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APRIL 2012Brainerd Community

Education

Central Lakes College

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Crosslake Community School

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Garfi eld Elementary

Harrison Elementary

Lake Region Christian School

Learning Tree Preschool

Lowell Elementary

Nisswa Elementary

Pillager Area Charter School

Pillager Schools

Riverside Elementary

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The Forestview Youth Advisory Council (FYAC) has been busy in the last couple of months. Specifi cally, the FYAC and Builder’s Club came together to sell carnations on Valen-tine’s Day from 7:00-8:15 am and sold all of the 1,500 carnations for $1.00 to various students, teachers and staff. The proceeds of the carna-tions were donated to various organizations. Additionally, the FYAC also volunteered at the Ruby’s Pantry (2nd Tuesday of each month)… assisted in setting-up, packaging, serving to in-dividuals, and cleaning up. The FYAC will be volunteering throughout the summer months at Ruby’s Pantry.

Forestview Baker’s ClubThe Forest-

view Baker’s Club started on Monday, February 6, 2012. Since then, the Fo r e s t v i e w Baker’s Club has been busy making S t r aw b e r r y Cheesecake,

Chocolate Chip Cookies, Turtle-Chocolate Biscotti and Crème Brulee. The Forestview Baker’s Club meet the fi rst Monday of each month.

Forestview Chef’s ClubThe Forestview Chef’s Club had a

couple of busy months with guest speak-ers and cooking up a variety of entrees. Jeff (Chef and Baker) from Prairie Bay demonstrated how sushi and maki rolls are made, and changed a lot of the young chef ’s palettes to sushi consouiress. Then, we had Jackie C. from Pampered Chef, who gave a twist of a popular fran-chise how cooking can be made simple, easy and fun by demonstrating how po-tato chips are made easily in a micro-wave, as well as making four different types of dips. On other days, the young chefs made Beef/Vegetable Lo Mein, Egg Drop Soup, Baked Rigatoni with Ricotta and Sausage and Lasagna.

Please note, In the Summer Brainerd Community Education booklet, a Young Chef’s Club summer camp is being offered for grades 2nd-8th grade from June 11-21.

Forestview Youth Advisory Council

Family Fun Night

Minute-To-Win-It Challenges

MOVIE

Farm of Plenty Farmers help prepare dinner with members and staff.

Farm of PlentyDinner

GAMES

WESB Celebration

Registration for KinderClub, Fun ‘N’ Friends and Senior Leaders is April 16 - May 11


Videography students produce show

The Central Lakes College Videography Pro-duction program provided the Vacationland Figure Skating Club with a full-scale video production of its annual Year on Ice skate show at the Brainerd Area Civic Center.

A half-dozen second-year students from the Sta-ples campus program spent part of each day last week setting up, capturing footage at rehearsals, establishing camera positions, and perfecting the direction of shots.

Students working on the project were Latoya Ross-Sullivan (director), Matt Johnson (technical director), Spencer Thompson (camera), Matt Brit-ton (camera), Chris Hoffman (production man-ager), Brittany Stansbury (production assistant), Kayla Voss (production assistant), and Nolan Bet-terman (camera).

Other students had minor assignments. Four cameras were employed in the project, supervised by instructor Mark Ambroz. Performances on Sat-urday and Sunday, as well as the Friday night dress rehearsal, were all treated like a live broad-cast with multiple cameras, switchers, and direc-tors. (Photos by Mark Slupe)

Following recent elections held through the D2L system, Adam Schlangen of Watkins, a St. Cloud Rocori High School graduate, and Nick Weeks of Buffalo will serve as respective

presidents of the Brainerd and Staples student senates for the 2012-13 academic year. Adam is an AA degree candidate and Nick is in the Photographic Imaging Technology program.

New presidents

Central Lakes College students enjoyed Spa Day Wednesday on the Brain-erd campus from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., where chair mas-sages from the Baxter staff of HealthSource Chiroprac-tic and Progressive Rehab were popular throughout the event. Grant Davenport

(left), Kristina Stangle, and Dr. Dillon Remmick of HealthSource provided the massages to more than 100 students, many of whom completed a stress survey. Other free services courtesy of the Student Life Offi ce at the college were from area businesses offering pedicures, foot scrubs, hair cuts, herbal tea samples, and product samples.

Spa(ahhhhh) Day

Eighteen students from Central American and the Ca-ribbean need hosts for the fi rst year (2012-13) of their two-year educational commitment at Central Lakes College, Brainerd.

The Business Management students expect to arrive in early August and be enrolled toward Associate in Applied Science degrees before return-ing to their homes with new leadership and organizational skills.

The students will be housed together the second year in apartments near the campus. Nine male and nine female students ages 18-23 were se-lected through the federal Scholarships for Education and Economic Development (SEED) program.

Erich Heppner, director of student life at CLC, asks that families interested in hosting contact him at (218) 855-8260 or email [email protected] to discuss considerations for language, space, transporta-tion, and a monthly stipend.

Students selected for CLC:Mexico – Kenia Yareli Cura-

chure Mojica, 18; Tomas Ruiz

Enriquez, 19; Juana Maria Camacho Ortiz, 18; Rosenberg Rojas Ruiz, 19.

El Salvador – Maria Her-nandez, 19; Wilfredo Contre-ras, 18; Jose’ Navarro, 18.

