Message from Principal Rasmussen
Dear Burke High Families,
This first week of February has our teachers involved in a Curriculum Day of professional development on Friday, February 3. There will be no school for our students on this day. In addition, for advanced planning purposes, there will be no school on Monday, February 20 in observance of President's Day.
Spring Recess is around the corner and that week is March 13 through March 17th. There will be no school for our students during that week.
A shout out to our Boy's Bowling team for placing 2nd in the Metro Conference tournament and are heading into district play as one of the top teams in the state. Best of luck to both our boy's and girl's bowling teams as they prepare for districts and potentially state competition.
Our Unified Basketball team won the championship at the Special Olympics tournament this past week. We are very proud of our inclusive school and take pride in being inclusive. Throughout the school year, our students and student-athletes have supported our students in Unified experiences.
Our fist semester honor roll is on display in the hallway near room 153. Students who have achieved with at least a 3.0 grade point average or above are listed on the display. Congratulations to our students who continue to excel in the classroom.
We are sharing within this update our Remote Weather Learning Schedule that we will utilize in the event school is closed due to weather and our district calls for a "Remote Learning Day". It is beginning to get colder and those days are coming.
Strive for 95 is our district focus​ and effort to increase the number of students reaching 95% attendance or higher (missing 9 days or less throughout the school year).
As the effects of the pandemic continue to impact the nation, school districts and leaders paying close attention to attendance is more crucial than ever. How students recover socially, emotionally and academically depends upon being present and actively engaged in learning at school. Research states that students who miss less than nine days of school each year are more likely to stay engaged, be successful and remain on track to graduate. Chronic absence (missing 10% or more of school) is an early warning sign that students are at risk of not reading proficiently by the end of third grade, struggling academically in middle school and dropping out of high school. Attend. Aspire. Graduate.
Parents have been receiving email communications home from our school about their child(s) daily attendance. We want all of our students to be on-time to classes and have good daily attendance. This is an extra step we are taking to communicate with our families and to reinforce a partnership between the school and home.
As always, we have an open door here at Burke High School and value your feedback. It will be important for all of us to stay connected as we approach the start of a new school year.
If you have questions about school, feel free to contact us at 531-299-2580.
Go Bulldogs!
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