SCHOOLS
Mental health in schools not a new issue in North Branch
Over the decades Minnesota public schools have evolved into providers of much more than just academics. Public health concerns have long been tackled partly in the school setting (remember those forearm puncture tests for TB?) Vision and hearing tests are done in connection with attending school. Education about transmittable disease …
Busy week at Lakeside Elementary School
Above, Students in Mrs. Smith's second grade class at Lakeside finished their We Are Grateful books. Students wrote and illustrated the book that was then published. From their teacher to their families, to video games to ice cream....these students had a lot to be grateful for.
North Branch School Districts retain some lessons learned
If school district officials learned anything from the pandemic it was to be prepared.
School board addresses legal counsel, snow days, etc. in first meeting of the year
The first meeting of 2023 brought a lot of change for the Chisago Lakes School Board. The board needed to name a new chair after longtime Chair Mark Leigh gaveled his last meeting in December. Longtime Vice Chair Lori Berg was nominated by Brenda Carlson to ascend to the chairperson …
Mark Leigh finishes 32 year tenure as school board member
After 34 years on the board and over two decades as the board chair, Mark Leigh gaveled his last Chisago Lakes School Board meeting Tuesday, December 20 after not running for re-election in November.
North Branch School Board adopts levy numbers prescribed by MN Department of Education
North Branch School Board adopted a 2023 levy package last week that is about 80-percent controlled by the state. In a presentation of its latest fiscal audit, CliftonLarsonAllen’s accountant explained that “...the state legislature determines what portion of general education funding will be paid by local taxpayers.”
School Board grapples with Superintendent resigning
After nearly six years in charge of the district, Chisago Lakes superintendent Dean Jennissen announced his intention to resign his position effective at the end of the current school calendar year on June 30, 2023.
Jennissen to resign as superintendent at end of 2022-23 school year
Chisago Lakes superintendent Dean Jennissen announced his intention to resign his position effective at the end of the current school calendar year on June 30, 2023.
Chisago Lakes Board reviews next steps after referendum fails to pass
In the first school board meeting since the community voted down a bond and levy for the school, members seemed to treat the meeting as business as usual and decided to take the long term view of what the next step will be.
Cinderella the musical comes to CLHS November 11, get your tickets now
The students of Chisago Lakes High School are preparing to present Roger and Hammerstein's 'Cinderella the Musical'. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella is a family friendly, boisterous, and action-packed drama sure to engage the audience for the time of their lives as they watch the classic fairytale come to life before …
When a fence is not a fence... pilot testing of Norway's virtual containment system underway
A herd of lively, hungry goats collectively known as The Munch Bunch, seemed totally unfazed last week as an audience gathered to view their performance as ‘experimental service livestock.’
Wilcox receives NB Alumni Association Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Michael R. Wilcox, North Branch Area High School Class of 1964 was on hand to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the North Branch Alumni Association on Friday, July 8 at North Branch High School.
NB seniors call it a wrap!
North Branch High School celebrated the class of 2022 on Sunday, June 12.
Trio of retirements; a century of service
“A teacher affects eternity. They can never tell where their influence stops.” - Henry Brooks Adams.