Nicaragua – Jose’ Tijerino, 18; Roberto Gonzalez, 19; Jor-dana Zuniga, 20.

Guatemala – Lesvia Mo-rales, 22; Edgar Rolando Tiu, 23.

Haiti – Pierre Jn Baptiste, 22; Guerlin Bonamy, 22.

Dominican Republic – Nan-cy Melendez, 20; Rosa Paulino, 23.

Honduras – Leyla Castillo, 18; Joselyn Velasquez, 18.

Central Lakes College is the only Minnesota school in 2012 to be funded by the U.S. Agency for International De-velopment (USAID). The col-lege received a $604,737 grant.

The SEED scholarships provide training to youth and community leaders from eco-nomically disadvantaged and historically under-served pop-ulations, including women and ethnic/indigenous groups. The goal is to enable the students to become change agents in their countries’ development.

Hosts needed for new CLC students next year

Judge Thaddeus V. “Tad” Jude of Minnesota’s 10th Dis-trict Court was on the Brainerd campus recently to make presentations and take questions. He spoke with students in three political science classes taught by Steve Wenzel, a former legislator with Jude. Judge Jude serves the coun-ties of Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Pine, Sherburne, Washington, and Wright. Forty-fi ve judges serve the dis-trict, which is the second largest of Minnesota's 10 judicial districts. Jude was sworn in on Jan. 3, 2011. In Novem-ber of 1972, he became the youngest person elected to the Legislature, turning the constitutionally required age of 21 in December, just prior to being sworn in the following January. He served from 1973 to 1983 in the House of Rep-resentatives and from 1983 to 1989 in the State Senate.

Judge speaks to ‘Poly Sci’ students

From left are Gary Nystrom, Staples; Dakota Putzke, Sebeka; Derek Barnes, Brainerd; and Joshua Hahn, Brainerd. They are students in the Diesel Technology program at CLC who represented the college in the SkillsUSA state contest. (Photo by Mark Slupe)

SkillsUSA champ

CLC Skills USA Diesel Team

Central Lakes College President Larry Lundblad congratulated Derek Barnes of Brainerd on his fi rst place in Minnesota SkillsUSA competition, which won Derek $2,500 worth of tools and training plus a berth in the national contest June 25-27 in Kansas City.

The Central Lakes College Computer Technology Advisory Committee for 2011-12 includes, front from left, Bob Olson, Emily Co-OpTelephone Co.; Todd O’Hotto, Crow Wing Power; Angie Adams, Minnesota State Operated Services; Tim Larson, Landis+Gyr; Chuck Lund, instructor; and back from left, Ron Houle, instructor; Greg Parks, 7 Sigma; Ryan Salner, instructor; Tim Kinnaman, Staples-Motley School District; Kevin Parrish, BlackRidge Operations Center; Jeff Schulz, Grand View Lodge; and not pictured Dar Houle, instructor; Wally Bostrom, Sisunet/Cuyuna Regional Medical Center; and Colleen Huseth, Brainerd School District.

Computer Tech Advisory Committee

The Central Lakes College Criminal Justice Advisory Committee for 2011-12 includes, front from left: Jim Exsted, Baxter PD; Curt Pribnow, instructor; Dr. Bill Faber, NR instructor; Chair Harry Gottsch, Deerwood PD; Gae Davis, CJ instructor; Bob Hartman, Crosslake PD; Dawn Arenz, Crow Wing Co.; Derek Pallansch, student. Back from left: Darnel Carlson, Crow Wing Co.; Tina Theisen, Crow Wing Co.; Dwight Reed, Mille Lacs Trbal PD; Andy Galles, instructor and Crow Wing Co.; David Davis, instructor and Crow Wing Co.; Caitlin Robinson, student; Lance Turcotte, instructor and state patrol; Todd Dahl, Crow Wing Co.; and Mike Taylor, Mille Lacs DNR. Not pictured: Tom Burch, Cass Co.; Eric Klang, Pequot Lakes PD; Rick Koop, Crosby PD; Clark Lepley, Cass Co.; Corky McQuiston, Brainerd PD; Pete Mikkelson, Todd Co.; Tom Ploof, Morrison Co.; Steve Sundstrom, Lake Shore PD.

Criminal Justice Advisory Committee

Adam Schlangen Nick Weeks


Crosby-IrontonRangers

Congratulations to all the students who participated in the Crosby-Ironton Jr. high sci-ence fair, which was held on April 3rd. The judges, staff, parents and community members were so impressed by the projects. The winners of this year’s science fair include: Jayda Wager for most artistic board for her project on “Helicopters”, Most creative idea went to Kaylee Wgeishofski for her project titled “Which Rate Can Learn Better?” the project with the best engineering went to Logan Peterson for his project titled “Which Steel Shot has the Most Penetration?” and winning 3rd place was Hillary Holmvig for her project on “Ten-nis balls”, 2nd place went to Noah Gindorff for his project titled “Eye Dominance” and 1st place went to Nikita Finnerty for her project on “Compost”.

Thank you to the judges: Dr. Monica Goodwin, Robert Kuschel and Amy Holmvig.6th graders also participated in the fair by demonstrating their roller coasters they

engineered.

