It must be January in Minnesota. As you know by now, this stretch of sub-zero weather did our furnace in. As we compose this newsletter, the furnace is giving its last bit of heat, and we have space heaters all around the building to keep the pipes from freezing. We plan on welcoming a new heating system to our building on Monday and welcome our Learners back into the building on Tuesday.
We have reached the halfway point of the school year. That’s right, it is the end of the 1st semester, and next Tuesday, we begin the second half of the school year. So again, we want to thank all of you for your support of our Empower learners, and we look forward to finishing the year just as strong as we started. One of the cool (no pun intended) things about living in a sub-zero climate is the neat science you can do. Here at Empower, we did just that last week. How awesome is it when you can throw boiling water into the air and watch it instantly turn into frozen vapor or blow freezing soap bubbles? Now you just can’t do that in Texas! We have another big shout-out to our most recent graduate Siarra. We also have many learners working extra hard to wrap things up this winter. This means we are looking forward to welcoming new learners into our Empower family. You may have noticed a slight schedule change to the Empower calendar. The MAAP Conference has switched to a two-day conference, so Wednesday, February 2nd, will be a flex day for our learners (like our typical Fridays). We will be open that Wednesday for any learner who wants to come in. Things are happening here at Empower, feel free to stop by and check them out. Coming Events: Remember all events are updated on our website Jan 24 - No School-Teacher Professional Development Feb 2 - Flex Day Feb 3-4 - No School-Staff MAAP Conference Feb 16 - MAAP Legislative Day Feb 21 - No School-Presidents Day
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Welcome to 2022, a new year filled with opportunities for all of us. We all will have opportunities for success, change, failure, and learning from our failures and succeeding. It also means we are nearing the halfway point in the school year.
The Empower staff would like to thank all the family and friends who could attend the annual Empower Christmas Tea. So many of the learners worked so hard to prepare some delicious snacks and showcase our Empower building. What a fun time this was, getting to chat with you about the program and laugh during the Reindeer games. This was one of our best turnouts for this event, and I hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed hosting you. The other highlight of this reporting period was our visit to the Museum of Failures. Our learners had a great time walking through the many exhibits of failures by very smart people. Yet many of these failures paved the way for even more significant inventions. Many hands-on exhibits brought huge laughs. Our learners also had a few minutes to walk around the Mall of America where the Museum was housed. Although this was a short reporting period due to the break, many of our learners worked hard given the time they had. You will see that in their progress report. Of note, a huge shout out to Montana, who completed all of her requirements for her high school diploma. Great Job, Montana. Things are happening here at Empower, feel free to stop by and check them out. Coming Events: Remember all events are updated on our website Jan 17 - No School-Teacher Training Jan 21 - End of 1st Semester Jan 24 - No School-Teacher Professional Development Feb 2-4 - No School-Staff MAAP Conf |
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