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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

Local students prepare for high school graduation

BEMIDJI - It's a time of celebration and moving on. It's a milestone that everyone hopes to celebrate at some point in their lives - high school graduation. For three...

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

Two Cass Lake Schools receive MMR designations

CASS LAKE - Two Cass Lake schools were highlighted in the state's Department of Education's Multiple Measurement Ratings. Cass Lake-Bena Elementary School received a Focus distinction. The distinction puts the...

news / education Thu, May 24, 2012 - 7:14am

Mentor Claude Sand high-fives his seventh-grade counterpart Cody Roder at the closing ceremony of the Students First program Wednesday morning. The program with seventh-grade students from Bemidji Middle School and TrekNorth Junior High School paired coaches with students to help them achieve goals. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Students First wraps up inaugural year

BEMIDJI - A program aimed at providing area seventh-grade students with success coaches to help them reach their goals proved to do more than that in its inaugural year. Students...

news / local / education Thu, May 24, 2012 - 12:00am

Students speak to members of the Governor's Task Force on the Prevention of School Bullying April 26, in Rochester, Minn. After two students in southeastern Minnesota committed suicide, in part because they were bullied, school officials raised concerns about the shortage of counselors in schools. ALEX KOLYER | MPR News 91.3 FM

Experts say Minnesota has too few school counselors

ST. PAUL - Minnesota has the second-lowest ratio in the country of school counselors to students, leading some in the profession to contend troubled students are being neglected. The Minnesota...

news / education Thu, May 24, 2012 - 12:00am

TrekNorth Envirothon team members (left to right) Lily Fulton, Ashley Blevins, Annikka Roy, Isaiah Chalmers, Hannah Marty and Kaija Roy show their medals after winning the state Enbirothon competition. Team members Hannah Lash and Brenda Cecena are not pictured. Submitted Photo

TrekNorth team advances to national tourney

BEMIDJI- After reaching the state competition three years in a row, the TrekNorth Envirothon team has gotten over the hump to make it to the National Envirothon competition in Pennsylvania...

news / local / education Thu, May 24, 2012 - 12:00am

Three area schools receive state distinction

BEMIDJI - Three Northwood area schools were designated as top performers under the new state accountability system, according to results released Tuesday by the Minnesota Department of Education. TrekNorth, Schoolcraft...

news / local / region / education Wed, May 23, 2012 - 12:00am

Local student named National Merit winner

BEMIDJI - A Bemidji High School student has been named a National Merit college-sponsored scholarship winner. Zachary Hewitt, a senior at BHS, has received a National Merit scholarship sponsored by...

news / local / education Wed, May 23, 2012 - 12:00am

Minnesota tries own program to measure school success

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota schools have a new way to measure performance, replacing the controversial No Child Left Behind accountability system with the state's own. Education officials say the...

news / education Wed, May 23, 2012 - 12:00am

Minnesota Department of Education: New ratings aim to accurately portray school performance

The Minnesota Department of Education released new ratings today to gauge student achievement in an attempt to accurately portray school performance -- something the No Child Left Behind law failed...

news / education Tue, May 22, 2012 - 12:00am

Bemidji School Board: Four teachers rehired

Four teachers were rehired at Monday's Bemidji School Board meeting, after their positions were terminated at the April 23 board meeting. After the specialist schedules were made for the 2012-13...

news / local / education Tue, May 22, 2012 - 12:00am

The Northome Envirothon Team, from left to right, top row, Jim Schneider (Coach), Carrie Carrigan, Tanyssa Olafson, Justine Frenzel, Caleb Schneider, Tristan Williams; (front): Brandon Schmid. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Area youth compete in Envirothon

BEMIDJI - Students from Northome School participated May 2 in the area VIII Envirothon at Lake Bemidji State Park.

news / region / education Sun, May 20, 2012 - 12:00am

Students in the news

The following students were presented with scholarships from Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig-School May 15: Chad Morrison, Vernon Howard, Mary Budeau, Seth Raines, Ashley Anderson and Mary Goggleye. The following students received 2011-12 Presidential...

news / local / education Sun, May 20, 2012 - 12:00am

TrekNorth student Maddy Treuer skirts a trailer at the Pine Ridge Reservation during the school's 2011 service trip. Submitted photo

TrekNorth students shine as volunteers

BEMIDJI - While the school year is winding down, final exams are being taken and lockers are being cleaned out, TrekNorth Junior & Senior High School students can pat themselves...

news / local / education Sat, May 19, 2012 - 12:00am

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