Bookfair Volunteers Wanted-
If you’re available to lend a hand at this upcoming event, please sign up HERE to volunteer!
Opportunities to assist include:
• Setting up the Fair • Helping shoppers at the Fair • Checkout • Packing up the Fair •

Picture Retake and Ording-Please view the Lifetouch Ordering Instructions for additional information. Picture Day ID: EVT76BHSJ

Community Education

Registration will open at 12p on Sunday, September 8 for Fall classes, camps, and events. To set up an account for registration and view current opportunities for Youth, Adults, and Seniors, please visit www.isd748.org/CommunityEd. Contacts Please update your contact lists with the emails of your building principals and administrative assistants. 

Health Services

All medication that needs to be administered during the school day must have an updated doctor's order submitted to the Health Office each school year and meds must be stored in the Health Offices. Contact your school nurse (www.isd748.org/HealthServices).

Native American Indigenous Parent Advisory Committee (NAIPAC)
The next meeting is Thursday, September 12 at 5p at the Sartell Community Center. Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.78, requires that all Minnesota districts and tribal schools with 10 or more American Indian students have an AIPAC. Questions? Please visit www.isd748.org/AmericanIndianEducation or contact American Indian Education Coordinator Stephen Casanova at stephen.casanova@isd748.org.

Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness (CACR) Advisory Committee
In 2013, the Minnesota Legislature adopted what is referred to as the World's Best Workforce (WBWF) legislation, requiring districts to establish an advisory committee related to the annual WBWF Strategic Plan (MN Statute: 120B.11). The Legislature changed the name of the committee to Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness during the 2023-2024 legislative session. Components include: reflection upon school, district, and statewide achievement data, the standards and curriculum alignment work of the school district, multi-tiered systems of support processes, and the work of district Building Instructional Leadership Teams and Professional Learning Communities. As of September 4, 2024, the committee has representation from all District buildings. Should a vacancy become available during the school year, we will reach out to those who have completed the interest form. Completed forms will be kept on file until June 30 of each school year.

Notices
For information for parents/guardians of children with disabilities, health and safety notifications, data privacy practices (deadline is October 1), technology/digital tools, Special Education Assessments for home school or private school students, World's Best Workforce, and more, please visit www.isd748.org/AnnualNotices.

Transportation
Transportation info is in Skyward.  Log into Skyward and verify that the information is correct. For any concerns, please fill out the transportation form for any changes needed. The Sartell Police Department and ISD 748 remind all drivers to use caution now that school is back in session. Please review flyers about Bus/Motorist Safety posted on the Police Department's or District's Facebook pages or www.isd748.org/Transportation. Questions about your bus route? Please contact transportation@isd748.org.

READ Act calendar changes
Families should check their inboxes for an email sent April 19 from Interim Superintendent Tom Lee. During the 2023 State Legislative Session, the Reading to Ensure Academic Development (READ) Act was passed that requires school districts in Minnesota to train their teachers (up to 140 hours) in the Science of Reading beginning after July 1, 2024. This training needs to be completed by July 1, 2026. In order to meet this state-mandated requirement, districts across the state are needing to alter their school calendars to allow for the appropriate amount of time for this training to occur. On April 15, 2024, Sartell-St. Stephen’s School Board approved an altered calendar for the 2024-2025 school year to accommodate this training requirement. Over the next two years, our district’s best option will be to utilize a combination of scheduled professional development days and monthly early release days to ensure the required teachers are trained by the state’s deadline of June 30, 2026. The following early release dates - all Wednesdays -  have been added to next school year’s calendar: September 25, 2024; October 30, 2024; November 27, 2024; December 18, 2024; January 29, 2025; February 26, 2025; and March 19, 2025. The calendar is available at www.isd748.org/calendar on the lower left or via this link.

Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) Update 
Please click here to view the minutes from this week's PreK-5 PTO meeting. ORELC, PMPS, and RIS parents/guardians are invited to the PTO's meeting on Tuesday, October 8 at 6:30p in the RIS Media Center. To attend via Zoom or if you have questions, please email the PTO. Follow their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ISD748PTO) to stay informed about events, volunteer options, and ways to support our schools.

Annual Walk-a-Thon FUNdraiser 
The PreK-5 PTO (Parent-Teacher Organization) is excited to celebrate Sartell Homecoming and welcome you to join us in our biggest FUNdraiser.  Funds raised pay for field trips, classroom enrichment/supplies, STEAM labs, and so much more! Please watch for the envelope to come home with your child  Even if you are unable to support the fundraiser at this time please send the envelope back so your child can help their classroom meet their participation goal.  If you have a background check on file and would like to help collect envelopes during Homecoming week,  please sign up today. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4FABAB2EA0FEC70-51359648-annual

FEEDING AREA CHILDREN TOGETHER (FACT)
FACT provides meals free of charge to K-8 students who are in need of food on weekends and over school breaks. Signing up means your child will receive a FACT Pack each day school is not in session during the 2024-2025 school year. All bags are placed DISCREETLY into your child’s backpack on Fridays or the day prior to school break. To sign up, please visit: Enrollment  or contact Stacy Boom, PMPS Social Worker and District Homeless Liaison at x4892 or via email.  

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