The Splog Archives: December 2008
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29 December 2008
A Quiet Week Here
It will be a very quiet week here at Mayo High School. Currently, a work crew is in the process of installing our solar panels at the top of Door 6. When I spoke with them this morning, they indicated that the majority of the outside work is complete, but that more needs to be [...]
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10 December 2008
National Recognition
Our staff was very excited by the positive press coverage Mayo High School received yesterday in the Post Bulletin and Twin Cities media outlets. If you did not see it, Mayo High School earned “bronze” status with U.S. News and World Report in their annual ranking of the nation’s top schools. Forty-eight schools in Minnesota [...]
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8 December 2008
School Closing Information–Updated 2:35 PM
****The Mayo orchestra concert this evening has been postponed due to the looming inclement weather. It has been rescheduled for Wednesday, December 10 at 7:30 PM. —————————- The first question I fielded this morning was “So, do you think we will have school tomorrow?” Let me be honest and state I hadn’t been paying attention to [...]
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5 December 2008
MCA Writing Field Test
Our ninth graders today completed the MCA Writing Field Test for the state of Minnesota. This field test was an opportunity for the State to test new writing prompts for the actual test students take in April. The April writing test is a graduation requirement in the state and students must score a three or [...]
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1 December 2008
2009-2010 Course Registration Timeline Change
As you are well aware, our district is in the process of cutting $10 million for the coming school year. One of the recommendations that came forward to the Ad Hoc Budget Reduction Committee, from the public, was to consider the cost savings in changing the number of daily class periods in the high schools. [...]
