NHS Raider Update
January 24, 2025
If there is a need to be absent, please call 507-663-0616 or use the NHS Student Absence Form. The link for attendance reporting is also be linked on the NHS website. If your student is ill, please provide symptoms within your message. This is a 24-hour voicemail system.
- Sign-Out Process: Parents should sign their student out at the attendance office before leaving, unless other arrangements have been made with staff
- Reporting Symptoms: When reporting an illness, please communicate the student’s symptoms.
- Extended Absences: If your student will be absent for an extended period due to health reasons, please contact their counselor to arrange for any necessary accommodations.
The parent/caregiver survey is now open through February 21. Your feedback is invaluable in helping us to identify areas of success and areas for growth in our district. The survey gives you an opportunity to provide both numerical ratings and open-ended comments about your experiences, along with an opportunity to recognize our educators’ great work through the “shoutout” question. Thank you in advance for your input!
Your feedback helps us improve our school district.
It can take less than 10 minutes to complete this survey.
The survey window has been extended through Friday, February 21.
Please complete one individual survey for each building your students attend.
The Minnesota Student Survey (MSS)
The Minnesota Student Survey (MSS) is administered every three years in grades 5-12 and is the primary source of comprehensive data on young people at the state, county, and local level in Minnesota and is the only consistent source of statewide data on their health and wellbeing. It provides valuable information about issues vital to the health, safety, and academic success of young people. The survey is voluntary, confidential, and anonymous on the part of students.
Northfield schools will administer the 2025 survey during the week of 3/7/2025 in grades 5-12.
Federal law requires schools to make the Minnesota Student Survey available for parents to review in person at our school. Please contact your student’s school to make arrangements to review the survey questions.
For additional parent information, click here for English and Spanish. This survey is voluntary. You may choose to have your child not take the survey by completing the online form below. Students may also decline to take any part of the survey or the whole survey. They are informed of that option by staff when taking the survey.
If you do not want your child to take the Minnesota Student Survey, please click here to complete this opt out form online by Thursday February 24, 2022.
Parent-Teacher Conferences offer us a great opportunity to engage in important dialog about the progress of our students. The NHS Staff will host parent-teacher conferences from 3:30 -7:30 p.m. on Monday, February 24th. I have included a few things to think about in preparation for a successful conference with your child's teachers. Please take the time to preview Skyward grades and chat with your child to determine which teachers you'd like to conference with in a couple of weeks.
Date: Monday, February 24
Place: Upper and Lower Cafeterias unless otherwise specified.
Time: 3:30-7:30 pm.
Report Cards: Parents should access students schedules and grades on Skyward.
Conference Structure: Limit your conferences to approximately 5 minutes.
Traditional Parent Teacher Conferences will be CAFETERIA-STYLE DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS. Please plan for on/about 5 minutes. Individual conferences may be requested by teacher or parent/caregiver throughout the school year per the 4 hour reallocation from family engagement. Tables are set up with each teacher’s name posted and arranged in alphabetical order. A diagram will be shared prior to the night of conferences.
Dear NHS Staff, Students and Families,
We have completed one of three budget planning team meetings. The team will meet two additional times in February in preparation for the Community-wide forum on March 11th. We are brainstorming ideas and reaffirming our priorities in the budget reduction process. Additionally, there are community input sessions scheduled for March 5 & 6 during the school day. To align with the school board timeline, we will have recommendations to share with the board prior to the April 14th meeting. This is going to be a challenging process in route to reducing $6 million from our general fund budget.
On a brighter note, our students are doing a fantastic job of charging through February. Third quarter midterm is scheduled for next Friday, February 21st. Our winter activities teams are finishing strong with hockey, swimming and wrestling progressing well into post season play. Go Raiders!
We will continue to work hard to create, support and nurture a culture of leadership and excellence at NHS. Please reach out to teachers, counselors and administration if you have questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Shane Baier
NHS Principal
Registration for ALL spring activities is now open! If students were not currently in a fall or winter activity, they will need to have an updated physical on file before they can register. The spring registration link can be found HERE. Spring opportunities are below along with the first day of practice that students should be registered by:
Baseball - Mary 17
Softball - March 10
Boys Tennis - March 24
Boys Golf - March 17
Girls Golf - March 17
Boys Track & Field - March 10
Girls Track & Field - March 10
Boys Lacrosse - March 31
Girls Lacrosse - March 31
Clay Target
Go Raiders!!
