SCHOOLS
The game is on for Chisago Lakes and North Branch robotics team
Saturday, Jan. 9, 23 members and mentors from the Chisago Lakes-North Branch Robotics Team went to the University of Minnesota to kick off the 2010 robotics season.
NB Community Education event is a winner
North Branch School Board liaison to Community Education, Kirby Ekstrom, accepts a plaque presented to North Branch by the Minnesota Community Education Association's regional representative Wendy Webster.
School board honors North Branch Excel and Triple A award winners
The Minnesota State High School League sponsors student recognition programs for member schools and two program awardees were honored by the North Branch School Board at its meeting last week.
Chisago Lakes Family Center open Monday nights
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Wolf Creek Online High School students of the Month
Cyrus Aluni and Mariah Ireland are Wolf Creek Students of the Month for December based on their commitment to exceptional schoolwork during Term 2.
Having fun right before Christmas break
Santa Day at Chisago Lakes High School is put on by the DECA group of seniors and has become an annual tradition the last day before break.
Local Deer Hunters Support Archery in the Schools
Thanks to generous donations from the Wild River chapter of the Minnesota Deer Hunter's Association, Chisago Lakes Community Education has been able to purchase enough archery equipment to run archery classes at the local schools this past fall and winter.
Lakeside students learn teamwork through physical challenges in special gym class
Lakeside students recently completed a Teamwork and Physical Challenges unit in physical education.
Taylors Falls students turn principal into 'human sundae'
Taylors Falls gymnasium was a very festive place, at the end of the school day, Friday, Dec. 18 as Principal Joe Thimm was made into a human "sundae."
Seventh graders are Patriot's Pen winners
Three seventh grade students from North Branch Area Middle School received recognition for their entries in the Patriot's Pen essay contest, sponsored by the North Branch Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ladies Auxiliary.
Generations of story telling at The Villages
Second grade students in Kristen Thomas' class at Sunrise River School in North Branch, made their second trip to The Villages of North Branch Tuesday, Dec. 15.
Chisago Lakes HS DECA Students attend Central Region Leadership Conference
Minnesota DECA (Association of High School Marketing Students) hosted the Central Region Leadership Conference at the Minneapolis Hilton Hotel the weekend of December 4-6.
D.A.R.E. Taylors Falls
Fifth Graders at Taylors Falls Elementary School celebrated their graduation from D.A.R.E., Drug Abuse Resistance Education.
