By Molly Latterner Holiday shopping- the most fun activity around the holiday season. Yeah right!! I would rather.., well. We don’t need to talk about that. Shopping for the holidays can be very, very stressful for one who is not ready for it. Here are some steps to prepare for holiday shopping-(in no particular order) … [Read more…]
By Tami Olson November 13th was Career day at Minnetonka High School. Mini-School had 5 alumni (Ron Byers, Joe Reifenberger, Ginny Reifenberger DeMun, Kathy Seamans Wilcox, and Brad Johnston) come in and talk to all the students about their time in Mini-School and what they’ve done since then. Ron inherited the Glen Lake Bakery from … [Read more…]
By Marcelle Dorenkamp Carl Anderson- Snowmobile.Casey Bakken- To be called Squiggy for eternity.Geoff Boller- Doughnuts.Kim Colway- To be the ultimate ruler of the universe.Kristi Dahl- Oprah Winfrey’s paycheck.Collin Davis- Baby clothes.Maya Diedrich- A van so she can get out of here.Marcelle Dorenkamp- To graduate.Mike Ennis- New wool socks.Geno Faraci- Hair gel.Clint Fero- A microwave.Jason Gaasvig- … [Read more…]
By Anthony R. Cruikshank During the Smithsonian Exhibit’s stay at the Twin Cities the Star Tribune invited a few schools to a special showing. The Mini-School staff decided that the students should be allowed the opportunity to go. The exhibit was very interesting. Some of the items that were there make you think about how … [Read more…]
By Karen Kenefick I Graduated from Mini school in 1994. The last two years I have been keeping myself busy going to school, working at Target, and visiting different places. I really missed my days at Mini-school. When I found out that my major requires students to volunteer in a teaching environment, Mini-school was the … [Read more…]
By The Hut (of course) For many years I sat nestled among the trees overlooking the Saint Croix River enjoying the change of seasons, the occasional canoeist, the mice scampering through cupboards and corners, and infrequent visits by my owner. The Scenic and Wild Rivers Act numbered my days- twenty-five years to be exact. For … [Read more…]
By Molly Latterner Why do people wear hats? Well now a days people wear hats mostly for fashion, but in earlier days as much as 100,000 years ago people wore them for protection, communication, and decoration. During the 1400’s European women wore tall cone-shaped hats called hennin. The hennin measured from 3 to 4 feet … [Read more…]
By Kim Colway For our featured parent article, we decided to highlight our teacher Doug Berg’s Mom, Norma Berg. I talked with her about how her life is, about Doug now and as a little kid, and about her opinion on Mini-School. We had a really good interview. She was very nice and gave me … [Read more…]
By Clare Meyer October 21, 1995 was the day we all lost a wonderful friend, a unique friend. Ryan Robinson, he would never dream of hurting anybody but nevertheless he was hurt anyway. It was something about his quiet disposition and honesty about everything that made me respect him. It’s hard to believe that a … [Read more…]
By Carrie Tiggas I looked down below my feetand stared at the hard concreteto jump would mean deathI step over the ropes andhold my breathdown the steep hillto the highway belowthe cars rushing bywith places to goIf I jumped would they slow?should I find out?The thought runs through my headthe answer isI’m better off dead.I … [Read more…]