Junior high hosts science fair

The students pictured in the attached photos are the winners at this year’s Science Fair (Above, from left to right) Front: 2nd Place: Noah Gindorff, 1st place: Nikita Finnerty, 3rd place: Hillary Holmvig. Back: Logan Peterson for project with the best engineering, Kaylee Wgeishofski winning the most creative project award and Jayda Wager who won the most artistic board. Nikita, Noah and Hillary are also pictured with their winning projects.. (Far left) Sixth graders demonstrate their roller coasters.

Visit from the Zoomobile as a reward for meeting the Jump Rope for Heart goal of $5,000.

Mrs. Olson’s third graders using laptops in the classroom.

Grades 6 and K doing “Book Buddies”.

Jump Rope for Heart awards presentation.

Mr. Sipper’s fi fth graders wrote books on their iPads, using the iBook app, and read the books with Mrs. Stangel’s Kindergartners

Jumping Rope for Heart

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CrosslakeLUMBERJACKS

Community School

Alice Palace, a children's author and illustrator re-cently visited the Crosslake Community School. . She is from Minnesota, and writes children's stories about adventures from central and northern Minnesota.. The author visit was a part of “I love to read" month for Feb-ruary. The Crosslake P.T.O and Mrs. Steffen worked to-gether in having Alice Palace visit the school.

Author and illustrator Alice Palace visits

Veronica Hulke (gr.6) and Robbie Hendrickson (gr.4) recently received spe-cial recognition for their high scores at the Archery Tournament which took place in Cook, MN; Veron-ica scored 249 and won 2nd Place in the 6th Grade

Girls division. Robbie scored 222 and won 4th place in the 4th Grade Boys division.

Archery champs

Top Box top collector was Mrs. Loeffl er’s class, with a total of 863; They won a Popcorn & Movie party. A total of 4020 boxtops were collected for 3rd quarter.

Box Top collectors

Caleb Da-vis, Tigerlily Bass, Esther Mitchell, and Rory Starkka are holding their cell proj-ects, done re-cently in Mrs. Waschek’s 3-4 science class.

Cell projects

During the month of February, "I Love to Read Month," the students at Crosslake Community school were busy reading at home as well as at school. Mrs. Martin, the di-rector at Crosslake Community School sent out a challenge to all of the classrooms. If they were able to read 200 books total as a class at home she would dress up in a pink tutu and read the book Chester written by Melanie Watt. The book is a favorite to many of the students. Chester is a sto-ry told and retold by dueling author-illus-trators. Melanie Watt starts out with the story of a mouse in a house. Then Melanie's cat, Chester, sends the mouse packing and proceeds to cover the pages with rewrites from his red marker. During the duel be-

tween the author and the character, the author "puts" Chester into a pink tutu. He is not a happy cat when this takes place. Mrs. Bonfi g's, Mrs. Loeffl er's, and Ms. Wascheck's classrooms were able to meet this challenge. Way to go!

Students meet reading challenge

February - HonestyDakota Swanson, Vance Wannebo, Nick Brunkhorst, Beau Engstrom, Parker Schott, Jaden Jurek, Wolfgang Yetzer, Cordaye Yetzer, Bella Crabb, Cruz Megazzini, Korbyn Hulke, Brady Davis, Caleb Davis, Evelyn Watson, Taylor Schulz, Erik Geroy, Kelsie Livingood, Veronica Hulke.

Jake Grossman, Jacob Young, Kate Grossman

Annie Berndt, Pierce Swenson, Donavan Lewandowski, Rose Aldridge, Wade Loeffl er, Landon Mitchell, Alexis Luzar, Michael Johnson, Rory Starkka, Grace Carey, Kira Richey, Sammie Swanson, Emily Mitchell, Kayla Richey, Brandon Jackson, Ethan Gibbs, Ona Crabb.

March - Compassion

Jayda Anderson, Colin Omtvedt, Libbie Billman. (not pictured: Cole Pollock)

March was national food drive month. Mrs. Bonfi g’s K-1 class was the winner for bringing in the most items. They will receive a Root Beer Float Party. Over 30 full grocery bags of food were collect-ed; these items weighed in at 308 pounds!

Food Drive

Pajama/Hat Day

Veronica Hulke, Tori Tilbury-Shetka, Kayla Richey. Mrs. Steffen’s Kindergartners

Positi ve Behaviors Interventi ons and SupportsPBIS

Two stu-dent’s names were drawn from ALL Qtr. 3 students tickets: Rose Aldridge, Mrs. Davis, Jacob Young,

Back to Front: Sam Hendrickson, Z.K., Matt Bonfi g, Kira Richey, Lyla Billman. Konner Dik, Isaak Geroy, Aden Crabb, Ghage Berger, Landon Mitchell, Taylor Schulz, Hunter Martin, Grace Bonfi g, Maya Orvis, Lilly Swenson, Cruz Megazzini. Ethan Shetka, Eddie Shetka 5th, Pierce Swenson, James Cummings, Danika Dik. Dawn Hubbard, Emma Schott

Perfect attendance

Qtr. 3 Phy. Ed. Awards: (From Front to Back) Eddie Shetka 5th,Taylor Max, Jayda Anderson. Matthew Mejdrich, Alexis Luzar, Evelyn Watson. Jacob Young, Kira Richey, Lyla Billman.

