The Crookston Public Schools is preparing for the 2022-23 School Year with a night for parents and students to meet their future teachers and walk the halls of the schools with their annual Meet the Teachers Night on Wednesday, August 31, and Thursday, September 1, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
The event takes place during the school’s workshop days, and families get to come in and meet the teachers that will be teaching the children and ask them any questions they may have about the school year. “It’s a great opportunity for families to come in and meet the teachers that will be working with their children and if there’s any last minute paperwork or things they need to take care of in case they missed the Welcome Back to School Day. It’d be a great chance to have all of that taken care of,” said Interim Superintendent Dave Kuehn. “But the most important thing is an in-person visit or a shorter meeting with the teachers that’ll be working with their children.”
While the schools share the night, it is treated differently between the Elementary and High Schools. At Washington and Highland, the teachers set up scheduled 15 to 20-minute meetings during the Welcome Back to School Day on August 18 with the parents of the students in their class to discuss their children’s strengths to help them know their students and begin to form a relationship with the younger students on the first day of school. “I would imagine for those that didn’t come to last Thursday’s Welcome Back to School Day, the elementary school’s offices were reaching out to those parents to make sure that they got the packets of information and have them signed up for the Meet the Teacher Night,” Superintendent Kuehn explained. For parents who have not registered their students yet for Meet the Teacher Night, you can call the school office at 218-281-2762 for Washington or 218-281-5600 for Highland to set up a time. During the nights, the Washington School will also be hosting an event in the school parking lot known as “Big Wheels Night,” where the students can see and explore some of the larger vehicles used around the community, such as a school bus and a fire truck.
Meanwhile, at the high school, the night works very similarly to an Open House, with it letting parents and students meet freely with the teachers during those three hours to discuss their classes, answer questions, and walk the halls through the schedules their students will have. Parents will also have an orientation of the school for transitioning 7th-grade students, and a new student orientation on Thursday, September 1, at 5:30 p.m. “The nice thing with these junior high classes and 7th-grade core teachers, meet often and make special plans for those 7th-graders to help them transition and make them feel comfortable and welcome here at the high school,” said high school principal Matt Torgerson. “As we move through the next year or two, it may look very different as we start planning for that middle school model. But right now, it’s just getting those 7th-grade orientations a way for the parents to ask questions, for the 7th graders to get to walk the halls before the first day of class and get them acclimated to the high school.” To finish the second night, the families can stay for a home Volleyball match against Ada-Borup/West starting at 7:30 p.m. Students do not need to schedule a time as all students are welcome at any time during the event from 4:00-7:00 p.m.
The School District encourages families, especially those that are new to the district, to attend one or both of these nights to meet teachers and staff members of the school district, learn more about the schools, and welcome some of the newer staff members to the community. After Labor Day, all Crookston schools’ first day will be Tuesday, September 6.
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