5-12 Daily Announcements

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Students please log into Skyward to check your 4th quarter schedules. If you have any changes that need to be made, please connect with Mrs. Hoeppner. To schedule an appointment please click here: https://calendly.com/pihs-counselor/counselor-meeting or email Mrs. Hoeppner at chellyne.hoeppner@pineisland.k12.mn.us.

Honors Pass students who have a study hall 4th quarter must check in with Ms. Wachter when school resumes.

3rd Quarter Honors Passes will be honored through Monday, April 7th. 4th Quarter Honors Passes will go into effect on Tuesday, April 8th.

The Oronoco VFW Auxiliary would like to announce the VFW Auxiliary National Illustrating America Art Contest, 2024-2025.

VFW Auxiliary National is pleased to present this National art contest to introduce, encourage and recognize young artists with patriotism through art. Entries will be judged on patriotic theme and technique.

For students in grades K-8 by the April 1st deadline who are enrolled in a public, private, parochial or home school program in the United States.

There will be three categories for first place, K-2nd grades, 3rd-5th grades and 6th-8th grades.

Please CLICK HERE.

Please turn any entries into the office by April 1. If you have any questions, please email Katie Dudley at cnktdudley1@gmail.com.

VFW Auxiliary National Scholarship 3-Dimensional Patriotic Art Contest

and Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest 2024-2025

This scholarship contest recognizes young artists and encourages patriotism in youth. Entries will be judged on originality of concept, presentation and patriotism expressed, content of how it relates to patriotism and clarity of ideas, design technique and total impact of work.

Please click on the links for more information:

3-Dimensional Patriotic Art Contest

Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest

Please turn any entries into the office by April 1. If you have any questions, please email Katie Dudley at cnktdudley1@gmail.com.

Link to apply - See Mr. Horner for questions or more information

Earth Day is on Tuesday, April 22 (our online and ACT day)! To celebrate, Roots and Shoots is hosting a chicken wire sun catcher workshop, which will be taught by Angie Severson (of Miss Angie's Place).

The workshop will be held in my classroom from 12:00-3:00pm. The cost is $20 and includes all materials.

Let me know if you would like to join us! All are welcome!

Deadline to sign up is Thursday, April 10!

Thanks!

Mrs. Schimek

The School Board is seeking student representatives for next year. They are seeking 1 junior and 1 senior representative. Please CLICK HERE for more information and to apply. The deadline to apply is April 11, 2025.

• The Good Samaritan program is created to help recognize our students who go out of their way to help others. Here are the details.

• Students who are spotted doing something extraordinary to help others, will be given a “ticket”. Each ticket has a number on it.

• Students who receive one of these tickets from a staff member will need to turn the ticket in to Mr. Menk prior to the end of each sports season in order to be eligible to win the prize.

• Each ticket recipient who returns the ticket to Mr. Menk will be added to a spreadsheet of eligible winners for that season.

• Every season (Fall, Winter, and Spring), there will be a drawing for one winner of a Stanley water bottle.

The winner for the Winter season is McKenna Knudson. Congratulations, McKenna and thank you for being a good samaritan!

MENUS

• 4/11/25 - Trip to Huntington Bank Stadium, Cambria Club, 420 23rd Avenue, SE Minneapolis for SEMS - 208/1 from 11:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.

• 4/14/25 - Trip to Quarry Hill Nature Center for 5th Grade from 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

• 4/28/25 - Trip to Wood Lake Meeting Center, 210 Wood Lake Dr. SE, Rochester, MN, 55904 for Math Masters 5th Grade from 7:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

• 5/9/25- Trip to Mayo Civic Center for Physics 806/S2 from 11:30 a.m. - 2:15 p.m.

• 5/29/25 - Trip to Valleyfair for MS Stud Co & School Patrol from 8:15 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.

HVL Calendar

A complete list of athletic events can be found at www.hvlconference.org. The PI Athletic Department now has a web page with a variety of information on it for parents and athletes. There is a coach’s directory, links to important websites, the extra-curricular handbook, PAC meeting dates, HVL Conference, athletic trainer and more…

Upcoming Dates:

• 4/7-4/11 - MCA Reading Grades 3-8, 10

• 4/11 - HS State of the School Quarter 3

• 4/16 - 5th Grade Preview

• 4/21--4/25 - MCA Math Grades 3-8

• 4/22 - ACT Testing for Juniors; Online Learning for grades 9, 10, and 12
• 4/28-5/2- MCA Math Grade 11
• 4/28-5/2 - MCA Science Grades 5, 8, High School Biology

Click here for the full schedule: MUSIC EVENT SCHEDULE WEBSITE

None Scheduled

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Do you want a quiet space to get homework done and extra help if needed. You can go to PASS with Mrs. Zincke in Rm. 221 from 3:15 p.m. to 4:10 p.m. on Tuesday's and Thursday's.

Need to make an appointment with the High School Counselor? To schedule an appointment please click here: https://calendly.com/pihs-counselor/counselor-meeting or email Mrs. Hoeppner at chellyne.hoeppner@pineisland.k12.mn.us.

