Rebel Round Up
MCA Test Schedule
Now that April is here and it’s the fourth quarter of the school year, we are reminded of
the changing of the seasons. Most of us are thinking spring! For our students, it means the
testing season is here. The best way that students can prepare for tests is by working hard every
day on their schoolwork. The tests measure the standards that are being taught in the classroom.
The Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs) cover grades 3-8, 10, and 11.
These tests are given online, and all students need to have headphones or earbuds (not Bluetooth
or wireless) for testing. Students and parents can access the testing website at
http://minnesota.pearsonaccessnext.com/. Once you are at the Minnesota site, click on the
“Preparing for Testing” link. There are many resources available to help with test preparation.
Students have been doing practice tests in school. They can access practice tests at any time by
clicking on the “Item Samplers” link, which lists the different subjects that will be tested.
Students can view the Item Samplers and then they choose their grade level to begin the practice
test.
Please make every effort to have your student in school on testing days, and do not
schedule any appointments for those days. Of course if they are sick they should stay home.
Here are the dates for testing:
April 6-7 Grade 10 Reading
April 11-12 Grade 8 Reading
April 12-13 Grade 5 Science
April 12-14 Grade 3-4 Reading
April 13-14 Grade 7 Reading
April 20-21 Grade 11 Math
April 20-22 Grade 5-6 Reading
April 26-27 Grade 8 Math
April 26-28 Grade 3 Math
April 27-28 Grade 4-6 Math
April 28-29 Grade 7 Math
May 3-4 HS Science (Biology)
May 6 Reading & Math MCA window closes
May 10-11 Grade 8 Science
May 13 Science MCA window closes
Getting a good night’s sleep has been proven to improve test scores. It is also important
to eat a healthy breakfast. Remember that we have free breakfast available every day at school.
We can all work together to have a successful testing season!
Mary Beech
MCC District Assessment Coordinator
Congratulations to our Elementary Rebel Pride winners for this week! Ariella Mendoza, Brennly Plotz, Joelle Hellewell, Landon Thovson, Eli Gens & Owen Berreau.
Due to the field conditions and wind chill temperatures we will be cancelling the MCC Early Bird Meet scheduled for today.
Staff Profile of the Week!
Good luck to the MCC Speech team as they travel to Montevideo today! Go Rebels!
Dr. Kingsbury, SMSU professor, working with Choir students in Grades 5-8 today. Shout out to Mrs. Gergen and Ms. Cole for giving the students this opportunity. Special shout out to Mrs Nysetvold for accompanying. Students enjoyed working with Dr. Kingsbury.
Attention baseball and softball players: salt bag pick up is from 9:00 am - noon tomorrow at the softball complex. If you have any questions, please contact Elissa.
It was a great evening at the Night of Jazz! Congrats to all of our performers- Jazz Band, Rebel Voices and Speech!
Mark your calendar and plan to attend- event sponsored by American Legion Erwin March Post 64 & Auxiliary of Slayton.
Congratulations to this week's elementary Rebel Pride winners! Baylor Dierks, Bodin Miller, Holden Lee, Riley Einck, Trinity Wildfeuer, Aliyah Klaassen
Staff Profile of the Week
It's not too late to get tickets for our "Night of Jazz" dinner concert, which is on Thursday, March 24 at Christ Lutheran Church at 6:30 pm. If you need a ticket, please email me (mike_helgeson@mcc.mntm.org) or leave a message on my school phone (605-836-6184 ext. 4191) by Monday evening.
The numbers are in! I want to thank our Student Council members, parents, staff and community members for helping us raise a record high of $12,309.12 for Coaches vs Cancer! We are so grateful to have our small community help raise this amount of money for the fight against cancer. Thank you to all who contributed.
20 surplus iPads are for sale, $75 each
6th generation-32 GB-WiFi
They have iPadOS 15.
To purchase, email andy_berndt@mcc.mntn.org
First come, first serve.
Charger not included
Congratulations to our Elementary Rebel Pride winners for this week! Kenzie Platt, Vivian Radke, Malcolm Miller, Sapphire Gilb, Spencer Clark & Brielle Plotz
Thanks to the generous support of our MCC family, the Scholastic Book Fair concluded with sales totaling $4264.35! With sales and incentives our school libraries earned $2594.02! The next book fair will be May 2-6, and it's all about you - Buy One Get One Free for every item purchased!
Huge "Shout Out" to Nikki Cheskie and the elementary students for raising $902.04 for Coaches vs. Cancer event Friday, March 11th. Special thanks to all who donated.
Staff Profile of the Week!
F/MCC 7th-8th Wrestling Team finished 2nd at the NYWA Region 2 Tournament. They defeated Albert Lea 24-17, Minneota 24-19, and lost to Marshall 25-21. This qualifies the team for the state meet in Rochester on March 31.
Crazy Hair Day at West Elementary today.
