Friday, May 18, 2012
Which school can fill up the photo gallery faster with their cute baby and great graduation photos?
It's time to see if the long-standing rivalry between the Cooper Hawks and Armstrong Falcons is alive and well. Here's your chance to show off photos of the class of 2012 from Robbinsdale Armstrong High School and Robbinsdale Cooper High School. We want to see your photos of adorable infants, gangly teenagers and the poised graduates you’ll shortly be sending out into the world. To share your photos with your neighbors, just click “Upload Photos and Videos” above the image. We’ll feature the best photos on our home page and Facebook pages. We can’t wait to see your graduates! And to get you started, here's photos of Plymouth MN Patch Editor Stefanie Briggs, proud to be a member of the Cooper Class of 2000.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
About 200 volunteers from Honeywell and Cooper High School spent the day at Oliver Kelley Farm in Elk River.
The Oliver Kelley Farm in Elk River was speckled with red t-shirts as volunteers spread across the historic farm working to revitalize the landscape. Volunteers from Honeywell, Rebuilding Together and Cooper High School spent the day doing various projects on the farm, which included building a new wooden fence around the property and fixing picnic tables. "Honeywell does a lot of volunteer work throughout the year," District General Manager Ben Lampron said. "We all live and work in the area and so it just makes sense for us to give back." Honeywell employees had no problem chopping logs and hauling them around the historic site. The pieces were assembled into an old style wooden fence. Bob Quist, the site manager at Kelley Farm, says the…
Graduation season is a time to dig out favorite photos of your children.
The school year is ending and you know what that means—time to dig out embarrassing photos of your favorite graduate. We want to see your photos of adorable infants, gangly teenagers and the poised graduates you’ll shortly be sending out into the world. To share your photos with your neighbors, just click “Upload Photos and Videos” above the image. We’ll feature the best photos on our home page and social media. We can’t wait to see your graduates!
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The Child Psychology class’ Royal Den offers 3- to 5-year-olds a fun learning experience—and valuable lessons for the high school students leading it.
Hopkins High School senior Marisa Schulz has practical experience babysitting and theoretical knowledge she gained from her child psychology classes. But when she started working in the Royal Den playschool, she found the situation to be unique. She didn’t know the children as well as those she babysat, so it was harder to know what they wanted. Schulz had to develop fun activities and use skills she learned in class, such as saying no in positive way. “It’s a lot more difficult, to be honest,” Shulz said. Royal Den is the culmination of Patty Ormson’s Child Psychology II class. The high school students develop lessons that help the 3- to 5-year-olds exercise their math, science, art, music and motor skills. “It’s not just watching …
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Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion and Noble Elementary will each have a new principal this fall.
Editor's Note: The following content was provided by the Robbinsdale School District. Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion School staff and students will have a new leader next fall. John Osorio has been selected as the principal of Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion School and will be recommended to the School Board on Monday, May 21, 2012. He is currently the assistant principal at the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Dual Immersion Magnet School in St. Paul, having served in St. Paul Public Schools for seventeen years, where he has focused on instructional leadership, differentiation, and working with data to guide instruction. He has worked closely with family and community groups to develop shared leadership and build connections to student learning. Mr…
Monday, May 14, 2012
The grants go to three programs that aim to improve student success.
Hopkins Education Foundation awarded another $51,000 in grants for programs at local schools, the organization announced this month. The foundation provides money for programs and technology that the school district wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford. It also accelerates pilot programs and provides new technology for the classroom, such as interactive white boards and iPads. In all, the foundation has awarded more than $1.9 million to the district since its founding in 1995. This spring it awarded three grants: Stay up to date on all your local news. Sign up for the free Hopkins Patch newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Editor James Warden's Pinterest boards. Do you own a local business? Click here to learn …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
This week's selection includes lots of school news, including state Teacher of the Year and Robbinsdale's top educator for 2013.
City Council Lifts Edina's Happy Hour Ban The amendment removes part of the city ordinance governing prices of alcoholic beverages at Edina's restaurants. Pink Water Draws Concerns in St. Michael, Albertville The Joint Powers Water officials that oversee the area's tap water supply are aware of the situation. The colored water is harmless in normal doses. On Gay Marriage, Richfield Catholic Parishes of One Mind Three Catholic churches in Richfield recently affirmed they will be following the lead of the Archdiocese of Minneapolis and St. Paul, urging members and others to vote yes on the anti-gay marriage amendment. Edina's Jackie Roehl Named Minnesota Teacher of the Year The 10th-grade English teacher at Edina High School is first-…
Friday, May 11, 2012
The state champion Hopkins High School team is headed to Knoxville, TN, later this month.
Hopkins’ state champion Destination ImagiNation team needs your help getting to Global Finals in Knoxville, TN. E.D.U.C.A.T.E.D.—made up of Hopkins High School 11th graders Ian Anderson, Graham Giesting, Rachel Gorlin, Rebecca Gorlin and Natalie Polinsky—will host a fundraising car wash from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The car wash will take place at the northeast corner of Highway 7 and Hopkins Crossroads—in the parking lot of MGM Liquor, Caribou Coffee and Walgreens. Destination ImagiNation helps students learn creativity, teamwork and problem solving by coming up with solutions to challenges that they present at tournaments. It involves science, technology, engineering and math skills—as well as theater skills. In addition to winning …
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The Breck mock trial team brought home third place in a recent national competition in New Mexico.
Editor's Note: The following content was provided by Breck. The Breck Mock Trial Team captured third place at the 2012 National High School Mock Trial championships May 4-5 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Forty-six teams from 42 different states (2 teams from New Mexico), plus Guam, South Korea, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, competed in the two-day tournament. The Mockstangs beat teams from Alaska, Kentucky, and California before besting a tough team from Idaho in one of three "semi-final" trials. Despite just missing the finals by one ballot, Breck was the only team at the tournament to have an undefeated season! Congratulations to the entire Nationals team: seniors Chris Erickson and Nicole Simpson; juniors Joshua …
Patch checks in to see what students are saying on social media as they continue with Advanced Placement testing, which takes place May 7 through May 18.
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