Brockett Bulletin

Superintendent Communication: September 16, 2022

Out and About in the Schools

This week elementary schools launched their reading acceleration groups, allowing students to get reading instruction at their own learning level to help them build skills and move forward.

Classrooms are using targeted instruction in small groups to help students rebound from the disruption of the pandemic. Recovery funds have been used to provide additional staff to help.

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Students at Grandhaven got sorted into groups.

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The groups started with sight word recognition.

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Students remembered the groups from last year and were excited to return

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Mark Your Calendar for Back to School Night!

MHS GrizzFest, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 6:30 p.m.

Middle Schools, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 6:30 p.m.

Elementary Schools, Thursday, Sept. 29, 6:30 p.m.

Watch for more details to come from your school(s).

School-Based COVID Plans

Each school has a building-level COVID management plan for the new school year.

They are posted on the district website under “Student Services” and “COVID-19.”

Find them here.

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COVID Testing Information

MSD will again offer optional, at-home weekly screening tests for students. The program runs mostly as it did last year with one major difference: the lab will now mail the test kits directly to your home.

Click for more details.

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Grizzly Sports

Over 400 student-athletes are participating in our fall sports season!

Cross Country has a strong group of runners on both the boys and girls teams and are poised to contend for one of the top spots in the league and a potential berth in the state meet.
Football opened the season by playing a team from Hawaii and regained the coveted Pigeon Bowl trophy by beating rival Forest Grove 42-0 last week.
Girls Soccer led by new coach and MHS grad Karly (Mechels) Mingus are showing steady improvement in a challenging nonleague schedule.
Boys Soccer is off to a strong start, while playing an exciting style of attacking, fast-paced soccer.
The Volleyball team is starting to gel under the direction of new coach, MHS Grad Taylor Petersen. The team is hard working and growing each day.

If you would like to attend home games, find schedules for upcoming games here.

Photo courtesy: Rusty Rae/News-Register

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Affordable Connectivity Program

Families that qualify can apply for assistance with internet service or digital devices through getmyinternet.org.

Families in CEP schools (all schools *except* Memorial and McMinnville High school) can contact their school for the enrollment documentation required for the application.

Families from MHS or Memorial that qualify for no-cost lunch must fill out the fee waiver form with “other programs” also checked. Find out here how to apply and complete the fee waiver form.

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ParentSquare Registration

At the beginning of the year, families who have not registered will get an invitation to do so.

You don’t have to be registered to receive notifications via ParentSquare, but registering allows you to contact teachers or other school staff directly and adjust your notifications delivery and more. Find more details here.