Marshall County CSD

Reminder: Spring ahead!! Turn your clocks ahead one hour before bed tonight!

Building Project Updates: East Side Addition: Classroom walls are painted and ceiling grid has been installed. North Side Addition: Framing work is near completion. Electrical and plumbing within the framing is progressing well. Some sheetrock work is beginning in the cafeteria/commons. They are starting to brick the tall pillars. In the gym, they painted the walls and ceiling. One of the scoreboards has been installed. The basketball hoops were installed. The dividing curtain was installed. Viking Elementary Update: We received occupancy for the north addition space. Candy has moved into her kitchen office and we've used the new music room for a week. We are waiting for some furniture to come next month for staff break room and gym office. Rest of work there is done until summer for the final stages. Summer plans include: a sidewalk installation outside, fencing along playground, fencing around propane tank, some firewall work, installation of social worker/speech room, and removal of the old walk-in cooler/widening of hallway to cafeteria.

We are a partner in a Community Outreach on Vaping being hosted at the Newfolden Community Center April 4, at 7 p.m. A panel discussion will share information on the topic of vaping. The goal is to help parents and community members learn about Vaping, its health risks, addiction factors, and what we are doing to combat its usage especially among our young people. Sanford Health, MCC Schools, Marshall County Sheriff's Department, North Valley Health, and Westaker Church are partners in the event.

It's School Social Worker Week and we have two great ones here at MCC. Jeri Nomeland serves our students at Viking Elementary and Laura Underdahl serves our students at Newfolden Elementary and MCC High School. We are grateful for the assistance they provide our students and our families. They help our school in many ways including: providing mental health support, helping special education children, assisting families, ensuring children have essential needs met, helping in crisis, helping solve issues between students, and supporting classroom teachers with positive behavior initiatives. Thank you for all you do to support our students, families, staff, and schools!!

Kraus Anderson provided a link regarding the building project to view progress. Go here to see recent building updates: https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/PmQErNH5TdoLu We also added some February progress photos of our own to our www.buildmccstrong.org website. The warm winter weather has been very good for our project. Viking Elementary: Music room furniture and kitchen office furniture will be installed tomorrow for addition areas there. We'll share photos of those finished spaces once items come in. High School Classroom Addition: Area is all sheetrocked and painting has been started. Door and window frames have been installed. They also installed the ceiling grid. North Addition: All concrete has been poured for the interior. The roof is all water tight with one small area remaining where the new section and old section connect. Gym ceiling and walls have been painted. Framing of kitchen area is nearly complete. Plumbing and electrical is all being installed. They are starting to frame storage rooms and concession area.

Reminder it's Early Release Day due to Parent-Teacher Conferences: - Viking dismisses @12:00 - Newfolden Elementary @ 12:20 - MCC High School @ 12:30

Tonight's boy's basketball game vs. Ada has been canceled. We were not able to reschedule the game. Cheer on our Girls Basketball Team as they take on WAO in the section playoffs Thursday, February 29 at 7:45 p.m. at Northland College in Thief River Falls. Our Boys basketball team will be in action for their first playoff game on Thursday, March 7. Location and opponent to be determined. We'll post as soon as seeding is completed on Saturday.

Job Openings at MCC: - Custodian (High School and Newfolden Elementary), Year round position with competitive pay and benefits including paid vacation, personal days, sick leave, insurance, and PERA retirement pension - Preschool/ECFE position for 24-25 school year. Position is full-time with four day school week, one day of prep time, ECFE two times per month. Pay based on master agreement. - Industrial Technology Teacher. Position is full time. Pay based on master agreement. - Coaching Openings: Baseball Assistant and Football Assistant (2) - Substitute Opportunities Visit: https://www.newfolden.k12.mn.us/page/job-postings for application and for details about our open positions

Weather Announcement: MCC Schools are closed on Tuesday, February 27 due to inclement weather. No school or activities. Stay warm. Stay Safe.

