uh we just had I love to read month So we had a ton of activities throughout the whole month but ended up with some dress up days some fun stuff like that and and lots of celebrations in the classrooms Um um the jump rope for heart challenge they change the name but Miss
Zerki does a great job with that She runs that incorporates that in her curriculum Raised $7,681.98 for the for the group Um the playground I skipped over that We I did meet with our playground guy through Flagship Recreation trying to finalize
stuff Um that company will uh give us some so he's going to put together a bunch of boards bunch of things like that We um hopefully have presentation created next month on that U but he's getting that to me Otherwise we kind of
got that closer to wrapped up Um I am also waiting on a second bid from another company which I'll include in that report next next month Welcome So we had a great turnout for that and and lots and lots of parents did two I call them shows but two programs 8:30 and 10
o'clock and I think I had yeah I think we had almost hundred well I think our number students and their parents you know but um you know some of those don't go and that's my big message to them is really to push is your kid socially
ready to go to school it's not always the academics at kindergarten are they mature enough are they ready for that So that was our message to them So some decide to hold off a little bit and I said that's great There's no reason to push these kids in and have them grow up any sooner to get into the workforce any you know all that kind of stuff So let
him be a kid So yeah exactly So anyway so yeah we had uh had a great time there and that is it for me I have a couple questions You bet So I think on your report you had said that there's a children's author coming March 11th Uh March 12th Yes
Jeannie Spenby she is the old Dooryota um uh elementary principal So she is retired She is coming She's presenting only to our older students Uh and that's just for time restraints Okay And then you said the Rochester Civic Theater is going to be doing something on April
13th We're hoping um what is that up with them They did the first one and there was enough interest from on their end and I um I don't have the details on that I can get you those later but that'll be on April what did I put there
April 13th Yep So they'll come and and do and I tr truthfully I don't know the show right now but I'd have to get ready to poo There's my cleav behind me Thank you for that And then parents are welcome to that as well Or this is just a student just a
student thing Yeah Yeah Just we had a lot of Thank you Yep Mr Olson several things I think I'll just start at the bottom of my list but letters training same as Mr Wright going smoothly wrapping that up in April As
far as this first year um this Thursday the 712 vocal instrumental concerts here in the gym that's the second year that group put that on Again it's entire 712 individual things of the group at the end Same with the band choir So again 6:30 this Thursday at the high school
gym Uh eighth grade courage retreat Weather was rough last uh Wednesday We are going to reschedule I'm working on that They don't have a lot of open dates so it's getting a little tricky but we will definitely get that in as soon as possible for the eighth grade Um the high school play again we use the 78 gym
Our 78 gym and take the kids seventh eighth graders to bowling the last two weeks to get out of that gym It's their entire gym for two weeks Performances wrapped up this past uh yesterday on Sunday Clubs and activities against Junior I bring that up every month We are in the last top two there I kind of save for last if you are available again
next Friday March 21st Two of our more popular things we do Number one there the disability awareness clinic Emily Meyer special ed teacher with again Katie and Gretchen Meyer This is we've done this for a while The first year we did we did it for all fourth fifth and sixth After that we just do it the
incoming fourth grade every year And you look at the six stations at the bottom there We literally have you know it's different stations All fourth graders take part learning disability vision impairment hearing impairment physical impairment you know autism communication
and in intellectual disability It's really a fun thing to watch There's just certain things you know for example physical they have sometimes you're wearing big gloves and you're trying to button your shirt There's things with the vision that you have on certain glasses There's things with hearing It's just again really helping students
appreciate and accept everybody's differences and and just it's it's a really that is going to be all day with the fourth grade Same with number two I know Lenel Schneider is here with us right now Uh her and her husband Doug give a lot of time every year in this It's not just the activity on Friday
Then there's things they do on Saturday and Sunday Lots of hours But both those are for our fourth grade We did them the same day this year if it's all through the day if you have a little bit of time or you want to come in to see March 21st two of our bigger events Thank you So Clark where for the disability awareness We
use that right in the band room I just Yep Yep We clear everything out for all the stations in there Thank you Y uh I have a couple uh shout outs there As as Mr Ol said said we just finished up the varsity musical which was a really amazing performance I got to see
it on Sunday afternoon Um even on Sunday it was a pretty packed house they were adding rows at the back So um one great thing about our community is we show up doesn't matter if it's the the musical or a basketball game or a concert or whatever that's a a really positive
thing about our community Um couple of our math teachers took the Winona State University STEM day um positive like I said we had we had 80 80 kids from the high school go um and the
teachers are going to look at you know how we can use that in the future if it's the same you know classes that go or if we maybe move it to our ninth grade students or whatever this was mostly uh upper classmen that went this time um I added in the winter season
we've had a number of uh people go to seriously we've talked about before grainer and Alex Henriks made the wrestling state tournament coming state math league competition knowledge bowl secured a spot in the state knowledge bowl competition so all really good
things well-rounded programs I'd also say u four years ago we decided to move from the Minnesota um honor society to the national honor many more scholarship opportunities
um so for the second time uh since we moved to national honor society we've had a student get be a semi finalist in their scholarship Um and that's $3,200 with you know then they move on to the next round Uh but Macy WNY uh was a
semi-finalist for that this year and that's the second time we've had a student uh get to that level Uh upcoming events just a few things on there One thing I would note six years ago now at the high school we moved from quarter
grades to semester grades meaning uh the grade books just keep on going for eligibility and things like that But in the grade book um that doesn't go on a transcript which is one of the reasons we made that switch years ago Um but nine weeks is coming up on March 1st or
