SCHOOLS
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Enrichment Day speakers educate, entertain CL elementary students
Enrichment Days were held for grade 4 at Lakeside and grades 4-5 at Taylors Falls this month.
After-school art class at CLHS offered for sixth graders
Chisago Lakes High School art teacher Marlene Biondo will be supervising two Art Honor Society students as they teach an art class to sixth graders, starting in March.
Annual Health Fair gives middle schoolers the chance to learn by doing
Chisago Lakes Middle School opened up the small gymnasium and half of the big gym last week to accommodate the annual Health Fair.
Books and Breakfast time at TF Elementary
Breakfast, books and games were all on the menu during the Taylors Falls Elementary Books and Breakfast morning Jan. 23.
Build-A-Book fun at Taylors Falls Elementary
Students and parents had fun creating at the second annual Build-A-Book event at Taylors Falls Elementary during January parent-teacher conferences.
NB Middle School receives field trip grant
North Branch Area Public Schools Middle School teacher Jerome Huselid was recently the recipient of an $800 field trip grant from Target Corporation.
Acts chosen for 40th Annual Variety Show at CLHS
Chisago Lakes High School Choral Director Laura Molden-hauer and Instrumental Director Joshua Anderson donned their judges caps late last month to decide which acts would make it into the line up for this year's Variety Show at the school.
TF continues Pennies for Patients Drive
Taylors Falls Elementary students and staff are currently raising money through the school's annual Pennies for Patients fund drive, which raises money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Seventh graders show off History Day projects at CLMS
Students participating in a multi-week research project at Chisago Lakes Middle School known as History Day
Students learn about living at the South Pole
Jeremy Sohlstrom spent four months living in a domed world with few windows, designed to keep out air as cold as -80º.
NBHS musicians participate in All-State Choir Concert
Three North Branch High School musicians will participate in the Minnesota Music Educator's Association All-State Choir Concert Sat., Feb. 14 in Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis.
NB class uses technology to interact with students around the country
Sara Ertl's first graders are getting to meet kids their own age from different parts of North America, and they don't even have to leave their classroom at North Branch Primary School.
Students hear about a variety of different interests, careers during Enrichment Days
Kindergarten and first grade students at Taylors Falls and Chisago Lakes Primary schools enjoyed Enrichment Day, where several volunteers from within our community visited our kindergarten and first grade classrooms to share their knowledge and expertise with our students.
