Kindergartners at Westwood Elementary are huddled around the smart board, anxiously waiting to hear what Ms. (Angie) Kalthoff is going to say about the Hour of Code. They know they are learning something new, but are not sure what it is. The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching millions of students in over … Read more
“Hello, I’m Kenny Rivet and I’m the CEO of Tech Apparel,” says Rivet, a senior at Technical High School. Thus begins the pitch of a student loan proposal to local bank representatives by a senior at Technical High School in partnership with Junior Achievement. A total of five students from Greg Border’s General Business class at … Read more
Music just became larger than life for Clearview Elementary students. “Bravo, bravo, bravi tutti!” students exclaim, in-between scene changes during a recent on-site opera workshop before the public concert. Kindergarten through sixth grade students are eager to share their newly acquired stage skills from a week-long residency with artist teacher and performer Alisa Magallon from the MN Opera Company. “I … Read more
It was another full house at South Junior High’s auditorium for Project Challenge’s annual Holiday Concert. Crowds filed in to listen to a recital of holiday songs with two special solo performances by Leif White (choral performance in German) and Robert Kampa (accordion). Two additional crowd-pleasers were visits from The Grinch and Frozen’s Olaf. “We have the best … Read more
“Inch by inch, row by row, I’m going to make this garden grow,” sings Dennis Warner, author of Beads on One String. “Do you have it memorized yet?” he asks the crowd of Oak Hill Community School students. “Yes!” the students exclaim. Warner visited Oak Hill to talk about his book in honor of Positive … Read more