This past summer, Holy Family Catholic High School students Drew Pearson and Cela Watkins received sponsorships to participate in a week-long summer business, career, and financial literacy camp, Minnesota Business Venture (MBV). The Schott Foundation provided the sponsorship for the student…
Attending a theater performance, for some, can be a bit daunting or unnerving.
Voters approved one of three Eastern Carver County Schools referendum questions on Tuesday.
The polls are open until 8 p.m. today for the Eastern Carver County Schools referendum.
The polls are open until 8 p.m. today for school voting.
Guardian Angels Catholic School held its annual "Trunk or Treat" on Oct. 24.
The Jonathan Elementary School PTO is hosting a Read-A-Thon, where students can earn pledges for minutes read over a two-week period.
A group of 103 eighth-graders at Chaska Middle School West visited Washington, D.C., from Oct. 16-18.
Minnesota schools can do a better job of teaching about Native Americans’ history and present, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community said this month.
Chanhassen High School and Thespian Troupe 7789 present “Little Shop of Horrors,” Oct. 31-Nov. 9.
Downtown Chaska could change in a big way if District 112’s $211.7 million referendum passes on Nov. 5.
Cologne Academy middle school music/band teacher, Helen Suhr, of Chaska was recently diagnosed with breast cancer.
Jonathan Montessori School (JMS) in Chaska will hold an open house 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12.
Guardian Angels Catholic School, located in downtown Chaska, recently began the year with a few new teachers.
The SouthWest Metro Intermediate District invites school district representatives and community members to get an inside look at its programs, ranging from child care to adult basic education.
Holy Family Catholic High School in Victoria received the largest single gift to its annual fund in the school’s 20-year history.
Eastern Carver County Schools is being sued for allegedly failing to adequately respond to racial discrimination.
Rock ‘n’ roll, dance lights, bouncing inflatable balls, glow sticks — this wasn’t a typical first day of school.
Several local students received awards in the Minnesota State Fair K-2 education competition on a number of different projects, in the fields of art and technology.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison met with residents concerned about racist incidents in Eastern Carver County Schools on Tuesday evening.
Carver County ranks as the most educated county in Minnesota, according to a recently-released study of data from 2013-17.
The Chaska High School Class of 1994 will celebrate its 25-year reunion 7-11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9 at the Chanhassen American Legion Post 580, 290 Lake Dr. E., Chanhassen
A career and technical student from Chaska won one of the nation's highest awards at the 2019 SkillsUSA Championships, held in Louisville, Kentucky, June 26-27.
The Eastern Carver County School District has been listening to Chaska parents ask for change, following a series of racial incidents that attracted statewide attention.
The largest LGBTQ civil rights group in Minnesota, OutFront Minnesota, announced Monday they have hired Kelly Holstine, the 2018 Minnesota Teacher of the Year from Shakopee, to expand OutFront’s educational program for schools.
Chaska High School released its Dean’s List for the second semester of the 2018-19 school year. Students on Dean’s List 1 have a 3.667-4.0 grade point average. Students on Dean’s List 2 have a 3.0-3.666 grade point average.
Chanhassen High School released its Dean’s List for the second semester of the 2018-19 school year. Students on Dean’s List 1 have a 3.667-4.0 grade point average. Students on Dean’s List 2 have a 3.0-3.666 grade point average.
The Eastern Carver School District is in need of eight literacy tutors and three math tutors for the upcoming 2019-20 school year, according to a Minnesota Reading Corps and Minnesota Math Corps press release.
The Eastern Carver County School Board unanimously approved holding a Nov. 5 referendum at its June 24 meeting, according to a district press release.
Jeremiah Cox, of the Chaska Speech Team, recently competed at the NSDA (National Speech and Debate Association) National Tournament in Dallas, Texas in the Informative Speaking category.
Three questions could go before Eastern Carver County School District voters on Nov. 5.
Days before a group of Chaska High School students were set to enjoy their summer vacation, they visited Carver Elementary School to teach children about culture and diversity.
Taleisha Hilder, 15, of Melbourne, Australia just spent the past nine months studying in the U.S., enrolled as a ninth-grader at Holy Family Catholic High School in Victoria.
A sensory room is a quiet, calming space where a student with overwhelming feelings or emotions can retreat, decompress, and divert or still the mind.
Eric Songer, a music teacher at Chaska Middle School West in Chaska, recently received the Give A Note Music Educator Innovator Award.
Chaska High School held its 112th annual commencement ceremony Friday evening at Grace Church in Eden Prairie.
The District 112 Garage Band took a tour to Chicago May 2-5.
The Southwest Christian High School Class of 2019 includes: Kyle Baker*; Oliver Baklund*; Elijah Barrie; Hannah Beatty***(Salutatorian); Matthew Brady***; Abigail Buhain; Lauren Burke; Britta Carlson; Josiah Colman; Liam Cunha; Kaden Czech***; Tyler Czock; Nathan Denney; Hayden Doyle; Justin…
Olivia Ann Abraham; Grace Anna Adsem***•; Jackson Samuel Allrich•; Patrick Crandall Ambrose; Abigail Judith Anderson**•; Ethan Isaac Anderson*; Jack Thomas Anderson***‡; Kira Marie Anderson***«; Olivia Mae Anderson*•; Regan Rachel Anderson**◊; Ariana Elizabeth Ansera•; Savanna Eileen Antiel;…
Muhidin Ahmed Abdi°+; Naziin Ahmed Abdi; Yusuf Hassan Abdinoor*; Diamon Ahmed Abdullaahi*°+; Hani Mohamed Abdullahi+; Osvaldo Daniel Acosta; Cameron Khorsand Aiken‡+; Faiza Salah Al Shammari; Autumn Marie Alderman*+; Manuel Alejandro Almaraz; Benjamin Almaraz Aleman; Justin Daniel Ambroz; Am…
The Holy Family Catholic High School Class of 2019 includes: Mary Margaret Anderson**Ω; Sheillah Aoko**; Patrick Barrett; Brooke Beno; Margaret Berg***Ω; Jacob Bornhoft; Brielle Bornhorst**Ω; Ryan Bowlin; Claire Bradley***•; Mya Braun; Eve Breimhorst; Andrew Bresnan**Ω; Audrey Brooks; Brando…
Letters of recommendations from politicians, a physical assessment by a medical review board and impressive academic standing — those are some of the qualifications Chaska students had to fulfill to be accepted into military schools.
Progress to make Eastern Carver County Schools more inclusive and equitable is in the works.
Cologne Academy participated in a Battle of the Books sponsored by Friends of Education.
Liam Pautz, a Chanhassen second-grader at La Academia in Chaska, could soon have his art on the Google homepage for hundreds of millions to see.
In the coming weeks, high school students will be handed their diplomas from schools across the state of Minnesota. And if the graduating class of 2019 is anything like the class of 2018, there will be disparities between racial and ethnic groups.
Distribution of the Chaska High School yearbook was delayed due to a picture that included a student in blackface.
