Baraga Area Schools

Senior Highlights today are Leeah and Kayla. Congratulations! https://youtu.be/jep4yJRFxO0 https://youtu.be/gbJ1bL39WCk

Senior Highlights today are Ryan and Cooper. Congratulations! https://youtu.be/us3Y4oXSyeI https://youtu.be/kCsa16KSitw

Senior Highlights today are Alex and Shelby. Congratulations! https://youtu.be/iYMRCyratJ8 https://youtu.be/Na_zfCEHoVc

Senior Highlights today are Ayeasha and Riley. https://youtu.be/l7AOkaHgb-g https://youtu.be/3siYMsPIWsg

Hey everyone, I'm posting another packet of info and tips that I hope will be helpful to all of our families out there. This is a difficult time for us, and I want all to know that I am here to support you in any way I can. Stay Healthy!

Michigan’s frontline COVID-19 responders are being saluted tomorrow. Please see the map of the flyover path for more information. Thank you!

Dragon Art Challenge! This weeks art assignment from Mrs. Klein! Elementary is creating a dragon eye and junior high/high school is creating a zoomed in composition of a dragon. Send me a picture of your art to be entered into a prize drawing to win my artwork from this video! Send them to vklein@baragaschools.org or to the Baraga Area Schools Art Facebook messenger. https://youtu.be/UFxOsXq8SyY

Graduation Status: We are still planning on doing some sort of ceremony for seniors. We cannot do anything other than a virtual ceremony until the stay-at-home order is lifted. We are brain-storming possibilities and will keep everyone posted. We want to hold onto caps and gowns until we know more about what we are allowed to do for a ceremony but seniors will get them. Senior advisors are talking with seniors and if they have questions they can email them to lwisniewski@baragaschools.org and mfrantti@baragaschools.org Again, thank you for your patience as we get this all figured out.

We will be featuring our seniors this month in highlight videos as one of the ways to virtually celebrate their graduation achievement and highlight some of their qualities. Congratulations Class of 2020! First up are Natalie and Cameron. https://youtu.be/WhADDswzFeg https://youtu.be/XZZO6PcT1vU

Board of Education Meeting Due to COVID-19 developments in Michigan, Governor Whitmer has issues an Executive Order to suspend physical presence requirements under the Open Meetings Act (OMA) to all public bodies across the state. Therefore, the Baraga Area Schools Board of Education meeting scheduled for Monday, May 11, 2020 at 5:45 p.m. will be held electronically. Due to the unprecedented nature of this situation, the Board of Education will only address imperative matters during this meeting. To join meeting go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5710424747?pwd=MWQyU1dGZkpJZGtzNTZFTi9wQ1gvdz09 Contact Michele Velmer at mvelmer@baragaschools.org for the password. Community members must register to participate in the public comment period of the meeting. Individuals who wish to make a public comment at this meeting must notify Michele Velmer at mvelmer@baragaschools.org to register for public comment. Community members must remain muted until the listed registered community members are given an opportunity to address the board during public comment. Following Board policy, full policy 0167.3 can be found on our website www.baragaschools.org, we remind participants of the following procedures: • Public participation shall be permitted as indicated on the order of business at a time as determined by the presiding officer, • Participants must be recoginized by the presiding officer and will be requested to preface their comments by an announcement of their name, address; and group affiliation, if and when appropriate. • Each statement made by a participant shall be limited to four (4) minutes duration. • The presiding officer may: o Prohibit public comments which are frivolous, repetitive, or harassing; o Interrupt, warn, or terminate a participant’s statement when the statement is too lengthy, personally directed, or abusive, obscene, or irrelevant; o Request any individual to leave the meeting when that person behavTo es in a manner that is disruptive of the orderly conduct of the meeting We are asking for your patience and understanding as these are uncertain times for all of us. Thank you for your ongoing support. If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of an auxillary aid or service to participate in the meeting, please contact Michele Velmer, Administrative Assistant at mvelmer@baragaschools.org prior to the meeting.

HEY KIDS! This week for art we are all creating Mother’s Day projects for a special lady in our lives. Check out my video for some tutorials and information. Send completed Mother’s Day art to vklein@baragaschools.org or to the Baraga Area Schools Art Facebook messenger. https://youtu.be/atSpQOsy36c

Students and alumni of Michigan Tech and the MTU Pavlis Honors College have started a new tutoring program, TechTutors, to provide free, virtual tutoring to K-12 students in the Keweenaw. You can find the program website here, which contains information about the program along with a form for parents to request tutoring for their students. https://sites.google.com/mtu.edu/techtutors/home https://sites.google.com/mtu.edu/techtutors/k-12-tutoring/request-a-tutor

Viking Art Challenege (K-5 Yearbook Cover Contest). If you are in K-5 create an elementary yearbook cover design. You can win a free yearbook! More details are in the video. Junior high and high schoolers can create any art related to Vikings. Send me a picture of what you create to be entered into to win my artwork from this video or to enter the cover contest! I also need to keep track of who does it for my records. Send completed art to vklein@baragaschools.org or to the Baraga Area Schools Art Facebook messenger. https://youtu.be/2-ndR8fkR1A

2019-2020 elementary yearbooks are for sale online now. Delivery will be next fall as always. The deadline to order and create your custom pages by is July 3rd. With the school shutdown we will be adding photos of things your students are doing at home (with your permission) and 2 pandemic fill in the questions pages. Any questions about ordering contact Mrs. Klein.

Administration has put together a letter with some answers to some frequently asked questions. We hope this helps to clear up some of the confusion. Also, remember that there is locker content pick-up tomorrow from 10a-2p for grades 1-4 and 6-12.

Desk contents from grades 2-4 can be picked up this Friday as well from 10a-2p.

Parents and Guardians, Locker contents can be picked up from the school this Friday, 4/24/2020, from 10a-2p. The process will be similar to the homework pick-up and will be done from the gym doors by central office. Please practice social distancing during pick-up.

We are grateful to be able to offer free breakfast and lunch to all children under the age of 18 or any special needs adult under the age of 26. Please indicate below if you want the school to provide food for your child(ren). If you select "yes" below, you MUST pick up food on THURSDAY between the hours of 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Only a parent/guardian may pick up food for their child(ren). PLEASE SUBMIT THIS ORDER FORM BY NOON ON MONDAY, APRIL 27TH. Click on the link below. This form is for the month of May. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ttgwPh5hVM3eXc_cSj22gqfQ0Pilygh-tMU-kHUxP2g

Chromebooks will be available for checkout again this Thursday during the food and homework pickup (11-1). It’ll be a quicker process if you fill out the Google From before hand but it’s not necessary. Parents/Guardians will have to sign a loan agreement. Questions can be directed to lwisniewski@baragaschools.org https://forms.gle/dk6bqE24dYcfDm2XA

Color Wheel Art Challenge! Create a found object color wheel or draw/paint a picture that includes the color wheel order in it. Send me a picture of what you complete to be entered into a prize drawing to win my artwork from this video! I also need to keep track of who does it for my records. Send completed art to vklein@baragaschools.org or to the Baraga Area Schools Art Facebook messenger. My kids had so much fun doing this they wanted to make two. https://youtu.be/nY8ZfTFIGf4