Marshall County CSD

Due to delivery issue the lunch menu for today (9/16) has changed to Pulled Pork on a bun, Potato Fries Smiles, this is for High School location. Have a great Monday!

MCC Families phones have been restored and you can call each office as needed. Viking: 218-523-4425 Newfolden: 218-874-8805 MCC High School: 218-874-7225 Again, very sorry for inconvenience.

Telephones are currently down at our school sites this morning. If you need to get a message to school please e-mail school office: Sarah @ Viking: sbray@mccfreeze.org Patty @ Newfolden: pwagner@mccfreeze.org Melanie @ MCC HS: msorenson@mccfreeze.org We are sorry for the inconvenience. Wiktel is working on the issue and we'll send out a message when service is restored.

MCC Families - We had a stop arm violation on our second of school. No one was hurt as driver was cautious and had not let children out yet. This particular violation happened on Greenwood Street in Thief River Falls. Our stops along highway 32 also have had several violations over the years. Please use caution and prepare to stop when you see yellow flashing lights on our school bus. Never pass a school bus once its stop arms are out. A car must stop and leave at least 20 feet of space between their vehicle and the bus. We have stop arm cameras on our bus. We shared the footage from incident along with details of car and plate number with the state patrol. Our children are priceless. Please be attentive on the road, especially around our school buses.

A new bus #13 joined the fleet today, our first day of school!! This bus is a 2025 Bluebird 77 passenger replacing the old #13, a 2009 Thomas 71 passenger bus. We traded in the Thomas bus. The Thomas Bus #13 finished its time at MCC with 203,565 miles.

MCC Families: Reminder for the first day of school: MCC High School: If you plan to drop off your child, please utilize the parent drop off lane in our new east parking lot off second street. Do not utilize the bus loop. Use the north entrance to the parking lot, follow traffic through the lane. Drop off child and exit from the south exit. If you are picking up your child please pull into pick up lane and park in line with other cars. If that fills up, please park in the lot and wait. Newfolden Elementary: Please drop off your child at the west entrance. Follow buses. Do not pass buses as they use their stop arms when dropping off. Please do not drop children off at the crosswalk between schools. When picking up your child, please park along the street and come out and meet your child. Walk back together with your child. Viking Elementary: Please park and walk your child to the entrance. Do not park along the east side of the school as we reserve that space for our buses. When picking up, please park and walk up and wait for your child. Walk together back to your car. We are so excited to see all the kids and welcome them back to school. Thank you for helping us keep safety in mind with drop offs and pickups! Thank you!!

We celebrated with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony in Viking this morning with staff and a few community members from Viking! Sarah, our school secretary, had the honor of cutting the ribbon! We are holding our Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting Celebration at the High School tonight at 4:30 pm. We hope you can join us as we cut ribbon and officially open our new areas for our building project. We can't wait to see all our students return tonight for Back to School Night at all three schools. That event starts at 5 pm and ends at 7 pm!

Join Us Wednesday, August 28 for our New Addition Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting and then head to our Back to School Night!!! 4:30 pm - Ribbon Cutting New HS Gym 5:00 - 7:00 pm: Back to School Night at all 3 schools Meet your teacher! Bring your school supplies! See your friends!! Grades 7-12 pick up your Chromebook 5th & 6th Grade Orientation Meeting @ 5 pm in HS main gym 7th Grade Orientation Meeting @ 5:30 pm in HS main gym Celebrate MCC & Back to School 2024!!

Open Gym tonight for High School 7-12 GBB and BBB students. Please use West doors by the old weight room to enter. Main doors are closed for floor waxing. Youth Football Reminder: Equipment Pick Up and Registration tonight. 4th grade @ 5:30, 5th grade @ 6:00, 6th Grade @ 6:30 pm.

Construction continues to progress towards completion in our building project as the school year approaches. It's been a busy hubbub of activity as workers are putting all the finishing touches on their respective areas. Mark your calendars for August 28th as we plan to hold our Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 4:30 p.m. in the new gymnasium. Viking Work in Progress/Left to Complete - Finishing up hallway fire door - Finishing up roof venting - Waiting on a couple furniture items - Clean Up - Seeding High School Work in Progress/left to complete: - Finishing up painting parking lot - Kitchen appliance and fire suppression installation - Fire Alarm Panel and Device installation - Guest Locker Room Flooring - Weight Room finishing work - Camera, door entry, PA System, and Internet connection - Plumbing finish work - Roof Panels/Fitness Area Roof - 5th/6th Grade Playground area - Heating/Cooling Testing - Landscaping/Seeding I included the latest set of pictures with this update.

