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Voyageurs High School Students meet with U.S. Senator Al Franken. Photoed students (front row from left to right) include Alexander Oothoudt, Tyler Chilson, Ben Bauman and LJ Bohlmann. Middle row: Sage Roaajas, Rhiannon LaDuke, Jesilee Rave, Al Franken, David LaDuke, Whitney Jourdain and Braden Osmudson. Back row: Jane Kingbird and Paul Johnson. Submitted Photo

Trips give Voyageurs students insights

BEMIDJI - Voyageurs Expeditionary High School was able to get back to their mission to provide hands on learning to its students at the end of its school year, getting...

news / local / education Sun, Jun 17, 2012 - 12:00am

Students in the News

--The following students have made the University of Minnesota, Duluth Spring 2012 Dean's List: --From Bemidji, Robert Jenson, Senior, Environmental Studies and Economics; Abby Loeffler, Freshman, Political Science; Adam Minske,...

news / local / education Sun, Jun 17, 2012 - 12:00am

Children's author and musician Doug Wood reads from a copy of his book, "No One But You." The illustrations are by P.J. Lynch. Patt Rall | Bemidji Pioneer

Book Festival: Authors share stories, visions, experiences

BEMIDJI -Storm clouds and winds did not deter eager young readers and their families from seeing and hearing children's author and illustrator Nancy Carlson for the morning program of the...

news / local / entertainment / education Fri, Jun 15, 2012 - 12:00am

Seventy members of the Bemidji High School Marching Band rehearse in full uniform Wednesday afternoon as they prepare to compete in Benson today and perform in a parade in Virginia on Saturday. This year's routine offers more motion. The band will perform in Bemidji on July 1 during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Marching Band kicks off season today

BEMIDJI - "Compress" and "crunch" are two words that members of the Bemidji High School Marching Band heard often as they compressed a lot of work into a short time...

news / local / education / entertainment Thu, Jun 14, 2012 - 12:00am

Lise Erdrich, left and Audrey Thayer, a member of the Bemidji Book Festival Committee, talk about Erdrich's prose, which is slam fiction, a genre that tells a story in 113 to 355 words. Patt Rall | Bemidji Pioneer

Bemidji Library Book Festival: Preus, Erdrich share writing visions

Taking a workshop with author Margi Preus is a must if you think of life in terms of childlike simplicity. That ability to take the complexity of everyday living and...

news / local / entertainment / education Thu, Jun 14, 2012 - 12:00am

Moorhead teacher fired for gay marriage stance

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) -- A Catholic school in Moorhead terminated a fifth grade teacher after she told administrators she disagreed with the church's stance on gay marriage. The Forum newspaper...

news / education Mon, Jun 11, 2012 - 1:54pm

Students in the News

-- Nicholas Connor of Bemidji received the North Dakota State University Presidential Honor Scholarship. -- Danielle Luby of Bemidji made the Dean's List at the University of Wisconsin at Superior...

news / local / education Sun, Jun 10, 2012 - 12:00am

LaBartta Geionety, left, and Dena White try on their graduation gowns for the Red Lake New Beginnings GED graduation Thursday evening. Molly Miron | Bemidji PioneeR

New Beginnings celebrates graduates

RED LAKE -- An honor guard of veterans accompanied by the Eyabay Drum Group led the 73 graduates of the Red Lake New Beginnings General Education Development (GED), Adult Basic...

news / region / education Fri, Jun 08, 2012 - 12:00am

Horace May Elementary School hosted the second annual mini-Relay for Life event with the student body walking one mile Friday morning for the American Cancer Society. Kindergarten students, from left, Evan Horn, Wesley Stately, Sophie Kuchma, Ava Kissel and Meriah Wilkinson view the decorated luminaries as they walked the track. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Horace May students hold mini-Relay for Life event

Horace May Elementary School hosted the second annual mini-Relay for Life event with the student body walking one mile Friday morning for the American Cancer Society. Kindergarten students, from left,...

news / local / education Fri, Jun 01, 2012 - 12:00am

J.W. Smith Elementary third-grader Madison Benson receives her third prize plaque from Rich Davis, a Fish and Wildlife biologist, for her drawing of a Higgens eye pearlymussel. Brian matthews | Bemidji Pioneer

'Different' drawing helps girl win award

BEMIDJI - J.W. Smith third grader Madison Benson's choice to draw a Higgins eye pearlymussel may not have been the popular choice among the Minnesota Endangered Species Youth Art Contest...

news / local / education / outdoors Wed, May 30, 2012 - 12:00am

Students in the News

-- Jana Hedstrom and Emma Nielson of Bemidji are each recipients of an Excellence Scholarship from Concordia College in Moorhead. -- Zachary Lewis, formerly of Bemidji, graduated Magna Cum Laude...

news / local / region / education Sun, May 27, 2012 - 12:00am

Bemidji High School graduates (left to right) Benjamin Schreiber, Kole Spencer and McKenzie Timms wait to get on the stage and receive their diplomas Saturday morning at the Sanford Center. Brian matthews | Bemidji Pioneer

BHS Class of 2012 celebrates with commencement

BEMIDJI- The Bemidji High School class of 2012 celebrated Saturday morning at the Sanford Center, walking across the stage to receive their diplomas, embracing change and anticipating the beautiful uncertainty...

news / local / education Sun, May 27, 2012 - 12:00am

TrekNorth Senior High School seniors Nathan Hazeldine, left, and Andrew Gustafson listen to Deb Carlson-Doom give the faculty address at Friday night's graduation ceremony at Bemidji State University's Hagg-Sauer Hall. Brian Matthews | Bemidji Pioneer

TrekNorth holds graduation ceremony

TrekNorth Senior High School seniors Nathan Hazeldine, left, and Andrew Gustafson listen to Deb Carlson-Doom give the faculty address at Friday night's graduation ceremony at Bemidji State University's Hagg-Sauer Hall...

news / local / education Sat, May 26, 2012 - 12:00am

The fourth-grade classes at Northern Elementary School held a wax museum of historical characters with a twist Friday. Each student wore a button, and if you pushed they would tell you who they were and their history. Shown above, fourth-grader Chantal Christofferson, portraying "Ruby Bridges," tells her life story to Gladys Luecken. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Northern School class creates wax museum

The fourth-grade classes at Northern Elementary School held a wax museum of historical characters with a twist Friday. Each student wore a button, and if you pushed they would tell...

news / local / education Sat, May 26, 2012 - 12:00am

Graduation ceremonies

-- TrekNorth Senior High School: 6:30 p.m. today at Hagg-Sauer Hall on the campus of Bemidji State University. 21 students graduating. -- Bemidji High School: 10 a.m. Saturday at The...

news / local / education Fri, May 25, 2012 - 12:00am

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