Join us for the 8th annual Career Fair.
MES Classroom Spotlight: Mrs. Glady's Kindergarten Class
Our class is off to an amazing start this school year! We’ve been hard at work learning our letters and beginning to blend CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. We also wrapped up an exciting unit on nursery rhymes, where students loved discovering new rhymes alongside their old favorites.
Fall has brought some wonderful hands-on learning experiences through our recent field trips. After studying fire safety in the classroom, we visited the local fire station. We also spent a fantastic day at The Nelson Farm, where students learned about farm animals and picked their very own pumpkins from the patch.
A big thank you to our YSL high school helpers, whose daily support makes learning even more special. It has been a wonderful start to kindergarten!
Our class is off to an amazing start this school year! We’ve been hard at work learning our letters and beginning to blend CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. We also wrapped up an exciting unit on nursery rhymes, where students loved discovering new rhymes alongside their old favorites.
Fall has brought some wonderful hands-on learning experiences through our recent field trips. After studying fire safety in the classroom, we visited the local fire station. We also spent a fantastic day at The Nelson Farm, where students learned about farm animals and picked their very own pumpkins from the patch.
A big thank you to our YSL high school helpers, whose daily support makes learning even more special. It has been a wonderful start to kindergarten!
MES Classroom Spotlight: Ms. Boyum's Phy-Ed Class
If you walked past the gymnasium this week, you likely heard a chorus of giggles, rhythmic chanting, and the distinct swoosh of a massive rainbow fabric floating through the air. That’s right—Ms. Boyum’s physical education classes recently got their hands on everyone’s absolute favorite PE classic: the giant parachute!
While it looks like pure play, parachute day is actually packed with physical and social benefits. Ms. Boyum uses these colorful activities to teach critical skills like team communication, spatial awareness, and rhythmic movement, all while giving students a fantastic full-body workout.
If you walked past the gymnasium this week, you likely heard a chorus of giggles, rhythmic chanting, and the distinct swoosh of a massive rainbow fabric floating through the air. That’s right—Ms. Boyum’s physical education classes recently got their hands on everyone’s absolute favorite PE classic: the giant parachute!
While it looks like pure play, parachute day is actually packed with physical and social benefits. Ms. Boyum uses these colorful activities to teach critical skills like team communication, spatial awareness, and rhythmic movement, all while giving students a fantastic full-body workout.
WE'RE HIRING!
Montevideo Public Schools is looking for dependable, friendly, and hardworking people to join our Food Service Team!
Do you enjoy working with others and making a difference in kids' lives?
This could be the perfect opportunity for you!
Make a difference in students' school days
Be part of a team that supports our community
Learn new skills — experience is helpful but not required!
Help us spread the word! Know someone who would be a great fit? Share this post!
Food Service Worker, Cashier Opening, Kitchen Manager
Join us in nourishing our students and helping them succeed!
https://myjobs.adp.com/taherjobs/cx/job-listing
Montevideo Public Schools is looking for dependable, friendly, and hardworking people to join our Food Service Team!
Do you enjoy working with others and making a difference in kids' lives?
This could be the perfect opportunity for you!
Make a difference in students' school days
Be part of a team that supports our community
Learn new skills — experience is helpful but not required!
Help us spread the word! Know someone who would be a great fit? Share this post!
Food Service Worker, Cashier Opening, Kitchen Manager
Join us in nourishing our students and helping them succeed!
https://myjobs.adp.com/taherjobs/cx/job-listing
MES Classroom Spotlight: Mrs. Lee's 4th Grade Class
Mrs. Lee’s fourth graders have been busy exploring the world of matter! Throughout this unit, they investigated the three states of matter by modeling how particles look and move in each state. Next, her students discovered how matter can change from one state to another, learned how to make predictions, then completed labs to explore chemical reactions and reversible and irreversible changes in matter.
To celebrate all their learning, the class enjoyed a sweet treat that brought it all together — root beer floats! 🍦 The ice cream represented a solid, the root beer a liquid, and the carbonation bubbles a gas. What a fun (and delicious!) way to wrap up our unit!
From the air we breathe to the root beer floats we enjoy, matter is everywhere—and in fourth grade, we learned that matter really DOES matter!
