SCHOOLS
Scholarship students noted at Senior Awards Night
Chisago Lakes High School held its annual Senior Awards night on Monday, May 9, 2016. During the event over $230,000 was awarded to over 60 students from the class of 2016. Scholarships were given from many local organizations and the Chisago Lakes Education Foundation. In addition to these local contributors …
Barnes and Noble favorite teacher nominee in NB
Middle school teacher Eli Davies was presented with the Barnes and Noble Favorite Teacher Award last Thursday! Amber Reed, Community Business Development Liaison, and Michelle Rogers, Manager of the Maplewood Barnes and Noble, came to North Branch Area Middle School to present the award. Alixandra Petrik (8th grade) entered her …
Team 3038 takes on tough region contest at U of M
The North Branch - Chisago Lakes Robotics Team 3038 got off to a fast start at the 10,000 Lakes Regional competition April 8 compiling a 4-0 record before dropping the next three matches to end the day 4-3. They returned to their winning ways with a decisive 95-25 win. Team …
NB student selected for national physician mentorship
Elise Toussaint, a 10th Grader at North Branch Area High School, will be a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Lowell, MA June 25-27. The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to become physicians or pursue medical research fields. This event is …
Chisago Lakes FFA students pay Rep. Barrett a visit
Chisago Lakes FFA students visitied with Rep. Barrett last week.
North Branch students off to State History Day
Branch Area Middle School (NBAMS) students presented their History Day projects at the regional History Day competition held at the University of Minnesota, Duluth Campus. Advancing to the state competition, which will be Sunday, May 1, at the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus are: Adam Richards, Ryan Sanvik, Gavyn …
TF second graders make a difference
Second graders at Taylors Falls Elementary School sponsored a food drive for the Chisago Lakes Food Shelf. The students have been reading about how people can make a difference in their community. The students collected 329 food items.
Variety show planning started many months ago
With the 47th annual presentation of “World Tour Variety Show” at their school, more than 60 students at Chisago Lakes High School led audiences on a virtual global vacation over three nights, March 10-11-12.
North Branch District faclility needs beginning to be finalized for bond vote
The North Branch School Board is still short one member with the election to fill Aaron Gibbons’ seat not being held until later this summer. But the remaining five Board members are plugging away at formulating final wording of a bonding request for facilities.
Yang is spelling bee champion!
Nineteen students competed in the January 26 spelling bee at North Branch Area Middle School, and the bee lasted 14 rounds. Kobe Yang, 6th grade student, was crowned the school champion. Yang won by spelling the word "pneumonia" correctly. Runner-up and alternate for the regional spelling bee is Paige Weber, …
5th grade student wins Chisago Lakes Spelling Bee
Monday, January 25, the Chisago Lakes Area Schools District Spelling Bee took place at the CLHS Peforming Arts Center. It was a two hour long affair that involved 39 spellers from 5th-8th grades. The winner of the Bee was a 5th grade student from Lakeside Elementary, Weston Harris – the …
Chisago Lakes Baptist students celebrate 'I Love to Read' month
Chisago Lakes Baptist School “I Love to Read” month (January) involved preschool through sixth grade classes participated in an all school read-aloud, Because of Winn Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo.
Breakfast Club gets a visit from a furry friend
Terina Peterson, Lino Lakes Police Officer and Derrick Hagen, K9 State Patrol officer were guests at Breakfast Club in January. The photo shows Derrick with Jack his K9 helper. The students learned about many possible duties as a police officer and about the K9 training.
Scandia Elementary piles up food for Elim Lutheran food shelf
Scandia Elementary second-grade students recently held a food drive to provide breakfast for needy families. The food drive focused on breakfast cereal and the students were able to collect more than 40 boxes of cereal, which were donated to the Elim Lutheran Church food shelf.Scandia Elementary second-grade students pose with …
