VandenBerge Middle School 2015-2016 3rd Quarter Honor Roll
A HONOR ROLL Grade 8 – Albis Almanzar, Megan Averill, Trisha Averill, Mitchell Bakken, Emily Banker, Abigail Barschdorf, Joshua Bauer, Abigail Bense, Molly Bense, Elijah Bicek, Johanna Breyen, Snow...
View ArticleRogers Middle School 2015-2016 3rd Quarter Honor Roll
6TH GRADE TERM 3 A HONOR ROLL Maya Adler, Zainab Ahmed, Jordan Alberts, Andrew Andersen, Olivia Anderson, Riley Anderson, Cade Armstrong, Andie Atanasoff, Noah Batcheller, Mckenzie Bayer, Sarah Behnke,...
View ArticleHouse passes bill with limited funding, controversial policy
Bill would prohibit surveys of students on drugs, sex and other behaviors by Katie Spielberger House Information Services The first of three supplemental omnibus bills has passed the House and is...
View Articleomnibus education bill
About $245,000 could flow from state’s metro equity levy program by Jim Boyle Editor The recently approved Minnesota House of Representatives omnibus education bill includes a provision tied to the...
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Shovels digging in across the school district
Elk River Area School District administrators and members of the Elk River Area School Board completed the second of three groundbreakings scheduled over the course of three weeks. On Monday, April 25,...
View ArticleBusiness program scholarships offered
Wal-Mart – Elk River and BestPrep are offering two local students a scholarship to attend Minnesota Business Venture, a summer program for high school students focused on building skills for college...
View ArticleZimmerman Middle School 2015-2016 3rd Quarter Honor Roll
A Honor Roll Zimmerman Middle School – 3rd Quarter Grade 6 – Tyler Aderman, Elizabeth Ahner, Emma Anderson, Joshua Anderson, Kelsi Anderson, Gretchen Andresen, Abby Barthel, Samuel Benjamin, Abigail...
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Kaelke awarded Rotary Student of Month
Student: Carmen Joy Kaelke Parents: Brenda and Brian Kaelke List the activities you have participated in and tell of your proudest accomplishments: I’m involved in tennis, track, NHS, French club,...
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A Red Carpet Affair
by Jim Boyle Editor Brandon Wright, an 18-year-old Zimmerman man, became Ivan Sand Community High School’s first prom king this past Saturday. Photo by Jim BoyleWyatt Dielke and Hanna Stuedemann were...
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An Enchanted Forest
Zimmerman High School’s prom was on April 30. There were 92 groups of students to walk at grand march and 201 students attended prom at Northern Lights in Pease. Noah Olson and Katie Kostrzewski were...
View ArticleDistrict 728 honored for its support of music
Special to the Star News The Elk River Area School District has been honored with the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation Award, recognizing the district as one of the best in the nation...
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District breaks ground on Rogers auditorium
by Aaron Brom ECM Sun Newspapers A banner in front of a large pile of construction dirt announces the Rogers High School auditorium. Groundbreaking for the facility in front of the school was Monday,...
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District lines stirring debate
Albertville families who open-enrolled in STMA School District see potential closure of option disastrous by Jim Boyle Editor Feeling the pinch at St. Michael-Albertville High School, school district...
View Articlelooking for students
The city of Elk River and the Energy City Commission are seeking students in grades 5-12 to join an Energy City and Sustainability Youth Committee. The committee will meet monthly during the school...
View ArticleTalk of closing open enrollment at STMA off table — for now
by Aaron Brom ECM Sun Newspapers The St. Michael-Albertville School Board agreed it would hold off closing open enrollment. The board was also in consensus to re-examine the issue next spring following...
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Prom-goers dream big, make memories at grand march
by Jim Boyle Editor A path cut through an emerald forest with stops at each side of the glittered pathway for Elk River High School prom-goers to wave, wink or make some other signature move for...
View ArticleGetting the most bang for bond issue bucks
by Jim Boyle Editor Now that dust has settled from a wave of ceremonial groundbreakings, the Elk River Area School Board learned of developing building program initiatives vying for anticipated fund...
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Spectrum yearbook wins award
Spectrum High School’s yearbook program has been named a 2016 Jostens’ National Yearbook Program of Excellence. The National Yearbook Program of Excellence recognizes engaging yearbooks that reflect a...
View ArticleStudent Notes ~ May 2016
Dean’s lists: LeTourneau University, Texas Otsego Jennifer Olejar St. Cloud State University Elk River Nathan Blodgett, Lyndsey Boggs, Maria Emmons, Sara Golder, Kalley Gunderson, Ryan Herrboldt,...
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Kindergarten student delivers special announcement
by Jim Boyle Editor It’s impossible to know if he’s budding broadcast journalist, a DJ or a public address announcer of some type who will hold a microphone for an occupation, but 6-year-old Logan...
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