Minnesota Transitions Schools

Boys Basketball Playoff Games

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:58:15 +0000

Home playoff game tonight at 7:00 p.m.

There is a cost for Students and Staff, which is $5.00 per Student and $7.00 per Adult.

Please NOTE: There are no exceptions for these Playoff Games because they are State High School Playoffs, and State High School League Rules. There are no exceptions for players parents or other family members either. Everyone will have to pay admission & will receive a ticket.

Boys play CHOF tonight and we will not know who they play Saturday until tomorrow. Tonight’s game is at our MN Transitions home gym.

Our next home game is Saturday March 13^th at 7PM, admission cost will apply. Opposing team to be announced.

MTS Annual Meeting and Board Elections

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:00:45 +0000

February 25th, 2010. 4pm to 8pm. All parents/Guardians, Community Partners & Staff are invited to attend and a light dinner will be served. Please view flyer: MTS Annual Meeting and Board Elections PDF

NEW! Digital Media Academy wing complete!

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:26:00 +0000

The Digital Media Academy wing is complete! Click here to view the complete photo gallery.

MTS Family Day – Saturday, February 6th

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:30:38 +0000

11 AM to 5 PM

MTS High School ~ next to the Lake Street Target
Come and watch our kids play Basketball: JV Boys 12:30 ~ Varsity Girls 2:00 ~ Varsity Boys 3:30

Get a free a Hot Dog

Tour our new Digital Media Academy! Including our Music Studio ~ Photo ~ Web Design ~ Art ~ Graphic Design & Video

Also see our expanded Health Care Career Academy!

There will be several booths set up in the lunch room. Learn more about our schools & our community.

View Flyer Here (PDF opens in new window)

Nursing Assistants Take State Test

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:25:40 +0000

Thursday night 100% of the nursing assistant students passed their written state test. Seventy-five percent passed the skills test. Passing both parts puts these nursing assistant students on the state registry of nursing assistants and allows them to be hired for a nursing assistant job.

We are proud of this real world accomplishment of our students. Nursing assistant is a semester-long of the programs of MTS’s Health Care Academy. Most of these students will continue into Trained Medical Aide (TMA) class at the American Indian OIC. Students earn these industry certifications while also earning high school credit at MTS.

For more information about Health Care Academy programs, please contact Paul Wilson (pwilson@mtcs.org) or Mary Ander (mander@mtcs.org) or call 612-217-0644.

Nothing Lady Like Here

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:14:35 +0000

There was nothing Lady Like about our Lady Wolves Friday night! This was probably the most exciting match up this year so far. Our worthy opponent Fourth Baptist came on to the court with a little note of arrogance which was soon crushed by our girls fierce playing. In the first half these two teams battled back and forth with no more than a two point lead held by either one of them. D.J Bland was cold as ice in the first half and she knew it. She played smart ball and she and Dontrayia Cole, Yosheena Turner worked magic on the court Friday night. With D.J.’s excellent passing and Dontrayia’s and Yosheena’s timing these girls stayed head to head with Fourth Baptist. Rashlin Robinsons defensive playing was awesome along with our little mighty Sade Garces who was outsized by our opponents but our little jack rabbit never backed down. At the end of the first half we were down by two. The tip off at the start of the second half our girls were rejuvenated and had figured out Fourth Baptists weaknesses and boy oh boy did they use this to their advantage. The Lady Wolves locked them down. Fourth Baptist struggled to get in and get a shot.Our Lady Wolves almost looked like they went to a one on one defense instead of their regular 2-3 formation, whatever got into them it worked! They were like a well oiled machine out on the court and eventually took a signifigant lead over Fourth Baptist and held it. Our possum like point guard woke up in the second half and D.J.played with such skill, and timing with the rest of her team it was almost eloquent. Talking to people in the stands , they were mesmerized by DJ’s capability and ball handling skills especially when Fourth Baptist had three of their players on her these onlookers could only describe her as the coldest girl player they had seen this season. They’re comments on Dontrayia were just as flattering and thought DJ and Dontrayia were an awesome match up. Our whole team deserves a huge cheer and congrats. You could definitely see how far these girls have come over the last couple of years and how much they all respect each other and depend on each other. With this victory we now sit at 8 wins and 4 losses.Go girls!!! On a personal note I would like to say awesome coaching guys. Thankyou to all of the Lady Wolves supporters and thanks for all the fans who showed up at the game.

-Terry Bland

Health Care Academy Fair

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:19:08 +0000

All students are welcome to stop by the Health Care Academy Fair. It will be held during 4th period, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week (Jan 19 and Jan 20) in the conference room (by independent study). We will also be there after school.

Who should come? Students who have applied, who are interested, or who have questions about the Nursing Assistant Program or OEC:First Responder class.

At the fair you can:

Verify that we have received your applications
Find out if you are registered
Find out where you are to go
Change your schedule and discuss credit questions
Find out about either program

The HCA offers two programs: The Nursing Assistant Program and Opportunities in Emergency Medicine program. More information is available on our Health Care Academy Site.

