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Friday, February 28, 2020 No School on Tuesday, March 3 There is no school for students in the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District on Tuesday, March 3, due to Primary voting occurring in many of our buildings. No School on Friday, March 6 and the week of March 9-13 There is no school for students in the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District on Friday, March 6 due to staff development and the week of March 9-13 for spring break. Classes will resume on Monday, March 16. Coronavirus update District 622 is closely monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19), in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and MDH will be developing guidance for schools in the event of an outbreak. You may visit www.isd622.org/coronavirus for updates. Upcoming Events Rock the North show choir competition tomorrow at North High The award-winning Northern Lights show choir is hosting its first-ever competition tomorrow, Saturday, February 29, at North High, 2416 11th Avenue East. There are 22 groups from across the Midwest competing in four categories. Doors open at 6:30 AM, with the first middle school group taking the stage at 7:25 AM. John Glenn Middle School’s Starstruck performs at 8:05 AM. The Northern Lights will give an exhibition performance at the end of the preliminary competition at 5:30 PM. The top six groups will compete in the finals beginning at approximately 7:00 PM Saturday night. Tickets are available at the door for the day/preliminaries session ($10), the night/finals ($10) or an all event ticket for ($15). Food will be sold on-site from a variety of vendors. Parking is available at the school, or nearby at St. Mark’s, Target, Richardson or North Haven. A shuttle will run continuously from those parking locations to North. Free workshop offered by SPARC (Schools, Parents, & Resources Connecting) on Monday, March 2 SPARC is offering a free workshop on Monday, March 2 from 6:30 – 8:00 pm at the District Education Center, 2520 East 12th Avenue, North St. Paul. Participants will hear from Matthew Myers from Traverse Counseling, about Parental Leadership: Building Resilience in Children & Teens. He will speak from 6:30 - 8:00, and will then take questions from audience members from 8:00 - 8:30. These sessions are free and open to all parents, caregivers and community members. No pre-registration is necessary for the workshop. Free childcare is available, but you must pre-register by contacting Diane Peterson at [email protected] or 651-702-8409.
Your feedback is needed 2019-2020 District 622 Parent/Guardian Survey Parents and guardians of District 622 students are invited to complete a short survey and offer feedback on the quality, safety, and engagement of their schools. Your responses help us understand how well we are serving our students and families and inform our decisions. The results are shared annually with building staff, the school board, and the District 622 community. To complete the survey in your preferred language, click on the appropriate link below. QR codes to access the survey were sent via email. English 2019-2020 District 622 Parent/Guardian Survey Hmong 2019-2020 District 622 Parent/Guardian Survey Español 2019-2020 District 622 Parent/Guardian Survey Soomaali 2019-2020 District 622 Parent/Guardian Survey The survey may take 5-10 minutes to complete. Please complete the survey once for each school in District 622 your children attend. Your responses are anonymous and will not be associated with your name or those of your children. Responses will be collected through March 15, 2020. Points of Pride Honda donation to Skyview Middle School Recently, The Buerkle Automotive Group, along with the Twin Cities Auto Dealers, donated $5,000 to Skyview Middle School. Thank you! North High swimmers heading to state meet this weekend North freshman Willy Coborn and sophomore Jonathan Peabody have qualified for the Minnesota State High School League’s State Swim Meet, which will take place on Friday, February 28 and Saturday, February 29! Polar Diver heading to State Diving Finals Congratulations to North junior Tyson Sonnek, who dove for the Polars 7-11th grade, for making State Diving Finals. Good luck tomorrow! North High boys swim coaches honored
Congratulations to Tess Behrens Section 4AA Swim Coach of the Year and Diane Pottratz Section 4AA Assistant Swim Coach of the Year!
North/Tartan Adaptive Floor Hockey to compete in Section Play-Offs The North/Tartan Adaptive Floor Hockey team will host Mounds View in the section play-offs on March 2.
Tartan 2019-2020 Athena Award winner Congratulations to Tartan’s 2019-2020 Athena Award winner Alex Lyle! She is Tartan’s outstanding female senior student-athlete.
Disability Advocacy Day at the Capitol On Tuesday, February 25, students from Next Step and Project SEARCH participated in Disability Advocacy Day at the State Capitol in St. Paul.
John Glenn Middle students give presentation to legislators Two John Glenn Middle School students visited the Capitol this month. Toni Adelagun testified, while Siham Abdilahi, showed some deceptive vaping devices to legislators. Congratulations to these students for doing a great job!
Tartan science teacher to give keynote address for American Association of Physics Teachers
Marta Stoeckel, Tartan science teacher, will be the keynote speaker for the spring meeting of the Chicago section of the American Association of Physics Teachers. She’ll speak about her self-assessment research, with an emphasis on how it has impacted her teaching. In addition, she will lead a workshop on designing and facilitating classroom activities that promote meaningful student collaboration.
Scene Around 622
Classroom doors around Oakdale Elementary were decorated for February’s “I Love to Read” month!
Recently, North High hosted a National African-American Involvement Day family event. Many parents attended!
Weaver Elementary hosted Family STEM Night!
John Glenn Middle collaborated with Helen Keller International to provide free vision screenings and prescription eyeglasses for students.
Carver Elementary celebrated “I Love to Read” month with flip-flop reading. Teachers switched classes and did fun read-alouds. Students were delighted by the activity!
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On February 27, Tartan held a Black History Showcase. The event drew a huge crowd and attendees had a great time!
Maplewood Middle School’s History Day took place earlier this week. Students proudly showed off their hard work to fellow peers, parents, district employees, and school board members!