Roosevelt Career & Technical Education (CTE) students debuted a rat rod go-kart they constructed on Friday, June 21 at the “50th Annual MSRA Back to the Fifties Weekend” classic and …
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9/5/24
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36th ART (Avenue Revitalization & Transformation), a resident-led community improvement initiative in South Minneapolis, is deepening its partnership with the Hiawatha Collegiate High School to …
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8/30/24
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In a touching exploration of a life enriched by wanderlust, Nokomis author Autumn Carolynn invites readers to journey with her in her first book "Traveling in Wonder: A Travel Photographer's Tales of …
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8/28/24
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Ahmed Aden Amin is the new principal at South High School. In 2021, he was hired as the principal at Sanford Middle School, where he attended school himself. He graduated from Roosevelt High …
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8/28/24
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Longfellow resident Amelia Martin, 17, studied Chinese (Mandarin) this summer in Taiwan on a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI‐Y) scholarship. NSLI‐Y, a program of the U.S. …
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8/28/24
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Jessica Miller still shrieks sometimes when a spider jumps on her, but the south Minneapolis environmental entomologist has found that makes her more approachable when she’s teaching classes on …
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By Tesha M. Christensen
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7/24/24
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The newly open Red Lake Nation College in downtown Minneapolis is one of the first tribal colleges in a major U.S. city and is reaching a “never-served” community,” according to Dan …
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By Tesha M. Christensen
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7/24/24
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Less than one-third of Minnesota students test at grade level for reading and math, according to state-wide data. And behind every statistic, there’s a student. Reading Corps, Math Corps, and …
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By Margie O’Loughlin
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7/24/24
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The city of Minneapolis Planning Commission has approved most of Minnehaha Academy’s requests to make their proposed field improvements, but not the one needed to install a new synthetic turf …
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By Cam Gordon
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6/26/24
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Lisa Sayles-Adams, the new Minneapolis Public School (MPS) Superintendent, has been on the job for less than three months and has already participated in two major contract negotiations. Plus, she is …
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By Cam Gordon
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5/30/24
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SCHOOL BOARD STUDENT REPS The Minneapolis Board of Education has announced juniors Elliston Rounds and Leo Peralta (bottom right) will serve as the 2024 Student Board Representatives. Rounds …
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4/25/24
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Every artist has an interesting origin story. But nothing compares with how Mark Rivard got started. Rivard began illustrating skateboards with Sharpie markers in the early 2000s.
That led to an …
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by Eric Ortiz
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1/25/24
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Due in part to high demand, parents who want to place their kids in summer rec programs or summer camps should being vetting such programs and camps well in advance of summer. The following are a …
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1/24/24
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Jan. 12-13, 2024, the Roosevelt High School Debate team competed in the MSHSL Minnesota State Debate Tournament. Students from all across Minnesota gathered for high quality, rigorous, debate, and we …
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1/24/24
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I'm sharing information Nokomis Pride FC provided this month:
Established in 2022, Nokomis Pride FC is a soccer team made up of players aged 30 and above, mainly residing in the …
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By Sarah Friedman, Communications Manager, sarah.friedman@nokomiseast.org
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1/24/24
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In the fall of 2023, two students from Yinghua Academy Chinese immersion school in northeast Minneapolis went on the trip of a lifetime. Keewaydin resident and sixth grader Sage Houdek and seventh …
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By Jill Boogren
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1/18/24
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Minneapolis Public Schools is getting a new superintendent in February.
On Dec. 1, with the support of both southside school board directors, the Minneapolis Public School (MPS) Board of …
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By Cam Gordon
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12/21/23
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It’s a holiday tradition that helps about 250 Minneapolis families each year. On Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, Roosevelt High School’s 53rd annual “Operation Holiday Basket” kicked …
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12/21/23
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All students in the state of Minnesota will get free breakfast and lunch starting this next school year. With more children now likely to eat two meals a day at school, many parents are …
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7/26/23
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All around the country, caregivers and their children are entering school choice season. Here in Minneapolis, the deadline to request a school is Feb. 7. Whether it be a preschool, elementary, middle …
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By Charmagne Campbell-Patton, Bridget Gernander and Paula Luxenberg
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12/22/22
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