Health Cost Management Program:  As a reminder, requests for program activities and screenings should be submitted prior to implementing programs for the staff in your district.  Requests can be submitted at any time prior to implementation and are typically reviewed within a week.  If you have questions about program offerings or screenings,  please contact Kari Bailey at kari.bailey@swsc.org or 507-537-2292.  

Virtual Health Clinic: Use Online Care Anywhere® to talk to a doctor using video or secure text chat. No emails, no surveys, no waiting - you'll have a live conversation with a real doctor. Our U.S. board-certified doctors can answer your questions, diagnose your condition and prescribe medications. It's easy to use, confidential, and costs just $45 per visit and will coordinate with your insurance.  The School Insurance Pool will provide ancillary supplies (scale, blood pressure cuff, thermometers, wipes, sharps container) for any school pool member who 'opens' a virtual clinic in their district.  For more information on this, please contact Kari Bailey at kari.bailey@swsc.org.

Summer Principal's Summit:  SW/WC SC will once again be partnering with Saint Mary's University of Winona for the Summer Principal's Summit. Scheduled dates are July 29-30. Pat Anderson will be the keynote for Day 1, presenting on meeting the needs of the under resourced learner. Day 2 will consist of breakout sessions. More information and details to be coming out soon.

PBIS Cohort 10:  The PBIS Southern Regional Implementation Project has accepted 14 new schools to be part of Cohort 10 training. In our region, 4 schools have been invited to participate: Lynd elementary, Luverne elementary, GFW elementary, and GFW middle and high school.  An administrators meeting was held on Friday, March 7 to go over the parameters of the grant. The grant will cover 9 days of training over a two-year period. The first training will take place in August.  The costs to participate are covered by a grant from the MDE.

Senior High Knowledge Bowl (SHKB):  We've been busy with SHKB as we had one sub-regional event on February 24 and three sub-regional and two regional events the week of March 10-14.  The top three teams at each event are listed below:

                1st - Hutchinson #1

               2nd - Willmar #1

               3rd - New London-Spicer #1

March 10 at Hutchinson Public School (Region 6 Sub-Regional)

               1st - Glencoe-Silver Lake #1

               2nd - Glencoe-Silver Lake #2

               3rd - Glencoe-Silver Lake #4

March 11 at SMSU - Marshall (Region 8 Sub-Regional)

               1st - Mountain Lake #1

               2nd - Springfield #2

               3rd - Marshall #1

March 12 at MN West - Jackson (Region 8 Sub-Regional)

               1st - Jackson County Central #1

               2nd - Murray County Central #2

               3rd - Jackson County Central #2

March 13 at SMSU - Marshall (Region 8 Regional)

               1st - Mountain Lake #1

               2nd - Jackson County Central #1

               3rd - Murray County Central #2

March 14 at MN West - Granite Falls (Region 6 Regional)

               1st - Glencoe-Silver Lake #1

               2nd - Hutchinson #1

               3rd - Glencoe - Silver Lake #4

CONGRATULATIONS and GOOD LUCK to the six winners from the regional events who advance to the state competition on April 10-11 at Cragun's!  A Glencoe-Silver Lake team was the champion of the A tier last year.  We hope our schools have a successful and enjoyable time at State! 

Science & Nature Conference: We're presently getting registrations for the 20th Annual Science & Nature Conference scheduled for May 14 at SMSU in Marshall.  The conference is for students in grades K-8 with strands for K-2, 3-5 and 6-8.  Physics Force from the University of Minnesota will be the keynote presenters.  Consider sending classes of students as their end-of-school-year field trip.  With 26 topics being offered, it will be easy for students to find classes they are interested in.  The classes are correlated with the Science Standards and the Seven Critical Skills for Success.  Register early for the best chance of getting scheduled in the classes of your choice.  The early bird deadline is March 25 with the final deadline on April 1.  For more information go to www.swsc.org/scienceandnature.