School Board Filings Due Tuesday, August 13. MCC Community: We have our general election for school board coming up in November with four seats open that contain four year term. We also have a special election for one seat that has a two year term. We would like to see a full election slate. If you think you could help even for a couple of years, please consider the special election seat. Filing ends Tuesday, August 13 at 5:00 p.m. The filing fee is $2.00 and forms for filing are available in the district office. Call the district office and ask to speak with Superintendent Lund if you have any questions. (218) 874-8530

Reminder: We will have our general election for school board members this November. There are four seats open for four year terms and one seat open for a two year term. The filing period started July 30 and runs through 5:00 p.m. August 13. Affidavit of Candidacy is available at our school district office. Filing fee is $2.00. Eligibility: - Must be eligible to vote in Minnesota - Not filed for the same or any other office except as authorized by MN Statute 204B.06, subd. 9 - Be 21 years of age upon taking office - Maintained resident in the district for at least 30 days before general election If you have any questions about being a board member, we encourage you to reach out to one of our current members or Superintendent Lund (218) 874-8530.

MCC Families: Transportation Director Adam Lokstad is focusing work on bus routes for the upcoming year. Please contact Adam if you have any changes from last year. If you know of any family interested in enrolling, encourage them to contact district office and Adam so we include them on bus routes and back to school planning. The best way to reach Adam is either e-mail: alokstad@mccfreeze.org or by cell phone: 218-689-1767.

Marshall County Central Schools has the following jobs open for the upcoming school year: - Elementary Special Education Paraprofessional (Located in Newfolden) Support Staff School Year positions include sick leave, personal time, bereavement leave, retirement, and summer unemployment. - Bus Drivers (1/2 Route or Full Route) - Substitutes (Teaching/Paras/Cooks/Bus) Coaching Openings: - Assistant Football Coach - JH Football Coach - Boys Basketball Junior High Coach - Boys Basketball C-Team Coach Please apply promptly. Positions are open until filled. More information about each position can be found: https://www.newfolden.k12.mn.us/page/job-postings Questions may be sent to Superintendent Lund: jlund@mccfreeze.org or (218) 874-8530

For the Northern Freeze Fall Sports Meeting tonight: There will a short large group meeting in the High School Commons then meetings by sport in the following locations: Room 104 - Volleyball Room 106 - Football Room 108 - Cross Country Parking will be very limited due to pavement work in our parking lots. The high school loop, Newfolden Elementary Parking lot, and streets around elementary will be the best places to park. Please excuse any mess and inconvenience due to construction work. It's nearing completion but a lot going on to get it all finished up.

Marshall County Central Schools has the following Coaching Openings: - Assistant Football Coach - JH Football Coach - Boys Basketball Junior High Coach - Boys Basketball C-Team Coach Please apply promptly. Positions are open until filled. More information about each position can be found: https://www.newfolden.k12.mn.us/page/job-postings Questions may be sent to Superintendent Lund: jlund@mccfreeze.org or (218) 874-8530

MCC Families: As you are thinking about back to school we've posted some information on our website on a dedicated Back to School Page: https://www.newfolden.k12.mn.us/page/back-to-school This web page contains: School Supply Lists 2024-2025 School Calendar Enrollment Forms Welcome Letter We'll add more information to this page as we get closer to the school year. If you are a new family planning to enroll, please contact us and we'll help you get registration completed and ensure you are included in our back to school mailings. We are planning to send out back to school information around August 16. If you do not receive your mailing by August 21, please call one of the school offices.

Save the date! Wednesday, August 28 - 4:30 p.m. It's finally that time after all the construction!! You are invited to join us for the MCC Ribbon Cutting Building Project Ceremony! The ceremony is open to the public and will be held just prior to our Back to School night for our students. We will have a short ceremony followed by Ribbon Cutting at 4:30 p.m. in the North High School gym (new gym). After the event: 5:00 PM - 7 PM Back to School Night at all three schools 5:00 PM - 5th/6th Grade Orientation Meeting High School Main Gym 5:30 PM - 7th Grade Orientation Meeting High School Main Gym Join the fun and excitement as we kick off the new school year! We will also plan public tours of the schools at Newfest following the parade to 2:00 pm. #buildmccstrong

Families new or considering attending MCC: We are currently accepting registrations for the upcoming school year. We encourage completing registrations as soon as possible so that you receive the back to school mailings and get placed on our bus schedules. Our enrollment forms are available here: https://www.newfolden.k12.mn.us/page/enroll-in-our-district If you have any questions, need any assistance, or want to schedule a tour, please stop by or call our district office. (218) 874-8530 or e-mail superintendent Jeffrey Lund: jlund@mccfreeze.org. The district office summer hours are Monday - Thursday 8:00 am to 3:30 pm.

MCC High School Construction Progress: Cleaners came and shined up the east addition hallway and classrooms. We will start moving classroom teacher items in next week and furniture is coming in at the end of July/beginning of August. Davidson crews were here moving black dirt around the building to improve the landscape on the east side and north side of school. Gym Panels are being installed in the north gym. The road around propane tank for receiving and better access to outdoor classroom/football field is ready for pavement. Pavement is being planned for last week of July. The holding pond located north of the east parking lot received fencing this week.