Back-to-School August 2022
August 2022 | SPAPSD Staff Update
In This Newsletter
- Welcome From Superintendent Hirsbrunner
- Share Your Back-to-School Photos with a #PointSchools Sign
- Welcome New Team Members
- Parent and Community Back-to-School Information and Communication
- Telling Our Story
- We're Hiring - Get a $100 Referral Bonus
- Around the District
- New Online Ticketing for WVC High School Events
- Read the Mirror - SPASH's Student Newspaper
🧩 You Are An Important Piece to Our Puzzle!
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2022-2023 school year! I sincerely hope that you found time to rest and relax during the summer.
Education provides us a unique opportunity for a new beginning each September. The new school year gives each of us a moment to reflect on our values and focus on what we hope to accomplish in the coming year. We know this year will bring challenges filled with excitement and opportunities provided to students. I see the work we do as a puzzle; in order to achieve success as a District, we all must work together and all of the pieces of the puzzle need to fit together to form the big picture…student success.
That success requires the systematic implementation of a meaningful and rigorous curriculum utilizing proven instructional strategies. I am excited to begin a focused and measurable plan to monitor our success with instruction and to observe its impact on our local student performance. We know that sound instructional practices are what have the most significant impact on the academic outcomes of students and we are responsible to provide the best education possible to each and every student.
As we begin that process, I invite you to review my 90-Day Entry Plan that blends the District's Strategic Plan Initiatives, my superintendent goals and my own insights that have been shaped by feedback provided through staff and family surveys and listening sessions that took place at the end of last school year. I'm looking forward to continuing those conversations throughout this school year as we learn and grow together.
I am looking forward to a great school year! I hope you and your family enjoy your last few weeks of summer and thank you for your partnership as we work together to prepare each student to be successful.
Sincerely,
Cory Hirsbrunner, Ed.D.
Superintendent
See more photos from our first day together for the 2022-23 school year!
📸 Share Your Back-to-School Photos on Your First Day
👋 Welcome New Team Members
The #PointProud digital welcome series highlighted new District team members throughout the month of August. Follow the links below to learn a bit about our new team members, their roles and how they support staff and students.
Assistant Superintendent and Director of Elementary Education
Joel Burgener
Principal, Ben Franklin Junior High
Sara Grant
Student Services Coordinator
Jeff Mlsna
Director of Secondary Education
Aimee Burazin
Student Services Coordinator
Jennifer Knecht
Principal, P.J. Jacobs Junior High
Dani Fowler-Koenig
Principal, Charles Fernandez Center
Nancy Schuster
Principal, Washington Elementary
Dave Hauser
Athletics and Activities Director
Lee Nowicki
Transportation Manger
🎒 Back-to-School Information and Communication
💅 Getting Ready for Back-to-School Stories
Help tell our story! Can you send Sarah O'Donnell, director of communications, ONE PHOTO and caption of how you're getting ready for the upcoming school year?
Some ideas of photos to share:
- Getting your classroom ready
- 'Unboxing' school supplies
- Meeting new team members
- Picking out your first day of school outfit
- Print and download our 'First Day' signage
Celebrate the hard work of students and team members in your schools by sharing their stories to socialmedia@pointschools.net.
💸 We're Hiring - Get a $100 Referral Bonus
We're looking for great team members and you can help us find them. Earn a $100 referral bonus after your referral is hired by the District and has worked for 90 days.
How the Program Will Work:
1. The referred candidate applies online on WECAN (HR or Transportation personnel can assist an applicant with this)
2. The first question on WECAN is "How did you learn about this job?"
3. The referred candidate must put the name of the employee who referred them (one employee name only)
4. If the referred candidate is hired, the employee making the referral will receive a $100 bonus in their check after the referred candidate completes 90 days of service.
See a list of current certified and classified openings.
👋 Around the District
🤩 We See Future Leaders
🚌 Recruiting Events
School board members, transportation team members, HR team members and administrators spent a beautiful night at the Levitt AMP concert in downtown Stevens Point recruiting staff to join our #PointProud team for the upcoming school year. Thank you to those who were able to be there!
🥳 Happy Birthday Coach Molly
The Wednesday Theme for the SPASH Volleyball team was “Hat Day” and this group didn’t disappoint! While Coach Molly was ready with an EPIC chicken hat, they surprised her by walking in singing “Happy Birthday,” with party hats and treats for her birthday today! The best part was watching them play with the hats on during practice!
⚽ New Online Ticketing for WVC High School Events
All Adult, Family, and Student WVC Ticket Spicket passes will get you into all Home SPASH athletic events for WVC and Non-conference games. These passes are not eligible for WIAA Events.
Ticket Purchases at www.spicket.events/wisconsinvalley
- Var. Football
- Var/JV Soccer. Hockey, Wrestling, Swimming
- Var/JV/JV2 Volleyball, Basketball
Check out SPASH's student newspaper, The Mirror. This month features poetry from SPASH students. You will be impressed!
Contact Us
Email: info@pointschools.net
Website: www.pointschools.net
Location: 1900 Polk Street, Stevens Point, WI, USA
Phone: 715-345-5456
Facebook: facebook.com/pointschools
Twitter: @pointschools