RWHS Student Newsletter

Monday, May 18

• O=Orange Day for leukemia awareness
• Senior walk-throughs at Burnside, Sunnyside,Twin Bluff and RWHS (walk-thru at RWHS around 10:45 via announcement)
• AP Lit & Comp Make-up (afternoon)
• PM: Choir concert (8th grade and mixed choir)

Tuesday, May 19

• P=Pajama Day
• AP Lang Field Trip
• Child Psychology First Aid & CPR Certification Sessions
• Healthcare Intern presentations
• APUSH Make-up (afternoon)
• Winnie the Pooh auditions after school

Wednesday, May 20: E-LEARNING DAY

• Q=Quiz day
• Senior Activity Letterwinner Breakfast @ 7:45 am, Red Wing Golf Course Skyroom
• Child Psychology First Aid & CPR Certification Sessions
• Healthcare Intern presentations
• AP Microeconomics Make-up (morning)
• AP Macroeconomics Make-up (afternoon)
• AP Biology Make-up (afternoon)
• Senior Awards night

Thursday, May 21:

• R=Rock, paper scissors day!
• All library books DUE
• AP Lang & Comp Make-up (morning)
• AP Calculus Make-up (afternoon)
• Athletics and activities grade check

Friday, May 22: No school for students

• AP Physics Make-up (morning-yes, on a non-school day)

Monday, May 25: Memorial Day, no school for students or staff

There will be an e-learning day for Red Wing High School and Tower View only on Wednesday, May 20, due to the large number of staff and students who will be attending a funeral of a Red Wing graduate. The rest of the schools will have a normal school day.

Teachers for grades 8-12 will post work in Google Classroom by 9 a.m. for the students they would have seen that day. Students should use their district-issued device to complete assignments. Please reference the e-learning expectations for more information.

Buses will run as scheduled for all other grades.

Your assistance and understanding are important for our students and staff as they deal with this loss.

Bob Jaszczak

Superintendent

Thank you to our amazing Student Council for once again coordinating the A to Z Countdown to bring extra fun to the last 26 days of school! Pay attention each day to the schedule posted in the newsletter or on Instagram so you can dress accordingly or participate in whatever fun they have planned!

RWHS office: (651) 385 - 4600

RWHS website

651-385-4660 (attendance)

Email for RWHS attendance line

Our Administration is available for student and family needs:

Principal Joshua Fuchs

Assistant Principal Robin Pagel, grades 9 & 11

Assistant Principal Mandy Stokes, grades 8, 10 & 12

Ms. Frye: Students with last names starting with A-K

• CLICK HERE to make an appointment with Ms. Frye

Mrs. Clara Ballard: L-Z Students with last names starting with L-Z

• CLICK HERE to make an appointment with Mrs. Ballard

Paul Hartmann, Activities Director

Nicole Bolduan, Assistant Director of Special Education

Carla Contla, Cultural Liaison and Interpreter

• ¡Bienvenido! Por favor contáctenos directamente para asistencia en español.
• 651-385-4607

Mitch Skeen and Leah Ryan, Native American Liaisons

Struggling with your StudentVUE password? Is your account disabled?

Email Mrs. Borgschatz and she will help you out!

The following colleges will be visiting students during lunches at RWHS:

• Red Wing College Promise: Every Wednesday
• RiseUp: Every other Wednesday
• April 10: Red Wing Royal Ambassadors

Stop by the display cases across from Hovda Hall to view the mini-exhibits presented by students from the AP Studio Art classes. They each will choose an exhibit theme and select works to include. These will change weekly throughout the remainder of the school year.

This week's artists: Madison Tollefson and Kailyn Lampman

If you have any questions about our Standard Response Protocols, please see the photo below, or go to https://iloveuguys.org/The-Standard-Response-Protocol.html.

Congratulations to these nine Seniors who have committed to continuing their athletic pursuits at a college level! Once a Winger, always a Winger!

Red Wing High School Theatre presented Twelve Angry Jurors last weekend. Twenty students participated on stage and behind the scenes and Ms. Kirkevold’s Mechatronics class helped create the set. These students took on the heavy lift of this classic drama, one of the most often produced plays in high schools around the country. The play explores the themes of how of peoples’ prejudices can get in the way of uncovering the truth.

All students in grades 7-11 are encouraged to join the RWHS Theater Department for tryouts for the Fall Play, Winnie the Pooh! Stop by J109 to pick up an audition form and to sign up to audition Tuesday, May 19th after school.

