Dear Nicollet Raider Families,

I hope that your summer has been filled with fun family activities. The summer has flown by and a tremendous amount of effort has been put forth to ensure we can start the school year off safely. With Governor Walz’s announcement on July 30, the board acted on using the hybrid scenario for all students to start the school year. 

We have a tremendous task ahead of us. I am extremely confident that we will do a fantastic job individually and collectively as a group. We will need to rely on each other more than ever. This will take teamwork, positive energy, flexibility, patience, and understanding. Going into this, we know that our plans will be perfectly imperfect. I am looking forward to a new school year and am working hard to see that the experiences at Nicollet Public School are safe, successful, and happy ones for everyone. 

I admit that I am also saddened at the thought our students will not have the same experiences or lack of experiences students have had in the past. This is real and it is personal! I too have children in the district and see the value of having them in person as much as possible.

I can’t wait to see the kiddos on campus, schools are not meant to be empty. I want to thank you for your patience, understanding and continued support.

RAIDER PRIDE ALL THE TIME!
 

Sincerely,

Todd Toulouse, NPS Principal
todd.toulouse@isd507.k12.mn.us