PE awardsSpirit Week


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1st and 3rd graders outside with their seedlings Audrey shows her clock work with Haley

Cole balances cylinders Faith plays the bells

Hartley and James serve lunch

Rylen makes landforms with clay and water

Jade Cierra, Cameryn and Faustina helped with dogsledding Kindergartners do addition with teacher Amy Kidrowski

Kyzer and Lindsey hold their maps Sophia shows her family long division Zoe, Azriele and Elijah make triangles


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Some Harrison Elementary students were recognized as ‘All Stars’ in the month of March for their achievements in Academics and Peer Rela-tions. Students were nominated from each grade level and were treated to photo shoot complete with the jersey and hat of their choice. What a great Line-Up - Way to go All Stars!

Harrison All-Stars

Some Harrison students participated in an after-school program over the win-ter months. Toward the end of the pro-gram the students participated in a non-traditional book report project. They began by writing notes on a 'fun-to-read' book of their choice and then they wrote a traditional book report. Once each stu-dent completed their hand-written re-

port they typed and edited it on Google Docs using their school gmail accounts. After completing their reports online, they shared them with their classroom teachers. Finally, many of the students mini 'book reports' were recorded using an iPad and were displayed for parents, teachers and students at the fi nal meet-ing of the program. Harrison students really enjoyed integrating technology into their project. Here are a few exam-ples of their hard work.

Book reports

By Kaitlynn Capistrant, 3rd Grade, Mrs. Meyer’s Class

This story takes place at the football fi eld, school, lunch room, and the diner. The main characters are Miss Nelson, Coach Dan, and the football players. For some weeks everyone was gloomy - and I mean everybody. Even the teachers and the football players. Miss Nelson, Coach Dan, and the principal helped to change that. Now everyone is not gloomy! This story was interesting because Coach Dan dressed up in a witch costume.

Miss Nelson Has a Field Day

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs By Dean Schnedier, 3rd Grade, Mrs.

Tetreault’s ClassThis story takes place at his home,

at his neighbor’s home and in jail. The main characters are: Wolf, Al, and Three Little Pigs. In the story the big bad wolf ’s name is Alexander T. Wolf, or Al. The story is told by the wolf Al. The whole Big Bad Wolf thing is about sneezing and sugar. I would recom-mend this book. It is funny to read. Everybody thinks they know the story of the Three Little Pigs but nobody knows the real story.

By Matt Imberi, 4th Grade, Ms. Nelson’s ClassIt takes place at the school lunchroom. These are the main characters, Buzz, Fly

Guy, Roz, Roz’s Boss, and Miss Muzzle. It’s about this fl y who likes everything and knows everyone. He saves everyone in the school and gets Miss Muzzle fi red and hired Roz. I would recommend this book to a friend.

Super Fly Guy

On March 22nd, 17 year old vi-olin prodigy, Chad Hoopes came to Harrison through a grant with Minnesota Public Radio. Third and fourth grade students stud-ied Chad, who started playing at age 4. They also studied the com-posers whose music he played, the violin he used and audience etiquette. The students were well prepared and enjoyed a magnifi -cent performance by this talent-ed young man.

Violin prodigy visits Harrison

Harrison Kindergarten stu-dents had an Easter Egg Hunt at Jaycees Park and played in the park right before Easter break.

Kindergarten Easter Egg Hunt

Chad answered many questions and asked a few of his own.

Chad Hoopes with Minnesota Public Radio’s Kristi Booth and Steve Staruch

Chad Hoopes performing for Harrison’s 3rd and 4th grade students


Lake RegionLake RegionChristian SchoolChristian School

Hornets compete in MACS State Basketball Tournament

The varsity basketball teams recently traveled to Plymouth, Minnesota, for the Minnesota Association of Christian Schools Basketball Tournament. The boys’ team faced some tough teams which made for great, close games. Two of the games found the guys in overtime. After some great play, the boys fi nished fourth in the state. Patrick Trout received all-tourney honors, and Dan-iel Newton was named to the all-conference fi rst team.

The girls also had some close games. They played hard and did not disappoint the crowd. The Lady Hornets claimed the cham-pionship title for the MACS tournament. Emily Beltran was named the tournament MVP. Bethany Cressman received all-con-ference honors. Congratulations, Teams, on a great season. We are all looking forward to next year!

Second grade participates in Pioneer Day

The LRCS second grade class recently fi nished a history unit on the pioneer days. To complete their unit, they had a pioneer day. The students made butter, ice cream, and apple crisp. The girls made pioneer jewelry and dolls, and the boys went on a nature adventure! During the history unit, the students enjoyed having a real, almost-to-size covered wagon in their classroom. Mr. and Mrs. Boelter made the wagon last year and brought it back for this year. The Boelters also created a tepee that they put up the week before so the students could have extra time to enjoy it. All of the stu-dents loved being able to roast hotdogs out-side and then eat in the tepee. The students learned to be very thankful for all that they have after seeing how the pioneers lived. Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Boelter and all the volunteers who came and helped make the day a success!

