The baseball game verse Adrian today has been moved to Adrian. This will be a Varsity only contest. Bus will leave at 2:30pm. JV and JH games are canceled due to field conditions and lack of playable fields. Go Rebels!
April is School Library Month! A few fun facts: the Central library owns 9,973 books and West Elementary holds 10,330 in their collection. Last year, 8,445 books were checked out at West and 5,323 at Central! Our average loss of books is only 1-2% each year. We love our libraries!
The golf meet today in Pipestone has been postponed to Monday, April 11, 2022. This will be a girls only meet as our boys are in Marshall that day for a tournament.
Our children’s theater actors had fun trying on costumes last week! They are looking forward to their performances April 22 and 23!
The golf meet scheduled for today in Westbrook has been postponed to a date to be determined.
Staff Profile of the Week
This is just a reminder that Monday, April 4th, is a scheduled TNT 2-hour late start.
Good luck to the MCC Speech team as they travel to Minneota today sub-sections! Go Rebels!
Congratulations to our 5th and 6th grade students on a wonderful music concert!
Tomorrow's golf meet in Sanborn has been postponed to a date to be determined! Go Rebels!
Tomorrow's baseball game in Pipestone has been postponed to a date to be determined! Go Rebels!
Rebel Round Up
MCA Test Schedule
Now that April is here and it’s the fourth quarter of the school year, we are reminded of
the changing of the seasons. Most of us are thinking spring! For our students, it means the
testing season is here. The best way that students can prepare for tests is by working hard every
day on their schoolwork. The tests measure the standards that are being taught in the classroom.
The Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs) cover grades 3-8, 10, and 11.
These tests are given online, and all students need to have headphones or earbuds (not Bluetooth
or wireless) for testing. Students and parents can access the testing website at
http://minnesota.pearsonaccessnext.com/. Once you are at the Minnesota site, click on the
“Preparing for Testing” link. There are many resources available to help with test preparation.
Students have been doing practice tests in school. They can access practice tests at any time by
clicking on the “Item Samplers” link, which lists the different subjects that will be tested.
Students can view the Item Samplers and then they choose their grade level to begin the practice
test.
Please make every effort to have your student in school on testing days, and do not
schedule any appointments for those days. Of course if they are sick they should stay home.
Here are the dates for testing:
April 6-7 Grade 10 Reading
April 11-12 Grade 8 Reading
April 12-13 Grade 5 Science
April 12-14 Grade 3-4 Reading
April 13-14 Grade 7 Reading
April 20-21 Grade 11 Math
April 20-22 Grade 5-6 Reading
April 26-27 Grade 8 Math
April 26-28 Grade 3 Math
April 27-28 Grade 4-6 Math
April 28-29 Grade 7 Math
May 3-4 HS Science (Biology)
May 6 Reading & Math MCA window closes
May 10-11 Grade 8 Science
May 13 Science MCA window closes
Getting a good night’s sleep has been proven to improve test scores. It is also important
to eat a healthy breakfast. Remember that we have free breakfast available every day at school.
We can all work together to have a successful testing season!
Mary Beech
MCC District Assessment Coordinator
Congratulations to our Elementary Rebel Pride winners for this week! Ariella Mendoza, Brennly Plotz, Joelle Hellewell, Landon Thovson, Eli Gens & Owen Berreau.
Due to the field conditions and wind chill temperatures we will be cancelling the MCC Early Bird Meet scheduled for today.
Staff Profile of the Week!
Good luck to the MCC Speech team as they travel to Montevideo today! Go Rebels!
Dr. Kingsbury, SMSU professor, working with Choir students in Grades 5-8 today. Shout out to Mrs. Gergen and Ms. Cole for giving the students this opportunity. Special shout out to Mrs Nysetvold for accompanying. Students enjoyed working with Dr. Kingsbury.
Attention baseball and softball players: salt bag pick up is from 9:00 am - noon tomorrow at the softball complex. If you have any questions, please contact Elissa.
It was a great evening at the Night of Jazz! Congrats to all of our performers- Jazz Band, Rebel Voices and Speech!
Mark your calendar and plan to attend- event sponsored by American Legion Erwin March Post 64 & Auxiliary of Slayton.
