As we continue with the last three weeks of school, we want to continue to offer the ability for parents to write a Tiger Stripe to our staff. Tiger Stripes are a way of spreading gratitude and our staff has sent over 6,000 Tiger Stripes this year to our community. As parents, your words and recognition of our staff mean a lot. Linked here is a quick way to send a message of thanks to an individual staff member.

Also, as we finish the year, we would like to ask your help in reminding your student to follow our core values. Below are quick speaking points that you could use to help support our staff here at school:

• Core Value: Be Responsible – Ask your student to show you what they are bringing to school. Students should continue to bring a fully charged iPad and have an organized backpack with things only needed for school.
• Core Value: Show Compassion – Ask your student how they can show gratitude to staff and peers. Students have the ability to write Tiger Stripes to staff, some show compassion by helping peers clean up, or sit next to someone who is having a difficult day.
• Core Value: Have Integrity – Ask your student how they stay focused throughout the day. Gentle reminders to your child about listening to adult direction and trusting their “gut” to do the “right” thing every day is always appreciated by our staff.

Overall, we have an incredible community of learners, parents and staff. It has been a fantastic year and we are confident that the next three weeks will be no different. Thank you for all your partnership and support over the year.

Looking for a quick way to get all of the school supplies for next year? Please see below in the The Boeckman Buzz for a way to purchase everything needed for next year!

Please do not wait until the last minute. iPad Collections for Boeckman Middle School are Monday, June 5 and Tuesday, June 6. In order to participate in the Optional Summer iPad Checkout, all RevTrak registrations must be completed by Friday, June 2 by 3:00 PM. More information can be found below in the Boeckman Buzz.

-Joe Sage, Principal

Families with learners who currently take iPads home in grades K-11 may now opt to checkout their district issued iPads for the summer months! This is our eighth year offering optional summer iPad checkout. Last year nearly 75% of eligible families and students opted to check out their issued iPads. Using RevTrak to agree to the updated 2023-24 iPad Loan Agreement will ensure that your child is set with their iPad check out for the entire 2023-24 academic year.

The option for Summer iPad checkout supports our efforts to foster open-ended, personalized learning opportunities; curiosity; exploration and continued access to creative tools and resources. It also allows students to continue to have access to technology that helps them stay connected to their schools, friends, family and the community during the summer months.

We encourage families to consider checking out their learner’s district issued iPad for the summer. With the optional summer iPad checkout, fewer returning students will need to be scheduled through a “fall checkout” process when schools are back in session. This will shorten the amount of time that students and teachers are without iPads next fall. Those opting for summer iPad checkout will be set until spring 2024.

The updated 2023--24 iPad Loan Agreement, which includes helpful information for iPads checked out for the summer and also the following school year, is available online. In addition, the RevTrak “iPad Loan Agreement” activities are live for each site allowing parents, guardians, and learners the ability to review and agree to the terms of the 2023-24 iPad Loan Agreement and either opt to ENROLL in, or WAIVE participation in the iPad Protection Plan. The enrollment fee for the optional iPad Protection Plan is $35 for the 2023-24 school year, with no additional fee for the summer months.

Please note that if you have not used RevTrak yet, you will need to create an account and also know your child’s student ID number to complete the registration process. If you used RevTrak for completing last year’s 2022-23 iPad Loan Agreement, the system has saved your parent and child account information. You will still need to know your learner’s Student ID number. The RevTrak e-Guides and Customer Account guide, along with the RevTrak Frequently Asked Questions provide helpful information for setting up and using the system.

Please see our Frequently Asked Questions for more details on the optional summer iPad checkout, theiPad Protection Plan, and repair procedures. Later this month individual schools will share end-of-year collection information for those not choosing to take advantage of this opportunity.

For families opting to check out their learner’s iPad for the summer, please know that iPad collection dates vary by school. Therefore, it is strongly advised to please use RevTrak to review and agree to the 2023-24 iPad Loan Agreement, determine if you want to waive or enroll in the iPad Protection Plan, and complete the “checkout” process as soon as possible.

