About Us
School & District Profile
Flasher Public School is located in the city of Flasher, which has a population of 221, according to the 2014 US Census. Flasher sits in the southern part of Morton County and is 40 miles southwest of Mandan. The community has a variety of businesses such as: a bank, a credit union, a grain elevator, farm supply store with gas pumps, daycares, appliance repair and sales store, a couple of insurance offices, a coffee shop, a restaurant/bar combination, a gas station/pizza parlor combination, and an embroidery business. Many community members are self-employed farmers/ranchers. The community has two churches, a 9-hole golf course, a park and two ball diamonds. The community also has an active Mason’s group, Lion’s club, Knights of Columbus and American Legion association.
Flasher School’s enrollment is constantly fluctuating. Our enrollment stays between 230-250 students in grades K-12. At least 80 of the students attending Flasher open-enrolled from surrounding communities such as: Carson, Fort Yates, Mandan, St. Anthony, Selfridge, and Solen. Flasher’s largest class (2nd Grade) has 29 students and it’s smallest (5th grade) has 12. Flasher graduated 13 students in May of 2020. Enrollment is projected to grow slightly since Flasher joined an Academic Co-op with Carson in 2015 where Carson’s 9-12 grade students attend High School in Flasher.
The district employs around 25 teachers, 7 para educators, 1 fulltime counselor, 3 administrators (a K-12 principal, a K-12 Assistant Principal and a superintendent), a school secretary, a business manager, 3 custodians/maintenance staff, 3 cooks, 11 bus drivers, and a half time bus mechanic for a total of about 56 staff. Most of the staff live in the community. On average, Flasher has around a 95% licensed staff retention rate.
Flasher School, in addition to its own courses, is able to provide a variety of classes to its 7-12 grade students through use of the Great Western ITV system, CRATC course offerings, NDCDE online classes, and dual-credit college options. The school has a seasoned staff willing to work with students before and after school to help them finish homework assignments, understand a concept more fully, get caught up on missing assignments, and/or accomplish proficiency in skills that are below grade level.
The school prides itself on the number of offerings it has for athletics and activities that help build character, self-confidence, and teamwork in students. The school sponsors football, volleyball, basketball, track, golf, drama, speech, vocal music, instrumental music, FCCLA, FFA, and Student Council.
Notification of Interactive Dashboard
(School District Report Card)
Dear Parent/Guardian,
North Dakota has launched a dashboard called “Insights,” designed to help communities across the state access important information about K-12 districts and schools. Insights features easy-to-read reports on multiple measures of school success, including:
- Student Achievement
- Choice Ready Results
- Performance Comparisons
- English Learner Progress
- Graduation Rates
- School and State Accountability Results
- School Improvement Information
- Post-Secondary Education
- School Environment
Transparency to the Public
North Dakota is committed to informing communities about how well our schools are doing. North Dakota’s future success depends on tapping into the potential of all students, so they graduate choice ready with the knowledge, skills, and disposition to be successful.
State education departments are required to annually create an accountability report for every public school in the state per the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The school accountability reports outline how schools perform on the accountability elements North Dakota selected within its ESSA plan.
How is our School Doing?
To find more information about our School Accountability Report, visit the dashboard at Insights.nd.gov, select “Find My School,” and search alphabetically. The school accountability report is posted under the Dashboard heading.
Please note that the data made available to the public masks or hides data for groups with ten or fewer students to protect confidential information about individual students. Therefore, if data is unavailable to less than ten students, it will say “no data available.”
Family Engagement
We have strong plans for working to improve the educational programs at our school. We want you and your child(ren) to continue actively participating in our educational system. Please help support our high expectations for student achievement by participating in the school educational initiatives, offering input and support in our endeavors to raise student achievement, or volunteering at the school. Meeting our school’s goals will take a united effort, and I look forward to working with our families to ensure success for each student.
Continuous Improvement
All schools engage in continuous improvement for general support; therefore, our school has completed a continuous improvement plan through Cognia.
As part of the overall school improvement plan, a strategy map is generated for each school within our district, Flasher Elementary School and Flasher High School. Our strategy maps, outlining our key school improvement initiatives, are also available on Insights (https://insights.nd.gov/).
Flasher Public School District #39 is a participating school wide Title I school, with a student membership count of 263 students in grades KG-12.
If you have any questions regarding the information in the memorandum, please contact (Brian Nieuwsma, K12 Principal, 701.597.3355, brian.nieuwsma@k12.nd.us)
Best,
Brian Nieuwsma
K-12 Principal
Flasher Public School
School Wide Title I Plan
To view the school wide Title I plan for Flasher Elementary School visit https://insights.nd.gov/Education/School/3003928541. Use the tabs on the left side of the screen to navigate the information.
To view the school wide Title I plan for Flasher High School visit https://insights.nd.gov/Education/School/3003928543. Use the tabs on the left side of the screen to navigate the information.
Vision Statement
Our vision is that every student will have every opportunity to reach maximum potential.
Mission Statement
We exist to ensure all students acquire the academic, social-emotional and life skills necessary for future success.
Mission Slogan
Every student, every chance, every day!
Website Accessibility Policy
Website Accessibility Statement
If
you cannot fully access the information on any web page of this site,
please let us know the accessibility issue you are having by contacting
Jessica Deichert, Webmaster, at 701-597-3355 or by email. We will try to
provide the information to you in an alternate format and/or make the
necessary improvements to make the information accessible. If you would
like to file a formal grievance under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act, you may contact our Section 504 coordinator, Jamie Krenz, Assistant Principal, at Flasher Public School, PO Box 267, Flasher, ND, 58535,
701-597-3355, or by email.Website Accessibility Complaint and Grievance Form
(Contact the school if you are not able to access this online form)
Accessibility Policy (POLICY ABDA)
The Flasher Public School is committed to ensuring accessibility of its website for students with disabilities, parents with disabilities, and members of the public with disabilities. All pages on the District’s website will conform to the W3C WAI’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, Level AA conformance, or updated equivalents of these guidelines.
The Superintendent is directed to establish procedures whereby students, parents, and members of the public may present a complaint regarding a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 and Title II related to the accessibility of any official District web presence that is developed by, maintained by, or offered through the District or third party vendors and open sources.