Wildcat News

And now it's May! Wowzers. A few items to note for the week:

~ Title I Parent Survey: Our school is a schoolwide Title I school serving all students. Schools receiving federal funding for Title I, Part A are required to gather feedback about Title I programming. Please complete this short survey by Friday, May 10th. Title I Parent Survey

Thank you in advance for your time and participation.

~ Chipotle Restaurant Night: Thank you to everyone who participated in our restaurant night on Tuesday and shared it in your social network. We raised $300.04!!!

~ Teacher Appreciation Week is next week! You can help to support making this week a success by contributing to the fun. Please use this Sign-Up Genuis link to help support our teachers by donating something for the fun week that is planned. Also, the Reve Coffee Truck will be parked in the Washington Elementary parking lot on the morning of Tuesday, May 7. Information below. If you are interested in putting up a flyer in your place of work, especially if you work near Washington Elementary, please let Diane know, and she'll send some flyers home with your child. It would be great if workers at the hospital or clinic, or other close by places, knew about this event.

~ Spring Picnic: This is scheduled for Thursday, May 16 (rain date: May 23) from 5:30-7:00 on the Washington playground. See flyer below! AND...please sign up for a volunteer slot (they're short!), to help make the event a success. Here's the link.

As always, thank you for your support--it matters!

Ann Haggerty

Washington Principal

ahagge1@isd77.org

Reve Coffee Truck Fundraiser and Teacher Appreciation

May 7th 7:00am to 10:30am

Washington Elementary Staff Parking Lot

May 7th is Teacher Appreciation Day! Treat our Wildcat Teachers and Staff to a Reve drink of their choice! Simply Venmo $8 to @revecoffeeco and put Wildcats in the comments. Help us purchase drinks for all Wildcat staff!

PLUS stop by the coffee truck to buy yourself one of their delicious drinks! And, invite all your friends! 10% of all sales will be donated to Washington PTO.

Team members include Lucas Robbins, Eli Williams, Jaxon Nash, Silas Billings, Violett Kolbinger, David Edorh, Oren Kruse, Layker Block, Jackson Culbertson and Damon Riegert.

Washington took 1st place out of 51 teams! We also had some individual award winners out of 215 students. They are:

Damon Riegert - 4th place Fact Drill

David Edorh - 1st place Fact Drill

Oren Kruse - 13th place individual test

David Edorh - 1st place individual test

Congrats to all our Wildcats who participated! We are so proud!

Families, educators, and students (grades 8–12): Do you have ideas about how the statewide assessment results, like the MCA, could be shared with the public and school and district staff?

MDE is beginning the process of redesigning the statewide assessment reports. This includes evaluating how student results are organized and communicated (including the labels like "does not meet” or “exceeds" the standards, and what the reports will look like for new academic standards). The redesigned reports will be seen for the first time in summer and fall 2025.

Please take the survey to share your experience. It should take no longer than 15 minutes. The survey is now open for submissions until May 19. Responses are completely anonymous.

tinyurl.com/state-testing-survey

Your voice is important to this process. We appreciate your time and consideration.

Please reach out to mde.testing@state.mn.us with any questions or concerns about the survey or feedback process.

Mankato Area Public Schools (MAPS) is committed to working together equitably, with families and communities, so that each learner has the knowledge and skills to be a successful and contributing citizen in a diverse global society.

Email: ahagge1@isd77.org
Website: https://we.isd77.org/
Location: 1100 Anderson Drive
Phone: 507-345-3059