EDUCATION
H1N1 vaccination clinics set in Bemidji schools
The Beltrami County Nursing Service is working with Bemidji Area Schools District School Nurse Sue Nokleby to offer the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine to children ages 5-10 at Bemidji Area Schools.November 19, 2009
J.W. Smith Elementary students helping to Stuff A Truck
The first full day of gathering food from area schools for Stuff a Truck began Wednesday morning at J.W. Smith Elementary School. From left, kindergarten students Tayden Brown, Aubrie Smith, Redsky Badmoccasin and Elle Bush work together to bring their box of donated food items. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper
November 19, 2009
Laporte students to present play
Sandy Pierce and Kim Hyatt, students from Laporte High School, rehearse a scene with the “Doomsday Machine.” The Laporte High School Drama Club will show “The Pink Panther Strikes Again,” based on the film by Blake Edwards and Frank Waldman. Submitted photo
November 19, 2009
Bemidji High School: Student group sends wheelchairs overseas
They come in electric or manual models, with fixed or swing-away foot mounting, gel or wet batteries, and a choice of either swing-away, drop-in, elevating or platform leg rests.
By Anne Williams , November 18, 2009
H1N1 vaccines to arrive shortly in elementary schools
Elementary schools in the Bemidji Area Schools District are expected to issue the 2009 H1N1 flu virus vaccines soon, said District superintendent Jim Hess.By Anne Williams , November 17, 2009
Bemidji Area Schools District set to present school improvement goals
Every year the Bemidji Area Schools District determines its school improvement goals in order to improve student achievement.By Anne Williams , November 15, 2009
Veterans Day programs held at J.W. Smith, Lincoln elementary schools
Jackie Schaffer, music specialist at J.W. Smith Elementary School, had tears in her eyes after the Veterans Day program at her school Wednesday morning.
By Anne Williams , November 12, 2009
Minnesota 2020: Perfect audits for local charter schools
About 75 percent of Minnesota charter schools mishandled their finances in 2008, says a report issued Tuesday by Minnesota 2020.By Brad Swenson , November 11, 2009
Entenza pushes higher ed in green economy
Minnesota’s young people are a renewable resource that needs a strong higher education system, says Matt Entenza.By Brad Swenson , November 11, 2009
Bemidji High School: Committed to his corps
A moment of silence was honored before the football game at Bemidji State University’s Chet Anderson Stadium on Oct. 10 as a group of young men and women in uniform walked onto the field covered in slushy snow in near freezing temperatures to present the colors.
By Anne Williams , November 11, 2009
Open World spotlights nursing education in Bemidji
As their plane descended over snow-covered fields surrounding the Bemidji airport on Friday, Oct. 30, Lyudmila Surkova turned to her colleagues and said, “It looks like we are returning back home.”
By Anne Williams , November 11, 2009
Bemidji Youth Advisory Commission finds new parent group, new funding
The Bemidji Youth Advisory Commission has found a new home with Evergreen House, a nonprofit youth and family service provider.By Anne Williams , November 10, 2009
Author shares writing techniques
Author Bill Durbin spent Friday at the Schoolcraft Learning Community describing his writing techniques to the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade classes in language arts classes. Listening from left are Taylor Knute, Kali Benson and Hailey Kern. The class had an assignment to pick one historical piece of furniture or tool from their home and write about it, then using that item to create a story around that. Durbin, whose books deal with historical facts, is a retired teacher from Cook. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper
November 08, 2009
Fundraiser to support La Voce Ballo show choir
The Bemidji National Guard Armory is full of garage sale items as Cheryl Armstrong, La Voce Ballo parent volunteer, arranges clothing for today’s garage sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is the show choir’s major fundraiser of the season. Pioneer Photo/ Monte Draper
November 07, 2009
Beltrami County elections: Local school district election results are in 
Tuesday’s elections results are in from two Beltrami County school districts – Red Lake and Kelliher.
By Anne Williams , November 05, 2009
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Conferences ...
Every year around conference time, my thoughts turn to what potential surprises lie in wait for me when we go to visit the kids' teachers. Well, that's not true: Fact is, Garrett is a whiz at school, one of those kids that studying comes easy to and for which studying is a pleasure. But then there'
Posted by: Devlyn Brooks on Oct 13, 2009 at 8:29 PM | Stop Looking At Your Brother ...OUR VOICES Chinese classes grow
Elsa Pan and students celebrate moon festival
Elsa Pan’s middle school students were among relatively few Minnesotans to celebrate the Chinese moon festival, eating moon cakes and
OUR VOICES Expect charter school bills
Minnesota legislators likely will look at bills increasing the accountability of charter schools. Recent reports of a Minneapolis charter school worker stealing $1 million will increase the efforts, according to Rep. John Lesch, DFL-St. Paul. “In these challenging economic times, with public
Posted by: Don Davis on Jun 15, 2009 at 1:36 PM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES 'Cooperate, don't consolidate'
Working together is a better solution for rural school woes than combining school districts, a Minnesota Center for Rural Policy and Development concludes. "A state policy should be developed to help foster collaboration with and between school districts," the new report says. "While
Posted by: Don Davis on May 7, 2009 at 12:05 PM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES Education funding approaches differ
Minnesota education funding plans by the House, Senate and Gov. Tim Pawlenty are similar in many ways, but the amount they spend – and how they plug a deficit – differ. A bill the House considered Thursday night would spend $13.7 billion on public education for the next two years, the s
Posted by: Don Davis on Apr 23, 2009 at 7:31 PM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES Early ed OK'd
Representatives voted 84-47 today to spare early-childhood programs from major budget cuts. The bill provides a 2 percent increase for many early-childhood program providers. And with more than 7,700 families on an early-childhood-care waiting list, it provides enough money to reduce that number by
Posted by: Don Davis on Apr 23, 2009 at 2:00 PM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES Teacher license change nixed
Professionals who want to become teachers may not have an easy route to receive teaching licenses after a House committee Wednesday rejected the proposal. The House K-12 Education Finance Division voted 11-10 to strip the provision from an overall education bill. During earlier testimony, teachers
Posted by: Don Davis on Apr 15, 2009 at 3:06 PM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES Senate chops schools budget
Sens. Lisa Fobbe, LeRoy Stumpf
Minnesota senators voted to chop public school budgets $273 per pupil Tuesday while opting to expand a program that pays teachers based on perf
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