Thank you!

Farmington Area Public Schools, ISD 192
20655 Flagstaff Avenue, Farmington, MN 55024
district@farmington.k12.mn.us | 651-463-5000

We thank you and your family for being our valued partners as we work together to educate the students in our district. ISD 192 values input from our students as they are important partners as we work to improve our communication, academic programming and overall experience for everyone.

In order to learn more about student experiences at school, we will be asking for feedback from students in grades 3-12 via an online survey they will be completing at school during the window of May 15-26, 2023. The survey should take approximately 20-30 minutes to complete.

If a student doesn’t feel like they have enough information to answer a question, they will be able to skip the item altogether. The responses to these surveys will be completely confidential.

To read more about this survey, click here

Are you wondering what to plan for your child’s summer? Community Education has several camp and class opportunities for youth ages 2-grade 12! Summer camps span a wide range of activities, including Art, Music, Sports, Theater, Academics, STEM, and much more! There is plenty for families to choose from to fit everyone’s interest!

To see a list of our offerings in our Catalog, click here.

Know what you want to sign up for? Click here to register!

Fee assistance is available for students who receive free and reduced lunch, or have extenuating circumstances. To apply, please fill out a request at https://bit.ly/192CEFeeAssist.

May 18 – 8:00pm Concert for Beginning Band, 6th Grade Band, and 8th Grade Band

Concert Location: FHS Recital Hall

Arrival: FHS at 7:30pm for the concert.

Dress: Band Shirt, Black pants

Tubas, baritones, French Horns – bring instruments from home

May 23............................................7th Grade band – (7:00pm, FHS)

May 29............................................NO SCHOOL

June 7.............................................8th Grade to Valleyfair

June 8.............................................Last Day of School - Early Release

**Save the Dates**

August 24......................................6th Grade WEB Orientation 8:00am-12:30pm

August 29......................................Open House 2:00pm-7:00pm

September 5................................. First Day of School

*Details for some activities will be shared closer to dates.

Registration for summer instrumental music offerings including pops band, jazz band, ukulele, and semi-private lessons is now open. These offerings are available to learners entering grades 6-9 for the 2023-2024. Please check the flyer for more details.

Contact Rachel Gorden Mercer at rgordenmercer@farmington.k12.mn.us or Joe Lasko at jlasko@farmington.k12.mn.us with questions.

Register here:

For years, Farmington Community Education has offered intramural co-ed basketball and an intramural co-ed combination of football & soccer. Starting in Fall 2023, Farmington CE will now be your source for the following interscholastic middle school sports: girls volleyball, girls tennis, girls soccer, boys soccer. Wrestling will be offered in the winter; and track & field will be offered in the spring.

Interscholastic Opportunities: this is for participants to compete against other middle schools in the BSC (Big Suburban Conference) as done previously. It is important to note that school-bus transportation will not be available to or from those other schools on meet/match days.

Continued intramural opportunities in co-ed football & soccer will be offered again in the fall and in co-ed basketball in the winter. Those will entail a combination of teaching of basic skills and drills and some game-like opportunities against others in the program. All participants are from Dodge and Boeckman. The after school shuttle bus will still be available for middle school students that need to get to the other building.

Registration opens June 28.

For more information visit http://bit.ly/192CEMiddleSchoolSports.

For more information, feel free to email middleschoolsports@farmington.k12.mn.us

Farmington School District has some great opportunities for you! Have you ever thought about subbing as a teacher? Here is your chance to get more information about it. It is a great way to have the same schedule as your children and be involved in the schools. The links below will bring you to a website that will give you more information on how to get a license.

https://mn.gov/pelsb/assets/Short%20Call%20Substitute%20Teaching%20License%20Guidance%20POST_tcm1113-451855.pdf

https://mn.gov/pelsb/assets/Application%20for%20a%20Short-call%20Substitute%202021%20POST_tcm1113-485445.pdf

Also, please check out the other opportunities in the Farmington School District.

https://www.farmington.k12.mn.us/news/what_s_new/we_re_hiring_