Mrs. Lee’s fourth graders have been busy exploring the world of matter! Throughout this unit, they investigated the three states of matter by modeling how particles look and move in each state. Next, her students discovered how matter can change from one state to another, learned how to make predictions, then completed labs to explore chemical reactions and reversible and irreversible changes in matter.
To celebrate all their learning, the class enjoyed a sweet treat that brought it all together — root beer floats! 🍦 The ice cream represented a solid, the root beer a liquid, and the carbonation bubbles a gas. What a fun (and delicious!) way to wrap up our unit!
From the air we breathe to the root beer floats we enjoy, matter is everywhere—and in fourth grade, we learned that matter really DOES matter!
SCHOOL CALENDAR REMINDER
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14
Staff Development Day - No School for Students
OCTOBER 15 & 16
Fall Break - No School
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14
Staff Development Day - No School for Students
OCTOBER 15 & 16
Fall Break - No School
Your Voice Matters! Let us know what you think of SCHOOL LUNCH! Please take our school lunch survey. Survey link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/SRJM7LS
MES Classroom Spotlight: Mrs. Klaassen's 3rd Grade Class
🎉 What a week in Mrs. Klaassen’s Class! 💜💛
We’ve had a busy and exciting week filled with school spirit, learning, creativity, and friendship!
🏈 Homecoming Week: We celebrated our Thunderhawks with a fun pepfest and had a blast showing our school spirit by dressing up each day! 💜💛 The students really got into the spirit of Homecoming!
👵👴 Visiting Our Buddies: We made our way to Luther Haven to visit our buddies! Our students always enjoy spending time with them, reading, sharing smiles, conversations, and building those special connections. 💜💛
🐸 The Wind in the Willows: We wrapped up our first CKLA reading unit! Students explored The Wind in the Willows, Mulan, and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland while learning about characters, themes, and stories from different cultures and traditions.
🎩🐸 To celebrate finishing The Wind in the Willows, students created their very own “Disguisable Mr. Toads!” Their creativity was on full display as they transformed Mr. Toad into all sorts of fun disguises!
📚✨ What a wonderful week of learning, celebrating, creating, and making memories together! We are so proud of all the hard work and enthusiasm our third graders have shown!
Go Thunderhawks! 💜💛
🎉 What a week in Mrs. Klaassen’s Class! 💜💛
We’ve had a busy and exciting week filled with school spirit, learning, creativity, and friendship!
🏈 Homecoming Week: We celebrated our Thunderhawks with a fun pepfest and had a blast showing our school spirit by dressing up each day! 💜💛 The students really got into the spirit of Homecoming!
👵👴 Visiting Our Buddies: We made our way to Luther Haven to visit our buddies! Our students always enjoy spending time with them, reading, sharing smiles, conversations, and building those special connections. 💜💛
🐸 The Wind in the Willows: We wrapped up our first CKLA reading unit! Students explored The Wind in the Willows, Mulan, and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland while learning about characters, themes, and stories from different cultures and traditions.
🎩🐸 To celebrate finishing The Wind in the Willows, students created their very own “Disguisable Mr. Toads!” Their creativity was on full display as they transformed Mr. Toad into all sorts of fun disguises!
📚✨ What a wonderful week of learning, celebrating, creating, and making memories together! We are so proud of all the hard work and enthusiasm our third graders have shown!
Go Thunderhawks! 💜💛
SCHOOL CALENDAR REMINDER
Friday, October 2, 2026
Early Dismissal - Staff Development Day
Early Dismissal times:
Ramsey 1:15 p.m.
Sanford 1:20 p.m.
MHS 1:25 p.m.
MMS 1:30 p.m.
Friday, October 2, 2026
Early Dismissal - Staff Development Day
Early Dismissal times:
Ramsey 1:15 p.m.
Sanford 1:20 p.m.
MHS 1:25 p.m.
MMS 1:30 p.m.
📣YOUR VOICE MATTERS!
