
Reminder school will be dismissed tomorrow March 10 at 1:30 so staff and students can attend the region boys tournament in Minot at the Auditorium. We play at 3:00. Good luck Honkers!

Notice of Annual School Election
Bowbells Public School District #14
Candidate Registration
Election Day will be Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
Voters will choose candidates for two positions:
1) “one” candidate from the “at-large” position currently held by Jill Wettstein for a
term of “three” years.
2) “one” candidate from the “rural” position currently held by J. R. Aufforth for a
term of “three” years.
Any individual seeking election to the Board of the Bowbells School District # 14 must
file a Statement of Intent stating the individual’s name and the position for which that
individual is a candidate. Candidates must also file a Statement of Interests as required
by NDCC 16.1-09-24. These documents must be filed with the school district business
manager, Tarek Daugherty, by no later than 4:00 PM on April 7, 2025, as required by
NDCC 15.1-09-24.
Absentee ballots will be available after May 1, 2025.
Tarek Daugherty
Business Manager

Spring Sports are around the corner!!! Baseball, softball, golf, track, elementary girls and boys basketball will all begin on March 17. Physicals need to be turned in before the first practice if the school does not already have one on file for this year. Fees also need to be paid before the first practice. High school fees are $20, junior high fees are $15, and elementary fees are $10.

BPS week at a glance for March 2


📌 Kenmare-Bowbells Honker Activities for the week of March 2, 2025.
🏀⛹🏼 Good Luck to the Boys Basketball Team, they play Parshall on Monday, March 3 @ 3:00 PM.
🏀⛹🏼♀️ Good Luck to the Honkers Girls Basketball Team at the State Class B Tournament. They will begin play on Thursday, March 6 at the Jamestown Civic Center. The Honkers will play Grant County/Mott-Regent at 1:00 PM
✨ GO HONKERS ✨


Get your girls State Basketball shirts! Orders due TODAY! Go Honkers!https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXezHdMrLUS4HTQhSUa_ge5yPnKHPDmgJyJ3dJbWfX-Bz50A/viewform?usp=header

📣🏀🚌 Fan Bus 🚌🏀📣
🚨📆 Thursday, February 27 📆🚨
🟨 $5 per person
⌚️ Bus will leave the Kenmare School parking lot promptly at 5:30 pm
🎟️ Riders are responsible for their own admission to the game
🟡 Grades 6 & under must be accompanied by an adult
📞 To sign up please call the school office @ (701)385-4996 or contact Mr. Keysor @ kkeysor1@mykps.us
🏀📣 Come and cheer on the Honkers at their Region Championship game 📣🏀
Bowbells students will need to provide a ride to and from Kenmare.
Bowbells Public School Kenmare Public School


Schedule change...Speech meet March 1 is in New Town not Garrison!

On February 22nd, the Bowbells Speech team attended the Speech Meet at Nedrose. The placed in the following events:
Arianna Martinez and Brandi Hinds - 7th in Serious Duo
Cohen Seime - 4th in Entertain
Rebecca Maroney - 7th in Dramatic and 8th in EPR
Kelbi Seime & Emma Sandberg - 5th in Serious Duo
Emma Sandberg - 6th in Serious
Picture and information provided by Beth Aufforth


Elementary Music Festuval Bowbells Schedule




Bowbells Speech students attend the Kenmare speech meet on February 8th. They placed in the following:
Peyton Nelson - 8th in Serious
Gregory Jensen - 4th in Storytelling
Clara Ankenbauer - 3rd in Poetry and 4th in Serious
Arianna Martinez - 8th in Dramatic
Arianna Martinez and Brandi Hinds - 3rd in Serious Duo
Emma Sandberg - 6th in Serious and 6th in Storytelling
Photo and information submitted by Beth Aufforth


BPS activities Week of Feb 24. Girls Regionals, Boys Districts, 3/4 Grade Field Trip and Elementary Music Festival.


📌 Kenmare-Bowbells Honker Activities for the week of February 24, 2025.
🤼🤼♀️ Congratulations to all of the Wrestlers on a successful season. We are so proud of each of you.
🏀⛹🏼♀️ Good Luck to the Honkers Girls Basketball Team at the Region 3 Tournament. They will begin play on Monday, February 24 at the 4-Bears Events Center in New Town.
🏀⛹🏼 Good Luck to the Boys Basketball Team as they begin play in the District 5 Tournament at Williston State on Friday, February 28.
✨ GO HONKERS ✨


Region 3 Girls Basketball Tournament Information
📌 February 24, 25 & 27
📍 4-Bears Event Center
🎟️ Tickets can be purchased online or at the door- Adult $10 online or $15 at the door, Students $5 online & at the door.
🎟️ Online Ticket Purchases: https://gofan.co/app/school/NDHSAA
🏀 Bracket Information: https://ndhsaanow.com/brackets/basketball-girls/866/2025-ndhsaa-region-3b-girls-basketball-tournament



Please help us welcome back the wrestlers tonight at 5:00 pm as they come into Kenmare from STATE!


Come enjoy the PTO sponsored event to celebrate reading month, March 2.


The Bowbells app has new updates! Please go to the app store to download it now, if you haven't already, to ensure you never miss an important update!


Bowbells School is looking for substitute or part-time custodial help. If you are interested please contact the school, 377-2397.

Tomorrows boys basketball games vs Divide County have been moved to the following times due to expected colder nightly conditions.
JH 2:45pm
JV 4:00pm
Varsity 5:30pm
Senior night and intros will follow immediately after the JV game. Senior parents please gather by my office at this time (around 5pm).
Thanks,
Coach Keysor
