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The Shakopee School Board this week unanimously approved a special election to bring an operating levy before voters on Nov. 2.
Dads of Great Students, also known as DOGS, will be partnering with The Wilds Golf Course to host a Friends and Family Golf Scramble on Aug. 5 to support Prior Lake and Savage elementary schools. Brian Schulz, Westwood Elementary DOGS leader, said the program has actively been seeking busine…
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In the first month of Jordan Public Schools’ inaugural free summer meal program, the program served around 250 families daily, with around 3,893 breakfasts and 4,122 lunches served in June alone.
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After a year of discussion and planning, the Prior Lake Savage Area School Board at their Monday meeting approved holding a referendum for a technology levy request on Election Day, Nov. 2, 2021.
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Recent Prior Lake High School graduates Morgan Bozeman and Magnus O’Connor are among approximately 1,000 students to receive scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities through the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program announced this month. More than 3,100 other college-sponsor…
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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.
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This May, 407 random registered voters in Shakopee participated in a survey to offer feedback for Shakopee Public Schools. The participants were asked to grade the school district, offer opinions on a potential operating levy, measure the performance of district leadership and the school boa…
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No parent wants to imagine a scenario where their children are threatened at school — whether it's by severe weather, a power outage or an act of school violence — Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools is taking measures to prevent panic and pandemonium that could ensue after such an incident.
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The Prior Lake Savage Area School Board will decide next month whether or not to pursue a technology levy referendum in November.
Local students have earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36.
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Recent Prior Lake High School graduate Grace Chapman is among approximately 3,100 students to receive a scholarship financed by U.S. colleges and universities through the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program.
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Face coverings will no longer be required for Shakopee students and district staff, according to a district announcement from last week.
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Shakopee School Board Chair Kristi Peterson advocated for Minnesota students June 10 with the Minnesota School Board Association at Day on the Hill, which consisted of participating in virtual meetings with U.S. House and Senate legislators.
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…
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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.
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Editor’s note: The following column was written and submitted by the Shakopee Lions Club.
Students and teachers from Holy Family Catholic High School partnered with the We Share Solar Solutionary Program to build two solar suitcases.
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Shakopee Area Catholic School principal Julie Moran is leaving the school after 20 years.
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Superintendent Theresa Battle’s leadership of the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage District was once again commended by the school board in an annual performance review.
Tthe Chanhassen High School Class of 2021 graduated Friday, June 11.
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There were 632 seniors in the 2021 Shakopee graduating class, and they all had more than one reason to celebrate this year at the June 12 graduation, held at Grace Church in Eden Prairie.
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“It is a great day to be a Hawk,” Chaska High School Principal James Bach told the graduating Class of 2021.
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The 2020-21 school year was a blur. Here now, gone tomorrow.
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…
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Foundation 191 awarded over $120,000 in scholarships to local students this year, the foundation announced.
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This year’s school uniform? Sweatpants and face masks.
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A year and half since closing three schools, Burnsville district officials continue to wade through questions surrounding the long-term future of district buildings.
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Shakopee Public Schools will be offering free summer meal pickup and delivery opportunities for children up to 18 years old starting June 15.
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After a year of mostly online and hybrid learning, the Jordan High School Class of 2021 was able to have an in-person graduation ceremony Saturday evening, May 29.
Chanhassen DECA members recently completed at DECA’s International Career Development Conference (ICDC), with Andrew Nguyen earning a fourth place title.
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.
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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.
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Look up the word “home” and you’ll probably find synonyms like “habitat” or “property.”
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Editor’s note: The following column was written and submitted by the Shakopee Lions Club.
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Burnsville High School students will graduate in-person this year at an outdoor commencement planned for June 11, Superintendent Theresa Battle announced this month.
Eastern Carver County Schools staff came to Grace Church with measuring tapes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Shakopee residents asked questions of Shakopee School Board Chair Kristi Peterson, Treasurer Joe Aldrich, Superintendent Mike Redmond and Finance Director Bill Menozzi at a May 10 community forum about a second try at a levy.
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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.
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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.
