Action of the School Board Action of the School Board 04/25/16

ACTION

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MEETING RECAP

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Board Chair

Tom Heidemann

Vice Chair

Marci Anderson

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Treasurer
Bill Harvey

SCHOOL BOARD
ISSUE 10, VOL. 09

Clerk

Jeff Simon

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Director

William Fields

04/25/16

Director

Nicole Hayes

Recognitions

National Volunteer Recognition Month

April is National Volunteer Recognition Month and in Minnesota, appreciation week is April 10-16. Anoka-Hennepin Schools benefit greatly from an outpouring of support from community volunteers with numbers totaling
9,300 volunteers and more than 162,000 hours of time last school year. School Board Chair Tom Heidemann
commented in appreciation of their service.

STEP Emergency Medical Technician Outstanding Student

Jes Lipa, director of the Secondary Technical Education Program (STEP), and Ann Dublin, emergency medical
teacher, presented Zach Paul, a senior, for School Board recognition of outstanding service. Paul responded to
a call for help, using his emergency medical technician knowledge to aid a citizen in need with the delivery of a
child.

Northdale Middle School

Kari Rock, Northdale Middle School principal, and teacher Stephanie Poglatz, introduced fifteen students in
grades seven and eight who collected top honors at the St. Cloud State math contest, an event that featured
nearly 1,800 students from 43 schools across Minnesota. Students who finish in the top 10 percent and top
five in the competition are recognized. Top five percent finishers include Michael Mehl, Nathan Rode, David
Rotondo, Oscar Siocha and Alexander Totev. Students who finished in the top 10 percent include Daniel Gettlel, Elizabeth Getty, Anna Giese, Stephanie Kienholz, Emily Nguyen, Jacob Senapatiratne, Amilia Yang, Samuel
Burnes, Ryan Loomis and Jake VanHulzen.

Coon Rapids Middle School

Tom Shaw, Coon Rapids Middle School principal, and teacher Stephanie Hutchens, introduced grade seven students Ethan Hanson, Jennings Jurmu, Megan Schultz and Sydney Vossen who collected top 10 percent awards
at the St. Cloud State math contest.

Jackson Middle School

Tom Hagerty, Jackson Middle School (JMS) principal, and math teacher Belinda Eerdmans, introduced top
achieving students at the St. Cloud State math contest. Grade seven students who finished in the top five
percent include Noah Larson (who also finished sixth place overall out of 500 students), Kyle Horton, Keara
Kelleher, Will Asinger, Gregory Nelson, and Alex Johnson. Students finishing in the top 10 percent include Erin
Reardon, Erin Smythe, Morgan Pietsch, Olivia Ratajczyk and Sheila Legus-Christman.
Grade eight students who finished in the top five percent include Caden Marstad, (who also finished seventh of
691 students), Georgie Stammer, Connor Preston, Owen Eerdmans, Jack Nightengale, Sam Rose, Allyson Qual1