CORONAVIRUS

CDC INFORMATION

April 1, 2020,

Dear Mineral County School District Families,

Today, Governor Sisolak made the emergency announcement of Stay-At-Home.  With this announcement the school closures have now been extended through April 30^th.  I appreciate all of your patience and flexibility as we continue this new process of helping our students and families with the at-home learning.  We will be sharing this information through email, text, our website and social media. 

Each school in Mineral County – Hawthorne Elementary, Schurz Elementary, Hawthorne Junior High and Mineral County High School will notify their individual parents on any changes that this extended closure may require.  MCSD will continue with the food service as we have the last two weeks at the same bus stops that are being utilized.

Again, I want to thank you as we are all in this together!

Sincerely,

Karen S. Watson, Superintendent

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

State Required Assessment Information

http://www.doe.nv.gov/Assessments

Teacher Professional Qualifications

https://online.nvdoe.org/#/VerifyLicense

Paraprofessional Qualifications (775) 945-2403 x16

Request for High School Revised Diploma - Removal of HSPE per AB 7

Print out form and return to the Mineral County School District Office.

April 3, 2020

Greetings Junior High and High School families. Several families have reached out about the turning in of student packets. To stay as true to the social distancing rules that Governor Sisolak has put in place for all Nevada residents, completed work is to be kept until we return to school. This procedure is to help eliminate the possibility of spreading the virus as the Covid19 virus can live on surfaces, paper, books, etc. There are many assignments that are digital and can be turned into our teachers by email. Some students have taken pictures of their work and sent it to their teacher by email as well. These are safe and acceptable methods of returning work. The staff at the Jr. High and High School want our students back to school sooner than later, but if the closure is extended past the April 30th deadline a plan to turn in work will be updated. Thank you all for your patience and all that you are doing to keep your students learning opportunities alive and as meaningful as possible. Stay healthy and positively optimistic that this closure does not extend past April.
Thank you!
Rick Taylor, Principal

From Principal Taylor

Mineral County High School and Hawthorne Junior High School will be participating in educational opportunities for our students. It is important to us to stay in contact with all our students on a daily basis. Teachers will be calling, texting, emailing, etc. each student every day to make sure that all students have access to the educational opportunities. It is imperative that each student and/or families engage in a method to have contact with at least one of their teachers at a minimum of twice per week. Listed below are staff’s email addresses so you can utilize these to make contact with teachers. If you are unable to engage digitally, then please call the office at 775-945-3332, so we can find a solution for you. School staff will be available by phone or email from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm Monday through Thursday until the end of the school closure. 

For those students that need to pick up work packets at the school. We will begin passing out student work packets tomorrow March 24, 2020 at 10:00 am until 2:00 pm in the front lobby. Please make every attempt to come during these hours on March 24th. If you need special arrangements please call the office and we will gladly work with you. There will be instructions posted in the lobby describing pick up procedures. We are implementing all recommendations by the Nevada Department of Education on social distancing. There will be a staff member behind the attendance window to answer any questions you may have. In order to somewhat maintain social distancing, we ask that only 3 people enter the lobby at a time to help ensure the safety of our school community. 

Contact Us

Main Office:    (775) 945-3332   x10

       Attendance Office:  (775) 945-3332   x12 (M-TH)

      Counselor:     (775) 945-3332   x15  (M-TH)

HS Athletic Director: (775) 945-3332   x10 to leave a message  (M-TH)

Fax:   (775) 945-3371 

MCHS/JHS EVENTS 

(School not in session on Fridays)

(Sports Schedules are listed below for HS & JHS)

May 2nd - Baseball/softball - home 12:00/2:00; softball senior night

May 7th - JHS track @ Fallon

May 7th & 8th  - HS Drama Play, JHS gym 7:00

May 9th - HS Drama Play, JHS gym 2:00

May 10th - Mother's Day

May 12th - JH track @Dayton

May 14th - JH track @ Yerington

May 18th - Grade checks

May 25th - Holiday - Memorial Day

May 28th - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

May 28th - JHS Promotion, JHS gym

May 29th - MCHS Graduation - 7:00 pm - HS gym

Student Body Cards are available  for $20 in the high school office.  All athletes must have a student body card in order to participate.

Web Accessibility

 Rising Stars Schools Information

Mineral County School District is required to post on the district website information related to school star listing. 

A copy of the Rising Stars List can be found at the following website: 

http://www.doe.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/ndedoenvgov/content/News__Media/Press_Releases/2018docs/2018_Rising_Stars_Schoolscsi.pdf

Each school indicated as eligible for the Nevada Achievement School District is also eligible to enter into a performance compact with the State.

For information regarding Parent petition information under sections 9, 10 and 11 of R108-15, may refer to resources provided by the Achievement School District on the parent petition webpage: http://www.doe.nv.gov/ASD/Parent_Petition/. 159 parents are required to sign the petition.