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Back to School Newsletter September 2021 ruSh city School diStrict #139 volume 51 • iSSue 01 • RUSH CITY, MN 55069 Back To School Newsletter THE PROMISE OF RUSH CITY SCHOOLS IS TO CREATE GLOBAL CITIZENS WHO ARE LIFELONG LEARNERS Rush City Schools Open House/Orientation **early childhood will be doing an open house event 7th Grade & New Student orientation after school starts as these classes start later. (open house for All Students) that information was mailed to you.** September 1st from6:30-8:00 pm elementary (Grades 1-6) open house the 7th Grade/New Student orientation will start in Wednesday, September 1st from 5:30-7:00 pm the high school theatre at 6:30 pm. All students are welcome to come to the open house. you may put your Kindergarten round up materials in your lockers and complete a tour of your thursday, September 2nd from 10:00-11:30 am schedule which can be accessed in Student/parentvue. open house is treated as in years past where families chromebook pick-up: Families/students can pick up come and go and stop in to their childrens’ classrooms their chromebooks on the dates/times listed below in to meet their teachers. the media center. please bring $45 dollars via check or cash for the protection plan and a chromebook & Note: technology devices will not be given out at internet usage Agreement. We will have extra forms the elementary open house. but they do require a parent signature. August 30th: 9am-3pm, August 31st: 9am-3pm, September 1st: 1pm-8pm, September 2nd: 9am-3pm Do not forget to bring a check or cash for the device protection plan $45 . Click HERE to print the chromebook & internet usage Agreement forms. district office high School office ce Jacobson elementary office early childhood office t ransportation office 320-358-4855 320-358-4795 320-358-4724 320-358-3635 320-358-3562 2 September 2021 Tiger Tail MR. BRENT STAVIG Superintendent [email protected] 320-358-4855 rush city Families; school year is filled with all excellent opportunity to share is a first or second generation of the activities, events, and their ideas and perspectives American indian. this will the first day of school celebrations we’ve enjoyed in regarding our policies, provide the opportunity for is just around the corner. past years. if at any time you procedures, curriculum, goals them to participate in all unfortunately, just like have questions or concerns, and plans. the committee aspects of this program, and last year we’re kicking the please reach out to your meets throughout the year on will help the district generate year off with the need to teacher or an administrator. the second monday of each more aid for the program, balance safeguarding against month. as it is funded based on the covid-19 with the social, While covid-19 might number of American indian emotional, and educational be once again stealing the We are also looking for parents students enrolled. needs of our students, staff, spotlight as the summer who would be willing to and community. Fortunately, concludes, i’m excited to serve on our American indian if you would like to join either things are different this year share positive news regarding parent Advisory committee. of these committees please in that vaccines are widely significant progress that this committee meets on the contact our district office available and we know more has been made across the same days as school board at 320-325-4855 for more about the virus. We also district this summer. We advisory at 4:15 pm. this information. know how disruptive and were able to have in-person committee is a requirement of detrimental distance learning summer school with a record minnesota’s American indian i appreciate your support and was to our students, staff, number of students and staff education Aid program. the look forward to starting a and families. the centers participating. We reviewed program benefits our school great year. together we will for disease control and our science curriculum, community in many ways, continue to overcome the prevention (cdc) recognizes purchased new materials from enhancing curricular challenges we face and ensure the importance of in-person where necessary, and materials used by all students we are creating global citizens learning and states that enhanced our curricular and to providing resources and who are lifelong learners. “safely returning to in-person instructional plans. We’ve support for American indian instruction in the fall 2021 is hired many new staff, some students in the form of best regards, a priority.” due to turnover, some are new scholarships for preschool, positions designed to help free tutoring, and guidance As we prepared for fall address learning loss caused on post secondary options. brent Stavig of 2021, safety, quality by the pandemic, and we please notify us if your instruction, social and have many staff members in student(s), in any percentage, emotional learning, equity, new roles as we continue to and efficiency are a few of the restructure components of our principles that again helped district. While a break was shape our back to school needed, our staff pushed hard the promise of rush city Schools is to create plans. As always, safety is all summer because they are global citizens who are lifelong learners. our number one priority. the dedicated to doing what is best cdc and rush city Schools for our students. i am proud to • rush city Students choose to accept, believe in strongly recommend masking serve with such a great staff while indoors, regardless of and in such a supportive and and challenge themselves and others vaccination status. We will caring community. • continue implementing all of • the rush city community will encourage and the mitigating strategies we on September 13th at 5:30 support students academically, emotionally, and are able to and we ask that our pm in the high School media socially community members do as center we will hold our well. We’re in this together! first School board Advisory • We all want our children meeting of the year. We are • rush city Staff will promote student growth to be safe, well educated, looking for parents who would through care, collaboration, and empowerment. active, and happy. i hope this like to be members. this is an September 2021 Tiger Tail 3 please join us in welcoming the many NeW faces that will become members of the rush city tiger Staff in September. We are very excited to have them all become part of our professional team. Alison mans Jeff Jennings crystal malewicki diane Schultz elizabeth Sikkink cecelia peterson teacher-5th Grade teacher-Science intervention teacher teacher -Sped teacher- music paraprofessional Alexis Fix clancy carey Amy Foster Annie Knutson Jeanne Kvam bob carlson intervention teacher paraprofessional bus driver elem. counselor paraprofessional transportation Kayla larson hope Schaar Kari Weileder Nicole morales Nathan Stanek chris Nelson teacher-pe/health, Speech pathologist hS counselor bus driver teacher-Sped maintenance Not pictured Shelby cummings paraprofessional miranda mickus paraprofessional candi crippen Alicia Nelson trisha bengtson paraprofessional elem. principal paraprofessional 4 September 2021 Tiger Tail MRS. JANET WAGENER High School Principal [email protected] 320-358-4795 Welcome to the 2021-2022 activities, or studying as time Attendance: times: school year. warrants. this time will also Attendance is essential in August 30th: 9am-3pm be used for social-emotional ensuring the success and August 31st: 9am-3pm i hope everyone was able to learning (Sel) activities academic achievement of September 1st: 1pm-8pm enjoy their summer and spend which will be centered around our students. please be September 2nd: 9am-3pm some time relaxing. i am our roAr expectations, conscientious of the number excited to continue in the role building relationships, of days your student(s) miss Schedules of the high School principal managing emotions, self- school and communicate 7th- 12th grade student at rush city high School. i control, setting goals, with the office any time schedules are live on Stu- have felt a part of this rush bouncing back from setbacks, your student must be absent. dent/parentvue. 7th grade city family since day one resolving conflicts, and much please look at the Student/ and new students’ schedules, and appreciate all of your more. learning these skills parent handbook to learn along with directions on how support. if we can get through has a tremendous impact on more about our attendance to access Student/parentvue last year’s craziness, we can children’s success, both in policies(see board policy will be provided at orienta- get through anything. i could school and throughout their #503) and procedures. tion night. our guidelines for not be prouder of our student lives. if you have questions schedule changes are HERE. body, faculty members, and about your students’ advisory Student/Staff handbook: families for all of their hard hour please reach out to here is a LINK to the Again, welcome back and let’s work and dedication. on myself or mrs. Weileder, our high School Student/ make this another great year behalf of rush city high new school counselor. these Staff handbook. this is an at rush city high School. We School i want to thank each advisories are an essential important document for are in this together to provide of you for your patience, part of mtSS (multi-tiered students, their families and an amazing education for our communication, and support Systems of Support) which is our staff. please take the time students! please do not hes- last school year. a framework in place to make to review this handbook to itate to reach out to me with sure that all students can grow learn about the high school any questions or concerns.
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