ATTENTION: Dakota CUSD will now be holding a July School Board Meeting on the 23rd at 6pm in Elementary Library.

On-Line Registration will be open last week of July .......Watch for the Skylert and email notification for the specific dates.  
Skyward is presently disabled to parents and students in preparation.                                                                                                              

Did you know there is a way to make sure you are always in the know when it comes to special announcements, schedule changes, and school closings at your school?

How?  Sign up to receive News Update/s.

At the bottom of the front page of our web site, or on the left side of this page, enter your email address under "Sign up for News Update".

When you put in your e-mail address, you will receive a reply.  You must respond in order to be placed on our e-mail list.   Whenever there is a special announcement or update, an e-mail will be sent with the information.  

The News Update will also be used to draw attention to new items on our web site so periodically you will receive an e-mail with headline news in it. (We promise not to flood your e-mail inbox and we won't give out your e-mail address to anyone!)

Sign up today and be 'IN THE KNOW'

Check out the Activities Calendar on this site.  This easy-to-use tool:

• provides up-to-date school activities and events
• allows you to view and print a daily, weekly or monthly list of calendar events
• includes a search option to find a specific event
• sends you e-mail reminders for events you select

Using the calendar is easy!

1. Click on the “Sign In now for FREE event reminders” and choose “Sign Up NOW” to complete the registration screen.
2. Select “Edit Reminder Preferences”

• Specify how many days in advance you want to receive reminders for specific events.
• Indicate if you also want weekly event reminders and choose the appropriate organizations and categories.  To select more than one, Ctrl/Left Click on each selection.
• Click the update button to complete the process.  This will take you to the “My Clipped Events” screen.

3. To clip specific events:

• Select “Browse the Calendar”
• Select the event(s)
• Select “Clip Selected Events” to update

Go to “my Clipped Events” at any time to change your preferences.  Click on the “update” button each time you make a change.

Using the search function:

To find a specific event, type the keyword (basketball, for example) in the Keyword Search and you will only see those events.  The Advanced Search allows you to choose from a list of specific organizations, categories, dates and locations.

Printing the calendar

Select the day, week, or month you want to print and then click on Print Month View.  Select File and then Print, or click on the printer icon on the toolbar.

If you click on Month at a Glance, you will see a traditional monthly calendar. To print, simply select File and then Print, or click on the printer icon on the toolbar.

Printing Different Calendar Views

You can create different calendar views by defining your criteria.  Click on Month at a Glance.  Choose the organization and category you want to view and click on GO.  You now have a new calendar view and can print it using the same steps outlined above.

That’s it.  You’re now ready to use the calendar – and you’ll never have to worry about missing another practice, parent teacher conference or band concert!