Full 2009-10 BHM Budget and School Board Presentation Slides

The Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose (BHM) School Board approved the appointment of Joy Kieffer as the new BHM Special Education Director at the Monday, June 22 school board meeting.  Kieffer will replace current director Judy Coley who will retire June 30 after a 30-year career with the district.

Students at Buffalo High School (BHS) outperformed the Minnesota average on graduation tests that were administered this spring. BHS sophomores (83 percent) met the state's reading requirement on their first attempt by earning a proficient score on MCA-II (Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments) or by earning a passing score on the GRAD (Graduation-Required Assessments for Diploma).  This represents an impressive nine percent increase over last year's results.  Overall, 78 percent of Minnesota students met the state's reading graduation requirement on their first attempt.  The GRAD reading test is embedded into the MCA-II.
 
BHS juniors participated in the first administration of the state's new math graduation requirement.  Sixty percent of BHS juniors met the state's new, more rigorous math requirement on the first attempt by earning a proficient score on MCA-II or by earning a passing score on the GRAD.  This exceeded the Minnesota average of 57 percent. 

Graduation is this week and students are looking ahead to their future wondering where it will lead them. Some have had a path planned for as long as they could remember, while others are still uncertain of what lies ahead. Wherever their travels take them, BHM wishes all graduates a successful future!

Phoenix Learning Center Graduation
Phoenix Learning Center (PLC) will conduct graduation ceremonies this year on Wednesday, June 3 at 6:30 p.m., outside PLC weather permitting (Tatanka Elementary is the rain location). This is one of their smallest classes with only three graduates. The public is invited to attend.

Buffalo High School Graduation

Each year the district says a fond farewell to employees who are retiring from the district and moving on to the next chapter in their lives. This year, 16 staff members, from all corners of the district, will take that next step and retire from the Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School District. The following are the retirees, the position they most currently held and the years of service to the district.

Pictured above, front from left: Sandra Halsten-Buffalo High School Food Service (13 years); Judy Coley-Special Education Director (30 years); Pam Brophy-Northwinds Elementary Speech Clinician (35 years); and Connie Barkley-Montrose Elementary 2nd Grade Teacher (34 years).