Schools - Bulletin Area

Two Bulletin area teachers were announced as candidates for Education Minnesota’s 2016 Teacher of the Year award Feb. 3. 

Five candidates are running for four seats on the Mounds View Public Schools Board. Current ISD 621 board members Robert Helgeson, Amy Jones, Jonathan Weinhagen and Sandra Westerman are all running for reelection.

Mounds View High School has a 3-D art installation created by students and made out of cardboard — “The Mother of the Sea” — on display now in the entry area of the school. (Linda E. Andersen/Bulletin)

On the day of her 25th anniversary of beginning work at the KinderCare in Shoreview, teacher Janet Simons received extra recognition, that almost no one saw coming.

The remaining Bulletin area cities have approved their proposed 2016 property tax levies.

A new school year normally brings with it a little bit of worry and stress. However, students and faculty at Mounds View High School are facing some extra road-related stress the beginning of this academic year.

Tomatoes and tomatillos are among the many different plants that grow in Chippewa Middle School's new garden.

The Irondale High School Robotics team demonstrated their basketball gadget while at the Minnesota State Fair on Aug. 27. The 3M sponsored STEM event brought out the area’s best technology to entertain and inform kids and families. (Linda E.

Mounds View High School principal Jeff Ridlehoover estimates he has had to tell around 70 families over the phone their children won’t be able to attend Mounds View High School this year.

These area students are recent graduates of colleges and universities:

University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota
New Brighton — Britta Maly.  summa cum laude, Brett Schneider, MBA.