The Splog Archives: September 2008
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29 September 2008
MN Department of Education Website Info
In preparation for our district’s secondary schools’ data retreat this afternoon, I spent some additional time today looking at the Minnesota Department of Education’s website. Specifically, I was interested in some of the new data and reports that are now available to us about our school. I will post a link to that specific site [...]
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26 September 2008
Class Rank–Current Trends
One reason for this blog is to generate discussion about pertinent issues in education and at Rochester Mayo High School. While most of my posts thus far have been more informative in nature, my post today is certainly intended to generate debate. Included in today’s post is a web link to a news article out [...]
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24 September 2008
Annual Target Donation
Each year we are fortunate to benefit from your designating Mayo High School as a “preferred” school at your local Target. Annually, we receive approximately 1% of your designated spending at Target, which we use for a variety of educational purposes. Today, we received a check in the amount of $2,229.97 from Target. We are [...]
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22 September 2008
National Merit Commended Students
Last week we shared with you the names of our National Merit semifinalists. On Friday we were notified that Mayo High School also has nine National Merit commended students among us. We would like to congratulate them for their work. While they do not move forward in the 2009 competition for National Merit Scholarships, they [...]
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19 September 2008
The Mayo Planetarium
Last evening we welcomed dignitaries and supporters from the community to a special opening of the Mayo High School planetarium. Approximately forty people attended the event and all of them were so very impressed with the work Larry Mascotti, Bob Snyder and Nancy Poeschel have done together. Our school district and our community have provided [...]
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17 September 2008
Big 9 Meeting
One of the things that makes our conference so unique and special is the pride with which we work together, share ideas and challenge one another. Today was our first of three annual meetings with the other principals, activities’ directors and superintendents from the Big 9. We discussed the future of our conference, the academic [...]
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15 September 2008
National Merit Semifinalists
The Mayo High School community would like extend our congratulations to six National Merit Scholarship Competition semifinalists. Guidance counselors and administrators met with them last week to share the next steps in the process. Later this year, the program will recognize finalist status based upon SAT performance of students. Mayo’s six semifinalists are: Sara Bernstein [...]
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12 September 2008
Open House Invitation
We would like to invite you to our first semester Open House on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 6:30 PM. Parents will be given the opportunity to follow their student’s schedule and meet the classroom teachers. During the assigned lunch “hour” administration and guidance counselors will be available in the door one foyer area. Beginning [...]
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10 September 2008
Mid-quarter progress reports and classroom websites
As we continue to find more ways to communicate about student progress with parents, the need for print versions of mid-quarter progress decreases. In fact, over the past three years, with the advent of technology and Agile, I have heard from parents that the mid-quarter grades are outdated by the time they receive them in [...]
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5 September 2008
The First Week and PTSA Invite
I am certain I say this every year, but this first week of school with students has been wonderful. And this year, I really, REALLY mean it. Here are a few highlights: Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting two new international students, one from Iraq and another from Lithuania. Today, I was honored to [...]