Bring in any good, used clothing to the pod areas to help BSU with their clothing drive. All donations will be given away free at the Juneteenth event hosted by BSU.

RWHS Choirs will push our final 10th-12th grade choir concert back to Wednesday, June 3rd (originally scheduled for 5/27). The concert is at 7:30 PM in Hovda Hall, and we will once again do a pre-concert recital starting at 6:00 PM with some selected Solo/Ensemble performances. Thank you in advance for your flexibility, adjusting your schedules, and planning for this change.

Use the QR Code below to upload pictures from RWHS events with our Yearbook Team! Tag the photos!

The Juneteenth Celebration led by RWHS Black Student Union is returning this year! Please mark your calendars for Friday, June 19, 2026.

More details will be shared soon.

Goodhue County Health and Human Services is part of an 11-county SE-MN regional educational awareness effort called Speaking of Cannabis. The focus of “Speaking of Cannabis” is offering tools for caregivers to have a conversation about cannabis with youth and young adults. There are resources about how to talk with youth, cannabis and brain health, responsible storage practices, and more. View facts, conversation tips, resources, and more: https://www.speakingofcannabis.org?utm_source=MNDH&utm_medium=Email

RWHS families: This is a friendly reminder that our RWHS Food Pantry is stocked and ready for you to access! Please contact Bethany Borgschatz or Nurse Vikki LeClaire and they will help you out!

My Life, My Quit™ is the free and confidential way to quit smoking or vaping. Text "Start My Quit" to 36072 or click to chat with a Coach. We are here for you every step of the way. It's YOUR LIFE and we're here to help you live it YOUR WAY. If you’re a teen between 13–17 and you want help quitting vaping, smoking or using other commercial tobacco products, this completely free and confidential program is for you. Talk or text with coaches and get other resources to help you when you are ready to quit nicotine. From practicing how to say “no” to tips for managing stress and peer pressure, we can help. Worried about weight gain or additional anxiety? Our coaches can get you through the rough spots. Do you have a friend struggling with smoking or vaping? Let them know we’re here to help.

Quit Partner is Minnesota’s free way to quit nicotine, including smoking, vaping and chewing. We can support your quit with one-on-one coaching and other helpful tools. Whenever you need us, we’re here to help 24/7.

For questions regarding route changes, address changes and waivers:

Red Wing Transportation Department
651-385-4795, option 3
transportation@rwps.org

For questions regarding a bus or bus driver or FirstView App:

First Student Transit
714 Bench Street
Red Wing, MN 55066
651-388-8244

May 18: Senior walk-throughs at Burnside, Sunnyside and Twin Bluff.

• 8:50 - 9:05 - Seniors assemble dressed in caps and gowns and load buses outside the athletic doors at RWHS to visit SES, BES and TBMS
• 10:40 - students disembark from buses and put away caps and gowns and return to the building for 4th period class

May 20: Senior letter winner breakfast before school at Skyroom (Invite only)

May 20: Awards Night starts at 7 p.m. in Hovda Hall (Invite only)

May 26-29: SENIOR WEEK!

May 26, 27, 28: Soak-A-Senior

May 27: Music Trivia at the end of Hour 3

May 27: Hedin Hartnagel Student Loan Interviews (must register: see info below)

May 29: SOAR Rally with Senior Letters to Self delivery and ice cream after

May 29: AIPAC Feather Ceremony, 5pm

June 5:
9:30 a.m. Senior Breakfast at the RWHS, catered by PicNick’s
10:30 a.m. Senior photo in gymnasium, and graduation walk-through (Mandatory for all graduates walking).
6:15 p.m. Seniors arrive at the high school cafeteria.7 p.m. Commencement.

June 30: FAFSA final submission date.

June 30: Last day for free transcript requests

Class of 2026: Please continue to check the webpage for the RWHS Class of 2026 for important announcements, meetings and deadlines throughout your Senior Year.

Greetings Senior Letterwinners and Families,

You would have received an email if our records indicate that you have lettered in at least one activity during your senior year. The Red Wing High School Activities Department cordially invites you to attend our 5th annual Senior Activity Letterwinner Breakfast. This event will be held on Wednesday, May 20 at Red Wing Golf Course, in the Skyroom, beginning at 7:45 am.

We will have a buffet breakfast that we will provide for our letterwinners, courtesy of the Red Wing Booster Club. Following breakfast, we will have a brief program with speeches from our All Star Athletes from the Class of 2025, Morgan Hanlin and Julius Koehler. In addition, KCUE’s “Action Jack” Colwell, will share some outgoing words with you, letterwinners of the Class of 2026.

