At the May 20 ISD School Board meeting, the board and administration recognized several outstanding students and
staff members for their achievements and service.
Pete McGinnis was honored as Employee of the Year. McGinnis is retiring after 34 years of teaching and 39 years of coaching in the district. He began coaching in 1987, became a substitute teacher in 1991, and started full-time teaching in 1994. Superintendent Dr. Wehrkamp Herman thanked him for his decades of dedication to students and athletics.
The Hastings Rotary Club also recognized its Students of the Month for the spring: Charlie Reamer, Ellie Magnus, Kimberly King, and Delaney Smith. Students are selected based on leadership, fairness, community involvement, and character. Reamer plans to attend the University of Minnesota Duluth to study cell and molecular biology on a pre-med track, while Magnus will attend the University of South Dakota to pursue a career in math education.
In addition, there was recognition of graduating seniors receiving Minnesota Bilingual Seal Awards for proficiency in multiple languages. Gold Seal recipients included Alexa Garcia Jasso in Spanish and Daniel Shashkov in Russian. Students receiving World Language Proficiency certificates were Danna Castrejon Hernandez in Spanish, Wyatt Clear in French, and Isabella McClellan in French. McClellan plans to attend the University of Minnesota Duluth for chemical engineering, while Clear plans to study engineering at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
There was also the announcement of the two new student representatives who will take the places of graduating senior school board representatives Jenevieve Behnke and Aiden Suarez Garcia.
School board member Melissa Millner introduced the new representatives.
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KDWA connected with Behnke and Garcia for insight into what the student representative roles meant for them.
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You can find the full May 20 meeting agenda on the ISD 200 district website.
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