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Candidates forum: ISD 728 board candidates support levies
by Jim Boyle Editor The Elk River Area School District’s operating levy renewal and a second question to add all-day everyday kindergarten, among other things, got a show of support this past Saturday...
View ArticleRobotics team goes back to the ’50s
Rogers High School students will experience a “Blast from the Past” Wednesday, Oct. 3, and the Elk River Area School District robotics program stands to benefit. Students will dress up that day like...
View ArticleNordstrom walks in footsteps of leaders
Sam Nordstrom, an eighth-grade student at Salk Middle School, walked in the footsteps of U.S. leaders as part of his summer break from school. He was one of more than 250 outstanding middle schools...
View ArticleRHS to crown king, queen this week
Rogers High School seniors vying for homecoming queen include Kaylin Robbins, Alicia Catton, Jenna Neis, Megan Sharp, Katie Meyer and Courtney McClay. King candidates include Kenneth Kalk, Erik Bremer,...
View ArticleKids in K-12 invited to free Sing Out
by Jim Boyle Editor Students in K–12 across the Elk River Area School District are invited to participate in a free, one-day festival Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Zabee Theater at Elk River High School. The...
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Auditoriums for ZHS and RHS? Enthusiasm shown at meetings
by Bruce Strand Arts editor Will Zimmerman and Rogers high schools eventually have an auditorium for plays and concerts like Elk River has? That proposal was under discussion in public meetings in...
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Principal stuck on technology
by Jim Boyle Editor What would possess an elementary school principal to let students duct tape him to a wall? iPads. Twin Lakes Elementary School Principal Dan Collins was at it again. This time he...
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Elk River High School choir entertains at fall concert
The ERHS choir was clapping while singing a harvest folk song from Aruba during the fall concert Tuesday, Folk Music from Round the World. Photo by Bruce Strand
View ArticleSALK MIDDLE SCHOOL • 1ST QUARTER HONOR ROLL
6TH GRADE 1ST QUARTER “A” HONOR ROLL – SALK MIDDLE SCHOOL Tori Albrecht, Lily Anderson, Melaina Anderson, Jacob Ballenger, Zachary Bartlett, Cameron Bender, Tailer Benson, Anna Bergman, Tate Billman,...
View ArticleVANDENBERGE MIDDLE SCHOOL Quarter 1 2012-2013
A HONOR ROLL – Grade 6 – Anna Alex, Michael Almich, Neely Anderson, Lafayette Bade, Cade Baldwin, Toni Baldwin, Michael Baron, Abigail Benson, Ella Berg, Kelsey Bielefeld, Janine Bury, Nicholas Byrne,...
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Teacher of the Year to talk readiness
by Jim Boyle Editor Katy Smith, 2011 winner of Education Minnesota’s Teacher of the Year, says the dramatic changes in childhood over the past 40 years are stripping kids of basic brain wiring that is...
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Otsego students dealt math hand
by Dawn Feddersen-Poindexter Contributing writer Otsego Elementary School’s gym overflowed with great feats of strength at a recent event. But these feats didn’t involve lifting anything heavier than a...
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Spectrum students take college courses without leaving their high school campus
by Joni Astrup Associate editor When Scot Pfleghaar graduates from Spectrum High School this spring, he will have completed nearly two years of college. And he never had to leave Spectrum to do it....
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Teacher of year suggests low-tech approach
by Jim Boyle Editor A mix of nearly 130 early childhood educators and parents showed up Saturday, Jan. 26 to hear Katy Smith share the latest rules and tools to bring about kindergarten readiness. Much...
View ArticleParents have new job: Protect their children from the media
by Jim Boyle Editor The Kaiser Family Foundation, which studies the amount of media children consume on a daily basis, reports children are taking in an increasing amount of media and they have few...
View ArticleRegularly reading to your child wires a pleasure center in the brain
(Editor’s note: Katy Smith highlights how reading to one’s child can be a wonderful experience. The aim, according to Raising Bookworms, is to continually reinforce the connection between reading and...
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Krogstad, Bremer advance to Merit finals
Two local high school seniors have moved one step closer to being selected as National Merit Scholarship winners. Mathea Krogstad Seniors Mathea Krogstad of Elk River High School and Erik Bremer of...
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A.V.I.D. readies kids for college
by Joni Astrup Associate editor A program designed to help students get prepared for college has been implemented this year at Spectrum High School in Elk River. Natalie Borg talked out a math problem...
View ArticleSalk science fair winners announced
Science fair awards were presented to Salk Middle School students Tuesday, Jan. 15. Select individuals have been chosen to represent Salk Middle School at regionals held at St. Cloud State University...
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Giant map directs kids to higher learning
by Jim Boyle Editor Jessica Reckard walks but a few feet each morning to turn on the water for a shower. To grab a drink of water in the kitchen would only add seconds to her trip. Millions of people...
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