Bluejacket Family Communication

The end of the school year is always packed with celebration. This week, we celebrate the generosity of our Dollars for Scholars partners, who granted $220,750 in scholarship awards to our 2022 graduating class! We are so thankful for the generosity and support of our community and Dollars for Scholars. For your enjoyment, you can find the virtual awards event here: 2022 Dollars for Scholars Virtual Ceremony.

And last week, we hosted the Bluejacket Celebration to honor and celebrate our outstanding Bluejacket staff members. We honored 19 Bluejacket Award winners, along with individuals celebrating 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 45 years of service to our school district. Finally, we celebrated 35 Bluejacket retirees. It’s really incredible to think about how many lives they have impacted over the years, many of them working with more than one generation of Cambridge-Isanti students. For your enjoyment, you can find the recorded version here: 2022 Bluejacket Celebration.

In other celebratory news, we recently learned that Cambridge-Isanti Schools is one of three districts in Minnesota that is being recognized by the Minnesota Department of Education as a Sustaining Exemplar District for School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. Our Bluejacket Way highlights and reinforces the values and expectations of Honesty, Respect, Responsibility, Self-Discipline, and Compassion in our schools and beyond. It is recognized statewide as a model for other districts and schools. To learn more about our Bluejacket Way, you can visit our District Website — The Bluejacket Way.

This is also the perfect time to celebrate your own student(s)! Compare the photo you snapped on the first day of school with the young person you see today. And then consider all the growth that can’t be measured by height, shoe size or haircut. Take a moment to reflect on the impressive strides your student has made as an individual — new skills learned, new responsibility granted, new activities tried and goals reached. Our children are all unique and have amazing talents, skills, strengths, and potential! Our Bluejackets will be the ones to make our world a better place and build a better tomorrow. Our future is certainly bright!

Nate Rudolph

Superintendent

There has been a revision to the school calendar for next year. Winter break has been extended by one day for students. School will resume on January 4, 2023. Please dispose of any calendars you may have printed and replace with the revised calendar found on the district website: 2022-23 School Year Calendar.

All Cambridge-Isanti students entering grades 1-5 are invited to participate in "Dive into Summer Reading." Students can drop by the Isanti Intermediate/STEAM School Media Center on Wednesdays between 10:00 am - 3:00 pm to check out books and pick up a literacy activity to complete with each book. Students will celebrate their summer of reading on August 17 with a raffle and a snack.

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Please also check out the East Central Regional Library Summer Discovery Program which provides many additional opportunities for students and families to read “Beyond the Beaten Path” and be engaged throughout the summer!

Thank you to all who filled out the interest survey for our Strategic Planning Task Force. We are currently working to bring together this task force which will include diverse representation from all geographic areas of our district, industries, perspectives, and interests. The group will meet for three evenings over the summer and monthly during the 2022-23 school year. This work is so important to the future of our district and we are greatly appreciative of ALL of the outstanding support and interest in serving!

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