Check & Connect
Creating a sense of belonging, helping students get excited about learning and planning for a future of success.
Through long-term sustained support, Check & Connect seeks to build a relationship with each student that will serve to connect them with their school community and take pride in learning. Weekly conversations, tutoring and homework help form the basis for a trusted bond between the student and the Check & Connect Monitor. This enables the Monitor to individually and definitively determine the supports best suited to the students’ needs. The Monitor then works on behalf of the student as a mentor, tutor, problem-solver, listener and case advocate. Check & Connect works across the spheres of home, school, and community.
Key Features
- Preventative: Focuses on risk factors that can be altered through support and intervention.
- Builds capacity: Instructs and encourages students in the acquisition of new skills.
- Efficient: Coordinates student access to established resources within the school, at home and in the community.
- Outreach: Structured to create long-term and trusted relationships
- Individualized: Uniquely focuses on the individual needs of each student.
- Adaptable: Designed to incorporate the goals and strengths of the school and the local community.
Contact
Colleen Kaibel
Director, Student Retention & Recovery
colleen.kaibel@mpls.k12.mn.us
612-386-2748
Multilingual Staff
Mohamed Ali
Somali
612-668-1314
Paulina Jacobsson
Spanish
Lucia Guillen
Spanish
Shayda Gounili
Spanish
612-668-1640
Check & Connect is about...
- Building a relationship with each student.
- Implementing supports to keep students involved in their education.
- Monitoring grades, credits and attendance regularly.
- Offering academic support including tutoring.
- Facilitating collaboration between the school, home and community services to ensure educational success.
We have partnered with the Minneapolis Alliance with Youth to connect students with Americorps Promise Fellows. Promise Fellows serve our students by keeping track of their attendance, contacting families, and directing them towards the resources they need to succeed.
Working to shape students who...
Connect.
Relationships, Respect, Teamwork, Communication
Achieve.
Goal-Focused, Creative, Organized, Critical Thinkers
Thrive.
Self-Advocating, Responsible, Successful, Healthy, Strong
Locations
Elementary Schools
Anishinabe Academy
Bryn Mawr
Ella Baker
Hall
Jenny Lind
angela.noel@mpls.k12.mn.us
612-568-8424
Middle Schools
Andersen Middle School
Franklin Middle School
gregory.vanleer@mpls.k12.mn.us
Northeast Middle School
Sanford Middle School
High Schools
Edison High School
Mohamed Ali Aden
mohamed.aden@mpls.k12.mn.us
612-567-7333
blanche.washington@mpls.k12.mn.us
612-440-8267
Henry High School
Maria Ahlgren
maria.ahlgren@mpls.k12.mn.us
612-470-5979
T Larkins
tamera.larkins@mpls.k12.mn.us
507-403-8114
Longfellow High School
Roosevelt High School
abby.levin@mpls.k12.mn.us
South High School
shane.brink@mpls.k12.mn.us
612-405-0766
Jack Benson
jack.benson@mpls.k12.mn.us
612-440-8558
Southwest High School
skye.alpert@mpls.k12.mn.us
612-930-1606
ann.mavis@mpls.k12.mn.us
651-327-0638