News and events Nov. 1, 2024

November 1, 2024

Nov 5: No School- Professional Development Day

Nov 22: Last Day of Trimester 1

Nov 25-26: No School- Grading & Professional Development Days

Nov 27-29: No School- Thanksgiving Break

Dec 2: First Day of Trimester 2

Dec 23-Jan 1: No School- Winter Break

Please make note on your calendars that CRHS will not have school this Tuesday- November 5th as some buildings serve as voting sites for elections. Anoka-Hennepin staff will be participating in Professional Development on November 5th.

There is NO Late Start this Monday. School this Monday (Nov 4th) will run on a regular school day schedule.

The last Late Start Monday morning for Trimester 1 is on 11/11.

On a near perfect weather day at the Section 7AAA Meet last Thursday, the Cardinal Cross Country Team had one of their best days in recent history! Of the 36 Cardinal Runners that competed, 28 runners finished with a Seasonal Best with 24 of the 28 runners also scoring an All Time Personal Record!

Congratulations to Lachlan Demmer as he became the 2024 Section 7AAA Champion while running the second fastest time in Coon Rapids CC History and qualifying for the State Meet! Also qualifying for the State Meet for the Boys was Owen James, as he joined the Cardinal Sub-17 Club for our Cross Country Runners and finishing in 13th place overall and earning the number 5 spot for State Qualifiers for Individuals! The both of them helped the Boys team to a 4th place finish, just 4 points out of 3rd place.

Congratulations also goes to Ruby Demmer as she became the fastest 5K runner in Coon Rapids CC History as she finished in 9th place overall and qualified for the State Meet as she helped the Girls team to a 7th place finish!

Congratulations to all CC runners and their coaches on an amazing end to a great season! And good luck to Lachlan, Owen, and Ruby at the State CC Meet on Saturday!

The CRHS Girls' Swim and Dive Team participated in the Northwest Suburban Conference Championships this weekend. The team scored a second-place finish in the Medley Relay consisting of Abbey Peterson, Caitlin Davis, Carrie Hartung, and Tyler Schutta. Caitlin Davis also had a 1st place finish in the 100-yard Breaststroke with a time of 1:23.72.

Congratulations to the entire Cardinal Swim and Dive Team and their coaches!

Students--Buy your 2024-25 yearbook NOW at the lowest price of the year. Check out ordering details below:

• This year's book is on sale at Jostens.com but hurry as the "Back-to-School" deal expires at midnight on Sunday!
• Payment plans available through Jostens.
• Email Ms. Berg with any questions.

Attention Senior Parents- Senior year is an important milestone in many student's lives and it’s important to find creative ways to commemorate your student’s senior year, celebrate all of their hard work and accomplishments throughout their school career, and let them know that you love and are proud of them. A fun and easy way to do this is to place a Recognition Ad, or an “Ad for Grads”, in the 2024-2025 Yearbook. This is something that your student can look back on for years to come. It is very simple to create an “Ad for Grad.” Just follow the details below:

• Visit www.jostensadservice.com to begin creating your ad today using your favorite photos of your student and a personal message.
• Choose any photos you like: a baby photo, a grade school photo, or just a photo of your student that you love--you can even take a picture of the photo you want to use and upload that image from your phone.
  
• Photos may be in color or black and white, and you pick the fonts and background.
• Ads are available in two different sizes, 1/4 page for $60 or 1/8 page for $40.
• The Ads for Grads deadline is February 1, 2025.

If you have any questions or need tips on how to upload the pictures you want to use, please email Kari Berg at karilee.berg@ahschools.us or check out this sheet from Jostens with FAQs.

Click on the button below to check out the CRHS Activities running this week. We'd love to see you come out and support Cardinal Nation!

The Senior All Night Party Committee will be meeting on Wednesday, November 13th at the Coon Rapids Ice Center conference room at 6:30pm. Please join us as we begin to plan the Class of 2025 All Night Party! More helpers mean more fun for our seniors. You do not need to have a senior student to volunteer.

I am incredibly grateful to work with a team of people dedicated to helping for the sake of helping. It really does take a village to raise good citizens, and I would like to believe that volunteers serve a very special need in that village. Teaching our children to see a need and fill a need will help them in every aspect of their lives. Modeling a volunteer heart by being involved in our schools is a beautiful way to ensure that we are preparing our students to make a difference in the world. Thank you to everyone involved in the Anoka Hennepin volunteer program!

Volunteers are such an incredible asset to the students here at CRHS. Let’s make sure your impact is recorded and recognized. By filling out your volunteer application you are doing your part to keep our students safe while enriching their lives through extracurricular activities. You can access this year’s volunteer application here:

CRHS Volunteer Application and Criminal Record History Release Form or email your Volunteer Services Coordinator, Danielle Callahan at danielle.callahan@ahschools.us (or call (763) 506-7130)

The Anoka-Hennepin Schools Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC) is hosting a resource information night for families of students with special needs to learn about resources available in the community. Vendors for sports, camps, and community services will be in attendance.

• When: Thursday, Nov. 14 from 6-7:30 p.m.

• Where: Educational Service Center, 2727 N Ferry St., Anoka. Enter through Door 7 and meet in Erling Johnson rooms C and D.

Families will be able to speak with various vendors at stations that will be set up in the rooms.

The SEAC intends to provide tools and resources to help guardians of children receiving special education services and collaborate with the district to promote continuous growth of special education services to best meet the needs of students. Members serve as representatives of district learners with disabilities from birth through age 22. SEAC strives to promote, educate and share resources between families, schools, and communities.

The council is a partnership between parents/guardians and the school district and meets four times (three in person and one virtual) during the school year.