Attendance Line:
651-480-7391
Main Office:
651-480-7390
MAY 2025 NEWSLETTER
ABOUT US
Nurse:
651-480-7395
Kids' Campus:
651-480-7423
Hastings Bus Company:
651-437-1888
DATES TO REMEMBER
MAY
5 - District Elementary Choir Concert, 6:30pm @ HMS Auditorium
5 - 4th Grade Puberty Presentations (in class)
13 - 3rd & 4th Grade Music Demonstrations
13 - McAuliffe PTC Meeting, 6:30-7:30pm @McAuliffe Media Center
26 - NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day
JUNE
2 - Carnival
5 - Last Day of School (full day)
NEWS
Looking Ahead to the 2025-26 School
2024-25 District School Calendar is available on the district webpage.
Each family will receive a communication in August via Infinite Campus Parent Portal and email containing important information regarding the beginning of the school year.
Suggested classroom supply lists for the fall will be available on our school website in June and in local stores.
Daycare Transportation Form - this must be filled out annually if your student will be picked up and/or dropped off at a daycare within our McAuliffe boundaries. Please submit to main office by June 6th.
McAuliffe Music Notes
STEAM Activities
For our last month this year we are looking at improving designs. The IMPROVE Badge uses all the steps of the STEM design process. So get ready to Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, and Improve with Mrs. Hewitt by watching this video. If you complete the activity found in the video, make sure to let Mrs, Hewitt know by clicking here so your student(s) can earn their IMPROVE Badge. Badges will be delivered the last week of school to teachers to hand out to their students. Thanks for adding a little STEAM to your homes this year.
New to STEAM Badges: What does this mean? Each month from now until the end of the school year watch our newsletter for our STEAM Badge Update. Each month your student(s) will have the chance to work with Mrs. Hewitt on a STEAM project at home. Through her video she will read a story and talk about a STEAM project to try at home. When students finish their project, use this link to earn this month’s badge. Each month’s entry earns them another badge. At the end of the year students will receive a certificate with all their badges.
Miss a previous month?
Check out January by clicking here!
Bounce back to February by clicking here.
Revisit March’s badge by clicking here.
Miss out on April? Click here.
MCAULIFFE PTC
May PTC Meeting Date:
Tuesday, May 13th, 6:30-7:30pm
@McAuliffe Media Center
24-25 McAuliffe Carnival
Yearbooks for Sale
The PTC has purchased a limited amount of 24-25 yearbooks for resale. They are available for $15 each. Please reach out to the McAuliffe office if you would like to be put on the list to purchase one of these yearbooks. Payment may be made via cash or check made out to the McAuliffe PTC. Yearbooks will be delivered to school in early June.
REMINDERS
Warm Weather and Flip Flops
As the weather continues to be conducive to being outside, our classes may spend prolonged periods (20 min+) outside learning. Please have your child bring any needed sun exposure items such as hats, sunscreen, sunglasses, etc. that you see as appropriate for your child. If your child is going to bring sunscreen, please show them how to apply it themselves, and remind them not to share their sunscreen with other students. A base layer of sunscreen can also be applied at home before sending your child to school.
FLIP FLOPS
Although flip-flops are fun and colorful, they should not be worn at school since they do not provide any stability or protection from injuries. Our nurse sees children with cuts, scratches, broken toenails, twisted ankles, and falls from running in flip-flops. Please be sure that your child wears appropriate shoes each day to school.
Dismissal Changes
A reminder: When there is a change to your child’s normal dismissal plan, please contact the Main Office at 651-480-7390 by 2:30 pm if possible.
This allows us adequate time to connect with your child's teacher. Thank you for partnering with us to ensure that all students arrive home safely.
Absence Request: Parent Portal
Parents/guardians are able to submit full day absence requests directly through their Infinite Campus Parent Portal account. This can be used to inform the school attendance office in advance when your child is not going to be in school. This may be done using a computer or the Campus Parent Portal app on your mobile device. The portal absence request process is only available for full day absence requests. Absence requests for late arrivals or leave early requests must still be done by contacting the school attendance office. You also still have the option of calling the attendance office to report full day absences if you prefer. If you do not have a parent portal account, please contact your child's school to request one. More information including step by step instructions for how to submit an absence request directly through your portal account can be found on our website.
