Bridges Family Newsletter
April 2020
Integrity * Respect * Excellence * Adaptability * Responsibility * Engagement * Collaboration
Phone Numbers
(507) 387-2800
- 0 for Secretary
- 1 for Health Office
Palmer Bus
(507) 386-0210
Yaeger Bus
(507) 345-5470
District Weather Information
(507) 386-4777
School Hours
Temporarily Closed - March 31-May 4
Email your classroom teacher with any questions you have pertaining to learning. Email arobin1@isd77.org or rcourr1@isd77.org with questions pertaining to school business
7:35 - Breakfast begins / Playground supervision is available
7:50 - School is open for students to enter
8:00 - Classes begin
2:25 - School ends
3:30 - Office closes
Email Addresses
Secretary - mailto:arobin1@isd77.org
Health Assistant - mailto:hholmb1@isd77.org
Quick links to.....
Dates to remember:
Mar. 30 Non-school day
Apr. 1 Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
Apr. 2 Pen Pal Meet and Greet/4th Grade (Cancelled)
Apr. 2 Cub Connection (Postponed/TBD)
Apr. 7 Site Council Meeting (Cancelled)
Apr. 9 Non-school day
Apr. 10 Non-school day
Apr. 14 Two Hour Late Start (Cancelled)
Apr. 17 North Mankato Taylor Library/3rd Grade (Cancelled)
Apr. 21 Are You Smarter Than the 5th Graders (Mankato West HS) 6:30pm (Cancelled)
Apr. 23 Spaghetti Dinner & Silent Auction (Kato Ballroom) 4:30-7:30pm (Cancelled)
Apr. 24 Math Masters Competition (Cancelled)
Apr. 30 Minnesota Zoo Field Trip (Cancelled)
May 1 Principal's Day
May 1 National School Lunch Hero's Day
May 1 MLC Children's Theatre/K-2 (Cancelled)
May 5 Planned day for students' return to school
May 5 Teacher Appreciation Day
May 8 Music Performances 1:00pm (Grades K, 2 and 5) (Cancelled)
May 12 Two Hour Late Start
May 13-15 Fifth Grade Northern Minnesota Trip (Cancelled)
May 19 Revolutionary War Presentation (Pending)
May 19 Site Council Meeting
May 21 Children's Theatre - Annie/Grades 2-5 (Cancelled)
May 25 No School/Memorial Day
Jun 2 Bridges Track and Field Day (Pending)
Jun 3 Awards 8:30-10:30/Yearbook signing 10:30-11:00 (Pending)
Jun 4 Fifth Grade Celebration (Pending)
Jun 4 Last Day of School
Bridges Distance Learning Pick-Up Plan
WHO: Bridges families, our Superintendent would like us to be prepared with materials at home in the event school is called for the next three weeks beginning March 30, 2020. The staff has been working hard creating three weeks of work for students to continue their learning. We have created a drive through plan for you to collect materials for your children in the safest way possible. Please follow the plan below or contact Bridges office if the plan does not work for your family.
WHAT: Lessons and materials pick up at the school.
We will be using a single lane driveway.
Pull into the back parking lot and take an immediate right, pass by the garage, onto the playground, and back through the parking lot toward door # 6.
Please write your name, grade, and classroom teacher initial on a large note and show that in your car window.
A staff member will bring your children’s supplies out to your car.
WHEN: Thursday, March 26; 10:00-5:00 and Friday, March 27; 8:00-12:00
Thursday: 10:00-12:00 Families with last name beginning A-G
Thursday: 1:00-3:00 Families with the last name beginning H-N
Thursday: 3:00-5:00 Families with the last name beginning O-Z
Friday: 8:00-12:00 Families who could not make Thursday A-Z
Can’t come at your assigned time? Call the school and we will reschedule you.
NOTE: Our school is now closed to the public.
We regret that we cannot let you into the building at this time.
Please see the map below for picking up lessons and materials from Bridges on March 26th and 27th
Need Tech Support?
Mankato Area Public Schools has a family email tech support email set up and ready to go.
Please click below for assistance:
Website: bit.ly/MAPSfamtech
Email: familytechhelp@isd77.org
Do you need meals for your children?
Sites:
- Eagle Elementary School, 500 Le Sueur Ave, Eagle Lake, (door 2r in front of school)
- Franklin Elementary School, 1000 North Broad Street, Mankato (door 6 near off of Broad Street)
- Hoover Elementary School, 1524 Hoover Drive, North Mankato (door 12 in the bus loop)
- Kennedy Elementary School, 2600 East Main Street, Mankato (door 14 in the bus loop)
- Madison Lake: All Saints Church, 605 Fourth St, Madison Lake (north parking lot across street from church, just off of Highway 60).
- Monroe Elementary School, 441 Monroe Avenue, North Mankato (door 1 on Monroe Avenue)
- East High School, 2600 Hoffman Road, Mankato (door 20 in the bus lane behind the school)
- West High School, 1351 South Riverfront Drive, Mankato (door 17 in the south/staff parking lot)
Information subject to change
COVID-19 Questions:
Anyone with questions about Mankato Area Public Schools’ and prevention efforts for COVID-19 may email: COVID-19ResponseTeam@isd77.org, or call 507-345-5311 (between 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday).
The Minnesota Department of Health statewide coronavirus hotline is staffed from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.--all 1-651-201-3920.
Anyone with medical questions are asked to contact their healthcare providers. In case of emergency, call 911.
Bridges Community School
Secretary: Amanda Robinson
Nurse: Holly Holmbo
Email: arobin1@isd77.org
Website: bcs.isd77.org
Location: 320 Garfield Avenue, North Mankato, MN, USA
Phone: (507) 387-2800
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ISD77MAPS/
Twitter: @ISD77MAPS