Spartan Scoop Sept 16

We recently reviewed our student's state testing data and wanted to more publicly celebrate how well our students performed! This past Spring, our 9th-11th graders outperformed the rest of the state by 16.4% in English Language Art and 15.6% in Math!! There's still growth to be had, but these sort of numbers deserve to be shared and celebrated...GO SPARTANS!

Parents, PLEASE REPORT ALL ATTENDANCE IN INFINITE CAMPUS. You are able to enter your request directly into IC at any time of day, even for short notice or late requests. (Instructions). If you are concerned that the office staff is not receiving your IC absence request, please make sure you allow push notifications for the Infinite Campus app on your phone. Once the IC request is processed you will get a notification.

As a back-up, you can leave a message on the attendance line, 608-838-4657, or email mhsattendance@mcfsd.org. Please do not call the main office to report an absence, doctor appointment, early pick up, or late arrival, even if it's last minute. These should all go in IC or use the phone number or email listed above, as these methods are the fastest ways to contact us.

With homecoming approaching quickly, here is a reminder of the Spartan Reset, which includes criteria to attend dances. Please review the infographic below. If a student gets close to meeting the criteria and/or being ineligible to attend the dance, you will be notified.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Ms. Schoemer (last names A-K) or Ms. Harper (last names L-Z).

Spartan Reset

See below.

Congratulations to the Sophomore Class Officers:

President: Shreve Smith

Vice-Pres: Colette Foster

Secretary: Abby Repenshek

Treasurer was a tie: Emily Karls & Dean Swanlund

Vice President: Clint Landerud

Secretary: Angela Huang

Treasurer: Nolan McDermid

Picture retake day from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM in the student learning center.

MSEC is a collaborative group that meets monthly to offer feedback to the district with the goal of improving equity and fostering positive experiences for all students and families. If you are interested in advocating for the betterment of our school community or learning about important district topics, we invite you to attend our first meeting on September 18th from 6:00 to 7:30 PM at WIS in the Multi-Purpose Room. Everyone is welcome!

⭐ Our first meeting with feature Superintendent Aaron Tarnutzer to discuss the referendum. ⭐

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Check out our calendar of events!

• McFarland Girls Youth Basketball - Registration open through September 15

• McFarland Cub Scouts Space Derby Recruitment Night - September 17

• Stoughton Health Safe@Home Program for Grades 4-6 - October 11

• Stoughton Health Safe Sitter Program for Grades 6-8 - October 12

• School’s Out Days - Lussier Family Heritage Center - October 24-25

• Badger Bots School Day Off Camps - October 24-December 31

• Free Triple P Positive Parenting Online Program for WI Families

Parents, PLEASE REPORT ALL ATTENDANCE IN INFINITE CAMPUS. You are able to enter your request directly into IC at any time of day, even for short notice or late requests. (Instructions). If you are concerned that the office staff is not receiving your IC absence request, please make sure you allow push notifications for the Infinite Campus app on your phone. Once the IC request is processed you will get a notification.

As a back-up, you can leave a message on the attendance line, 608-838-4657, or email mhsattendance@mcfsd.org.

Every school in Wisconsin is required by law to report their student’s vaccination status to the local health department 30 days after the start of school. See WI Student Immunization Law by Age/Grade Requirements. Your student’s health assistant will be sending out legal notices at that time if the school has no record or if your student’s immunization status is “behind schedule”. If you are not sure if your student is up to date with immunizations, you can contact your doctor's office/My chart or you can look them up on the Wisconsin Immunization Registry using your child's social security number and/or Medical ID. If you need access to a waiver (for personal, religious or health reasons) for any vaccination, please utilize the student immunization record (English, Spanish) see step 4 and return it to your student’s health office.

Vaccine Clinics: Public Health Madison & Dane County is partnering with Madison Metropolitan School District and SSM Health in a few weeks to offer more school vaccine clinics to get students up to date on their school vaccines in time for the 2024-25 school year. These clinics will take place at the below times and dates in Madison.

Monday, October 7 – 12pm-4pm – at Mendota Elementary

Monday, October 14 – 4pm-7pm – at Leopold Elementary

Saturday, October 19 – 10am-12pm – at Holtzman Learning Center

Monday, October 21 – 8am-12pm – at Holtzman Learning Center

Find more information and to schedule an appointment see the attached flyer, or via publichealthmdc.com/schoolclinics.

Girls Tennis: Had a very busy week with nice wins over Fort Atkinson, Sauk Prairie, Stoughton. They also competed in the Waunakee invite on Friday and Saturday and beat Madison Memorial, and had good matches against Madison West, Verona and Waunakee but came up short in those.

Girls Golf: Won their conference match vs. Portage this week.

Football: Had a close game with Evansville but came up a little short.

Volleyball: Had a tough match vs. Mount Horeb on Thursday.

Girls Swimming: Had a nice conference win over Portage on Tuesday and competed very well at the Elkhorn invite on Saturday.

Boys Soccer: Had another busy week with a nice conference win vs. Baraboo, and they competed in the Waunakee invite beating Waunakee and Sun Prairie East. Congrats.

Cross Country: Had another great day to run at the River Valley invite in Spring Green. Both teams competed well.

MHS Dance: Had a very nice performance at the halftime of the football game.

The next School District of McFarland School Board meeting is scheduled for September 16, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Click HERE for a link to the McFarland School Board agendas and minutes.

Click HERE for a link to the McFarland School Board meeting recordings and upcoming YouTube live streams.

September is...

• Attendance Awareness Month
• Suicide Prevention Month
• Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 National Hispanic Heritage Month