easter to-do list! The Freshmen are selling stuffed Easter eggs, perfect for egg hunts, baskets, or a sweet surprise for the kids. Each egg comes pre-filled and ready to hide, saving you time while supporting a great cause. 💛 📅 Orders are open now—don’t wait! Email Mrs. Duchsherer or contact the school to place your order! Thank you for helping us make this Easter a little more fun and a lot less work!🐰

Easter Bingo in Anamoose on March 27 at 7 pm at the VFW Hall.

FFA State Winter CDEs were held in Minot yesterday. Everyone did fantastic and most of our contestants had their personal best scores! Agronomy- Gold team 8th place team! Mason- Gold (9th place!!!) Jade- Gold Everett-Silver Livestock- Louis- Silver Adella- Bronze 🌟Great job!! Way to prove that hard work and dedication brings progress, improvement, and success!🌟

FYI- Preschool Screening Info- Tomorrow, March 24th @ Anamoose Drake Elementary from 9-12pm

Drake Anamoose High School Dress Up Days

Congratulations to Ella Isaak! 🎉 Ella represented our school at the 31st Annual Junior High All-State Band Festival held March 13–14, 2026, at Mandan High School. Out of 360 students from across the state who auditioned, Ella was one of only 88 talented junior high musicians selected to participate in this prestigious event! 🎶👏 During the festival, students rehearsed and performed under the direction of Dr. Myra K. Rhoden, conductor at the University of West Georgia. The ensemble performed five concert band selections, and the event concluded with a performance by the Bismarck–Mandan Wind Ensemble. We are very proud of you, Ella! 🌟🎵

Speech Saturday!! Today's meet was a short ride to neighboring Velva. The girls enjoyed being able to sleep in as leave time wasn't until 7:30am. 😂 Here are the results from today's meet: Kara—5th Serious Prose Eden—6th Radio Ashlynn—8th Persuade Kali—3rd Inform, 3rd Dramatic interp Great job to everyone!! 👏🏼

Today was the final Saturday Winter CDE Contest before the State Competition. Students traveled to Carrington bright and early this morning. Here are their results: Agronomy- GOLD TEAM! 💛 Jade- Gold 9th place! Mason- Silver Everett- Silver Livestock Louis- Silver Adella- Bronze Their hard work is paying off! Great job!! 👏🏼

Today the SADD students celebrated “National Day of Unplugging” (actual date Feb 6th). They started the day with a presentation at Dakota College at Bottineau on mental health and the importance of unplugging. Then, they ventured off to the Bottineau Winter Park for some screen free fun out on the snow hills!! A great message and a great day!!

Tonight's Attitudes for Excellence meetings have been postponed until April 15th.

Today the School Concert Band and SA Choir participated in the Region 8 Large Group Music Contest at MSU. The band received 2 Star ratings and one Good performance rating from the judges, while the choir earned 3 Star ratings. The judges are allowed to give just one Outstanding Performance ranking per event with a total of three awards given out for the bands and three awards for the choirs. Despite performing with a small group of students, the choir was awarded an Outstanding Performance rating!! Congratulations to our students for their dedication, hard work, and commitment to improving their musical skills! 🎶👏