Chanhassen High School released its Dean’s List for the second semester of the 2020-21 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.
Chaska High School released its Dean’s List for the second semester of the 2020-21 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.
Southwest Christian High School recently released its spring honor roll for the 2020-21 school year.
The Eastern Carver County School Board discussed equity initiatives at its July 19 meeting.
A process that began in March with facility task force recommendations and followed with more than $3 million in budget cuts, a year after $6 million was slashed, Eastern Carver County Schools is going ahead with a referendum on Nov. 2, 2021.
Local students have earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36.
More than 440 graduating seniors from all over Minnesota recently received their high school diplomas as members of Minnesota Connections Academy’s Class of 2021. The tuition-free, public online school recently celebrated the students and this academic milestone during a virtual commencement…
Minnesota's graduation rate reached an all-time high last year despite online learning and other challenges brought with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to data released this month by the Minnesota Department of Education.
Students and teachers from Holy Family Catholic High School partnered with the We Share Solar Solutionary Program to build two solar suitcases.
“It is a great day to be a Hawk,” Chaska High School Principal James Bach told the graduating Class of 2021.
Ethan Alvia Abbe◊; Bukari Ahmed Abdi°; Deka Farah Abdi°; Khaalid Abdikarim Abdullahi; Maria Grace Aberle***°; Abdirisak Mohamed Abullahi; Ellen Paige Adams**«; Abdifatah Ali Noor Ahmed; Kholoud Salah Al Shammari; Angel Javier Alatorre Robles; Kaden Thomas Alcindor*°; Marco Antonio Alejandre,…
Emma Rose Abraham***°; Jacob Geoffrey Agrimson; McKenna Faith Aker**°; Aiden Michael Allen*°; Evan Thad Allen; Luke William Allen**◊; Blake Joseph Althaus*; Dasha Elizabeth Anderson*; Keagan Grace Anderson*; Talitha KayAnne Anderson**°Ω; Will Tucker Anderson**‡; Charles Fredric Ashenbrenner*…
William Addler; Madelyne Alberti; Elijah Anderson; Lucas Anderson*; Olivia Anderson*; Henry Baklund; Emma Baribault**; Madison Beatty***; Piper Bjelland***; Sonja Brastad**; Julia Brouwer***; Callie Brown***; Ethan Burke; Bryce Burkhart**; Claire Carlson***; Lily Carroll; Malvika Chandran**;…
Spencer Adelmann; Allison Agerland***; Nicole Allen; Megan Beach; Elle Bernaski*; Sebastian Bojorquez Rojas; Emma Boockmeier; Daniel Borbonio; Zachary Bornhoft; Samuel Bradley*; Emiliano Corona; Alexa Cuadros; Eli Devins; Patrick Dowling; Marie Fahey**; Ewan Farrell*; Jordan Flink***; Etienn…
Integrated Arts Academy: Alex Arana Vasquez; Mark Bartusch; Jake Bragg; Hunter Buss; Brandi Davis; Lauren Dybvik; Jade Evans; Arya Harmsen; Julia Meles; Sam Nuteson; Ella Ryder; Brock Thalhuber; Cameron Uselman.
Abby Jo Chmielewski; Morgan Elizabeth Chmielewski°◊; Hailey Faith Duick°; Mikayla Mae Eggers°◊; Katelyn Irene Feltmann; Carson William Ficker; Meagan R. Flood; Brooke Ann Friske°◊#; Andrew James Guetzkow; Jacksen Parker Heil; Adler Dean Jopp; Rachel Grace Kelzer°◊#; Joonyeoup Kim**°◊; Hannah…
This year’s school uniform? Sweatpants and face masks.
On the evening of Friday, May 14, students and families gathered outdoors at Holy Family Catholic High School to watch soon-to-be-graduated high school senior Grace McGlynn take her final bow in a Holy Family Theater Department production.
Thirty-five staff members of Eastern Carver County Schools will no longer hold their positions as of June 30, 2021, as the termination and non-renewal of these probationary teaching contracts were eliminated at a May 24 District 112 School Board meeting.