Spotlight on High SchoolOur high school program is designed

to challenge students both academically and spiritually as well as prepare them for college. Our qualifi ed staff teaches the core subjects of English, math, his-tory, science, and Bible. Students have several electives to take each year. Some of these electives are art, photography, business training, creative writing, home ec, and more. Music is also offered for the high school. All students are in choir, and students may also choose to participate in the hand bell choir. Ninth and twelfth grade students are enrolled in the IC3 computer-training program, a program that prepares students for future ca-

reer computer requirements. The ninth-twelfth graders have several options for extra-curricular activities. Some of the sports offered to the high school are boys’ soccer, girls’ volleyball, and boys’ and girls’ basketball. Each spring the school puts on a dramatic production as well. Our goal is to challenge our students to discover and develop their God-given po-tential while equipping each student to serve as a Godly infl uence in our world. If you have questions about the High School or if you are interested in enroll-ing your child in High School, please con-tact the school offi ce at 828-1226,

Spotlight on Preschool“K3 and K4” stands for three and four

year old pre-school. While it is a “pre-school” program, we want to stress that it is an academic pre-kindergarten pro-gram designed for three and four year old children to prepare them for their kindergarten enrollment.

In K3, students will learn to recog-nize colors and shapes. They will start to work on learning the letters of the alphabet and numbers 1-10. Students will also develop skills such as cutting, gluing, and coloring during craft time. There will be stories, music, snacks, and playtime. During our thematic units, they will also learn more about the world around them.

In K4, students will learn to recognize and write the letters of the alphabet, say the sound each letter makes, recognize and write the numbers 1-20, and work on counting to 100. Daily and weekly schedules include Bible stories, memo-rizing verses, penmanship, math, mu-sic, art, snacks, and playtime. Students will also work on learning to read simple words using the phonics that they learn throughout the year. They have seasonal parties, fi eld trips, and special guests that will help them learn more about where they live. If you have questions about the preschool options for your child, or if you are interested in enrolling your child in preschool, please contact the school offi ce at 828-1226.


LEARNING TREEPRESCHOOL

Ed Koehler, retired teacher, sang and played his guitar at school.

Washing baby clothes is a learning experience. Fayth is fi shing. She practices catch and release.

Painting is something we should do every day.

Dress up play is so much fun.

We use our imagination, ice skating anyone?

Preschool friends.

Pajama day at school. They ask to do it often.

We wore our favorite hats to school.

– We love to measure and dump the sand.

Art is awesome! Decorating Easter eggs at our popcorn party.

For more information please call 829-6175


Student of the Month

Back L – R: Aftyn A.; Delaney S.; Madylin C.; Meghan M.; Ella K.; Emma M.; Keenan H.; Nick R.; Gavin B.; James H.; Riley T. Middle: Logan K.; Liliana S.; Damien H.; Allison R.; Kylie H.; Aspen H.; Holden S.; Jayden R. Front: Cassie O.; Bridget B.; Abby L.; Breanna B.; Gina E.; Joey P.; Braxton F.; Rilee B.

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw or Balance feels better

Students and staff came together to play Tiger bingo recently. Each staff member has students come to a space in the school and Principal, Mr. Sauer reads the numbers off over the P.A. system while students hope to win. Prizes are donated by the Lowell PTA. It is a fun way to generate camaraderie with students of all ages and staff.

TIGER bingo

Here, Kieran B in Kindergarten; Alex G. in second grade; and Drew A. a fourth grader all sit together, anticipating their winning numbers being called.

First graders were learning about mea-suring. Here class mates are measuring arms and heads to fi nd out circumferences.

Measuring up

Seana W. measures Breanna B. Lucy B. and Abreana O.

Happily ever afterOnce Upon a Time: Yes, second graders fi nalized their fairy tales, legends and

fables unit with life sized drawings of one of their favorite fairy-tale character. They also had a Happy Ever After Party that consisted of them decorating their fairy tale shaped cookies and drinking magic potion after they took a tour of the building to see all of the life sized fairy tale characters.

Second graders enjoying their Happy Ever After Party

Bre V. painting her life size character to hang on the walls of Lowell School

Castle visit by third graders

(Above) The Cook, Win Borden, also a volunteer, spoke to students about what vegetables were available in those days and made pottage and ‘blood soup’ for the students to sample. Pottage was made with only the

vegetables available in medieval times and the blood soup was made with beets today, usually it is made with the blood of the animal that was for dinner. You will have to ask the students if they liked any of it.

Jaron C. dresses as a king while learning about the fashion of the times.

A view from a tower looking at the students from across the way.

Volunteers Sue Johnson playing the sorceress and Heather Liebel as her assistant doing magic and making coins appear out of thin air.


ELEMENTARYNisswa

Emily based author and illustrator Alice Palace visited Nisswa Elementary School on Friday March 9th. Alice is the author of 6 children’s books. Alice performed book readings from a few of her titles, answered questions of the students, and shared her experiences of the arduous job of editing and the hurdles she overcame to become an author.

Children’s author Alice Palace visits

48 students from grades 3 & 4 were part of the Nisswa Straight Shoot-ers this year. For 6 weeks they practiced their archery skills after school, capping it off with a March 24th visit to the Brainerd Archery Club’s in-door 3D facility. The group was led by physical education teacher Chad Holm.

Nisswa Straight Shooters

Kindergartners in Mr. Koman’s class celebrated the Twins’ Home Opener. They wore Twins shirts, read Casey at the Bat, sang Take Me Out to the Ballgame, and made bobble-head dolls. They read books about current baseball stars and legends. The class also made pennants and some wrote books about baseball.

