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Monday, March 29th, 2010Moorhead High speech team holding Speech Open House on April 5
Monday, March 29th, 2010
The National Forensics League recently recognized the Moorhead High Speech Team for excellence in speech with the Leading Chapter Award. The Moorhead High Speech Team also was awarded the Team Sweepstakes Award at the National Forensics League Northern Lights District tournament held March 12-14 in Grand Rapids, Minn.
Moorhead qualified seven speakers for the National Forensics League Speech Tournament in Kansas City, Mo., in June. The following students won the opportunity to represent the best of Minnesota speech at the national meet: Humorous Interpretation – Kelsey Schroeder, Dramatic Interpretation – Mark Hanna and Nick Wheeler, Dramatic Duo – Peter Totten and Layne Meyer, Extemporaneous Speaking – Seiko Shastri, and Original Oratory – Leewana Thomas.
The public is invited to see some of Minnesota’s finest public speakers at the Speech Open House on April 5. The open house begins at 6 p.m. at Moorhead High School. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students and includes a dessert reception.
Community Education offers summer athletic camps for youth
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010Moorhead Community Education is offering several summer athletic camps throughout the summer. Students will learn from Moorhead High School coaches and players. The summer athletic camps provide students an opportunity to have fun, enhance skills and make new friends.
Camps have varying starting dates. Volleyball camps are June 9-24, softball camp is June 21-25, wrestling camps are July 12-16, football camps begin in June or July depending on grade level, boys basketball camps are June 28-July 9, and girls basketball camps are July 13-28. The complete camp schedule and registration forms are available at https://www.moorhead.k12.mn.us/documents/?ParentID=94.
Call Moorhead Community Education at 218-284-3400 for more information or to register with a credit card or register online at https://communityed.moorhead.k12.mn.us.
Register for Early Childhood Family Education spring classes beginning March 23
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Early Childhood Family Education will begin taking registrations for spring classes on March 23, 2010. Classes for parents and children ages infants through kindergarten entry include It’s A Grand Old Flag!, Ooey Gooey Fun, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Fishy, Fishy, Dinosaurs, Baby Connection, Monkeys, Monkeys, Monkeys, School Skills, The Adventures of a New Dad, Family Fun, and many more.
Classes for April through June are listed in the spring Parenting Press newsletter and online. Moorhead residents with children ages birth to kindergarten entry who are on the census receive Parenting Press. Classes are open to all residents of Moorhead, Fargo, West Fargo and the surrounding area.
To request a free Parenting Press newsletter or to register for classes by credit card, call the Moorhead Community Education office at 218-284-3400 or go online at https://communityed.moorhead.k12.mn.us, select Class Offerings or click on the catalog cover, and then choose either child-parent non-separating or child-parent separating classes.
Helping students during a flood: Information for parents and teachers
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Moorhead Area Public Schools has developed flood guidelines, which are available at https://www.moorhead.k12.mn.us/documents/?ParentID=1575. Additionally, information, tips and Web sites were developed by the district’s Safe and Healthy Learners Committee and may prove helpful for parents/guardians, students and their families. Read the full article at https://www.moorhead.k12.mn.us/news/item.aspx?ID=1054.
Moorhead High School students encouraged to volunteer during spring break
Monday, March 15th, 2010
Moorhead Area Public Schools is encouraging high school students to volunteer after school Tuesday and during spring break Wednesday through Friday this week. The school district will provide transportation after school on Tuesday, March 16 from Moorhead High School to MSUM’s Nemzek Hall for high school students who want to volunteer.
A flood volunteer waiver form must be completed prior to a student being able to assist. Students under 18 years old will need a parent/guardian’s signature. The form is available on the district’s Web site at https://www.moorhead.k12.mn.us/documents/?ParentID=1575.
On Wednesday through Friday, Moorhead High School student volunteers should report directly to Nemzek Hall where they will be assigned duties by City of Moorhead staff.
School Boards hold joint meeting
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
School Board members from Moorhead, Fargo and West Fargo listened to presentations during the districts’ first joint board meeting on March 1 at Trollwood Performing Arts School.
Dr. Lynne Kovash, Moorhead superintendent, Dr. Rick Buresh, Fargo superintendent, Dr. Dana Diesel Wallace, West Fargo superintendent, and Judy Green, United Way, spoke about the work being done related to on-time graduation rates. The districts have identified on-time graduation as a community-wide problem. Efforts to improve graduation rates will include literacy development and early childhood efforts, mentoring / tutoring, and family engagement.
The three School Boards also heard a presentation about the youth entrepreneurship program, which is a joint venture with the NDSU Research and Technology Park and the districts. The entrepreneurship program is building a youth mentor network and preparing for an entrepreneurship academy in June.
School Board approves calendar for 2010-11 school year
Monday, March 1st, 2010
At its meeting on Feb. 22, the Moorhead School Board approved the calendar for the 2010-11 school year. Classes will begin Sept. 7, 2010.
The last day of classes for students is June 2, 2011, unless additional emergency make-up days are needed. If additional days are needed, the calendar will be extended and classes will be scheduled June 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 as needed for make-up days.
Other priorities addressed by the district’s calendar committee in establishing the 2010-11 calendar were conferences that address schedule needs at the elementary, middle and high school levels, professional development for teachers and staff spread throughout the school year, and built-in emergency make-up days. This calendar includes one built-in makeup day. If it is unused, the end date of the school year will be adjusted accordingly.
The approved calendar has two conference times for the elementary schools and Horizon Middle School and four conference times for Moorhead High School.
Fall parent/teacher conferences will be held the evenings of Oct. 14 and 18 at all schools. On Oct. 20 there will be conferences in the morning for grades 9-12 and conferences all day for grades K-8. There will be no classes for K-12 students on Oct. 20 for conferences, and there will be no school on Oct. 21-22 because of the Education Minnesota conference.
Moorhead High School will have conferences during the second quarter on the evening of Dec. 7. Moorhead High School will have conferences during the third quarter on the evenings of Feb. 14 and 17. Moorhead High School will have a final evening conference on April 26.
Parent/teacher conferences for the elementary schools and Horizon Middle School will be held the evenings of March 14 and 15. There will be K-8 conferences the morning of March 16 and K-5 conferences the afternoon of March 16. There will be no classes for K-12 students on March 16-18.
There are no classes Nov. 24-26, which falls over the Thanksgiving holiday. Winter break will be Dec. 22 through Jan. 1, 2011. Classes resume Monday, Jan. 3, 2011.
There will be no classes for students on Jan. 17, which is a professional development day for staff. There is no school on Feb. 21-22 and on April 22. There will be no school on May 30 for Memorial Day.
June 2 is the last day of classes for K-12 students unless the calendar is adjusted. The designated emergency make-up days are June 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. School could be scheduled those days if needed. June 3 is the last day for staff unless the end of the year is adjusted. Graduation will be June 5, 2011.
A one-page version of the 2010-11 calendar is available at http://www.moorhead.k12.mn.us/documents/?ParentID=82.
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