Harding Newsletter

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ကျိာ်ဂုၤဂၤတခါလၢနအဲၣ်ဒိးအီၤ လၢအတမ့ၢ် အဲကလံးကျိာ်န့ၣ်အိၣ်ဧါ. နအိးထီၣ်ကွၢ်လံာ်တၢ်ကစီၣ်ပှာ်ဘျးစဲ ဒီး စံၢ်လီၤဖဲစုထွဲပှာ်ဘျးစဲတခါအဖီခိၣ် ဒ်သိး တၢ်ကကွဲးကျိာ်ထံအီၤလၢကျိာ်အဂုၤအဂၤအဂီၢ်သ့ဝဲဒၣ်န့ၣ်လီၤ. ဝံသးစူၤသ့ၣ်ညါလၢ လံာ်လၢ တၢ်ကွဲးကျိာ်ထံအီၤန့ၣ် ကအိၣ်ဝဲဒီး တၢ်တလီၤတံၢ်လီၤဆဲး မ့တမ့ၢ် တၢ်တလၢ တပှဲၤသ့ဝဲဒၣ်န့ၣ်လီၤ. နမ့ၢ်အိၣ်ဒီး တၢ်သံကွၢ်တဖၣ်န့ၣ်, ဝံသးစူၤကိးပှၤဖဲ 651-793-4700 န့ၣ်တက့ၢ်.

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Come see the Harding Advanced Band perform in the first East Side Pride Fall Concert with the Johnson Advanced Band and the Payne Phalen Community Band! You will hear a wide variety of styles and composers, celebrating fall and the East Side.

When: Monday, November 2

Where: Johnson High School Auditorium

Time: 7:00pm

FREE!

On November 3rd we are having our picture retake day.

Retake day is for:

• Students new to Harding after September 28th 2026

• Students Absent on September 28th 2026

• Students who did not get their picture taken on September 28th 2026

• For students who ORDERED photos but did not like them (they MUST bring back their picture packages for a new picture taken)

Students must get their picture taken in order to get a school ID.

Hazel Park Prep with Mr. Yang- November 2

Intro to Urban Ed is going to Future Educators Day at UW-River Falls with Ms. Rekonen- November 6

Job Corps with Mr. Utecht- November 6

Please join us on November 13th from 4:30-7:30 for our Hmong New Year celebration. There will be free food, activities, and performances. There will also be food for purchase and only cash will be accepted. All are welcome to join us, please bring family and friends!

The family engagement team will also have a table at this event from 5:00-6:00 to assist families who need help accessing parent portal, schoology, or have questions about attendance or grades.

Harding High School Cadets support Minnesota Military Appreciation Fund Fundraising Dinner. (St. Paul, MN) On Friday, October 2nd, 2026, 15 Harding Senior High School Navy JROTC cadets volunteered their time to support the annual Minnesota Military Appreciation Fund (MMAF) fundraising dinner in St. Paul, Minnesota. MMAF raises funds to provide cash grants to members of the Armed Forces in Minnesota. Cadets helped to greet guests, set up the tables, and also provided a Color Guard for the ceremony.

"What makes this especially meaningful is the example these young leaders are setting. Leadership is not measured solely by rank, position, or recognition. It is demonstrated through a willingness to serve others, accept responsibility, and contribute to something greater than oneself. These 15 cadets chose to give their time in support of those who have served our Nation. In doing so, they demonstrated the Navy JROTC core values of Honor, Courage, and Commitment in action."- Jason D. Rampa

To read more highlights from our NJROTC click the buttons below.

Students should be checking their Schoology Classes to find credit recovery classes to be completed, if needed in Grades 10-12. Classes will be assigned 2 at a time until finished. Students must be making progress in their credit recovery classes, or they risk having the credit recovery classes dropped. Students can complete credit recovery classes throughout the school year at their own pace. It is critical for students to get credit recovery classes completed in order to be on track for graduation. If you have any questions, please reach out to your students counselor.

While one breakfast and one lunch complete meals are free for all in-person students each school day, it is CRITICAL that families still complete the Application for Educational Benefits. Paper copies are available at school.

These applications will continue to determine the following benefits and funding for schools, students and families.

Benefits for Schools

• Federal and State funding and financial assistance for academic support, services, and educational programs like Education Rate (e-Rates) and Title 1.