At the conclusion of our program, we will recognize and honor our Big 9 Scholar Athletes and the All Star Athletes from the Class of 2026. Students will then be dismissed to class.

We are excited to continue this tradition of honoring our seniors that have sacrificed their time and have benefited our activity programs.

Specific details are below:

What - Senior Activity Letterwinner Breakfast

Where - Skyroom, Red Wing Golf Course

When - Wednesday, May 20 @ 7:45 am

Registration was due May 15th.

ATTENTION SENIORS: Now is the time to log onto/create your account at Parchment.com and order your official final transcripts, which will be delivered the week following graduation. These transcripts are free to you until June 30, only. Please note, you must select HOLD FOR GRADES when choosing when to send so they don't go out before your final grades are applied.

Please watch your mailbox for a letter coming from RWPS regarding the Hedin Hartnagel Memorial Fund’s postsecondary education funding opportunity. This is only available to Winger graduates.

Note that there is no paper application form in the envelope. Instead, use this link to access the form and to learn more about the HHMF:

https://www.hedinhartnagel.org/hhmf-student-loan-program

If you have questions after reading the letter, please direct any questions to info@hedinhartnagel.org.

Please bring your completed application and your most recent transcript showing full time enrollment.

In - person loan interviews are Wednesday, May 27th

11:00 am-1:00 pm

Red Wing High School

Register Here

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid portal is now open and is due no later than June 30, 2026. Completion is required to receive tuition assistance at post-secondary institutions.

Access FAFSA here.

Each year an awesome committee of community members coordinates a fantastic graduation party for the RWHS Seniors. This event is supported by community members and businesses. IT'S YOUR TURN, CLASS OF OF 2026! Stop by Mrs. Borgschatz's office with cash or check and buy your ticket TODAY!

Three Dakota elders will share their wisdom and life experiences during “An Evening with Dakota Speakers” at 5:30 p.m. May 21, 2026, at the Prairie Island Community Center, 1900 Buffalo Slough Trail.

The event will feature Sandra McKay and Marilyn Hall of the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation and Dr. Clifford Canku of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate.

The evening will begin with a meal. People are asked to RSVP: https://forms.gle/FSPbga7T4bUjpCj19

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the University of Minnesota Extension is marking it by hosting a COMET Training on Wednesday, May 27th at the Lions Community Center in Goodhue.

COMET (Changing Our Mental and Emotional Trajectory) is a free, interactive training program designed to help people support others who may seem sad, anxious, distracted, or depressed. COMET teaches a simple strategy that friends, neighbors, and colleagues can use to engage with someone before a crisis occurs.

This is a free event, and ALL are welcome to attend. Registration is encouraged, but not required. Register here: https://z.umn.edu/goodhueCOMET

Questions about this event? Please reach out to Aly Kloeckner at 651-385-3100 or schw1348@umn.edu

High-school-age students can now take an even more active role in their local government.

The Red Wing City Council recently approved a one-year pilot program that adds student voting members to several City advisory boards and commissions. This initiative gives young people a real voice in local decision-making while helping them build leadership, communication, and community engagement skills.

We are currently recruiting students in grades 9 and up to apply for positions on boards including:

• Arts & Culture Commission
• Sustainability Commission
• Human Rights Commission
• Sister Cities Commission
• Sheldon Theatre Board
• Library Board of Trustees

Students selected for voting seats will receive:

• A $15/hour stipend through RiseUp Partnership
• Leadership and public speaking training
• Transportation support through Dial-a-Ride
• Hands-on experience shaping their community

Applications are open now for a June 2026 start date. Apply for a voting seat today.

May 25: Memorial Day, no school for students or staff

May 27: Celebrity Family Feud in Hovda during Club Time (optional)

➡️May 29: SOAR Rally, alternate schedule (Wednesday schedule, pepfest @ Club Time in Hovda)

May 29: NHS Blood drive

May 29: AIPAC Feather Ceremony, 5pm

June 2 and 3: Finals

June 3: Choir Concert 7:30pm

June 4: Last day of school, Finals make-up day

🎓June 5: Graduation for RWHS Class of 2026!🎓

Classes are LIVE and ready to register. Don’t wait—spots fill quickly!

IMPORTANT LINKS AND INFORMATION
Community Education webpage

Red Wing Community Education Facebook

Office hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.

Phone: 651-385-4565