Montevideo Public Schools is asking our community to share its thoughts and ideas, as we begin developing the school district's next strategic plan. We invite students, parents, grandparents, staff members, alumni, business owners, and community members to complete a brief, anonymous survey. Our survey is open until September 30th. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey:
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sv/iENyxIp/Montevideo
The strength of this process will depend upon the number and diversity of voices we hear. We want to know what our community believes we are doing well. We want to understand where we can improve. Most importantly, we want to know what you believe should be our priorities as we prepare for the future.
Thank you for helping us plan for the future of Montevideo Public Schools. Together, we can continue to build a school district that serves our students well and makes our entire community proud!
Montevideo Public Schools is asking our community to share its thoughts and ideas, as we begin developing the school district's next strategic plan. We invite students, parents, grandparents, staff members, alumni, business owners, and community members to complete a brief, anonymous survey. Our survey is open until September 30th. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey:
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sv/iENyxIp/Montevideo
The strength of this process will depend upon the number and diversity of voices we hear. We want to know what our community believes we are doing well. We want to understand where we can improve. Most importantly, we want to know what you believe should be our priorities as we prepare for the future.
Thank you for helping us plan for the future of Montevideo Public Schools. Together, we can continue to build a school district that serves our students well and makes our entire community proud!
MES Classroom Spotlight: Mrs. Sach's 2nd Grade Class
What a FUN week of learning! We wrapped up our first reading and math units and our kiddos have so much to celebrate! 🎉
📚 Reading: We learned about fairy tales and tall tales! After reading "The Fisherman & His Wife", students imagined they had their very own magic fish 🐟✨ and wrote a wish of their own. Even more exciting…this was our FIRST paragraph of 2nd grade! 🥳✏️ We brainstormed, made an outline, and put it all together into a complete paragraph. Talk about big-time writers! 👏
🔢 Math:We finished our place value unit and showed off our learning by creating place value scarecrows! 🌾👒 Students represented a three-digit number in standard, picture, word, and expanded form. The ones cubes and tens sticks became the straw, while the hundreds became patches on our scarecrows! 🧑🌾
What a FUN week of learning! We wrapped up our first reading and math units and our kiddos have so much to celebrate! 🎉
📚 Reading: We learned about fairy tales and tall tales! After reading "The Fisherman & His Wife", students imagined they had their very own magic fish 🐟✨ and wrote a wish of their own. Even more exciting…this was our FIRST paragraph of 2nd grade! 🥳✏️ We brainstormed, made an outline, and put it all together into a complete paragraph. Talk about big-time writers! 👏
🔢 Math:We finished our place value unit and showed off our learning by creating place value scarecrows! 🌾👒 Students represented a three-digit number in standard, picture, word, and expanded form. The ones cubes and tens sticks became the straw, while the hundreds became patches on our scarecrows! 🧑🌾
September is School Board Recognition Month in Minnesota!
This year’s statewide theme is“Minnesota School Boards Help Minnesota Kids Rise."It recognizes the important role locally elected school boards play in supporting students, staff, schools, and communities.
Montevideo Public Schools is grateful for six dedicated community members who give their time, experience, and leadership in service to our district:
• Andrew Stenson, Chair
• Dustin Shourds, Vice Chair
• Janet Wibben, Clerk
• Travis Birhanzl, Treasurer
• Jarrod Miller, Director
• Sarah Norman, Director
Join us in thanking our School Board members for their service, their leadership, and their commitment to helping our students thrive.
Learn more about the Montevideo Public Schools Board of Education
https://www.montevideoschools.org/page/board-of-education
#CelebrateSchoolBoards #HawkPride
This year’s statewide theme is“Minnesota School Boards Help Minnesota Kids Rise."It recognizes the important role locally elected school boards play in supporting students, staff, schools, and communities.
Montevideo Public Schools is grateful for six dedicated community members who give their time, experience, and leadership in service to our district:
• Andrew Stenson, Chair
• Dustin Shourds, Vice Chair
• Janet Wibben, Clerk
• Travis Birhanzl, Treasurer
• Jarrod Miller, Director
• Sarah Norman, Director
Join us in thanking our School Board members for their service, their leadership, and their commitment to helping our students thrive.
