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Hundreds of Shakopee High School students participated in a walkout in solidarity against racial injustice on Tuesday, April 20.
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Shakopee High School seniors have had quite the non-traditional end to their high school experience. Many of them have not been able to attend prom yet due to last year’s pandemic restrictions.
Last week, Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools welcomed students grades 6-12 back to in-person Learning. This marks the first time grades E-12 were able to attend school in-person at the same time since March 2020.
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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.
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The Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools Board of Education approved a $2 millions budget adjustment last week to help mitigate the district’s $4 million budget deficit.
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The Shakopee School Board cut 48 probationary teachers and proposed to cut nine tenured teachers at its Tuesday meeting this week due to necessary budget cuts after voters turned down the district’s proposed $9 million operating levy in November 2020.
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The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage District is looking to close a $10.86 million budget deficit projected for the next fiscal year while minimizing the impact to students.
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Enrollment is now open for the new District 191 online school for the 2021-22 school year, the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage District announced.
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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.
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Since the pandemic hit the area last spring, students in elementary through high school have been flexible in adapting to different learning environments.
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At a Jordan School Board meeting earlier this year, Jordan Public Schools Finance Director Amy Hafemann provided a revised budget for the current 2020-2021 year.
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The District 112 Foundation recently announced its 2021 Teacher of the Year finalists.
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In November, 54% of Shakopee voters cast ballots against a proposed $9 million operating levy for Shakopee Public Schools. Now, the Shakopee School Board has implemented nearly $7 million in cuts to correct the district’s deficit.
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Editor’s note: The following column was written and submitted by the Shakopee Lions Club.
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Three Shakopee High School seniors have been designated as 2021 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists and were honored at the March 22 Shakopee School Board meeting.
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.
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Since 2019, the Jordan Education Foundation has awarded scholarships to Jordan High School grads who want to pursue further education in the trades field.
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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.
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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.
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Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church in Jordan has named a new principal.
“Be kind to the world. Be kind to one another.”
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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.
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A Burnsville High School senior is in the running for a national computing and information technology award after winning a prestigious statewide award.
Southwest Christian High School recently released its fall honor roll for the 2020-21 school year.
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A local robotics team will construct a permanent obstacle course along the trails at Hidden Valley Park this year.
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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.
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It’s not every day a school district accepts a $2.5 million donation.
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Following updates to the state's Safe Learning Plan last week, plans are underway for Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools secondary students to transition to an in-person learning model, according to an email from Superintendent Teri Staloch sent to staff and families Feb. 23.
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“I feel very relieved now.”
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Eastern Carver County Schools will go four days a week for grades 6-12 beginning March 22. Students will attend in-person on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
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Chaska High School released its Dean’s List for the first 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.
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Eastern Carver County Schools was announced Feb. 24 as one of 11 schools or organizations across the state of Minnesota to receive a 2021 Youth Skills Training grant. The partnership works to develop and implement paid-learning opportunities for students 16 years of age and older.
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If Eastern Carver County Schools taxpayers won't vote for a future referendum, what are they willing to sacrifice, pondered School Board Member Jenny Stone on Feb. 22.
Chaska Middle School West student Leah Nelson was chosen to play piano in the Minnesota State Honor Jazz Band on Saturday, March 20.
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Hundreds of Eastern Carver County Schools staff are scheduled to be vaccinated at a Friday, Feb. 26 clinic in Waconia.
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After at least a decade of falling enrollment, Guardian Angels Catholic School is closing at the end of this school year, according to a statement on its website.
The Chaska Speech team hosted its annual tournament Feb. 20. The team hosted 15 area teams in a virtual format.
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Students will be welcomed back to in-person hybrid learning this month, District 112 Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams said in a statement Wednesday.
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Chanhassen High School released its Dean’s List for the first 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.
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For Deb Pauly, the Jordan School Board chair and past president of Minnesota School Board Association, working in education isn’t her day job.
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Robin Gordon described her first 30 days in District 112 as a “very exciting, collaborative, amazing opportunity.” The new equity and inclusion director is ready to get to work, she said at a Feb. 8 school board workshop presentation.
The Chaska Speech Team competed at the 60th Annual Duluth Denfeld Rotary Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 6.
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Shakopee students in grades 6 through 12 will return to hybrid learning on Tuesday, Feb. 16, as new county COVID cases per 10,000 residents hover around 19.
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Could a new bus garage, a Carver Elementary building addition and much-needed improvements to Chanhassen Elementary be coming soon in District 112?
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Members of the Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools Board of Education and administrative team met virtually with local legislators Feb. 1 to discuss the district’s legislative platform and initiatives.
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In a typical school year, authors and illustrators Trisha Speed Shaskan and Stephen Shaskan would visit between 30 and 40 elementary schools across Minnesota.
