Henning School District

Following a recent court order, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) must disclose information to a claims administrator about some former special education students. A student may be in that group if: (i) they have a birthday between July 1, 1998, and June 30, 2001, (ii) they received special education services from a Minnesota school district or local education agency sometime between July 1, 2019, and July 1, 2022, and (iii) those special education services were ended before the student turned 22 years old. Any former student who fits the above description and does not want MDE to share information with a claims administrator must inform MDE that they object to MDE’s disclosure before Monday, July 15, 2024. Please refer local questions to Melissa Sparks, Henning Superintendent, msparks@henning.k12.mn.us For more information and to find out how to object, please visit MDE's Notice of Potential Disclosure of Student Records found at https://education.mn.gov/MDE/about/prod084332.

Please review the 2024-2025 School Calendar: *First Day of School is Monday, September 9 (late start is due to the construction project) *No Open House *11 half days throughout the school year, which ten of the half days accommodate for state mandated staff development related to the Read Act. Click the link to access the calendar: https://5il.co/1q04l

Preschool Sneak Peak & Registration

Congratulations to the 6th grade Math Masters team for all their hard work at the competition in Staples on Thursday, March 7. - Beckam Koep 6️⃣th Place in the PEMDAS portion of the competition. Team members included Meghan Sparks, Jacobi Saari, Beckam Koep, Joseph Godding, and Shadley Bunkowski.

Our FFA students have had a few competitions the last couple weeks and have done very well! The following students are all advancing on to the State FFA Contest! Prepared Public Speaking - Monica Hansen - 1️⃣st place Food Science and Technology | 2️⃣nd place team - Kendall Koenen - 2️⃣nd place overall individual - Haley Hanson - 4️⃣th place overall individual - Ivy Witt - 5️⃣th place overall individual - Emily Hanson - 9️⃣th place overall individual Congratulations to all and keep up the great work 🐝🧡🖤

Congratulations to the speech team on their fantastic performances in Fergus Falls last Saturday. Monica Hansen- 1️⃣st place in Prose & 1️⃣st honors in Drama Cade Strege - 5️⃣th place in Prose Breanna Bunkowski -6️⃣th place in Humor Congratulations and good luck the rest of the season!

Mr. Aeling's 5th grade class would like to remind everyone that... ICE IS NEVER 100% SAFE! Check out their informative posters (these are hanging in the hallways at school) or head over to the MN DNR website for some ice safety tips and information. Stay safe!

December Menu You can also find it at the top of the Henning School Website under “Dining Menu”

Henning Independent School District No. 545 is searching for a full-time Custodian available on January 1, 2024. (Please indicate which shift you are applying for on the application - Day Shift, Evening Shift or Either Shift). Applications for this position will be taken until the position is filled. Click the following link to access the application: https://5il.co/7ak5 Interested individuals should submit an application to: Melissa Sparks, Superintendent Henning Independent School District No. 545 500 School Avenue Henning, MN 56551 sparks@henning.k12.mn.us (218) 583-2927

If you have missed the communication regarding our Monday, November 13 Conference Scheduler for students in grades 6-12 - you can find the link for your student's Academic Advisor here - https://5il.co/28le7 *Our conferences for grades 6-12 have the expectation that students will attend, participate and lead the Student-Led Conference.

We are offering a Student Fan Bus for Thursday's football game for students in grades 7-12. We want to encourage our students to ride the fan bus instead of driving/riding with other students that long drive late at night . There is NO charge to ride the fan bus - students will have the responsibility to purchase their individual ticket online prior to departure - student tickets are $9. Students need to sign-up by Wednesday @ 12:00 pm at Mrs. Cichy's office. The student fan bus will depart at 2:45 pm on Thursday. The bus will stop to eat on the way to the game. We ask families to be at the school to pick your child(ren) upon the return to school. Students will be encouraged to communicate with their parents when we are about one hour from school.

The Henning School will be dismissing school at 2:00 pm on Thursday, November 9 to provide all families and staff (including bus drivers) enough time to travel to Buffalo High School (Buffalo, MN) for the 7:00 pm kickoff of the OTC v. Cedar Mountain Quarterfinal State Football Playoff Game. All tickets will need to be purchased online for the game - Use the following link to purchase your ticket(s) - https://mshsl.hometownticketing.com/embed/event/377

There will be NO Targeted Services after school on Tuesday, October 31! Targeted Services will be in session on Thursday, November 2. Have a safe and happy Halloween 🎃

Our Halloween Costume Parade for students in grades PreK-5 will be on Tuesday, October 31 @ 1:50. Students will take their parade downtown Henning and back to school (route picture here). We ask that friends, family and community members/businesses do not give any treats directly to our students. If you would like to provide treats to a class/grade, please give the treats to the teacher(S) - the following student breakdown is provided below. Preschool: Mrs. Frost = 14 Mrs. Weller = 14 Kindergarten Mrs. Amundson = 13 Mrs. Emter = 12 1st Grade Mrs. Greenwaldt = 15 Mrs. Haugdahl = 16 2nd Grade Mrs. Jorgenson = 22 3rd Grade Mrs. Mills = 16 Mrs. Wohlwend = 16 4th Grade Mr. Emter = 34 5th Grade Mr. Aeling = 14

Henning Independent School District No. 545 has an immediate opening for the following positions: Assistant Girls Basketball Coach, and C-Squad / Junior High Girls Basketball Coach. Applications for this position will be taken until the position is filled. Interested individuals should contact Randy Misegades (Athletic Director). Henning Independent School District No. 545 500 School Avenue Henning, MN 56551 (218) 583-2927 rmisegades@henning.k12.mn.us

The Henning School Board made the decision to modify the 2023-2024 school calendar due to the Maintenance Focused Construction Project scheduled for this coming summer. You can get an updated calendar by visiting - https://5il.co/1q04l The modified calendar has students attending school on a few dates that were previously scheduled as days off. Dates to be aware of are: Monday, November 13 - Students will attend a half day of school until 12:00 (Parent-Teacher Conferences will remain scheduled from 12:00-7:00 pm on 11/13). Monday, January 15 - Full Day of School Friday, February 16 - Full Day of School Monday, March 25 - Full Day of School Monday, March 25 - Parent-Teacher Conferences 3:30-7:00 Tuesday, March 26 - Parent-Teacher Conferences 3:30-7:00 Thursday, May 16 will be the last day of school (previously scheduled for 5/23. Friday, May 17 @ 7:00 pm - Graduation (previously scheduled for Saturday, May 25) Please call the school or visit the principal's office at conferences if you have any questions. Thank you - Mr. Williams

Thank you to The Gangspil Duo for coming and performing Danish Music to our elementary students. Students and staff enjoyed your performance 🤩

Henning Independent School District No. 545 has an immediate opening for a long-term substitute Custodian (6:00am-2:30pm) until November 2. Applications for this position will be taken until the position is filled. Interested individuals should contact Brendan Hart (Building Manager/Transportation Director) or Melissa Sparks (Superintendent) Henning Independent School District No. 545 500 School Avenue Henning, MN 56551 (218) 583-2927 bhart@henning.k12.mn.us

Remember to bring those SMILES today 😀😄😁🤩 * If your child is absent today they will be able to take their picture on picture retake day, Thursday, October 26.

🎨 During art class with Mrs. Oscarson, Mrs. Emter’s Kindergarten class read the story “Don’t Give a Unicorn a Crayon.” Students then colored their own unicorns and made a unicorn masterpiece. As you can see their masterpieces were full of colorful scribbles, lollipops, rainbows, and much more. 🦄 🤩