• Brandon Week - South Dakota State University - Baseball

• Zoe Njus - University of Dubuque - Basketball

• Blake Schiltz - North Dakota State University - Football

• Andrew Edwards - Valley City State University - Football

• Lucas Sems - United States Merchant Marines - Baseball

• Ashley Pederson - University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire) - Cross Country

• Collin Fogarty - St. John's University - Golf

• Ella Schmoll - University of Wisconsin - Stout - Track and Field

Student devices to check out- If you have a student that forgot their device, we have a limited number of devices to check out from the 5-12 Library. These devices should be returned when not in use/ by the end of the day and are not to be taken home at night.

High School Students: If you are going on vacation and will miss school, it is your responsibility to pick up a Vacation Form from the office. Once you pick up this form, you will take it to each of your teachers to get the assignments you will miss and then get a parent’s signature. Once it is completed, bring it back to the office for final approval.

Vacation Form

Next Meeting: Tuesday, April 8th

Join Van Horn Library's Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book club! Over the course of the school year, we will read 9 choose-you-own-adventure books during this after-school program. Enjoy snacks as Ms. Heidi reads a book aloud each month; participants who read all 9 books will receive a prize pack - including a free book!

You do not need to attend every month in order to earn a prize pack. Contact the library at pipl@selco.info for details. Recommended for ages 8-12.

Don’t forget to order a yearbook!

High School Yearbook

Middle School Yearbook

You can also find the link on the HS homepage of our website.

*Please choose the correct school when ordering.

If you have a study hall and need to see a teacher or have an arrangement to have a meeting in the office with admin, please bring a pass to your study hall from the staff member you have a meeting with.

3rd quarter grades will be due at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2nd.

April 7th-11th MCA Reading Grades 3-8, 10

April 21st-25th MCA Math Grades 3-8

April 28th-May 2nd MCA Math Grade 11

April 28th-May 2nd MCA Science Grades 5, 8, High School Biology

The Pine Island School District will be administering reading MCAs and MTAS assessments during the week of April 7th for grades 3-8 and 10. Math MCAs and MTAS assessments will be administered the week of April 21st for students in grades 3-8, and the week of April 28th for grade 11. Science MCAs and MTAS assessments will be administered during the week of April 28th for grades 5, 8, and for those students who have taken or are currently taking Biology during the 2024-2025 school year.

The middle school will run our 2-hour late schedule on MCA reading and math testing days so that testing can be administered between 8:15 - 10:15 on the following dates:

Reading MCAs April 8th and 9th

Math MCAs April 22nd and 23rd

Science MCA (grades 5 and 8) April 29th and 30th (We will not be running a late start on these dates. More info to come later)

Make-up testing will occur on Thursdays and Fridays of each test week. Classroom teachers, special education teachers will notify you if your shared students will be taking the MCAs in a location other than your classroom.

4/16/25 - 5th Grade Preview (120 students/7 adults):

• 8:40 Load Bus at Elementary

• 8:45 Depart Elementary

• 8:50 Arrive at 5-12 Building

• 11:40 Load Bus at 5-12 Building

• 11:45 Depart 5-12 Building

• 11:50 Arrive at Elementary

Back again is the Middle School March Madness Rock Paper Scissors Tournament for both Middle School Staff and Students with the big prize for the winners!

• Please see all the details here, the tournament begins next week!

4/24/25 - 5-12 Staff Appreciation Lunch provided by the PTO from 10:30-1:00.

Honors English 10 students will meet with Mrs. Organ on either Monday or Tuesday each week second semester. Here is the list of students and the day they should be released from PROWL. If you have any questions, check with Mrs. Organ.

Here are the instructions:

1. Go to Pine Island Public School Homepage.

2. Click on the "Fee Payments" tile.

3. Click on the "Coffee Cart - Staff Only" tile. Choose your items and pay.

Thank you to the Coffee Cart crew for providing the Coffee Cart service!

Puzzle Library Link

We donated $104 to PBIS and SOP through our Casual Wednesday donations! 3rd quarter donations will go to Pine Island Sharing Shelves. Thank you for your generosity.

We will use Channel 4 for our walkie talkies at the 5-12.

PLEASE PUT ALL ABSENCES, INCLUDING INTERNAL SUBS YOU FIND YOURSELF, INTO TOC. Also, please let Kerry in the 5-12 office know if you found your own internal sub and when they are covering for you. Thank you!

Please advise your subs that they CAN park in the numbered spots in the city lots, behind the legion and to the north of the school. (numbered 300 and higher) Please refrain from parking in the student lot on the east side of the building. Street parking is also available, but please check the signs.

Please make sure you contact the office if you are taking the class outside. Please share your cell phone number with the office if you have not already so that we have a way to contact you if needed.

You can call the custodial staff directly for any maintenance needs? The extension is 3220. (After 2:30, call 3221).

Unfilled:

Kadie Pearson, all day,

External Subs:

Mika Brannan, all day, Susan Powers

Tessa Weis, all day, Ron Miller

Dawn, Lenz, all day, Stella Banach

Jordan Aug, all day, Don McPhail

Bella Mehrkens, all day, Ariane Bromberg

Internal Subs:

Madison Dudley, 2:45-EoD, Michelle Ryan

Kim Pokrandt, all day, Bella Mehrkens

No Sub Needed: