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MCAS will again participate in the USDA’s Summer Feeding Program, providing nutritious lunches and breakfasts at no cost to all who are age 18 and under, at locations across the community. Meals will be served at Cleveland Park, Garden Estates, Green Acres, Joe Hawkins Park, Knapp Elementary, Lake Hills Elementary, Michigan City High School, Tall Timbers, Weatherstone Village, Woodland Crossing, and the Elston YMCA – in addition to many summer camps and programs. A complete list of service locations, dates, and times is available on our website at http://educateMC.net/summer.

As part of our continual process to increase security for all network resources, MCAS is updating our password policy for all MS Windows machines. Starting June 1, MCAS now requires all passwords to be at least 12 characters long, including a number, an uppercase and lowercase letter, and a special character.

When you change your windows password, your Google account password will sync to the new password. If you are not getting prompted to change your password you can restart your computer and then you should get prompted automatically when you attempt to sign in.

You must also make this change on a windows device and not a Chromebook. (If you only have a Chromebook, you can go to any windows device to log in and should get prompted to change your password.)

Here are the password requirements.

• 12 characters long (think of a short phrase instead of making a single word meet the length)
• At least one uppercase and lowercase letter
• At least one special character (e.g., !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, and *)
• At least one number

• You can't use your name, username, or part of your name in your password.

• A. K. Smith School Counselor Arminda Anguiano received the Colin Powell Service Award last Wednesday at the “Salute the Recruits Dinner,” sponsored by the Michigan City, Laporte, and Valpo Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs. The event honored graduating seniors from across the region who will be joining the armed services. The Colin Powell award was presented to Arminda for exceptional service to students, school, and community. Navy Recruiter Bobby Weaver nominated her for the award.
• Krueger Middle School teacher Kevin Jones is part of a research team comprised of Purdue graduate students and professors that has received $25,000 grant from the Purdue College of Education. Their project involves using technology to help students learn taxonomy and classification of organisms – something addressed in 8th grade Indiana science standards. This innovative work will involve 8th-grade students and science teachers at both Barker and Krueger next school year.

• Julie Bietry, 27 years
• Sandra Suzanne Kedo, 41 years
• Connie LaRocco, 38 years
• Cynthia Licciardone, 8 years
• Richard J. Liwosz, 27 years
• Stan Mason, 15 years
• Donna Pangborn, 16 years
• Leslie Samelson, 29 years
• Joan Stewart, 40 years
• Marsha Tappan 29 years

CONGRATULATIONS ALSO to Tom Dombkowski, Herb Higgin, Sylvester Mabone, and Roxanna Young, who will be inducted into the MCAS Wall of Fame!

This year's Teacher Appreciation Week was the most successful yet for DonorsChoose.org. In all, donors and partners across the country gave over $8.5 million to more than 64,000 teacher's classrooms across the country (in just 5 days! Woah!). In Michigan City Area Schools, $7,577 went toward classroom materials that week, making 14 projects one step closer to reality.

The Michigan City High School Athletics Golf Outing will take place on Friday, June 24th. The event kicks off with a shotgun start at 11:00 am at the Michigan City Municipal Course. Registration for foursomes is open now, with a limit of 25 foursomes. The cost is $400, which includes golf, carts, food and drink, a swag bag, and an after-party at Zorn sponsored by the Athletic Boosters. Sponsorships are also available. To register or sponsor, contact Athletic Director Craig Shaman at (219) 873-2043.

2022 La Porte County Summer Technology Conference

Friday, June 3 | 9:00am - 3:00pm

Registration for this FREE virtual conference has been extended through June 1!

The first 100 teachers to register, who did not receive a free copy of Matt Miller's book Tech Like a Pirate last year, will receive one this year. Matt Miller is an educator, author of five books, blogger and speaker. He has taught for more than a decade in public schools and has presented to thousands of educators all over the United States.

Register Here

You are also now able to REGISTER for MCAS 2022 Summer Professional Development Courses.

Please use this document to help guide you through this process. >>>CLICK HERE<<<

A few exciting features about this new Professional Learning platform:

1. It will organize your PGP points for MCAS PD (External PD will soon be added, as well!)

2. You can print your own certificate once the course is completed and the instructor finalizes attendance.

3. You can Register or Withdrawal all in one place!**

4. You can sign-in for attendance on the App!

5. It's connected to your PowerSchool log-in (One place for all!) and more!!

**You should NOT sign-up for courses that are invite only, unless you receive notification to REGISTER.

If you are having issues accessing the Professional Learning platform to REGISTER for courses, please contact Caleb Browning cbrowning@mcas.k12.in.us or Ron Kidwell r.kidwell@mcas.k12.in.us.

Michigan City Area Schools will be represented by Athletic Director Craig Shaman this year in the Salvation Army’s annual Donut Eating Contest, which will be held on Friday, June 3 at Blue Chip. The doors will open at 9am, and the donut eating begins at 10am. This is open to the public, so come out and root for Craig - and also for Jessica O’Brien, who is eating donuts for the Rotary Club team this year. $10 tickets to support them and the Salvation Army will be available at the contest. GO WOLVES!

Check out special offers from TicketsatWork to plan your summer vacation, including theme park tickets, hotels, and rental cars. They also offer savings on health and fitness, gift ideas for dads and grads, etc. If you haven’t signed up yet, click become a member and enter our company code: MCAS