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We the unwilling, led by the unqualified, have been doing the unbelievable for so long, with so little, we now attempt the impossible with nothing. - Mini-School Credo

Elliot Tan

Cultural Heritage

March 1, 1993 by Mini Archives

By Elliot Kuli Torro (Tan) and Christoph Glowsky (Glowaski) According to our informal poll, three out of every ten Minnetonka students have no idea what their cultural heritage is. Although it is not necessary, understanding your heritage is an important key for unlocking the mystery of your identity. It can explain why you think a … [Read more…]

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Grantsburg Review (The Rear View)

March 1, 1993 by Mini Archives

By Elliot Tan and Keith “Puglsey” Bartram As in any trip, there are always a couple of lonely and brave souls who volunteer to take the “sweep” position, that is, the rear, (notice the stale stench of sarcasm?) On this wilderness venture, we were the sweepers for most part. When we arrived at the trail … [Read more…]

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B.W.C.A. Winter Camping Trip

March 1, 1992 by Mini Archives

By Elliot Tan At a frozen campsite far away, lived eight men. These eight men were huddled around a fire, deep in the woods. They had donned a look of hard, emotionless stone, a cowl needed if one was to survive the conditions these men faced. The wear, the pain, the leathering effect that the … [Read more…]

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Purgatory Park Clean-Up

March 1, 1992 by Mini Archives

By Elliot Tan On April 25th 1992, Mini-School and Scenic Heights Elementary teamed up to clean Purgatory Park, as they do every year for the Minnetonka adopt-a-park program: People began to arrive at the park around 9:30, and by ten, everyone was there. We all split up into groups and took to the cleansing. Some … [Read more…]

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Latest Updates:
10/28/24 - Found some negatives for a sledding trip to the Orono Golf Course in 1980 so added a new slideshow for that.
9/25/2024 - Uploaded an additional 53 PDF files of Com-Mini-Cations, started to convert the articles into individual posts.
5/28/2024 - Created slideshows for miscellaneous trips and classroom photos plus a slideshow for unidentified trips, lots of updates to existing slideshows, slide scanning complete
5/27/2024 - Slideshows for Big Fork Canoe 1996, Women's Bike Trip 1994, North Shore Women's Trip 1994, Southwest Utah Trip 1992, Winter Camping 1998 & 1999, St Louis 1998, Insights 1993
5/23/2024 - Slideshows for Classroom 1992, new photos to Classroom 1996, and the Mini 25th Reunion.

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