Minnesota Twins’ Day

Nisswa School awarded their March Madness Kid’s Choice Book Awards at an all school assembly on Friday, March 30th. Winning 1st place was E-mergency! By Tom Lichtenheld and Ezra Fields-Meyer. 2nd place went to Frog and Fly by Jeff Mack and 3rd place was awarded to Perfect Square by Michael Hall. These books were chosen from 9 award winning books that were rotated through the classrooms the month of March. After the celebration every student received a free paperback book, courtesy of the Nisswa PTO.

March Madness

During Random Acts of Kindness Week, each student was given a calen-dar with suggestions for kind acts to be carried out at school or at home. Chil-dren returning this signed calendar had names entered in a drawing for a 'Make Your Own Pizza Party" with the princi-pal. Ten students made delicious pizzas from scratch, and even brought leftovers home for family to enjoy!

Random Acts of Kindness Week

Mr. Kom-an’s class had the chance to see what it would be like to be blind/visually im-paired. They were given goggles that altered their vision and tried to do a picture fi nd.

Vision impairment


PILLAGER AREA

CHARTER SCHOOLPillager Area Charter School will educate by building relationships with students, families, community and Mother Earth.

Students will become stewards of the environment as responsible actively-involved citizens.

Pakistan speakers with Tia and Chelsey.

Nate doing the next right thing.

Finished Project! TRAILER FOR SALE!

Luke made the Dean’s List in the Machine Fabricating & Welding program at the Staples CLC Campus. To make the Dean’s list students have to maintain a minimum 3.5 GPA and be enrolled full time. Luke is a full time PSEO student.

(Above) Chris, Josh, Sam, Taylor, Tiffany, Alijah, and Justin after the MAAP STARS competition.. (Top right) Taylor took fi rst place in Public Speaking at Brainerd Regional MAAP STARS competition. (Bottom left) Students studying for Regional MAAP STARS Competition in Brainerd.

MAAP STARS Competition

Sabrina says, “I wonder how wonderful it would be to be as free as a Bald Eagle?”

Genetically Modifi ed Soy Beans ½ organic and ½ modifi ed soy beans.

Brandi sowing her summer seeds!

Justin working his artistic knack.

Greg observing Jessica and Lucas’ measuring skills.

Lucas thinking, “Measure twice cut once”

Kyle welding his name on a metal rectangle.

Dacotah staining his computer table.

Alex sawing pieces of wood for his coffee table.

Josh thinking “Should I make frog legs…or should I kiss it and see if it turns into my princess?”

Reinna ready to kayak.Alex, Reinna, Liza, and Seth ready to get into canoes.

Tiffany feeling fi ne after a job interview!


PILLAGERHome of the Huskies

Students enjoy spring cleanup of historical areaBy Ashlynn Hood

On April 4, 2012, the morning was sunny and windless, yet cold and crisp. Kauff-man’s and McLean’s 1st hour classes took a walk past Wild Wood Cemetery to where the Pillager Creek and Crow Wing River meet. What they found was shocking, yet maybe not surprising. As well as the sound of birds chirping in the trees, a wood duck calling out to friends, the sounds of the road near by, and students laughing and sniffl ing their noses, the beauty of the area, the budding of tall trees, life sprouting from the ground, and the running water, they also saw the ugly truth of it. A broken-glass-strewn trail to the creek led them to an area littered with even more glass, and cans, various types of plastic, and other such garbage. “It made me want to clean and repair it,” Odessey Renstrom said. “All I see is trash,” remarked Jade Massie, and many were saddened by the “unoffi cial land-fi ll,” for it was clear that people have dumped their garbage here before.

April 5, 2012, the two classes returned to the area, joining forces with Devine’s art class. Their purpose was to rid the area of trash. Equipped with lots of bags and good feelings, students from all three classes split up and began gathering the junk. Bags of glass, bags of plastic, bags of cans, and bags of just fl at out garbage were collected and carried back to the recycle bins on the fair grounds. A sophomore from McLean’s class, Andrew Uffendell, even hauled a mini-reclining chair down the road to dispose of it.

Previous to their short fi eld trip, students had read an article by Douglas Birk, a Senior Research Archeologist for the Institute for Minnesota Archaeology and Pine River High School graduate. Entitled “Pillager Gap: Gateway to the Prai-ries, Portal to the Past,” it gave students a sense of place regarding their town and Pillager Creek. After reading about the geology and history of our area, most were surprised to see how damaged the potentially peaceful and beautiful spot had been made through neglect and abuse.

Although the classes managed to collect a good amount of garbage, there’s still more left. With one class hour, it was impossible for the students to get all the garbage, but they hope that by starting this project, they’re encouraging others to follow in their foot steps and help with cleaning the area.

Leanna Etzler12th grade

Artist Corner’s Featured Artist

“Zuberi” (Strong)

Pillager announces chess tournament results

The team results from the 15th annual Pillager Chess Tournaments are as follows:

Team K-3 Division: Sta-ples-Motley

Top Team 4th-6th Divi-sion: Pillager

Top Team 7th-12th Di-vision: Brainerd (Pillager took second by ½ point)

Mr. Sandin says, “Thanks to all that sup-ported the Pillager chess team throughout the day and the year.”

