By Craig Schrupp The holidays are a season of visiting, giving, getting and spending a lot of time talking about the same old stuff time after time. It seems to me the only time I hear the same story from 50 different people is at school or at the holidays. Thanksgiving is the best time … [Read more…]
By Jamie O’Day and Lacey Landt Jamie and I wanted to see what the best and the worst presents people have ever gotten and here they are…… Worst Christmas Present Ever Shaun Johnson- Paddle ball, silly putty Audrey Lopez- Things that were already mine! Cheryl Cermak- 2 tropical birds to set free / boy clothes … [Read more…]
By Jamie Rasmussen The Holiday season can be looked at as a joyous time of the year or it can be the most cherished season has lost all its meaning. The market makes it hard to live up to the advertisements requirements of a splendid holiday. In other words, if you don’t buy what they’re … [Read more…]
By Craig Schrupp Spooky World is a horror theme park in Shakopee. The park contains four haunted houses. They are rated by a skull system from one to five. The scariest being a five, and the least, one. One of the many haunted houses is called The Haunted Crypt, which was the only rated five … [Read more…]
By Lacey Landt and Doug Berg Alan Jampsa- To graduate David Larson-Hughes- A new car Drew Emmings- Tools Brooke Woitalla- Fake I.D Trish Lauman- A piece of colored happiness Shaun Johnson- A new drum set Sam Maeder- Stretch pants Carrie Tiggas- Peace and quiet Audrey Lopez- The members of Pearl Jam within my reach Kristina … [Read more…]
By Trish Laumann Geoff Boller has been in Mini-School since 1993. He started when he was a freshman, now he’s a super senior. Boller used to say he didn’t want to graduate because he didn’t have anything to do after high school and he likes the people in Mini. He is planning on graduating at … [Read more…]
By Tom Miller If you could get an award for the stupidest dog in the world, my dog would get it. He does some of the dumbest things. He walks or lies in front of cars and trucks as they come up our driveway. He runs across the electric fence and will yelp and cry … [Read more…]
By Aaron Sapp Springer Spaniel. I named him Cocktail for reasons I will not say. The main reason we got him was to hunt grouse. We had him for a while and we found out that he had a type of diabetes. So we had to give him eye drops. The eye drops weren’t working … [Read more…]
By Aaron Hoerst Oh boy, it’s that time for the year, again. Yes, it’s the calendar drive for Mini-School with M.C. Berg leading his disciples; the determined Mini-School students. You may ask, “Why would us teens be so driven to sell calendars?” We sell them to make money for Mini-School to fund trips and make … [Read more…]
By Aaron Sapp At the end of every school year Mini-School has an evening where we celebrate the year, the program, and the achievements of the students. Many awards are given out, some serious and some just for fun. Some of them are: Pest, Best Trippers, Best Canoers, Now You See Them, Now You Don’t, … [Read more…]