Learn more about the Montevideo Public Schools Board of Education
https://www.montevideoschools.org/page/board-of-education
#CelebrateSchoolBoards #HawkPride
Our 10th grade students made an important investment in their futures by dedicating yesterday to career exploration. Students spent the morning at SMSU in Marshall exploring a variety of careers by talking with employers,colleges and completing simulations. Students represented us well on the "The Career Is Right" game show. They ended their day taking an in depth career inventory to help them match their talents with personalized career paths.
🎉Homecoming 2026 is next week, September 28th-October 2nd! Here are the Dress-Up Days for each building.
Have fun participating in the Homecoming Dress-up Days at your school!
#hoco2026 #dressupdays #HawkPride
📣Go, Thunder Hawks
Have fun participating in the Homecoming Dress-up Days at your school!
#hoco2026 #dressupdays #HawkPride
📣Go, Thunder Hawks
MES Classroom Spotlight: Mrs. Stevens 1st Grade Class
🚌💛 Bus Safety Week in 1st Grade! 💛🚌
Our first graders had a fantastic time learning all about bus safety! We practiced important safety rules, talked about being safe at the bus stop, learned how to safely enter and exit the bus, and discussed how to be respectful and responsible riders.
It was a fun and meaningful experience filled with learning, practicing, and building safe habits! We are so proud of our little bus riders! ⭐🚌
🚌💛 Bus Safety Week in 1st Grade! 💛🚌
Our first graders had a fantastic time learning all about bus safety! We practiced important safety rules, talked about being safe at the bus stop, learned how to safely enter and exit the bus, and discussed how to be respectful and responsible riders.
It was a fun and meaningful experience filled with learning, practicing, and building safe habits! We are so proud of our little bus riders! ⭐🚌
We are excited to welcome Kevin Bachman to our team as a Full-time Substitute Teacher at the Montevideo High School! Help us give Mr. Bachman a warm Thunder Hawk welcome to Montevideo Public Schools.
Hello!
My name is Kevin Bachman. I am originally from the Twin Cities, and I earned my bachelor's degree from St. Cloud State University. In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my girlfriend and her two children. I am also an avid sports fan and enjoy both watching and playing sports, especially cheering on the Minnesota Vikings and Timberwolves. I am excited for the new school year and look forward to working with the Montevideo High School team! Go, Thunder Hawks!
#Welcome #NewStaffSpotlight
Hello!
My name is Kevin Bachman. I am originally from the Twin Cities, and I earned my bachelor's degree from St. Cloud State University. In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my girlfriend and her two children. I am also an avid sports fan and enjoy both watching and playing sports, especially cheering on the Minnesota Vikings and Timberwolves. I am excited for the new school year and look forward to working with the Montevideo High School team! Go, Thunder Hawks!
#Welcome #NewStaffSpotlight
Native Culture Club kicked off the school year last week with a visit from lacrosse player Trent Jacobson-Janis (Oglala Lakota). Trent is a former member of the Gopher Men’s Lacrosse team and currently plays for the Haudenosaunee Nationals. He was recently inducted into the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame. Students learned some basic techniques of modern lacrosse and got to practice playing the game. Trent gifted each of the students with their own lacrosse stick and tennis ball to encourage them to keep playing and to share what they learned with others. Lacrosse is the oldest sport in North America. Many Native nations traditionally played different versions of the game. Today, there is a growing movement to revitalize lacrosse in Native communities. Pidamaya! (Dakota) Pilamaya! (Lakota) Miigwech! (Ojibwe) Pinagigi (Hocąk) Thank you, Trent, for visiting and sharing your knowledge with us.
SCHOOL CALENDAR REMINDER
Friday, September 18, 2026
Early Dismissal - Staff Development Day
Early Dismissal times:
Ramsey 1:15 p.m.
Sanford 1:20 p.m.
MHS 1:25 p.m.
MMS 1:30 p.m.
Friday, September 18, 2026
Early Dismissal - Staff Development Day
Early Dismissal times:
Ramsey 1:15 p.m.
Sanford 1:20 p.m.
MHS 1:25 p.m.
MMS 1:30 p.m.
Remembering 9/11 and honoring our heroes!
Mrs. Haff's 3rd-grade class spent time learning about 9/11 and working on a special commemorative artwork project together.
Mrs. Haff's 3rd-grade class spent time learning about 9/11 and working on a special commemorative artwork project together.