Closing a school is never an easy decision, even when financially it makes sense. That's why the end of East Union Elementary, in the southwestern corner of Eastern Carver County School District, will be an emotional celebration in 2022.
Look up the word “home” and you’ll probably find synonyms like “habitat” or “property.”
Eastern Carver County Schools staff came to Grace Church with measuring tapes.
While many of the elementary school buildings in Eastern Carver County Schools are roughly 15-20% under student capacity, others, most notably Carver Elementary School are at capacity or very close.
With three elementary principal openings and a director of community education position being vacated due to retirements, Eastern Carver County Schools received more than 90 applicants for the positions.
Gov. Tim Walz announced Thursday night the state of Minnesota mask mandate will be relinquished on Friday, May 14, with guidance from the Centers of Disease Control releasing information saying those vaccinated no longer need to wear a mask indoors.
Six or so months away from a potential Eastern Carver County Schools referendum, the school board is finding a willingness to listen from residents, but uncertainty still remains despite cuts of nearly $10 millions from the 2020-21 and 2021-22 budget.
Students have stormed the stadiums for big football wins at Chanhassen and Chaska high schools. Now they'll be rejoining on the turf fields for another celebration.
Joan MacDonald may be retiring as Bluff Creek Elementary School’s principal on June 30, but she’s spending her last few months doing more than just administrative duties.
Nancy Wittman-Beltz has been an educator for 46 years; a principal in Eastern Carver County Schools for 26 years; the building leader at Jonathan Elementary the last 23 years.
June Johnson waved her hands in front of her face, fanning herself a bit as she became emotional while trying to verbalize why she is retiring after 37 years of serving children, families and communities as a public education leader.
Graduation ceremonies in District 112 are returning, and they will be a familiar venue.
Sydney Turner has always enjoyed poetry. The Chaska High School senior was one of six blue ribbon winners for a poetry contest held by the Arts Consortium of Carver County in 2018.
After a year of unexpected expenditures and fluctuating enrollment numbers, school districts throughout the state face budget shortfalls that could be ongoing.
A year after Eastern Carver County Schools had to make $6 million in cuts, felt heavily with the loss of more than 32 full-time equivalent instructional positions, a second round of cuts and revenue enhancements was approved April 26 by the school board.
Sydney Turner, a Chaska High School senior, was named the 2021 MSHSL AA Poetry Champion at the state speech tournament on April 23.
Ridgeview announces the 2021 recipients of a $2,000 Health Care Scholarship. Scholarships were awarded to the following high school students who are pursuing a health-care related degree or career:
Carver County students that are 16 or older are eligible for two Pfizer vaccination clinics this week.
On Saturday, March 10, 30 students on the Chaska Speech Team competed in the State Sections tournament, with the top three in each category advancing to state.
Eastern Carver County Schools was forced to cut more than 31 full-time equivalent teaching positions during the 2020-21 budget process, $6 million in total, for what the district says is a result of the 2019 failed referendum.
Over half a dozen District 112 middle school students were chosen to play in the 2021 State Honor Band, hosted by the Minnesota Band Directors Association.
The District 112 Foundation recently announced its 2021 Teacher of the Year finalists.
Thirty-four students from the Chaska Speech Team competed at the 2AA Sub-section tournament on Monday, March 15. The top nine competitors in each category qualified to advance to the 2AA Section Tournament, according to a Chaska Speech press release.
The question floating around many metro school districts is whether online learning opportunities will continue in the 2021-22 school year if in-person learning is available full-time in the fall.
The job of epidemiologists is to trace the signature of a disease outbreak. Find its origins. Find the connections.
This past weekend was busy for the Chaska High School speech team.
“Be kind to the world. Be kind to one another.”
On Friday, March 5, the Minnesota Department of Health put out a press release warning of an outbreak of a B117 variant of the COVID-19 virus centered in Carver County.
Southwest Christian High School recently released its fall honor roll for the 2020-21 school year.
Parents and supporters of Guardian Angels Catholic School are hosting a prayer event on Tuesday, March 2.
The Chaska Speech Team competed in the annual Eastview Speech Tournament this past Saturday.