sorry March 21st Um I added in the survey results from our character academy Uh bulldog ambassadors and some leaders did that this year There were three sessions Um I point especially to that second one Both are positive but would you recommend
these sess percent said yes So I think that's a pretty good um response to what we what we had going for the kids there Um I added the just a reminder for the MCA dates We're doing the same thing as we did last year And the end of year
dates as well are in there There those have been posted on a number of different um sites activities calendar so forth And and then I included our bulldog way I've talked about that a little bit That's one of the things the high school is focused on this year with
the additional um staff development time since most of our teachers we uh reimagine that for high school kids and not just uh previously it's been kind of focused on the elementary So we'll be rolling out some different things with that as this year goes along and then
especially next year um as we start the new year on those two courses that I talked about last time So both of them had enough kids that we will likely be able to make those courses um for next year
Uh college food product development that's with Riverland Community College So really we are going to be taking their course and Steve Henrik's teaching that um their syllabus their materials so forth and then and then Steve will be
taking over uh teaching that along with somebody from Riverland but they really just come in for um a few visits and that's how those concurrent uh enrollment courses that's going to be an interesting one So right now that's offered kids can take that through
RCTC The way they take it through RCTC is um it it really is just learning medical terminology There's not um there's not very much application of knowledge It's really just learning the basics of medical terminology at RCTC Uh
they have videos to watch and a test and 16 I think tests to take and that's it They don't have contact with the teacher They don't even have due dates really It's just whenever you want to get it done if you get it done Um knowing that
that's how they do that and knowing that a lot of our kids probably all of our kids that go to college are going to have an online class at some point We're looking at doing uh kind of a hybrid idea with this setup with this course essentially meaning material make sure the kids know what they're doing on you
know the first day of the week provide them with the tools to help them you know learn it and then have that test on a Friday uh those Tuesday Wednesday Thursday uh the kids wouldn't necessarily be required to be in the classroom doing the same activity they'd
have some options the teacher would be there to help them um but it'd be kind of like a hybrid setup for that course and we're going to see how it goes We have a pretty good baseline of what we think we want the kind of guard rails that we'd want for our kids and then we'll kind of see how it goes as the
semester progresses Um again that is going to go pretty much with what RCTC does in terms of u content And the reason for that is eventually we'd like to get that um articulated which is another way to earn college credit Um I
know there's about five six different ways so it gets a little confusing but we've got to kind of prove that we're articulating it to RCTC meaning they just take it here and then if they pass what we say they're going to pass then they would get credit at RCTC for that
Class I have some questions Okay finished I'm sorry I have one more thing I just wanted to give a quick um reminder a little bit of information March uh Cameron's carnival which is happening at the high school 12 to 3 um games and activities bounce houses uh
concessions things like that And the the money is going going to go to uh Cameron's memorial Okay So the character had it's the first year we've done it this year Okay Okay It's the same company that does the eighth grade uh courage retreat youth
frontiers Okay And then what character qualities did they focus So they did a presence retreat a gratitude retreat and the first one um compassion Compassion Yeah Presence and
gratitude Okay And that be golden Yeah So I just want to in one of them there it says academic integrity So what is that and and how are you or do you have a plan for how
you're implementing this or like what's your So uh one of the things we did is we took like we we threw as many ideas as we could about like what are what are the important things when we think of any of these characteristics in terms of
uh you know academics behavior community so forth and then we kind of tried to whittle those down a little bit to what's most important and examples of that or what is one of the things we're going to do is use some of our kids to uh kind of make some videos of like
explaining that right Um it's in terms of uh buying some things that we we're going to put up in the school that have these these characteristics there and then we're going to create some uh lessons that we're going to include um
in our advisory sessions again a little bit as we finish out this year but then especially as we start next year uh this is going to be incorporated into all that type of stuff including you know what we do with our BAS and our our freshman welcome and all of that stuff
Aren't you doing a teacher survey to gather some information Yep We also have a teacher survey going out that the um student council did because they're going to help us with some of the videos and things like that student report I sure can Sorry I work
out of the way So I apologize to everybody that late Uh we'll go with student report Mr Ficker Hey everyone My name is Owen Ficker for those that don't know me And I'll be giving the student council report tonight And thanks for having me The PM student council had a great February that was headlined by
snow week which ran from the third of the month to the 8th Snow week was a great success with the highlight of the week coming on Friday afternoon Friday afternoon began with the coronation of snow royalty and ended with our brand new tailgate activity The tailgate activity was a new idea from the student council this year It was a pep fest with
football themed games through the Super Bowl being such as musical coolers and the football toss where the upper classman squared off against the underassman It was a lot of fun students really enjoyed it and it got everyone excited for the big game on Sunday Um the snow dance that week was also a success We hosted the dance at
Copperfield Terrace for the first time and this was a new experience for us but we were pretty happy with how it went and are possibly looking to do more dances there in the future Looking ahead we have a pretty busy spring planned Um the prom safety initiative will be in April before prom The initiative will involve a speaker or an organization
coming into the high school and giving the students a presentation on the dangers of alcohol and other subst substances And this is always an important message for high schoolers and is an especially important one before Thank you for all your support Thank you
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