Nashwauk-Keewatin

Please follow this link for Keewatin Elementary Spartan Family News with updates for our year at Keewatin Elementary School together. http://bit.ly/KESSept2020Parents We're looking forward to seeing you and your child(ren) at open house on Tuesday, September 8th. Please call the elementary school with any questions - 218-885-1280 x51151

NK Alumnus and former Superintendent Craig Menozzi will be presenting operating referendum information to residents in the Buck Lake area. Join him on Tuesday, September 15th at 6:00 at the clubhouse. Attendees will learn information about this referendum and how it could impact your community. For more information please email Craig @cmenozzi@isd319.org 45736 Buck Lake Drive • Nashwauk, MN, 55769 • 12 miles north of Nashwauk on Hwy 65

Spartan Families, Please follow this link for the latest update from Superintendent Brenda Spartz. http://bit.ly/922020NKFamilies

We are looking to hire an AmeriCorps worker for the True North Social-Emotional Learning position at our school. Please find more information here: http://truenorthamericorps.org/apply/

After School Spartan Fun Club for students in grades K-6 starts Sept. 14th. Daily activities include academics, enrichment, fun activities, and a daily snack. For more information or to request sign up forms, email: dclusiau@isd319.org.

Spartan families, follow this link to find out about the Minnesota Afterschool Advance and how your family may benefit: https://mnafterschool.org/chromebooks

Have a question about N-K back to school? Start here! Nashwauk-Keewatin Restart Blueprint Gateway. http://bit.ly/NK2020RestartBlueprintGateway

Spartan families, Please follow this link for more Back to School information from Superintendent, Ms. Brenda Spartz: http://bit.ly/82620NKParentLetter

Spartan Families, If your family is planning to use our Family Flex Option to learn at home for first quarter (or longer) this 2020-21 school year, please follow this link to enroll each child who will be a Family Flex Option learner: http://bit.ly/NKFamilyFlexEnrollment

Just over 50% of people who live in Itasca County have responded to the Census- it's easy to do. If you live here, you count! The census is just 10 questions and only takes about 5 minutes to complete. Respond to the Census in one of three ways: · Online at my2020census.gov · By phone at 844-330-2020 · By completing the form you received at your residence They are still looking for census workers, too! https://2020census.gov/en/jobs.html

Please see the "N-K Nurse's Page" of our website where Registered Nurse Riana Damjanovich has been continually adding updated information for our families. https://bit.ly/OurNKNurseAug2020

Keewatin Elementary Spartan Families, Long-awaited school supply lists are updated and ready! We can smell the crayons already. :) https://bit.ly/KESSchoolSupplies2020

Spartan Families, Please follow the link below to read information from our Superintendent, Ms. Brenda Spartz, about how Nashwauk-Keewatin Public Schools plan to provide education to our students this fall in accordance with Minnesota's Safe Learning Plan. https://bit.ly/NKSafeLearning82020

Hello Spartan Families! We're looking for an AmeriCorps Youth Development Specialist at Keewatin Elementary. If you know someone who is interested in working with students and social emotional learning, please send them here! http://truenorthamericorps.org/apply/

Spartan families, We're still working on our individual calls out to families- if we haven't reached you yet, you're still on our list! If you know that your contact number has changed, please call 885-1280 x51238 to leave your name and new contact number. Thank you for your patience while we check in with every family!

Keewatin Elementary Families: We've had several requests for school supply lists. We're currently updating them to be accurate for our 2020 school year adventure! Supply lists will be available by 4:00pm on Friday, Aug. 14th. I'll be SURE to post a link to them when they are accurate and ready to go! Thanks for your patience.

Hello Spartan Families! We are excited to connect with each of our families about Back to School plans. We were able to call many families tonight. If you see the school's number come up on your phone on Monday, please answer- it's a real person! Stay #SpartanStrong!

We have added a page to our website where we will post our latest updates regarding our Fall 2020 return to learning for our Spartan families. We look forward to collaborating with Spartan families as we plan for a unique and rewarding school year. https://www.isd319.org/fall-2020-return-to-learning

Today, Governor Walz along with the Minnesota Department of Education took a localized, data-driven approach to the 20-21 school year to help students learn safely. Nashwauk-Keewatin Public Schools will communicate specifics to the start of the new school year when finalized. I would expect that we should be able to share this information with everyone next week. Sincerely, Craig Menozzi

Reminder to all NK Spartan Families, Please fill out the survey linked below if you have not done so already. Your feedback will help us prepare for the school restart plan! Thank you. We miss you. Stay safe and, Go Spartans! https://forms.gle/BgZcT5gythFkxazm6