School Mission
Students’ individual needs are met at Dakota Memorial School by strengthening academic, vocational and technological competence as well as facilitating positive behavioral changes so that successful transition into a less restrictive environment is possible.
 Dakota Memorial School (DMS) is a private school located west of Minot, N.D., on the campus of Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch (DBGR). A second school is located on the Western Plains Campus of DBGR in Bismarck, ND. DMS is accredited by both the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction and the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch has received significant support for a recent addition to Dakota Memorial School on the Minot campus – we thank all of you who have so generously given to help the children:
- The Otto Bremer Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota
- I. Keating Furniture, Minot
- Gifts given to memorialize and honor private families
- Many individual and family donors
Each DMS student’s education is individualized to meet his/her unique needs, and formal plans are developed within 30 school days of a student’s admission. Elementary and middle school students are promoted to the next grade while high school students earn credits toward graduation when appropriate. Cooperative programs with local schools and agencies are utilized when appropriate to meet the unique needs and interests of a student. A formal graduation ceremony is held each spring to recognize those students who have met the requirements to earn a high school diploma.
Dakota Memorial School, Western Plains Residential Center (Bismarck), has five staff members. They serve students with mental retardation, serious emotional disturbance, learning disabilities, other health impairments, and pervasive developmental disorders.
For Parents:
* Dakota Memorial School does not discriminate in admission, employment or administration of its programs based upon race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion or handicap.
Services Provided
- Day Program
- Self-contained classroom
- 30-day assessment period
- Transition to DMS regular education classes
- Partial transition back to public school (when appropriate)
- After-School Program
- Special Education
- SED
- SLD
- OHI
- MR
- SLP
- Autism and/or PDD
- Assessments
- IEP development and case management
- Other services as arranged
- Title 1 Reading and Math
- Small class sizes (average 7 students)
- Vocational Assessments/Programs
- o Various on-site programs
- o Cooperative programs with Job Corps and Minot Vocational Workshop
- Kindergarten-grade 12 - (Elementary program to open in Fall 2006)
- Transition Programs
- Less restrictive settings
- Post-secondary
- Residential Programs
- DBGR-Minot
- MR/SED students
- SED students
- Other significant issues that prevent school success
- Western Plains-Bismarck
Curriculum Offering
- Language Arts (K-10, Developmental Reading, Life Skills English, Speech, Literature, Creative Writing, Composition, etc.)
- Social Studies (K-8, Life Skills Social Studies, US History, World History, Government, Economics,
World Geography, etc.)
- Mathematics (K-8, Life Skills Mathematics, Consumer Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Pre-algebra, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, etc.)
- Science (K-8, Earth Science,
Life Science, Physical Science, Biology, Ecology, Geology, etc.)
- Physical Education/Health
- Drivers Education
- Business Education (General Business, Keyboarding, Computers, etc.)
- Family and Consumer Science
(Child Development, Foods, Living On Your Own, etc.)
- Transition and Progress
- Vocational Education (Woods, Automotive, Welding, Construction Technology, Horticulture, etc.)
- Music
Referral Procedures
School districts of residence may refer a student to Dakota Memorial School Day Program by contacting:
Theresa Meyers, M.S.A
Director of Education Services
Phone: 701-857-4211
School districts of residence may refer a student to Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch for residential placement to meet their educational needs by contacting:
Kacey Dupre’
Admissions Coordinator
Phone: 701-852-3628
The referral/admission process includes the completion of an application packet as well as the submission of education records, health records, releases of information, insurance information (residential) as well as a signed contract from the school district of residence. The appropriate admissions team will review the completed application materials and make a decision in regard to the appropriateness of placement in a DBGR and/or DMS program.
Contact information:
Dakota Memorial School
PO Box 5007
Minot, ND 58702
Phone: 701-857-4211
Fax: 701-837-0700
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