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The Eden Prairie City Council unanimously approved a planned unit development for a remodel and addition to Central Middle School as part of the Designing Pathways referendum at its Jan. 21 meeting.
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Local students will be among those competing in a regional science and math competition this weekend.
The Chaska High School speech tournament season kicked off on Saturday at the Chanhassen High School annual tournament.
Ten students from St. Hubert School in Chanhassen participated in the school competition of the National Geographic GeoBee on Jan. 15.
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School districts in the Lake Minnetonka area have approved their 2020 property tax levies.
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Shakopee High School engineering student Hunter Gromniesch held a little second grade, bow-haired girl named Vianny upright as she beamed at what Gromniesch and two other students made her.
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WAYZATA — Wayzata band alumni and friends are hosting a fundraising concert on March 14 for the Woody Budnick/Chip Williams Scholarship Fund, which provides an annual college scholarship to a Wayzata High School band senior, according to a news release.
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A junior at Eden Prairie High School has earned a perfect score on the ACT, a national college entrance exam, according to a news release from the testing agency.
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Before winter break, the Sun Path Elementary School Student Council organized a drive for food, toys and pet supplies.
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Schools in the area are closing early and canceling or postponing afternoon and evening activities due to the pending snowstorm.
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The school district announced all Eastern Carver County Schools will close two hours early for expected heavy snowfall on Friday, Jan. 17. It comes before a winter storm warning in effect on Friday and Saturday, coming with heavy winds and 5 to 9 inches of snow.
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It all started with a turquoise-colored, puppy-eyed character called Benny.
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PLYMOUTH — West Adult Basic Education (ABE) is looking for volunteers, according to a Jan. 15 news release.
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Ahead of an expected winter storm sweeping through the Midwest, Shakopee Public Schools has announced it will dismiss all school buildings two hours early on Friday, Jan. 17.
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Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools students will be released two hours early on Friday, Jan. 17, ahead of a winter storm that's expected to cover the metro in several inches of snow and low temperatures, the district announced Thursday.
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EXCELSIOR — Earlier in the school year, a second-grader at Excelsior Elementary School approached principal Stacy DeCorsey with an idea — students should have reusable water bottles so they don’t use the plastic ones that get tossed after one use.
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The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage District this month unveiled two attendance boundary proposals that officials said would create better racial and economic equity among schools.
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The superintendent of Eastern Carver County Schools is a finalist for a similar job in Iowa.
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The Jordan High School drama club will entertain audiences with three stories in an evening this weekend. The Jordan One-Act Festival covers a wide variety of subjects and themes as students perform three short plays on Friday, Jan. 17 and Saturday, Jan. 18.
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For preschools hoping to entice a parent of young children, lowering the barrier to entry and capturing their eyes and ears are the top priorities.
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The Foundation for Eden Prairie Schools will honor the 2020 Legacy Award winners at its first Red & Black Gala on Feb. 22, according to a news release from the Foundation.
Students, parents, teachers, and principals are encouraged to nominate exceptional teachers within the Eastern Carver County School District for the District 112 Foundation’s 2020 Teacher of the Year.
Fourteen theater and musical theater students attended the Minnesota Thespian State Theatre Conference Jan. 5-6 at the Performing Institute of Minnesota in Hopkins.
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Should classes grow so families can attend preferred schools? Burnsville-Eagan-Savage weighs options
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District officials preparing to redraw school boundaries also expect a wave of new variance requests from parents wanting their child to attend a school other than the one assigned.
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The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage District committed wage theft by violating the contract plan for sick days for some teachers, the president of the Burnsville Education Association said this month.
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Norm Frederickson, M.W. Savage Elementary’s dependable and beloved custodian since 1986, clocked out of work for the last time this month.
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Eden Prairie News publishes the names of Eden Prairie residents or former residents who graduate, enroll or earn recognition in post-secondary education and whose names are shared by their schools.
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Eden Prairie News publishes the names of Eden Prairie residents or former residents who graduate, enroll or earn recognition in post-secondary education and whose names are shared by their schools.
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A series of public meetings about Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District's upcoming attendance boundary changes are scheduled next week to share information about the realignment process and hear feedback from residents, the district announced this week.
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Teacher pay and insurance benefits will go up slightly this school year with a new two-year contract between the Shakopee Education Association and Shakopee Public Schools, but the district’s teacher base salaries still fall behind many surrounding districts.
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Jordan High School graduate Jack Hulet capped off his first semester of college last week with a trip to the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida on New Years Day.
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If the Jordan School Board decides to take another crack at an operating levy and bonding referendum this fall or in the coming years, they’ll be aided by an in-depth community survey aimed to gauge voter priorities, interests and tax tolerances.
Newly elected Eden Prairie School Board members Veronica Stoltz, Aaron Casper and Debjyoti “DD” Dwivedy take the oath of office alongside their new colleagues at the first School Board meeting of the year on Jan. 6.
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Eden Prairie Schools Superintendent Josh Swanson is doing well, but has room to improve in two areas, the Eden Prairie School Board wrote in its annual review, released on Dec. 9.
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It took Chaska High School 10th-grader Olivia Stevens a while to finesse her painting approach with her latest class project.
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DEEPHAVEN — Whatever happened to cursive?
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HOPKINS — Hopkins and Minnetonka public schools are looking for nominees for the Caring Youth Award, according to a news release from the district.
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Eden Prairie News publishes the names of Eden Prairie residents or former residents who graduate, enroll or earn recognition in post-secondary education and whose names are shared by their schools.
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The Eastern Carver County School Board heard from a room filled with professed band lovers on Dec. 16. They showed up to express concern over what will happen to district-wide elementary band programs during the next school year.
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The Shakopee School Board held an emergency meeting at 7 a.m. Dec. 23 to approve a $1.125 million land sale agreement between the district and a developer, Trident LLC.
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PLYMOUTH — Ashley Farrington, the assistant principal at Wayzata Central Middle School in Plymouth has been named Minnesota’s 2020 National Outstanding Assistant Principal, according to a news release from the Minnesota Elementary School Principals’ Association (MESPA).
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MINNETONKA — A teacher at Minnetonka Middle School East has been named MCEE’s Economic Educator of the Year.
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District has chosen the schools it will close. Now comes the reshuffling of people, money and district programs.
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Teacher pay and insurance benefits will go up this school year with a new two-year contract between the Prior Lake Savage Education Association and Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools.
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In a gymnasium packed with middle-schoolers, a deep voice broke out:
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According to updated numbers provided by Shakopee Public Schools, four schools have seen an increase in flu-related absences, while five schools have seen a decrease.
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The Shakopee School Board unanimously accepted a clean 2018-2019 audit report at its Dec. 9 meeting. The district saved significantly more than what was expected. The budget slotted a $639,000 increase in its general fund balance, but ended the 2018-2019 school year with a $2 million increase.
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A few years ago, cigarettes and chewing tobacco were at the center of conversations that Sadie Holland, a prevention manager at Know The Truth Minnesota, led among middle and high school students. The rise of e-cigarettes and vapes has transformed both how young people use nicotine and how H…
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MINNETRISTA — There will be a cap on kindergarten enrollment in Westonka Public Schools next year in an effort to make sure there’s room for students who live in the district to attend the school in their neighborhood.
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Jordan parents, residents, staff and fellow students were treated to five days of holiday music this month from the district’s student band and choir ensembles.