2025-26 Kindergarten Enrollment
MCAULIFFE PRIDE
April Pride Winners
HEALTH SERVICES
Illness and Keeping Your Child Home
A student should not come to school (and may be sent home from school) if they have or have had:
a fever of 100 degrees F or more in the past 24 hours
vomiting or diarrhea in the past 24 hours
an undiagnosed skin rash
Reporting Absences
If your student will not be at school, please call and report the reason for their absence at 651-480-7391 or submit an absence through the parent portal. If your student is ill, please report their symptoms and/or any diagnosed communicable condition like chicken pox, strep throat, cough and fever, influenza, or pink eye. It is recommended that you follow the MDH and CDC exclusion guidelines for communicable diseases.
Immunizations
In order to attend school, students must show that they're in compliance with Minnesota School Immunization Requirements (see the Minnesota Department of Health Link below for more Information). Hastings School's immunization policy states that students who are not up to date on their immunizations will not be allowed to start school until they provide the school with documentation that they have received the required immunizations.
Parents/guardians may check their student's immunization status by logging on to the parent portal in Infinite Campus. To see the immunization records, click on the HEALTH tab. If your student's immunization status says "current for grade" in ALL immunizations required by law, then the student is up to date and ready for the start of school. If your student is not current, they will need to get the required immunizations to attend the first day of school. Yearly physicals with their healthcare provider are strongly encouraged for students to have optimal health.
Parents/guardians may choose to decline immunizations for their students by filing a legal exemption with the school. Student Immunization Form
If you have further questions, please reach out to our building nurse: Emily Lubich, elubich@isd200.org
SCHOOL SAFETY
Early Pick Up & Dismissal Changes
In order to minimize interruptions to the classroom, students should not be picked up early unless it is an emergency. On those occasions when it is necessary to pick your child up during the school day, please go to the school office, with your ID, to sign your child out. If someone other than the parent/guardian is picking up, office must be notified in advance and their ID also is required. The office personnel will contact your child’s teacher to dismiss them and meet you in the office after you've arrived.
When there is a change to your child’s normal dismissal plan, please contact the main office at 651-480-7390 by 2:30 pm if possible.
Teachers will not release students unless the office gives prior approval. This practice has been established to help protect your child.
Your child's safety is of prime importance to us. There are a few procedure guidelines that help us maintain a secured building and limit the number of distractions to our classrooms. Our building is designed to have a single entry point during the school day. Please keep the following in mind:
Always check in at the office whenever you are at school.
We have a secure entrance, please ring the doorbell and state your reason for visiting.
When delivering things for your child (ex. snow gear), please drop them off at the office. We will deliver articles or call your child down to the office.
Bring Your ID
Please bring your driver's license with you when you are checking out your student, volunteering, or visiting for lunch.
Attendance
Throughout the year, there may be times that your child may be sick, need to go to medical appointments, etc. If your child is absent or will be late, please call the attendance line by 8:50 am at 651-480-7391.
Being on time to school is very important. If you are late to school, please check your student in at the main office.
BULLETIN BOARD
Community Education Recreational Opportunities
TO REGISTER: Call 651-480-7670 or register online at www.HastingsCommunityEd.com
QUICK LINKS
Hastings Public Schools
The Hastings School District consists of approximately 4,300 students. Please click on the links below to email the building principal or site leader. We've also included the phone numbers to the main offices of each of our district's sites:
Tilden Community Center 651-480-7670
Kennedy Elementary (K-4) 651-480-7221
McAuliffe Elementary (K-4) 651-480-7390
Pinecrest Elementary (K-4) 651-480-7280
Hastings Middle School(5-8) 651-480-7060
Hastings High School (9-12) 651-480-7470
Hastings Alternative Learning Center 651-480-7690
*If you need any assistance in translating this newsletter, contact us at kgorr@isd200.org.
Website: www.hastings.k12.mn.us
Location: 1000 11th Street West, Hastings, MN, USA
Phone: 651-480-7000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hastingspublicschools