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Eastview honors its athletic achievers
Ceremony plays beat the clock with Timberwolves’ Game 7 After suddenly learning they were up against the clock, Eastview High School staff honored its 2023-24 class of senior student-athletes on Sunday evening. The Senior Athletic Recognition Ceremony had long been on the calendar and preparations were almost complete when school administrators learned the seventh game of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ series against Denver would be played Sunday night. The school’s ceremony...
Corcoran Lions awards scholarships
The Corcoran Lions hosted its 36th Annual Scholarship Award Ceremony at Hope Community Church on May 7. Since 1989, the Corcoran Lions have given 986 scholarships to students that live in Corcoran, totaling $628,700. This year, the group had recipients from Buffalo High School, Maple Grove High School, Rockford High School and West Lutheran High School. They included Caleb Anderson (Buffalo High School), Ava Bosacker (Maple Grove High School), Thomas...
Fight at Armstrong leads to stay-at-home day
A fight reportedly broke out during fifth and sixth periods at Robbinsdale Armstrong High School on May 15, which prompted the district to hold a remote learning day on May 16. Per an email sent from Principal Erick Norby to to Armstrong families, “several students were involved in a fight.” Norby said the building was in a “hold,” for periods six and seven and then school was dismissed. “A building ‘hold’ is when we ask students to remain at their current location until an announcement is made to resume their normally scheduled activities,” Norby explained. The following day, May 16, classes were asynchronous. Most students checked into Schoology on school-issued devices from home. After-school activities ran as scheduled.
St. Thomas Academy baseball team mourns player Bennett Kotok
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — The St. Thomas Academy baseball team is learning to play through the grief and pain of losing a teammate.The Cadets are playing for more than themselves this baseball season. They're playing for their former teammate, Bennett Kotok."We try to play the way he play and just carry on his legacy throughout that," said Cadets captain Jonathan Dobis.Kotok was a catcher for the Cadets, graduating last year. While in the middle of his freshman year at Creighton University, he died suddenly in his sleep from a rare heart condition he didn't know he had.The team now honors...
Robbinsdale Schools considers allegations in closed sessions
The Robbinsdale Area Schools Board of Directors has been meeting in closed sessions under Statue 13D.05, Subd. 2 for “preliminary consideration of allegations or charges against an individual subject to its authority.” Details have not been made public other than there are allegations against multiple board members. During work sessions, board members have spoken about the possibility of heavy legal fees from being sued. However, an estimated price tag has...
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