While some local districts are taking a pause with in-person learning, Eastern Carver County Schools said it will continue to prioritize the preservation of students in the building.
More than 10% of the 9,257 students in Eastern Carver County Schools are in active quarantines as of Nov. 18, 2021.
Tasked with keeping East Union Elementary School students together, minimizing impact at other elementary schools across the district, and considering future growth and enrollment projections, the boundary update recommendation for the Eastern Carver County Schools board was released Wednesd…
Following last week’s passed operating levy referendum, Eastern Carver County Schools staff are gearing up for significant district changes over the next decade.
A failed operating levy referendum in 2019, by 193 votes, led to back-to-back budgets cuts that totaled $9 million in Eastern Carver County Schools.
Election day is here for Eastern Carver County Schools voters, and a lone question on most ballots -- some Chanhassen residents will have Minnetonka School Board elections -- asks for a 10-year operating levy that would increase general education revenue by $550 per pupil, subject to an annu…
After the Sept. 27 Eastern Carver County School Board open forum, where many attendees spoke out against a district-wide mask mandate now in effect, Monday night's meeting told a different story.
With the safety and security of the school board, staff, students, and public, Eastern Carver County Schools will institute a new policy for the October 25 open forum and board meeting.
On Oct. 14, Eastern Carver County Schools residents grabbed their signs that displayed pro-public schools messaging and stood on the corner of Highway 41 and Engler Boulevard in Chaska.
Eastern Carver County Schools announced that masks will continue to be required through the end of October all students and staff on Oct. 14.
Tickets are on sale for the third annual 112 Gives soiree, to be held Saturday, Nov. 13 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska.
With an Eastern Carver County Schools operating levy referendum on Nov. 2, and early voting well underway, school officials have been making their case to voters.
Dr. Andrew C. Denton officially began his tenure as Crown College’s 17th president on Sept. 23. Denton joined the Crown College community, in St. Bonifacius, on July 1.
The Chaska High School Hall of Fame featured a former superintendent in the district who was one of the founding six graduates of the school in 1906; a three-time state champion; a former three-sport athlete that now is a role model for girls she teaches and she coaches; and a teacher and ad…
The Chaska High School Hall of Fame ceremony is set for Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, part of a full day of activities that concludes with a football game and fireworks.
A scuffle broke out during an Eastern Carver County School Board public forum discussing masks.
With the Eastern Carver County Schools Nov. 2 referendum right around the corner, in-person and virtual community informational presentations are set for next week.
The future is now in the present for Carver Elementary, with design and planning of the 19,000-square-foot addition all but wrapped up. The construction phase is set to begin in December, with a target opening in fall 2022.
The alert comes in, a school is on lockdown. It is a moment all students and staff prepare for. It is a moment where multiple agencies come together to keep those in the building safe.
A lockdown was triggered at Chanhassen High School Thursday morning (Sept. 9, 2021). District 112 officials released a statement on their social media accounts that "police are on the scene clearing the building; there is no reason to believe there is an active threat."
Three weeks after announcing masks would be recommended, but not required for students and staff at the start of the school year, Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams announced Aug. 26 some masks would now be required.
Eastern Carver County Schools recently announced that it strongly recommends, but will not require, that all students, teachers, staff and visitors wear masks indoors when school begins in September.
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 gave Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams her one-year review on July 19.
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.
