Monroe Public Schools' board to vote Feb. 11 on proposed 5/6 building
Monroe Public Schools' board will vote on the proposed 5/6 building Feb. 11. On Feb. 10, the public can attend a board work ...
Elementary educator helping students to 'shape the future'
Greenwood Elementary School STEM educator Emily Book is a recipient of the 2024 PPL STEM Educator Award, earning a $1,500 ...
New Rose City School offers local, lower cost option for special needs students
During the first half of this school year, 9-year-old Castro Lepage attended classes only about three weeks due to behavioral issues that so frequently sent him home. In December, the family, who live ...
‘To enjoy, not destroy’: vandalism escalates at Five Hawks
Five Hawks Elementary School students were among the luckiest in the Prior Lake-Savage Area School District. A few steps behind their school building lay a sprawling outdoor learning center, complete ...
THIS AND THAT: Annual Bee challenges District’s top spellers
Spelling was one of my favorite subjects in elementary school. I still recall taking a weekly test in first grade with Mrs. Doherty. It was easy for me to learn the words – simple as they were – and ...
School administrators hash out problems, solutions
To replace the federal government’s No Child Left Behind, Minnesota implemented an alternative accountability program for schools and teachers: World’s Best Workforce. At a quarterly ...
An exchange of cultures
Fusako Goto was a toddler in Fukuoka, Japan, when she started using chopsticks to eat. At age 65, she now teaches elementary school students in Litchfield how to use the Japanese eating utensils.
Teachers of the Year get their moment
District 719’s chosen Teachers of the Year got the star treatment at their Jan. 18 celebration, with an open house and words of thanks and appreciation from parents, students and colleagues. The ...