SCHOOLS
Chisago Lakes announces it's Early College Program
Chisago Lakes High School for years has offered college in the schools classes. These classes are taken for both high school and college credit, which is a benefit because these credits can be transferred into a post-secondary college. These transferred credits are credits that students DO NOT have to take …
MS speech team wins awards
North Branch Area Middle School's speech team had a very successful season, delivering 29 superior-rated performances this year. The season ended last Thursday, February 5 with the middle school Two Rivers Conference meet in Rush City. As a rewarding ending to a solid season, three of the team members left …
Kids from TF winners in poster contest
Congratulations to Taylors Falls Elementary students, pictured with Principal Jason Riebe, who won the 2015 Lions Anti-Drug Poster Contest: 1st-Erin Rein-$50; 2nd-Jamie Jessen-Olson-$25; 3rd-Jace Severson-$15; and Honorable Mention-Emerson Nelson-$10.
CL Middle School news
Please join us March 23, 2015 for “Parent University”-Raising Kids with Love, Learning & Joy! Come and join us from 6 pm-8 pm at the PAC. Dr. Timothy Johnson and Michael Anderson will speak from 6 pm-7 pm about raising kids in ways that will reduce shame, foster maturity and …
Doohen wins NBAMS spelling bee!
North Branch Area Middle School, 21 finalists in grades 5-8 participated in the second annual Spelling Bee Thursday, Jan. 29. Students made it through 15 rounds of challenging words. The school champion is Noah Doohen, 7th grade, who will move on to the Regional Spelling Bee on Feb. 12 at …
Schmidt brothers impressive in Spelling Bee
Chisago Lakes Area Schools held their annual district spelling bee contest January 26. There were 20 students from 5th, 6th and 7th grades who participated. The event took place at the Performing Arts Center. It took 16 rounds to determine a winner. Ironically, it was two brothers Alex and Jonah …
Local NHS volunteers collect toys and food
Local National Honor Society students volunteered to help Rotary and Chisago City firefighters in the annual mobile collection, where Santa rides aboard the flatbed trailer welcoming young visitors while collecting toys and food items. The Chisago Lakes High School Honor Society participants, pictured with the collected items at the fire …
Meeting current and future needs
Last fall voters passed a referendum providing increased funding for the Chisago Lakes school district amounting to $820,000. Four target areas were identified prior to the vote: school security, class size reduction, program improvement, and technology upgrades.
Chisago Lakes students semifinalists in National Merit Scholarship
Paige Frank (left) and Alexandra Saueressig are 2015 National Merit Semifinalists. National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 59th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The nationwide pool of semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest scoring …
Hunts drivers celebrated for going the extra mile
There are some amazing drivers working for the Chisago Lakes schools transportation system...10 of them made it to work every single day last year, and one, George Schluter, hasn’t missed a day in 10 years.
Lunch prices creeping up in Chisago Lakes
Starting next year, Chisago Lakes meal prices will be on the uptick. The school board approved raising the breakfast price in elementary and secondary schools from $1.15 to $1.25. The lunch price will also rise a little bit, going from $2 at the elementaries to $2.05 and from $2.20 at …
NB Alumni Association honors three for lifetime achievement
The North Branch High School Alumni Association formed in 1992 with an early mission of supporting post-secondary education for graduating seniors by issuing scholarships. The association has awarded more than 100 scholarships and will add another 13 for this Vikings class of 2014. The group introduced another chapter to its …
2014 Chisago Lakes Prom king and queen
Chisago Lakes’ prom king and queen were Mitch Berg and Allison Borgstrom. Prom was held on Saturday, April 26 at the McNamara Alumni Center at the University of Minnesota.
Middle School holds meeting on devices
The Chisago Lakes Middle School administration held an information meeting April 7 to discuss a program called BYOD. BYOD is an acronym for bring your own device. The Middle School would like eighth graders to purchase a device such as a Chromebook for class studies. The Chromebooks exist now in …
