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MINNESOTANS BENEFIT: From ‘robot legs’ PAGE 10
Shoreview family embarks on journey
Back To School
BY MADELINE DOLBY STAFF WRITER
Mounds View
At Mounds View High School, Principal Rob Reetz says that the administrative team has been working through the summer months to write up the annual school improvement plan and get the school ready to open to families after Labor Day. The Mounds View High School Rob Reetz improvement plan Mounds View Principal for this year consists of academic and connectedness goals and “building strong strategies. One large classroom communities focus from Mounds and increasing View staff concerns engagement.”
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Reetz believes that phones are a proven distraction and that they have a major impact on student’s mental health, detract from meaningful engagement in learning activities and don’t serve to deepen peer relationships. “Having a better approach to engaging and reconnecting kids while limiting access to their phones is a major initiative for us this school year,” Reetz said. Mounds View will also implement a “multitiered system of
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supports for students who demonstrate lagging skills academically, socially or behaviorally.” This system will include both in-class and out-of-class interventions that are measurable and aligned with best instructional practices. “While we have incredible access to college credit-earning courses for many students, we can predict that as many as 15% of ninth-grade students are unlikely to finish their
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The Russell family and friends climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in eight days.
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As local school districts gear up for the 2023-2024 school year, district staff members reflect on the preparation necessary to host students once again.
Russell family members and their close friends managed to cover over 19,000 feet of elevation in only eight days. For more than half the hike up Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa, the group was at an elevation of between 13,000 and 15,000 feet; had crystal clear glimpses of the Milky Way; and experienced a trip they won’t forget. Shoreview’s John Russell decided to embark on the climb with his two adult sons, his old college roommate, and his roommate’s oldest son. The group of five was looking for an adventure. Russell had done a lot of research on Mt. Kilimanjaro and aspired to do the climb. “We were looking for something that was gonna challenge us physically, where we could experience a completely different part of the world and culture,” Russell said, “and then most importantly probably have a shared experience with each other. With some family and really close friends,” he added. Mount Kilimanjaro ticked all of the boxes they were looking for. The climb was perfect because “it was doable with just a reasonable level of fitness; it didn’t require technical mountain training or climbing skills or the risks that go with that,” Russell said. To prepare for it, he said that he practiced going on long hikes with a pack and hiking boots, did cardio, and lifted weights.