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Westonka inducts new honor society members
A total of 56 Mound Westonka High School students were inducted into the National Honor Society (NHS) at a special ceremony for students and their families on May 1. Another 54 seniors, who were inducted into the program last year, were also on hand for special recognition. Senior President Samantha Krahl welcomed the visitors to the Westonka Performing Arts Center (PAC) and thanked the parents for their support and hard work. The NHS chapter is under new leadership this year, as advisor Jana Paré brought...
Tonka girls hurdle their way to section track True Team title
Minnetonka head coach Jane Reimer-Morgan knows that 1000 points in the Section 7AAA True Team Meet are usually enough to give her track team a state berth. May 8, on the Hopkins High Stadium track, 999 points did the trick for the two-time defending state champions. The winner of each section meet is an automatic qualifier for state True Team, which begins at 3 p.m. Friday, May 17, at Stillwater High School. There are eight section team champions in that meet along with four wild-card...
Wayzata clinches share of Lake baseball title with 2-1 win at Minnetonka
Head coach Bobby DeWitt of the Wayzata High baseball team is always looking for new ways to motivate his team, and he might have hit on the highest level of motivation this season. The Trojans are 14-0 late in the season and the message before every game is: “We’re 0-0. Play this game like it’s the state championship game.” That’s what it felt like when the Trojans traveled to Minnetonka...
Middle-schoolers get spooky and kooky
While the Waconia High School theatre department was preparing for its production this week, May 9-11, of Shakespeare in Love, the Waconia Middle School theatre group was staging The Addams Family in several performances the past two weekends. Here are a few scenes of the creepy, crazy cast from that production. Tickets for the high school spring play which was previewed last week can be purchased at ShowTix4U.com. (Photos courtesy School District 110)
Negotiations continue between ISD 110, WEA
The Waconia public school year will be ending soon, but contract negotiations with Waconia teachers are still ongoing. ISD 110 and Waconia Education Association negotiators ended another negotiation session April 29 without an agreement – but the parties are still talking. The latest meeting involved discussion of several scenarios to compensate teachers within the financial parameters of moving ISD 110 out of operating debt. The district’s latest proposal offers a...
Tonka girls hurdle their way to section track True Team title
Minnetonka head coach Jane Reimer-Morgan knows that 1000 points in the Section 7AAA True Team Meet are usually enough to give her track team a state berth. May 8, on the Hopkins High Stadium track, 999 points did the trick for the two-time defending state champions. The winner of each section meet is an automatic qualifier for state True Team, which begins at 3 p.m. Friday, May 17, at Stillwater High School. There are eight section team champions in that meet along with four wild-card...
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