June 2019

By the Numbers – Improved Graduation Rates The Minnesota Department of Education released the 2018 graduation rates for school districts across the state this month. Northfield showed exciting results – both in maintaining a high districtwide graduation rate and seeing improvements in the rates for Northfield’s low-income and Latino students.

4-Year Graduation Rates Northfield School District

BRIGHT SPOT Shining the light on great work underway around the Northfield Promise benchmarks!

Early Childhood Navigators Help Connect Young Children to Preschool Options Esther, her husband, and their four children moved to Northfield in September. The three oldest children go to school during the day; still at home was Ben-Felix, about to turn 3. “My husband works nights, so I work mornings,” Esther explains. “I go in to work; he cares for Ben. He can’t sleep well. To work nights, you need better sleep.” Click here to find out how the Northfield Early Childhood Navigators assisted in finding Ben a preschool program to attend.

"Move 5 Kids" featured in National Profile

Northfield Promise was recently featured in a national profile by StriveTogether. The piece highlighted the “Move 5 Kids” strategy that the Northfield Promise Reading Team and Northfield Public Schools have implemented the past two years to improve 3 rd grade literacy rates. The Move 5 effort supports teachers in providing extra resources and new strategies for 3 rd graders who are at-risk of not being proficient in reading. Northfield reversed five straight years of declining 3 rd grade reading proficiency rates last year. Read the full profile here.

Career Exploration Day Reaches New Heights The Northfield Promise Career & College Readiness Action Team helped sponsor the fifth annual Career Exploration Day on May 14, 2019, at the Northfield Middle School.

A huge THANK YOU to Northfield Promise Council of Champions member John Stenz and FORCE America for their continued leadership in coordinating this amazing event for Northfield students! Check out this video with highlights from this year's event.

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