By Justin Streeter The winter activities trip consisted of good times and a lot of laughs, many of which came from the activities. Since the majority of the activities were new to us it made the trip especially interesting. One of the easier activities started soon after we got up to Doug’s cabin on the … [Read more…]
By Angie Peterson Frozen cheese. Blaze orange. The smell of melting rubber. 190 frozen toes. Put all those things together, and it can only be one thing. The annual Grantsburg Hike. A two day, 18 mile hike along the St. Croix River with our fearless leaders Randy and Doug. Way before the crack of dawn … [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 Maya Diedrich All 13 of us started out after a chaotic morning of trying to get everything taken care of. We finally got on our way about ten to nine and arrived at the Science Museum at 9:35. Everyone was trying to figure out where to get the tickets so we could start exploring … [Read more…]
By Emily Richards Day 1:We arrived at school just like any other day, but after a short briefing from Doug we were on our way to an experience of a life time. We got to Doug’s cabin just in time for lunch. As I was throwing my stuff in my tent, I noticed people on … [Read more…]
By Steven Kopischke and Geoff Boller Pauline and seven other people went on a bike trip from Fairbault to Mankato. A 100+ mile bike trip. Geoff and I were two of the six young adults on the trip. The beginning of the trip went like this: We arrived at school at 6:30 a.m. which really … [Read more…]
By Marcelle Dorenkamp and Maya Diedrich On September 30th the Mark Warren Crew met at school at 6 am (under Doug’s orders) to load up the van and head out for Grantsburg, WI for three days of hiking and camping with Mark Warren, a naturalist who studies Native American culture. After about a 2 hour … [Read more…]
By Kortnie Hanson Last summer there were two canoe trips put on by Minnetonka Community Services summer school. Both were a full credit. The first consisted of 13 kids and Doug Berg and Randy Nelson, our teachers and guides. The first day we drove up there with Randy’s van and the Mini-school van. Ramona and … [Read more…]
Written by the whole group, interpreted by Anna Saclolo, Andrea Hamilton, Alison Young, Toby Marshall and Eric Thomas. There is a place where earth meets sky, water meets earth, and we meet the elements. It all started on a cold, dark, snowy morning at 6 A.M. on April 15th. 16 of us, droopy-eyed and excited, … [Read more…]
By Lacey Landt (Embellished by Mike Phelps) BWCA was the trip of a lifetime. It was my first Mini-School trip. A lot of my classmates gave me some weird looks, others actually told me I had a lot of guts to go to the Boundary Waters (in the winter) for my first trip. I felt, … [Read more…]