Mini-School vs Nexus By Roger Anderson Bright and early Tuesday morning, the 8th of May, the incredible Mini-School softball team set out to conquer Berg’s almighty Nexus team. Up until that time we’d not had any practice time, but after the game, it didn’t seem to matter much. Mini-School took the home field advantage … [Read more…]
BACK TO THE SUBURBS By Mike Gerhard Well here I am, back at Minnetonka. It’s been a year and a half since I left and I wondered what it would be like to return. I came here three weeks into the final quarter after recently moving back to the area from Minneapolis where I attended … [Read more…]
The following editorial appeared in our last issue of Com-Mini-Cations: WE ARE INDIVIDUALS I would like to tell you that I’m sick of hearing the mainstreamers put down Mini-School. I think that Mini-School has a lot of individual people in it. As far as mainstream goes, I think that they’re jealous because they can’t be … [Read more…]
Congratulations Randy, Kay, & Eden! By Rona Griudl We want to congratulate Randy and Kay Nelson on their new addition to the family, now instead of one beautiful little girl they have two. Ashely Kay was born April 20, 1981, she was born a healthy 7 lbs 14 1/2 oz. at 9:06 am. Now Eden … [Read more…]
A Tribute to Einer By Mike Gerhard, Nancy Koch, John Seamans, Bill Kohman, and Randy Nelson Einer Anderson, MHS phy ed. instructor and driver education coordinator, has for years been an important part of Minnetonka students’ high school experience. Tuesday, May 12, Einer died after a long and courageous battle with cancer. We extend our … [Read more…]
Graduates of 1981 By Sandy Lambrecht This article is a tribute to all the Mini-School students that graduated throughout the year and the ones who will graduate at the end of the year. At the end of first, second or third quarter this year, these people graduated: Pam Anderson, Gary Bachler, Brad (Melvin) Benny, Ron … [Read more…]
By Doug Berg On Wednesday, Jan 26th, the Mini-School Program held a Tupperware Party. The whole idea came from Sarah Woitalla, sister of Mini-Schooler Mike, who is a Tupperware lady. Since the potential looked good (Mini-School made 15% of sales over $150) and the expenditure of time and money seemed minimal, we decided to give … [Read more…]
Letter sent Dec. 16, 1976: Dear People, Please accept the enclosed donation from the Mini-School Program of MHS. A Word of explanation: The Mini-School Program is a group of 909+ students and 5 staff members. The one thing the students have in common is a past history of disenchantment and difficulty with traditional school systems. … [Read more…]
By Kay Nelson It seems to me this year that there is a wide spread depression. The energy crisis, the weather, jobs, draught, the threat of war, the tricks of trade. Everything seems to be going down the drain. I actually can’t think of anything to lighten spirits. “Hang in there” and “we’ll pull through” … [Read more…]
By Cali Christensen I think Mini-School is one of the better programs that Minnetonka High School has to offer. I am not a student of the program but I have two brothers that never would have graduated if it weren’t for Mini-School. I have gotten to know the Mini-School staff very well during my three … [Read more…]