Thursday, March 5, 2020 No School on Friday, March 6 and the week of March 9-13 There is no school for students in the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District on Friday, March 6 due to staff development and the week of March 9-13 for spring break. Classes will resume on Monday, March 16. In the News John Glenn’s Connie Sarne makes fruit and veggies appealing to students Earlier today, Connie Sarne of John Glenn Middle was interviewed by KARE 11 reporter Sharon Yoo. See the creativity Connie is using to get students excited to choose more fruits and veggies, tonight on Breaking the News (6:30-7:00 PM on KARE 11). Some MN schools call off classes to make room for primary voters Connie Sarne and KARE 11 reporter Sharon Yoo. Alumni News Mitchell Whyte (2018 North graduate) qualified second for finals with an automatic National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) qualifying time at the recent Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championship Preliminaries. Whyte swam the 100 yard backstroke in 44.78 seconds! Points of Pride Superintendent Tucci Osorio to present before full Minnesota House Tomorrow, Superintendent Tucci Osorio will give a presentation to the full Minnesota House. She will be discussing the cost of closing the achievement gap. Tartan student named as a finalist for the Gates Scholarship Tartan senior Lydia Ato has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Gates Scholarship! Tartan math teacher named president of statewide council Karen Hyers, Tartan math teacher, has been named the president of the Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics!

Lydia Ato North High swimmers competed in Minnesota State High School League’s State Swim Meet North sophomore Jonathan Peabody placed 14th at Saturday's State Finals! He also set a new school record swimming the 200-yard freestyle in 1:45.48 . North freshman Willy Coborn placed 26th at Saturday's State Swim Finals. He competed in the 100-yard freestyle.

Tartan Knowledge Bowl wins Metro Regional Knowledge The Tartan Knowledge Bowl team won the Metro Regional Knowledge Bowl meet at North St. Paul High School on February 27, and finished as the top team out of 130 teams in the entire metro. The team will be going to the State Knowledge Bowl Meet in Brainerd in early April! Congratulations to the Tartan Knowledge Bowl team of Mady Valento, Evan Saunders-Pearce, Henry Piepgras, Mario Valento, and Sean Higgins! JROTC receives top ten percent rating of Distinguished Unit with Merit On February 26, the JROTC unit went through an inspection from the headquarters out of Alabama. Our program and cadets received an "Exceeds Standards" rating and were recognized as a Distinguished Unit with Merit. This designation places the unit in the top ten percent of all Air Force JROTC programs worldwide. This is a huge honor for our cadets who worked very hard preparing for this inspection.

Tartan wrestlers competed in State Wresling Tournament Tartan wrestlers Keilichi Kong, Landen Arends, Zach Dox, and Gerardo Maldonaldo competed in last Saturday’s (Minnesota State High School League) MSHSL AAA State Wrestling Tournament. Unfortunately, Maldonado and Dox got beat in their wrestle back matches and Arends and Kong did not get the opportunity. Regardless, these wrestlers had a great season!

North/Tartan Adaptive Floor Hockey competed in Section Play-Offs The North/Tartan Adaptive Floor Hockey team hosted Mounds View in the section play-offs on March 2. Unfortunately, the team lost to Mounds View with a score of 11-5.

Top 100 High School Artists Congratulations to the high school students selected among the Top 100 High School Artists in the Twin Cities metro area! Their work will be on display at the AZ Gallery in St. Paul throughout March. An opening for the art show is Thursday, March 5 at 6:30 PM.

Tartan artists Robin Hayes Sierra Jones Alexys Moua Gaozoua Yang Taylor Christensen Murphy Sczublewski Abby Fulk

North artists Jaime Silva Sarah Khang Ashley Thilmony Davonte Maggett Tyrique Hill Anna Conway Audrey Lienke Shuanah Lee

DECA results from State Conference Many students from North and Tartan’s DECA program competed in the recent State Conference. Results from Tartan 2nd Place Bailee Buche (12) Job Interview - Advanced Level 4th Place Jacob Fahey (12) School-based Enterprises-Gold Level 6th Place Paige Madsen (12) & Ethan Hughes (12) Financial Services Team Decision Making Ethan Hughes (12) Integrated Marketing Campaign-Event Bailee Buche (12) & Victoria Todd (12) Travel & Tourism Team Decision Making 7th Place Sara Price (12) Job Interview - Advanced Level Paige Madsen (12) & Victoria Todd (12) Integrated Marketing Campaign-Service 12th Place Lily Tahara (12) Restaurant & Food Service Management

Tartan DECA students at this week’s state conference.

Results from North 7th Place Joe Warzeka (12) Sales Demonstration 10th Place Matt Oslund (12) Sales Demonstration 12th Place Keegan Rhiner (12) Sports and Entertainment Marketing Role Play Earned a medal for top written test score Alex Walsh (12) Received “Outstanding Student” award Keegan Rhiner won an "outstanding student" award

Fifteen DECA students from North competed at the State competition. Three advanced to finals!

North Girls Bowling Team Congratulations to Annie Glasow, Charlie Her and Alexis Bialucha on the Girls Bowling Team as they advance to the State Tournament Saturday, March 7 at Park Grove Bowl (11:00 AM). They play again for the Conference Team Sunday, March 8 at Concord Lanes (11:00 AM). North and Tartan Boys Basketball Teams Face Off Last night, North hosted Tartan during the boys basketball game. The final score was North 53 to Tartan 65. Congratulations to both of these strong programs!

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The John Glenn Service Club helped with some spring cleaning at Cross Lutheran Church. John Glenn Middle School is appreciative of Cross Lutheran Church for being a great community partner.

Recently, students in first and fourth grades at Castle Elementary sang and danced their hearts out during their concerts. The audiences were in for a real treat!

Last Saturday, North High hosted the first annual Rock the North Competition. Over twenty teams competed, including the Northern Lights Show Choir and John Glenn Middle School’s choir. North’s band entertained the crowd while the judges finalized the results! Everyone in attendance had a great time. There was even a livestream of the event on social media.

Carver Elementary holds Family Night

Bionic Polars prepare for Northern Lights Regional Competition

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North’s Bionic Polars team was hard at work last Saturday at a practice field. The team is getting ready for this weekend’s Northern Lights Regional Competition!

Carver’s Family Night drew a huge crowd! Nearly 400 Carver friends attended and had a great time.