The elementary fi lled their piggy banks with a to-tal $555.58 in cash for the Pillager Community Food Shelf. Pillager Family Center Director Betty Doss said, “Thank you to everyone who helped raise money and collected food for the Pillager Food Shelf during March which is Minnesota Food Share Month. You are heroes for helping to fi ght hunger in our community!” She also added a special thank you to Dorothy Carner who made the piggy banks used in the competition. The piggy bank competition was run by the Elementary Student Council and supervised by Principal Bell. The Early Childhood classes brought in the most money.

Piggy banks fi lled for Food Shelf

Pictured L to R : Rachel Wilson, 3rd Grade Elementary Student Council; Julia Lunde, Little Huskies & PreSchool; Cowen Cremers, School Readiness & Little Huskies; Betty Doss, Pillager Family Center; Kaden Imdieke, School Readiness ; John Ward, Little Huskies & School Readiness; Kiana Thompson, 5th Grade Elementary Student Council

Budding artists see things Picasso’s wayBy Grace Nagel

The students in Mrs. Nordin’s fourth grade class recently studied Picasso’s Cubism. We made our own oil pastel portraits. It is about seeing two sides of something at the same time.

Congratulations to the 2012 Pigskin Geog-raphy Champions Samantha Levig and Zoe Loucks. Samantha and Zoe will have their names added to the traveling trophy. Samantha and Zoe answered the most geography location questions that were based on latitude, longitude and time zones clues of NFL game locations each week of the NFL season.

Pigskin champs

Husky of the monthMarch

April

Shelby Wilson and Jackson Anderson were named Huskies of the Month by Coach Lund for their participa-tion in Special Olympics Basketball. Shelby came to prac-tice every day with a positive attitude and practiced hard every day. Coach Lund stated, “Great sportsmanship and a positive attitude are what make Shelby a perfect candi-date.” Jackson practiced every day without any redirec-tion. He played and practiced hard. “Great team spirit,” are the key according to Coach Lund.

The Pillager Booster Club would like to congratulate these three “Husky of the Month” recipients: Hannah Gaalswyk, Josh Warren, and Katie Gillson.

Hannah’s accomplishments in-clude numerous superiors, Soprano section leader, All- State Audition-er, lead in the musical, and many dramatic performances. Director Freelove states, “Hannah has been an awesome lead in our musical. She is making the whole audience fall in love with her.”

Josh Warren’s accomplishments include 1st trumpet, many superior ratings, and lead in musical. Band director Freelove commented, “Josh has been an awesome 1st trumpet for us in band. He was a vital part of us scoring highly at contest, and has been a leader for us during pep band.”

Katie Gillson’s list of accom-plishments includes alto section leader, numerous superiors, musi-cal participant, band, and all state auditions. Choir director, Rob Free-love, says, “Katie is a strong singer and a leader in our choir. She is also very helpful with our younger members.”

clay and painted


RIVERSIDEELEMENTARY

Thank You, Mrs. Nault, for all your dedication to the staff and stu-dents at Riverside Elementary over the past 25 years. Your guidance and love have touched each and everyone of us who have been so fortu-nate to attend and work at Riverside. Enjoy your retirement but know you will be missed. Love, The Staff and Students (both present and past) of Riverside Elementary

Thank You, Mrs. Nault

Mrs. Sauer’s Second Graders are writ-ing Poetry Books. The types of poetry they are using are: List Poem, Alliteration, Free Verse, Haiku, ABC Poem, Visual Poem, Rhyme and Cinquain. Each booklet must have a cover page, a table of contents. Each page must have a title and be numbered. Nice work!

Poetry books

By Mrs. Schirm-er’s third grade

My students are reading the book “How to Be a Perfect Person in Three Days”. In this book the main character reads a book that tells him that in order to be perfect he must wear broccoli around his neck for an entire day. Our class is wear-ing a "broccoli necklace" for the entire day. We are then doing a writ-ing project on this experience.

Fourth Grade Chess Tournament

Compassion and Caring Cooperation

Wearing broccoli

Perseverance Responsibility

Student of the Month

Ukrainian Easter eggsOnce again, Mrs. Gibson has given a wonderful gift to each third grader in Mrs. Schirmer’s

room. Each child received a Ukrainian egg with his/her name and “2012”. Mrs. Gibson’s son, Scott, made the beautiful eggs. Each egg takes a minimum of 6 hours to create. In addition, Scott designs labels for soup cans and also provides each student with one. Mrs. Gibson, a retired educator, has volunteered her expertise in Mrs. Schirmer’s class for 20+ years. She is a friend, a grandma and a teacher to each student. When complimented on all she does, Alyce Gibson ALWAYS replies: “I receive far more than I give to the kids.”

Thank you…and we love you, Mrs. Gibson!!!!


Staples MotleyIndependent School District #2170Independent School District #2170

Don’t miss out on your chance for fun!

Monday May 14th 3:30 – 5:00 Motley Middle School Office

Wednesday May 16th 3:30 – 4:30 Staples Elementary Office

Wednesday May 16th 5:00 – 7:00 Staples Motley High SchoolCafeteria

Please register for Summer Rec Programs by May 18th. Registration after May 18th will include a

$10 late fee per class or program.