Quickly, the Nursing Assistant program takes your afternoons for Term 7, 8, and 9. After Spring Break, it changes to all day and is held off-site (for terms 10, 11, and 12). OEC:First Responder takes place period 1 every day for a semester.

See you there. If you can’t make it, give us a call at 612-217-0644.

View Flyer

Lady Wolves Update

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:51:55 +0000

Last night our JV Lady Wolves picked up a game out in Stillwater against the Oakland Raiders JV. We tipped off about 4:30 PM and it was quite a game. The Raiders came at us pretty strong jumping a head by 10. Our lady wolves were struggling against this well equipped team until Rashlin Robinson dropped our first 2 after about 5 minutes of play. Our very young and inexperienced JV girls hung in there and the first half ended with us trailing by about 15 pts.

In the second half our girls came out with a fury, Andrea Bland dropping 5 pts one of which was a 3 pointer. We’ll need to watch this phenomenal 7th grader in the future.Mickey Jones was working the ball up and down the court and her rebounds kept us in the game. This girl has some real ball handling skills.Dycreeshia! She was a beast on the floor last night, rebounding and steals, no-one was taking the ball from her! Her aggressive way of playing helped keep us in that ball game.Jaquasia Nailon a new comer to the team took a little coaxing to get out there on the floor. No points scored but she saved the ball more than once, nice game.

Nikeya Johnson, should be nick named the rabbit with her quickness and lookout, here’s another lady wolf with skills. We should thank Sade for helping out with her 2 pts and Jarnae Barney added flavor to the game last night. Hancia Randle substituted in and dropped a couple pts.Cassandra Klopfleish a new student this year saved our bacon grabbing rebound after rebound.

At the final buzzer the girls graciously left the game with a score of 33 to 22 losing by 10 pts. Not bad at all for their first game of the season, and the Raiders swooped their first win of the season. All in all it was a great game to watch and both teams showed a lot of class! GO JV LADY WOLVES!!!!! In addition to the highlights I’ve shared with you this morning. I would also like to send HUGE THANKYOU”S out to all the fans that showed up for the Lady Wolves Varsity game on Mon.

I can’t tell you all what that meant to our girls. To all of you teachers and staff members believe me the girls know you all by name, your attendance and support really moved the girls on our team. Thanks to the parents that showed up and all the volunteers that worked the concessions, score board and camera for us.I would like to especially thank John Sherman the boys varsity coach for shooting pictures and capturing our girls at their finest.We know you’re busy John! Looking forward to seeing everyone on Friday the 15th where the girls face 4th Baptist, this is an away game but look for the details in Justins E-mail Our boys face New Life Academy also an away game, check with Justin for details. GO LADY WOLVES!!!!! GO WOLVES!!!!!!!

News on the Lady Wolves

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:21:50 +0000

Last night Bethany Academy ,a team with no losses as of yet this year went head to head with our Lady Wolves. The first half our Lady Wolves struggled to stay within 2 points of this phenomenal girls team. Bethany led off with a 3 pointer and D. J. Bland answered back with two of her own. Thanks to some great defense led by Rashlin Robinson and Dontrayia Cole these two teams pts ping ponged back and forth throughout the first half. During the last 2 minutes of the first half our girls seemed to lose some of their steam and when the half time buzzer sounded we were down by 10. Going in to the second half reports were, that our girls confidence had been shaken severely, and we just were not seeing any effort as we have in the past. All of the girls played last night including our J.V. and when the final buzzer sounded the Lady Wolves lost by 19. We’ll get them next time.

Here’s an update for Sat Jan 8th the girls game has been cancelled! We are rescheduling, but let’s not miss our boys game downtown at the Target Center at 12:00 P.M. The cost is $10.00 per ticket.

The girls next home game is Tues Jan 11th at 5:00 P.M. It would be nice to see everyone there to support our girls and see a little MTS record set. D.J. Bland is approximately 2 pts away from dropping her 1000th point. I believe this is a record for an MTS girl, correct me if I’m wrong. So join us for a good game, food and our own little bit of excitement Tues.Go LADY WOLVES!!!!!

News from MTS Career and Tech Education

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:09:30 +0000

For students, parents and friends of MTS over 18 years of age:

Testing for US Census Jobs will be held at Minnesota Transitions High School (Tech High) on the following days:

-Tuesday, January 12
-Thursday, January 14
-Thursday, January 19
-Tuesday, January 21
-Tuesday, January 26
-Thursday, January 28

Testing will be held in Room 128. You must arrive by 3:30 pm to take the test.

Bring picture ID and your Social Security Card!
(You will not be allowed to take the test without either of these)

For more information or copies of a practice test, please contact Renisha Gray at 612-455-0364. You MUST register with Renisha to take the test. Spaces in each testing session are limited to 20. This is open to MTS students 18 and over and the general public.

Testing location:
Minnesota Transitions Schools (Tech High School)
2872 26th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55406
(click for map)