Reminder: Boys Basketball Game vs. Ada is scheduled for a 4:30 start time tomorrow. Varsity is the only game on the schedule. We made the change, due to it being Minnesota Caucus night. Kindergarten Freeze Hoops is scheduled for half-time. (Incoming weather is a concern. We'll post an update on our website/Facebook page and send an alert out if there are any weather related announcements).

MCC Reminder: Parent Teacher Conferences are Monday and Wednesday this week. Monday Conferences are from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Conferences are from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. School will dismiss early on Wednesday. Viking dismisses at 12:00, Newfolden Elem. at 12:20, and MCC High School at 12:30. When you visit for conferences please check the lost and found at each school. We have lots of items that have been left behind and need to be claimed.

The E-Sports team arrived in Grand Forks and are enjoying the tournament festivities! Ayden got to work playing chess. They are sporting their new jerseys. Thank you #Digikey for support! Photos courtesy of their Coach Howard Brockhouse.

The School Board met in regular session last night (Wednesday, February 21). Our board brief is available here: https://bit.ly/3bO777x

Congratulations and Good Luck to our E-Sports Team. We have one individual and one team that earned a trip to the Fenworks State Competition in Grand Forks. Ayden Sweigart qualified to participate in their Chess Tournament. The team of Blake Nelson, Evan Richards, and Noah Eggerud qualified in the game Fortnite! The team left today to begin the competition! Wish them luck!

Help us by celebrating bus driver appreciation day!! We have a great crew of bus drivers at MCC. Last year our drivers logged 173,224 miles driving our students safely to school and activities! It's a big job and our drivers care deeply for the students they transport. Thank you for the commitment to drive and helping our kids get to and from school safely!!

Reminder there is no school on Monday, Feb. 19th 2024. It is a teacher in-service day.

Job Opening Alert: Join our Team! Marshall County Central Schools is seeking a full-time custodian/cleaner for the High School building. Position will periodically rotate other staff members between cleaning work on day shift/evening shift during the school year. Summer hours are day shift. Preference given to applicants with previous cleaning/custodial experience/boilers license or applicants with or willing to work towards certification. Competitive pay with benefits including vacation, holiday pay, sick time, retirement, and health insurance. Must pass a criminal background check. Application materials are found on: www.newfolden.k12.mn.us/page/job-postings Please complete application, and submit cover letter with resume to jlund@mccfreeze.org or mail applications to: Jeffrey Lund, Superintendent/Elementary Principal Marshall County Central Schools PO Box 189 Newfolden, MN 56738 or e-mail to: jlund@mccfreeze.org Please apply promptly, the position is open until filled. Marshall County Central Schools is an equal opportunity employer.

*Stop for School Buses* We have seen an increase in stop arm violations the past two weeks. Please make sure you stop 20 feet away from a school bus when the red lights are flashing and stop arm is extended. Please stay stopped until lights stop flashing and stop arm is pulled back in. We also ask for extra caution in the mornings when dropping off on the west side of elementary school and in the high school bus loop. Buses use stop arms in this stop. Please follow buses, stop and wait behind them while they unload. Drop off when it is your turn. Do not pass a bus with red flashing lights and stop arm out.

Attention. The boys basketball game vs. Ada Borup - West on February 27th will be Varsity only with a 4:30 start time. The change is because this date is the Minnesota state caucus night and we can not have any school related activity after 6:00 pm.

We are proud to share High School Science Teacher Katie Melgaard is one of the 159 Minnesota Teacher of the Year Candidates! This is the 60th year of the Minnesota Teacher of the Year awards. In March a committee will narrow down the group into a list of semi-finalists. The state will name the teacher of the year on May 5 at a banquet in St. Paul. We are very proud of Mrs. Melgaard! This is well deserved!! https://educationminnesota.org/news/press-release/2024-minnesota-teacher-of-the-year-candidates/