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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: March 1996

Staying Warm and Dry with Bunny

March 1, 1996 by Mini Archives

By Bunny You are on the Minnesota bike trip and it’s pouring rain, it’s been raining for days. Luckily you’re keeping dry. This is because some Mini students took time to get out of class to seam seal these tents. Since I’m the resident chief seam sealer I was entrusted with educating future seam sealers … [Read more…]

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Visitor

March 1, 1996 by Mini Archives

By Kelsey Crawford Maybe I did not know you,Maybe I did.Who knows?Where did you come from?Where did you go?And I see this girl standing there,Alone, and happy, and naked, in the middle ofnowhere.Dancing.Maybe she’s me years from now.Maybe she’s a visitor.Is she with you somewhere, up there?Waiting to come out?

Posted in: Poems and Stories Tagged: Kelsey Crawford

Summer Plans

March 1, 1996 by Mini Archives

By Kim Colway Matt Morseth: Planning on going to an island of Australia for the summer with a friend to live and work there. He will be staying with friends and relatives until he gets enough money and finds a place to live. Alison Young: Thinks she is going to take over the world this … [Read more…]

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5 Easy Steps on How to Sleep in a Mini-School Class

March 1, 1996 by Mini Archives

By Matt Morseth Step #1: Find yourself a comfortable chair. (My favorite ones are the one-piece plastic ones. They are much easier to sleep on.) Step #2: Next you need a spot on a table. If you can’t find one you’re screwed, as sleeping on a chair sucks, you almost fall off all the time. … [Read more…]

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Top 10 Most Hyper People in Mini

March 1, 1996 by Mini Archives

By Andrea Hamilton

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Mini 5

March 1, 1996 by Mini Archives

By Anna Saclolo and Toby Marshall Well it’s 11:10 in the a.m., time to go off to work or home right? No, you’ll miss Mini 5. Wait, what do you mean you’ve never been to Mini 5? Well let me tell you about the party you’ve been missing. Mini 5 is required for students who … [Read more…]

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New Student

March 1, 1996 by Mini Archives

By Dan Oraivej Mini-School, I saw it as a way to get credit for graduation that I failed to get in mainstream. I saw it as a bunch of kids that have too much pride and not enough common sense. I saw it as the easy way out of hard work and an easy way … [Read more…]

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Recovery

March 1, 1996 by Mini Archives

By Andrea Hamilton As I sit in a coffee shop, my primal existence place, I sometimes wonder how I got here from where I was one year ago. I was angry, sick and frustrated with life. I had few values or morals, and the ones I had accumulated had vanished. My integrity was gone and … [Read more…]

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You Are a Typical Minnetonka Prep if

March 1, 1996 by Mini Archives

By Gabe Hargrove

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Dear Mini

March 1, 1996 by Mini Archives

Hey y‘all, this is Matt (Meatball), still lovin’ it out here in Oregon. (Proper pronunciation: O-rah-gun). I just finished another term in school and now I have turned my brain off for the next week so that I may live in blissful ignorance once more. I’ve been doing real well in school, in fact I’ve … [Read more…]

Posted in: Alumni News Tagged: Matt Richard
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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.
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