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IMPORTANT DATES

September 5: Schroeder Park Trip

September 16: School board meeting

September 12: No school for students

September 26: No school for students

And we are off! The first week of school is underway. There were some definite hiccups with transportation, and we appreciate the support we had from our community as we worked closely with the bus company to address those needs. We are looking forward to our first “Out of the Classroom” experience at Schroeder Park tomorrow!

ASSESSMENTS UPDATES

  • NWEA Testing

  • 9/12: Math

  • 9/13: Reading

  • 9/14: Science

  • 9/19: Fall Hope Survey

COUNSELING UPDATES

  • Parents of seniors- please check your email for information about Direct Admissions and participating in that program.

  • Next week Amanda will start visiting advisories to learn about the role of a school counselor and the wellness wheel.

CURRICULUM UPDATES

UPCOMING EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

  • Friday, September 5th: All School Experience and Community Building at Schroeder Park (all day)

    • Pack a cold lunch, microwaves will NOT be available!

      • Volleyball

      • Fishing

      • Yard Games

      • Due to weather there will be NO SWIIMMING!

      • Canoes will NOT be available

    • Dress for the weather

UPCOMING SEMINARS

  • HS - Drew- Nature Leadership

  • MS - Alex - Mad science fair

  • MS - Craig - Wonders of the world

OPERATIONS UPDATES

Consent to Use Trailblazer for Out of the Classroom Experiences

Cannabis Presentation

  • On October 3rd, Heather and Randy Bacchus, in partnership with MEADA, will be presenting about the dangers of modern day cannabis use by our youth. They will have developmentally appropriate information and sharing for our two groups separated by Middle and High School. See here for more information:  https://www.beextraordinarybeyou.org/

If you would like to opt your student out of this presentation, please email amandas@terranovamn.org.

STAFF UPDATES

Please welcome our new support staff to the team! Emmalee, Leif and Tim are new to the Terra Nova team and excited to work with our students and support our community!

SCHOOL BOARD UPDATES

Updated policies in student handbook:

506 Student Discipline: Adjustment to language around programming options available at Terra Nova

506 A: Pupil Fair Dismissal Act (updated to current MDE language)

510 Field Trips: removed for redundancy with 601

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