FIRST Lego League Robotics Team #41748 won the Championship Award for the second year in a row at the Minnesota State Championship in February, sending the team to the international FIRST Championship last month.
Jefferson Theatre Company’s production of “Les Misérables” received numerous honors from Spotlight Education, a program of the Hennepin Theatre Trust. The cast will perform a musical selection from the show at the Spotlight Showcase.
Jefferson High School juniors Matthew Ouellet, Shane Ross and Paul Wakeham earned perfect scores on the American College Test (ACT).
Bloomington Community Education is excited to announce the return of Camp Invention, an engaging STEM summer camp for students in grades K-6. The camp will run June 12-19, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Oak Grove Middle School.
Bloomington Educational Cable Television (BEC-TV) recently won two Student Production Awards from the Upper Midwest Emmy Foundation for Best Live Sports Production.
Cristin Caruso will become the new principal of Normandale Hills Elementary School, effective July 1. Caruso is replacing Dr. Andrew Vollmuth, who is leaving after 16 years to become the new superintendent of New Prague Area Schools.
Oak Grove and Olson middle schools had nine students advance to the State History Day contest held at the University of Minnesota in April.
ԹϺ and its business and civic partners collected over 11,300 pounds of non-perishable food and $14,495 in monetary donations during its week-long District-wide Food Drive earlier this month.
Valley View Middle School presents its spring musical ‘The Little Mermaid, Jr.’ May 4-6. Tickets are $7 and are available at kennedychoirs.org/mermaid or at the door thirty minutes prior to showtime.
ԹϺ’ four-year graduation rate increased from 76.4 percent in 2021 to 80.9 percent in 2022. The state’s four-year graduation rate rose slightly to 83.6 percent, a 0.2 percent increase.
Kennedy Theatre Company presents its spring play ‘James and the Giant Peach’ May 5-7 in the Kennedy High School auditorium. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors.
The Jefferson chess team placed third in the State High School Chess Championship, including three students finishing in the top 20.
Jefferson Theatre Company presents its spring musical “Les Misérables” April 20-23 and April 27-30 in the Jefferson High School auditorium. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and students.
CSisElementary and CSforAll inaugural award program, CS100 Awards, recognized Indian Mounds, New Code Academy and Poplar Bridge elementary schools for committing to teach computer science (CS) to K-5 students for a minimum of 10 hours.
Jefferson and Kennedy high school students competing in simulated business scenarios earned recognition at the Minnesota DECA conference in March.
Jefferson High School senior Emelia Lowe received a Rising Star award from the Minnesota Aspirations in Computing awards (MNAiC) program. Lowe is one of 91 honorees from Minnesota being recognized.
ԹϺ and BEC-TV are teaming up to co-host a live virtual community engagement event to present its substance use prevention program efforts.
ԹϺ will host its 13th District-wide Food Drive the week of April 17-21. Each of the district’s 17 school sites and business partners, along with district departments will participate in this year’s event.
Jefferson high school students earned four awards during the Metro West conference visual arts exhibition. The show hosted by Normandale Community College consisted of artwork by students across the conference with 16 awards presented.
The district’s new Chemical Health Plan outlines a series of goals to meet student needs through ongoing staff development, school-based counseling and support, and consultation with licensed professionals.