PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE
Welcome to the class
of 2033: Kindergarten
registration dates set
Rum Riv
sparks s
Anoka-Hennepin will welcome nearly 3,000
students to school this fall as Kindergarten
classes begin forming. The educational journey
for the Class of 2033 begins with registration for
2020-21 kindergarten in the weeks ahead.
How does it all start? Families of kindergartenage
children will receive an invitation from
their neighborhood school a few weeks before
the scheduled event, which will include more
information about registration and enrollment.
If you don’t receive an invitation from your
neighborhood school, it means your child is not
in the district database. If your child is not in our
database, please call the school serving your
address. Check out the ahschools.us website
under the About A-H tab for school maps and
attendance areas and a link to search for your
school of attendance by your address.
If you do not live within Anoka-Hennepin
but would like your child to attend an Anoka-
Hennepin school, you can electronically apply
for enrollment through Minnesota’s open
enrollment program.
For additional information on kindergarten
contact ahschools.us/kindergarten. n
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verified accounts on
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
From students and staff doing amazing
things in the classroom, to breaking weather
alerts about districtwide school closures thanks
to the snow or cold — keeping up with what’s
going on in Anoka-Hennepin has never been
easier thanks to social media.
Anoka-Hennepin is on Facebook, Instagram,
and Twitter:
facebook.com/ahschools
instagram.com/ahschools
twitter.com/ahschools
Importantly, the district’s Facebook and
Twitter accounts are verified. (We’re working
on Instagram.) In an era when parody and
impersonation Facebook and Twitter accounts
are more popular than ever, being verified
means you can trust the messages sent from
the district’s social media accounts. n
While reading a book in
at Rum River Elementary S
in Andover, fourth-grader
Thomsen was inspired to h
others. Thomsen shared w
mother her idea to collect
clothing to donate to child
need, and the school prov
with the platform to reach
Thomsen’s mother reach
Jeff Clusiau, principal at Ru
to set up a meeting, and T
laid out her plan.
“Rivers did everything,”
said. “Her mother emailed
saying she wanted to talk
and at the time, I didn’t ev
what it was about.”
Thomsen met with Clusi
her teacher, Angela Landry
school social worker Lisa D
and she had everything re
go, including a flyer she cr
to drum up interest among
peers.
“I started by handing ou
to kids in my class and we
them up around the schoo
Thomsen said. “I even had
chance to make an announ
on the morning announcem
everyone in the school cou
about it.”
As word spread, items s
Kindnes
annual a
As part of October’s Na
Bullying Prevention campa
Anoka-Hennepin held its 1
annual kindness poster con
The Anoka-Hennepin Core
Values of Respect, Respon
Appreciation of Diversity, I
and Compassion are the b
kindness. Students particip
the kindness poster contes
to action to counteract the
impact of bullying.
The district invited stude
all grade-levels to submit t
best artwork for the compe
Elementary and middle sch
selected one winning post
each grade level and each
school also selected a win
to advance to the district-l
judging.
This year’s theme was: “
kindness rock stars!” Over
posters were voted on by
the Educational Service Ce
(ESC) on Nov. 20 and this
winners are:
• Olivia Landmark, kinde
Monroe Elementary Schoo
- Mathematics, Science an
Children’s Engineering.
• Josephina Toth, first g