• E-Rate helps pay for a school's technology and internet connectivity.

• Title I helps pay for academic support and services for students in high-poverty schools.

• Federal and State Meal reimbursements

• Access to grants based on Free Reduced Pricing (F/R) percentages (%)

• F/R % is used to qualify schools for the free afterschool and summer meal programs.

• Field trip discounts

Benefits for Students

• Test Fee Waivers (ACT and SAT)

• Activity / Athletic fee discounts

• Scholarship opportunities

• Tutoring and after-school programs

Benefits for Families

Visit the provider’s website for discount and eligibility details.

• Summer Groceries: SUN Bucks (formerly S-EBT)

• Bus or Train Rides: Metro Transit’s Transit Assistance Program Reduced transit fares

• Internet assistance programs: Xfinity Internet Essentials

• Electric and Natural Gas Utilities: Xcel Energy Savings and Affordability Programs

• Minnesota Telephone Assistance Plan and Lifeline

• Discounts from participating community organizations

o Amazon’s Prime Access Membership

o Minnesota Children’s Museum

o Science Museum of Minnesota’s Adventure Memberships

o The Works Museum’s Gateway Program

o Guthrie Theater Gateway Tickets

o University of Minnesota Bell Museum’s Curiosity Membership

Ramsey County is developing a community driven vision for street improvements along White Bear Avenue between Suburban Avenue

and Maryland Avenue in Saint Paul. This study looks to improve safety, accessibility, and mobility for all users while aligning with planned transit investments, including the H Line and Bronze Line.

Join us at our open house on Thursday, November 12 from 5 to 7 pm at Hazel Park Recreation Center (945 Hazel St N) to view proposed designs for the street and provide your feedback.

You can learn more about the study, other opportunities to provide feedback and sign up for email updates on the project website: ramseycountymn.gov/WhiteBearAveStudy

We have a new attendance clerk, Lydia Lindstrom. Please remember to email her at lydia.lindstrom@spps.org or call the attendance hotline each day your student is absent from school. If your child is absent from school, it is necessary for a parent/guardian to call the Attendance Hotline at 651-744-3063. Please leave the following information:

-Student name

-Student number

-Day and date(s) of absences

-Reason for the absence

If you need to pick up your student early, before the end of the school day, please call the office at least 2 hours in advance of the departure time.

Shanie Xiong (A-Ha) shanie.xiong@spps.org, 651-744-1428

Teresa Savage (Hb-K & P-S) teresa.savage@spps.org, 651-744-3506

Edward Xiong (L-O) edward.xiong@spps.org, 651-744-5656

Mana Vue (T-V) mana.vue@spps.org, 651-744-3152

James Lo (W-Z) james.lo@spps.org, 651-744-3664

Dan Kennedy (American Indian Counselor) daniel.kennedy@spps.org, 651-744-5106

Jamie Shady (College and Career Center) jamie.shady@spps.org, 651-744-3599

Katie Kovacovich (College and Career Center) kkocacovich.ach@spps.org, 651-744-3599

Wijit Xiong (9th Grade and Special Ed) wijit.xiong@spps.org, 651-744-5100

Phua Yang (10th Grade and Special Ed) phua.yang@spps.org, 651-744-3167

Randy Snyder (11th Grade and Special Ed) randy.snyder@spps.org, 651-744-1518

Jill Winter (12th Grade and Special Ed) jill.winter@spps.org, 651-744-5665

Chris Bade (Special Ed) christopher.bade@spps.org, 651-744-1070

Andrea Thiner (Principal) andrea.thiner@spps.org

Xong Moua (9th Grade Assistant Principal) xong.moua@spps.org

Jayson Spence (10th Grade Assistant Principal) jayson.spence@spps.org

Evelyn Nordquist (11th Grade Assistant Principal) evelyn.nordqusit@spps.org

Craig Guidry (12th Grade Assistant Principal) craig.guidry@spps.org

Essa Adam (9th Grade Behavioral Intervention Specialist) essa.adam@spps.org

Steve Solaja (10th Grade Behavioral Intervention Specialist) stephen.solaja@spps.org

Kelly Brown (11th Grade Behavioral Intervention Specialist) kelly.brown@spps.org

Phoenix Cobb (12th Grade Behavioral Intervention Specialist) phoenix.cobb@spps.org