By Kay Nelson I’d like to take this space to thank our student teacher Donna Laubenthal, for sharing her talent and time with us this quarter. I was in her human rights class. She taught us many things about the laws, including the rights of minors as well as adults. She has spent her time … [Read more…]
By Julie Maynard Our trip to the north woods was great. It was probably the ultimate in anything I have ever done in my whole life! The people who went were Eric Child, Chris Child, Tom Zipf, Rebo (Gary Johnson), Scott McPherson, Kevin Schierman, Rick Geyen, Kelly Martin, Doug, Randy, Spot, and I. We left … [Read more…]
By Mike Rishavy In the beginning, there was only one kind of education. Experience. You learned everything from your parents and their parents taught them and on down the line. Then progress hit. Like a scream in the night there was a demand for higher education. So schools sprung up and you were taught more … [Read more…]
By Randy Nelson This is the first of what will hopefully be an integral part of Com-Mini-Cations, namely, a column dealing with those happenings and students whose merits are oftentimes unrecognized. Although the information presented may be in the form of the “gossip column,” the intent is informational. Doug Berg is thinking about reintroducing the … [Read more…]
By Doug Berg Over a year ago, Mr. Eugene Vomhof, father of several (four at last count and more coming) Vomhof children who have gone through the Mini-School Program, and known professionally and affectionately as the Rainmaker (he’s in the soft water business), donated over a thousand Ionettes to the Mini-School Program. Now the Ionette … [Read more…]
In Linda’s 3rd hour plant class we just finished starting our choice of seeds in flats. This is just one of the many things we get to do on our own. We are also keeping a journal of different articles and books we may read during the last quarter. Just starting my journal these first … [Read more…]
By Doug Berg On March 1, 1976, Dr. Donald Draayer, Superintendent of Schools for the Minnetonka district, issued a memo to various administrators and teachers throughout the Minnetonka district entitled “Raffle Tickets–Sale Thereof Prohibited.” A copy of this memo was subsequently issued to members of the Mini-School staff by Ken Nichols, assistant principal of MHS. … [Read more…]
By Carla Schiro Waterfall flowing down so freeupon the rocks so naturally Waterfall splashing waves of raingoing down the hill so insane Wish I was a waterfall, so freeSo I wouldn’t have to worry about me.
Between the dates of March 11th and March 20th a Eureka 4-man Mt. Katahdin tent was taken from the Mini-School storeroom. The tent was new—it had been used only once on an overnight on Big Island. The tent was orange; the bag was yellow. If the tent returns, no questions will be asked. Any clues … [Read more…]
The week of the cross country ski trip was one of trial and error. Out of the eleven people on the trip, three of us had never been on skis before. The trip started on March 13th and ended the 17th. We arrived at Wolf Lake Refuge at 1:17 p.m. in the snowmobile parking lot. … [Read more…]