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We the unwilling, led by the unqualified, have been doing the unbelievable for so long, with so little, we now attempt the impossible with nothing. - Mini-School Credo

Month: November 1986

The Great Mini-School St. Croix / Namekagon Canoe Trip

November 1, 1986 by Mini Archives

By Herman the Mouse: alias Tracey Wasson Hi there! I’m Herman the Mouse. I live in the Mini-School storeroom and from time to time I go out on a trip with Big D and some of the Mini-School kids. I just got back from a canoe trip down the Namekagon and St. Croix Rivers. I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Trips Tagged: Herman the Mouse, Tracey Wasson

Young Dreams

November 1, 1986 by Mini Archives

By Kris Henning A fantasyland of pictures painted in young minds.A fantasyland of makebelieve A world no one could find. The world is now so serious it’s hard to understand,It’s sad to know the world I made is fading from my hands. Dreams that filled a lifetime are now just memoryI’ve got to find my … [Read more…]

Posted in: Poems and Stories Tagged: Kris Henning

Keep Climbing

November 1, 1986 by Mini Archives

By Dave Phillips Point your dreams towards the sky.Keep your dreams flowing,Keep them on your mind,For when you reach one goalYou know, you have something else to climb. Keep reaching,Keep climbing,Don’t let up.For when you have a dreamHold onto that dream.Don’t give it away.Just keep climbingTo the biggest dream that will ever be.

Posted in: Poems and Stories Tagged: Dave Phillips

Fall

November 1, 1986 by Mini Archives

By Maud Clawson The air is crisp,The wind is bitter,And the trees are turning into sunbursts of gold, red and orange. One’s breath is now seen outdoorsAnd the sun goes to bed early.Our feathered friends are flying bye –To touch the warmer parts of sky.

Posted in: Poems and Stories Tagged: Maud Clawson

Le Garbage

November 1, 1986 by Mini Archives

By Shannen Sather and Tracey Wasson Garbage! That is what is all over our school. We really hadn’t noticed it until we were asked to do this article. Then we looked. People are just like us – scurrying from class to class – not noticing the trail they leave behind them. We watched people drop … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles Tagged: Shannen Sather, Tracey Wasson

Rob’s Com-Mini-Cations Rock Page

November 1, 1986 by Mini Archives

By Rob Welch Concert Review – David Lee Roth On Tuesday, September 2nd, I couldn’t wait to see the new, and old Diamond David Lee Roth. Remember Roth, the guy who was the life of the party for eight or nine years with Van Halen. My first impressions before the show were pretty low. I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Reviews Tagged: Rob Welch

My Photography Class

November 1, 1986 by Mini Archives

By Kris Henning I always thought that photography wouldn’t be something I’d even want to get into, until I started a beginner class with Mr. Grimes. I needed the extra credit and the timing of the class was good. I could go right after Mini-School until eleven-thirty and then walk to work by noon. The … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles Tagged: Kris Henning

Mini-School is Famous

November 1, 1986 by Mini Archives

By Jeff Jambeck Hey! Check it out: We’re in a magazine. The Sierra magazine (Sept/Oct 1986 issue) wrote a great article about Mini-School, complete with pictures of the Big D. The Sierra magazine is the mouthpiece of The Sierra Club, and is sent to nearly 500,000 people nationally and internationally. The Sierra Club is the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles Tagged: Jeff Jambeck

Maud in C-Squad

November 1, 1986 by Mini Archives

By Connie Clark You maybe haven’t noticed, because Maud wears some pretty wild outfits anyway, but this year, on game days and pepfest days, her face is sometimes painted and she has crazy blue and white costumes on. Maud is in C Squad. C Squad is kind of an informal, loosely organized cheerleading squad. It … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles Tagged: Connie Clark

Who is Mr. Boyle?

November 1, 1986 by Mini Archives

By Kris Henning “Who is Steve Boyle?” Well, he is the new assistant principal here at Minnetonka High School who took Mr. Hruby’s place. Mr. Hruby took a job as principal of Minnetonka Junior High School. Mr. Boyle’s wife, Carol, is not the principal at Groveland Elementary School (he gets asked that question a lot). … [Read more…]

Posted in: Articles Tagged: Kris Henning
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Latest Updates:
10/28/24 - Found some negatives for a sledding trip to the Orono Golf Course in 1980 so added a new slideshow for that.
9/25/2024 - Uploaded an additional 53 PDF files of Com-Mini-Cations, started to convert the articles into individual posts.
5/28/2024 - Created slideshows for miscellaneous trips and classroom photos plus a slideshow for unidentified trips, lots of updates to existing slideshows, slide scanning complete
5/27/2024 - Slideshows for Big Fork Canoe 1996, Women's Bike Trip 1994, North Shore Women's Trip 1994, Southwest Utah Trip 1992, Winter Camping 1998 & 1999, St Louis 1998, Insights 1993
5/23/2024 - Slideshows for Classroom 1992, new photos to Classroom 1996, and the Mini 25th Reunion.

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