At the Board Meeting on Tuesday, September 7, our principals began the night by sharing updates from the first day of school. Thank you for your part in making that so successful!
Also at the meeting, Mark Schroeder was officially seated as the Interim School Board Director. Mark will serve in the interim position until the November 2 election results are certified.
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Also at the Board Meeting on September 7, the following hires were approved:
- Jessi Bloom, Indian Education Student Advocate
- Jeff Clasen, Bus Driver
- Nikki Gebhart, RJEMS Secretary
- Samantha Gould, Indian Education Student Advocate
- Abby Guthiller, 7th & 8th Grade Volleyball Coach
- Carolyn Liebe, Title I Teacher
- Michael Lundberg, Cohasset Elementary Food & Nutrition
- Thomas Markwardt, Bus Driver
- Don Peterson, GRHS Custodian
- Cynthia Prather, Cohasset Elementary Nurse
- Kyle Rae, Bus Driver
- Heather Reinarz, Transportation ESP
- Christa Roerick, GRHS Secretary
- Cassie Vernig, Indian Education Student Advocate
In the last issue, we incorrectly listed Veronica Rohloff as being a kinder teacher. Veronica is teaching first grade at West Rapids Elementary. Congrats Veronica!
Let’s all give our newest, returning, and transferring staff members a warm welcome. We’re so glad to have you as a part of our team!
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ESSER Funding ThoughtExchange |
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We want to hear from you about how we can best use our ESSER funds to address the academic, social, emotional, and mental health impacts of the pandemic on children and young adults.
We are hosting a ThoughtExchange with families, staff, and our community. ThoughtExchange is a crowdsourcing tool that allows you to share your ideas and respond to the ideas of others.
Your input can help make our support of students even stronger. You can also find more information about how that money has been spent thus far on the Business Office section of our website.
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During Dr. Jeff Linkenbach's presentation last week on HOPE, he mentioned the work that GRIP and Rapids Rising are doing to grow positive community norms in our area.
GRIP is the coalition supporting the work of the students. The group is made of school staff and community members working together to focus on and grow the good in our community. You can learn more about the science of the positive and supporting our students at the next GRIP Coalition meeting on September 27 at 3:30 pm in the GRHS Library.
If you have questions, contact Nick Adams for more information and be sure to check out their social feed! |
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Each of you has already done so much to make the year successful. It's clear how committed you are to helping our students succeed. We're grateful for all you do.
And we are grateful for the support you show each other. We received this 318Pride story about your work:
We would like to recognize Harold Lee and Donny Peterson, they work for the custodial services department at GRHS. Upon returning to our classrooms, our classrooms look absolutely AMAZING! We really appreciate the Harold, Donny, and the entire custodian team at GRHS. All of them do an outstanding job. Their efforts do not go unnoticed and they are greatly appreciated!
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