Bridges Family Newsletter
Thank you Bridges families! Have a great summer!
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 - June 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
7:55 - Breakfast begins / Playground supervision is available
8:10 - School is open for students to enter
8:20 - Classes begin
2:50 - 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:
May 25 No School/Memorial Day
May 29 Last day for new academic distance learning
June 1-4: Modified schedule. You will be receiving a letter in the mail with activities to complete June 1st through June 4th
June 2 Fifth Grade Celebration Drive In 9:30-11:30
June 4 Chromebook drop off and personal items pick up 8:00-2:30
Fifth Grade Celebration Drive In
Who: Only fifth graders and their family one car per fifth grader
When: Arrive between 9:00-9:30. You will be directed by Bridges staff where to park. Please stay in your vehicle. Ceremony will begin promptly at 9:30
What: Mrs. Courrier will call students individually and have them come to the stage to cross the bridge and receive their certificate of completion and a packet of Bridges memories.
Families can also come forward to take pictures of their fifth grader on the bridge when their name is called. No pictures at the end of the event, please.
Once all students have crossed the bridge, we will commence the event with celebratory horn honking!
Tuesday, Jun 2, 2020, 09:30 AM
Bridges Community School, Garfield Avenue, North Mankato, MN, USA
June 4th: Last Day of School 2019-2020
When: Thursday, June 4th 8:00-2:30
- 8:00-10:00 Families with last name beginning A-G
- 10:00-12:00 Families with last name beginning H-N
- 12:30-2:30 Families with last name beginning O-Z
- Families who cannot make their assigned time may come during one of the other times. Please observe your time if you can to avoid too much congestion.
- 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.
- First stop, chromebook drop off. You must have the chromebook and complete charger set in a bag to hand to a staff member. You will be billed for missing chargers. (If a chromebook was checked out to you)
- Second stop, drop off media center or classroom library books.
- Third stop, personal item pick up; yearbook (if purchased), certificates, personal materials. Yearbooks may not be purchased at this time. Please contact BAC for purchasing yearbooks.
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?
Breakfast and lunch services are available for pick-up to anyone 18-years-old and under. All drive through pick-up service will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m Monday through Friday. Registration is not required. Bag will include lunch for that day and breakfast for the following morning.
Eight sites have been established for drive through meal pick-up:
- All Saints Church, 605 Fourth Street, Madison Lake (north parking lot across street from church, just off of Highway 60)
- Eagle Lake Elementary School, 500 Le Sueur Ave, Eagle Lake, (door 2r in front of school)
- Kennedy Elementary School, 2600 East Main Street, Mankato (door 14 in the bus loop)
- Monroe Elementary School, 441 Monroe Avenue, North Mankato (door 1 on Monroe Avenue)
- Hoover Elementary School, 1524 Hoover Drive, North Mankato (door 12 in the bus loop)
- Rosa Parks Elementary School, 1001 Heron Drive, Mankato (door 3 parent pick up/drop off loop)
- 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.
Supporting Kids During Coronavirus
Here are tips from the Child Mind Institute's clinicians to help calm fears, manage stress and keep the peace.
- Keep routines in place: consistency and structure are calming during times of stress.
- Be creative about new activities and exercise: this could include puzzles, family game time or baking together.
- Manage your own anxiety: keeping your worries in check will help your whole family navigate this uncertain situation as easily as possible.
- Limit consumption of news: staying informed is important, but it is good idea to limit consumption of news and social media that has the potential to to feed your anxiety, and that of your kids.
- Stay in touch virtually: keep your support network strong, even when you're only able to call or text friends and family.
- Make plans: In the face of events that are scary and largely out of our control, it's important to be proactive of what you can control. Making plans helps you visualize the near future.
- Keep it positive
- Keep kids in the loop -- but keep it simple: Talking to children in a clear, reasonable way about what's going on is the best way to help them understand," says Rachel Busman, PsyD, a clinical psychologist at the Child Mind Institute. "But remember kids don't need to know every little thing." Unless kids ask specifically, there's no reason to volunteer information that might worry them.
- Check in with little kids: Children who are tantruming more than usual, being defiant or acting out may actually be feeling anxious. Pick a calm, undistracted time and gently ask how they're feeling and make sure to respond to outbursts in a calm, consistent, comforting way.
- Sometimes the past of least resistance is the right path: "We should forgive ourselves the image of perfection we normally aspire to as parents," says Dr. Anderson. "Maybe your kids don't have TV or screens on the weeknights during the school year, but now that school is cancelled or online, we can give ourselves license to relax these boundaries a bit. We can explain to our kids that this is a unique situation and reinstitute boundaries once more when life returns to normal."
- Accept and ask for help: Everyone who can pitch in, should. Give kids age appropriate jobs. For example, teens might be able to to help mind younger siblings when both parents have to work. Most children can set the table, help keep communal spaces clean, do dishes or take out the trash. Even toddlers can learn to pick up their own toys. Working as a team will help your whole family stay busy and make sure no one person is overwhelmed.
For more information on supporting your kids during coronavirus please either contact me at aolivo1@isd77.org or visit www.childmind.org.
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