By Doug Berg There is an old cliché about “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Over 20 years the world, the country, the Minnetonka Community, and Minnetonka High School have changed dramatically–a Rip Van Winkle would think he was on another planet. Mini-School has changed too, but through 20 years the … [Read more…]
By Lester Hughes And thus another year in Mini-School comes to a screeching halt and all the crazy events that occurred during the 1989/90 school year once again get filed away in the brain’s cabinet of memories. Memories that ranged from the trips and field trips we took to the certain classes and teachers we … [Read more…]
By Doug Berg 1990 marks the twentieth year of Mini-School. 1990 also marks another milestone–the retirement of Curtis J. Anderson as Assistant Principal of Minnetonka High School. Administrators come and administrators go, but C.J. has been the one constant through all 20 years of Mini-School. He helped the program through its early years, he’s criticized … [Read more…]
By Mike Bloomdahl Mr. Norm Garneau taught in Mini-School for the nine years before this one. There are still plenty of kids in Mini-School who knew him, liked him, and miss him. He went back to teaching mainstream English classes this year. Some of the students in Mini- School were wondering how he’s doing and … [Read more…]
By Greg Anderson I was feeling a bit down one morning in Com-Mini-Cations class. Doug was going over articles that he wanted written for this issue and none of them seemed to interest me. He didn’t want me to write anymore boxing articles, so I was at a loss on how I could contribute to … [Read more…]
By Leibe North Mr. Mel Cole of Excelsior is very well known by Minnetonka High School students, especially Mini-Schoolers. Mel, otherwise known as Gramps, is Angie Cole’s grandfather. He offers daily rides to work from MHS, mental support and a friendly smile for all. The only payment he receives for his duties is the casual … [Read more…]
By Scott Theisen Mini-School took a field trip to the Teen Clinic. It was very interesting, especially when it was originally set up for Women’s Studies and more guys went than girls. When we got there, there was a lady who was ready to inform us on STD’s (sexually transmitted diseases.) She was very helpful … [Read more…]
By Stacy Bohdan Edgar Heap of Birds. That’s the name of the artist whose work about 10 Mini-School students saw with Lester. We learned a lot of what paintings meant, we looked at sculptures of many different things. At the end we looked at a big fish-like sculpture that was surrounded by water and trees. … [Read more…]
By Amber Nustad Mini-School and Focus (the Wayzata alternative program) exchanged students for a day in April. Focus sent three of their students to our program and three of our students went to their program for the day. Jerie Meakins, Chris O’Dell and myself participated in the exchange program. The day started with getting familiar … [Read more…]
By Suzanne Ward In April a group from Mini-School took a trip downtown to see a show entitled “Sex, Pies, and Video Games” at the Dudley Riggs theatre. Our group of fourteen included, Derek Benson, Heath Holste, Freddie Johnson, Shane Muensch, Autumn Murphy, Leibe North, Amber Nustad, Troy Odean, Rob Stundahl, Suzanne Ward, Doug, Randy, … [Read more…]