
Freshmen brought their families in Tuesday December 20th to decorate cookies and do a little holiday coloring!
Thank you to the freshmen teachers for a great Event!
Everyone had great Time!





For our Holiday Celebration at the High School, we started out with grade level Spoons Tournament! Following this, there were many activities in the commons for students to take part in: games and crafts, cookie decorating, floor hockey and volleyball, moccasin game, and a holiday and hot cocoa! It was a fun morning with students and staff.
Have a fun and safe winter break! #clbpanthers




Fun times at CLBE. Thank you Mrs. Durant and Mr. Wheeler for playing Christmas music at breakfast. Thank you Santa for making us all feel even more special.




A great last school day of the year 2022 at Cass Lake-Bena Elementary! Santa came to visit during our annual Holiday Sing-A-Long! Huge thank you to the CLBE staff and student council for helping this day happen. A great big shout out to Mrs. Durant for playing our favorites!





Tonights Cass Lake Bena Activities Schedule.
Note: Girls Basketball Jv game will start at 4:30 HS Gym
9th Grade Boys Basketball 4:30 in MS Gym


ALC students received gifts from IHS and former School Social Worker Julie Slavin and family. We are blessed by the generosity from the community! Thank you!



Here are our CLBHS, Mr. Grolla's Annual Makazinitaagewin Tournament is taking place!
Mr. Grolla had eight teams sign up for the tournament, including a few of our alumni! Staff and students were also invited to check out the games throughout the morning.
CLBHS students are able to learn the game in the HS Ojibwe classes, and are invited to join in on the moccasin game tournaments. A few of our HS students also join various tournaments in northern MN as well!
Giminochige students! #clbpanthers #moccasingame #makazinitaagewin #clbalumni





Girls Basketball Reschedule!!!!
Saturday December 17th
JV girls basketball
Nevis @ Cass Lake Bena Hs gym at 5pm
Varsity Girls Basketball
Nevis @ Cass Lake Bena Hs gym at 6:15pm
Jr high games will be made up another Date.

Cass Lake Bena Schools and buses will be 2 hours late today Wednesday December 14.

All after school activities have been canceled due to incoming hazardous weather. All students will go home immediately after school is released.

7th graders have been busy writing their way out of snowglobes today! Every Monday in Language Arts, they have a writing challenge. I think this is Mrs. Maas' new favorite! This writing activity has captured "the writer" in many of the students.





It's cookie decorating and ornament making with families at the Curiosity Center today!





Mr. Wellen's "Designing Your Future" and Mr. Schouten's "Blueprint Reading" Classes visited Next Innovations metal art manufacturing on Thursday December 8th Thank you to Arnold Volker, owner and his team and the gracious hospitality.




Important Calendar Change -- To comply with Minnesota Statutes, CLBS must change the 2022-23 Calendar. There WILL BE school on December 16, 2022. There WILL NOT be school on January 2, 2023. Thank you for your understanding.

It's STEM night at CLB Elementary. We are having fun with Science and Technology!





In early November, 7th grade students reviewed Thematic Statements. They were asked to read short passages and match the corresponding thematic statement to it. The competition was tough!





7th Graders have been busy! Last week they learned about persuasive writing. Their chairs went on strike and to get them back, they had to write a letter to the chair persuading it to come back to them.



CLB Rock Your Moccs Week! We honor our ancestors, and Indigenous peoples worldwide, by participating in Rock Your Moccs events and commemorate National Native American Heritage Month.
#clbpanthers #rockyourmoccs #nationalnativeamericanheritagemonth


Cass Lake ALC staff and students participated in indigenous activities with Dr. Dan Ninham.




Cass Lake-Bena Schools wanted to extend our thanks to all veterans of all branches. Your commitment to our country and this community is greatly appreciated. Your sacrifice, your bravery, and the example you set for us all is treasured. Thank you for your service!