Staples Motley Community EducationHours: 8-4:30pm Monday-Friday

Phone: 894.2497

Summer Rec Registration Week2012

Honor Flight “send off” held at SMHS

Wednesday April 11th SM students recognized 22 veterans and their guard-ians at the SMHS gym. The veterans fl ew to Washington DC early Thursday morning to tour the city and to visit the WW II Memorial, the Vietnam Wall and the Korean War Veterans Memo-rial. The program included the audi-ence singing “God Bless the USA”, the Wadena VFW Color Guard presented the colors, and many community mem-bers, students and staff participated. Prior to the send off in Staples, the vets visited Motley Middle School and Mot-ley Elementary School where students and staff extended their thanks and sent them off with loud cheers of well wishes.

Grand Event Re-port: We had over 150 people at our rescheduled event. Special thanks to Becky Bollingberg for her hard work and efforts on this event.

Bake Sale: Thanks to all the volunteers who brought in good-ies. Our profi t was $551.00 which will go towards fi eld trips for students and other PTC supported pro-grams.

Spring Field Day: We are planning for the May Spring Field Day once again. If you would like to be a part of the committee, please let Holly Carlson know. For parents new to our school, the students had a great time last year taking part in an Obstacle Course Relay, a 3-Legged Race, a Hula-Hoop Contest, a Limbo Contest, a Wa-ter Balloon Toss, and a Tug-of-War.

“Apples for the Students” Program: Thank you to all of our families for turning in your Ernie’s grocery receipts this school year.

Next PTC Meeting: The next meeting will be held on Thurs-day, May 10th, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the library. Free child-care is provided. Hope to see you there!

Help the School Earn Money & Free School Supplies/Equip-ment: Please continue to save the following items for us:

Box Tops for Education Pro-gram – please cut out these box tops found on various food products. These are sent in and the company sends us a check based on how many we send in. We typically earn about $850 a year from this program.

Labels for Education Pro-gram – save UPC labels and beverage caps from participat-ing products (Campbell’s, BIC, Dannon yogurt, GLAD food storage, Pepperidge Farm, Pop Secret, Post cereals and treats, Prego, SpaghettiO’s, Swanson, V8). We can order FREE class-room supplies when we send these in.

Specially-marked Land O’ Lakes and Kemps milk caps. The milk caps are sent in and the company sends us a check that is given to the library to purchase new books.

Used Printer Ink Cartridges – Please drop these off at the school to be recycled – we have received checks from the com-pany ranging between $46 and $120.

Parent Teacher Connection Corner

Motley Elemen-tary Students col-lected items for the Food Shelf in March! Great work kids!

Food shelf

Motley Elementary First Graders in Mrs. Blowers’ room pick out new books for the Running Start Reading Challenge.

A running startStaples Motley students per-

formed their annual spring mu-sical this month at Centennial Auditorium. The Sound of Music was a treat for all who attended. The students rehearsed count-less hours to perfect their roles and put on 4 shows for our view-ing pleasure. Thank you to all who helped make this happen. We are truly fortunate to have such a talented arts program when so many other schools struggle to keep these options available to kids.

Talented students!

(Photo by Mark Anderson, Staples World)

WAY TO GO! Sadie Shippee, 1st grader at Staples Elementary School,

raised $360.00 online and is the top fund raiser (2nd year in a row) for the annual Jump Rope for your Heart fund-raising event! Blayne Dumpprope is the 5th grade top fund raiser, getting donations by using the envelope only. Tech-nically this is his 2nd year, too. (Motley Elementary 2009-10 year. Last year, Motley Elementary didn't participate in this event. The top combination of online and envelope fund raising is Riley Belmore a Kindergarten student at Staples Elementary. The top Sacred Heart fund-raising student is 3rd grader, Ethan Houselog. Overall, the students raised $4037.00 dollars. This is $1016.00 dollars more than last year! The American Heart Association will be donating $300.00 to the physical education program at Staples El-ementary School to purchase equipment. In the past, the money has been used to purchase tennis rackets and balls to teach the students in grade K-5th how to play tennis. Thank you to everyone who participated!

A selection has been made! Thanks to feedback from parents, an indoor play-ground has been chosen for the Motley Family Center. Installation will begin this summer and the equipment will be ready for use by September 4, 2012!

The indoor playground equipment will be utilized during the week by preschoolers at the Motley Family Center. The equip-ment will supplement regular outdoor ex-ercise and give teachers another option for incorporating gross motor skills into their daily routines.

Families with children 10 and under will be able to enjoy use of the indoor play-ground on weekends throughout the winter months. Open gym times on weekends will be scheduled through Community Educa-tion - watch for more information in the fall Community Education catalog!

The Staples Motley School District rec-ognizes the importance of exercise and nu-trition for students’ health and learning. This indoor playground compliments the

ongoing work of the district to increase op-portunities for students to include more ex-ercise and healthy food choices in their day. Staples Motley was awarded grant funds the past two years to provide free break-fasts to students and a free snack of fruit or vegetables in the afternoon. The school dis-trict’s food services team has increased op-tions for healthy meal choices at all grade levels and the elementary schools give stu-dents the opportunity for regular morning walking prior to classes. This all adds up to students being better prepared every day for learning in their classrooms.

The Motley Family Center indoor play-ground was made possible by grants award-ed to Staples Motley by the Otto Bremer Foundation and Bernick’s Family Founda-tion.

Playground equipment chosen

kids school pages - april 2012

Documents

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young chefs club summer

summer months

couple of busy months

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young chef s palettes

couple of months