COVID-19: Planning for fall 2020 underway, direction expected over the summer

Check your mailbox for the Focus newsletter

(05/28/20) Check your mailbox for Anoka-Hennepin’s quarterly Focus newsletter which is mailed to all homes and businesses in the community as a report on services and updates from the school district.

Family engagement virtual events available throughout June

(05/29/2020) A number of family engagement virtual events and roundtables are being provided by Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center and the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) throughout the month of June.

2003 Anoka High School graduate Nicholas Jacobson-Larson making music, screenwriting dreams come true

(05/28/20) Grad spotlight: When Nicholas Jacobson-Larson graduated from high school, he already knew he could make a living in the music industry.

District participating in the Summer Food Service Program

(05/22/2020) The Anoka-Hennepin School District will participate in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) once again this summer.

Let’s Talk About It! - Helping Our Seniors

(05/22/2020) This month’s topic was going to be about summer and the freedom that many of our students would have experienced, with a focus on prom, graduation parties, and other milestones students often partake in had it not been for COVID-19.

Voting for the state bus safety poster contest now open

(05/22/2020) Anoka-Hennepin submitted the artwork from eight students into the Minnesota school bus safety poster contest and voting is now open.

Jennifer Beck named new district finance director

(05/21/20) Jennfier Beck, who has been the district’s finance compliance manager for more than four years, has been selected to fill Koehler’s role as the next finance director.

COVID-19: Distance learning week seven - positive strides being made

AMSA eighth grader supports healthcare workers by making headwear kits for nurses

(05/15/20) Using sewing skills she learned in her fabric arts class, Whitley Jones has been making kits for nurses in her neighborhood that feature matching masks, headbands and scrunchies.

Please take five minutes to participate in the annual parent attitude and satisfaction survey

(05/14/2020) The Anoka-Hennepin School District would like parents’/guardians’ opinions on the school(s) their child(ren) attend(s).

COVID-19: Adjustments to district calendar for distance learning, return of district technology items and materials distribution

COVID-19: Week five of distance learning

Hear from the 2019-20 Above & Beyond Award winners in podcast series

Allina Health’s Change to Chill program available to help district students’ mental wellbeing

(05/01/2020) Emotional wellbeing is increasingly important during this time of reduced social contact. Dr. Kumar, A-H’s mental health consultant, recommends students check out Allina Health's ChangeToChill.org website.

Anoka Middle School for the Arts students participate in virtual dance residency

(05/01/20) Darrius Strong, a Twin Cities-based choreographer, dancer, and educator, turned what was supposed to be his fifth in-person dance residency at the school into a virtual one in April.