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.
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.
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.
Jerome Djam met with a group of Chisago Lakes Middle School students in December to discuss his home country of Cameroon, and to talk about cultural differences.
Members of the Chisago Lakes High School SADD chapter and representatives from the Chisago County Underage Drinking Task Force attended the 11th annual Shutting Off the Tap to Teens Conference in St. Paul Dec. 18.
The November Breakfast Club at Chisago Lakes Middle School featured Joel Peltier, an electrical engineer with Medtronic, who was back by popular demand to speak about implantable pacemakers and defibrillators.
Chisago Lakes Middle School traveled to Maplewood to take part in a one-day educational simulation at Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest called Finance Park.
As part of his job as schools waste reduction coordinator, which is a special short term USDA grant-funded position, Gary Noren has helped to introduce the "Conserving Classroom" into school districts around this region.