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    January 17, 2015
    SCRATCH Camp introduces computer coding to middle schoolers
    By SHANNON GEISEN sgeisen@parkrapidsenterprise.com The U.S. Department of Labor projects that, by 2020, there will be 1.4 million computer specialist job openings. Yet U.S. universities are expected to produce only enough qualified graduates to fill 29 percent of these jobs,...
    news / educationJanuary 17, 2015 - 1:05pm
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    January 13, 2015
    Food Angels providing for young children
    With two months under their belts, the Park Rapids Food Angels are becoming a fine tuned machine. Kids in grades K-3 who are signed up for the program are given food Friday afternoons to help get them through the weekend. Some families struggle to provide enough food for their...
    news / educationJanuary 13, 2015 - 3:07pm
    January 8, 2015
    School board retains same leadership, compensation
    Newly elected Park Rapids Area School Board members were sworn in Monday night at the board’s re-organizational meeting. Incumbents Steph Carlson and Dennis Dodge were elected to another term in November, along with newcomer Clayton Hoyt. They said the oath of office. Officers...
    news / educationJanuary 8, 2015 - 8:55am
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    December 31, 2014
    Nevis School District fixture retires after long career
    By Jean Ruzicka jruzicka@parkrapidsenterprise.com After nearly a half-century with the Nevis School District, teacher, coach, athletic director, driver’s ed instructor and school bus driver Craig Stanwick is bidding farewell. He submitted his “official” farewell this month. ‘I...
    news / educationDecember 31, 2014 - 1:55pm
    Take a new class in 2015
    By Anna Erickson aerickson@parkrapidsenterprise.com Ring in the New Year by taking in a new class through Park Rapids Community Education. Many new classes start in January for every interest from cooking to computers. Sari Mabbett is offering a new series called Culinary Creations....
    news / educationDecember 31, 2014 - 1:38pm
    December 22, 2014
    Menahga named a Celebration school
    By Jean Ruzicka jruzicka@parkrapidsenterprise.com Menahga Elementary School is one of 22 schools being recognized by the Minnesota Department of Education as a Celebration school for their efforts to increase student achievement. This year, 143 schools applied for the honor....
    news / educationDecember 22, 2014 - 8:01am
    December 18, 2014
    Investigation of Wahpeton teacher 'getting close' to completion
    A Wahpeton School District investigation into a teacher accused of roughly handling two children will likely be completed early next week or after Christmas, Superintendent Rick Jacobson said on Wednesday. “We’re getting close,” Jacobson said. “We’re just going to have...
    news / educationDecember 18, 2014 - 8:39am
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    December 17, 2014
    Delayed gratification is best
    By Danielle Norby For the Enterprise Millions of Americans consider the money spent on Christmas gifts as a sacrifice. Imagine sending your infant son (Jesus) to a world full of violence to save those who are misusing their own free will. Children learn from their caregivers....
    news / educationDecember 17, 2014 - 1:21pm
    Community offers ideas for outdoor classroom
    By Jean Ruzicka jruzicka@parkrapidsenterprise.com The students have spoken: “Let’s grow the food and eat the food…That’s so cool.” The steering committee addressing possibilities for an outdoor learning classroom on the Park Rapids Schools’ 200-plus acres learned...
    news / educationDecember 17, 2014 - 1:06pm
    Menahga Elementary School honored with Celebration award
    Today, the Minnesota Department of Education announced that 22 schools are being recognized as Celebration schools for their efforts to increase student achievement. This year, 143 schools applied for the honor. “I want to congratulate these schools for this incredible accomplishment,”...
    news / educationDecember 17, 2014 - 11:16am
    December 8, 2014
    Minnesota teens rush to driver’s schools before stricter rules take effect
    By Tim Harlow/Minneapolis Star Tribune Minnesota teenagers are encountering gridlock as they rush to finish behind-the-wheel training before new statewide driver’s license rules requiring more practice time take effect Jan. 1. Some driving schools are so jammed with appointments...
    news / educationDecember 8, 2014 - 8:55am
    December 7, 2014
    Outdoor classes on the horizon
    By Jean Ruzicka jruzicka@parkrapidsenterprise.com The Park Rapids classroom is moving to the great outdoors, a prairie learning theater on the horizon. The school district property encompasses 250 acres and a group of visionaries, aided by a consulting group, has been meeting...
    news / educationDecember 7, 2014 - 10:22am
    December 3, 2014
    Students learning many skills through robotics
    By Anna Erickson aerickson@parkrapidsenterprise.com Park Rapids students are learning math, problem solving, teamwork and more through hands-on...
    news / educationDecember 3, 2014 - 11:17am
    December 1, 2014
    Nevis School receives ‘clean bill of health’ audit
    By Jean Ruzicka jruzicka@parkrapidsenterprise.com The Nevis School Board learned the district is in “good financial shape” this week, reviewing the annual audit via a “net meeting,” a live presentation with the Grand Forks-based Brady Martz CPA firm via the Internet. The...
    news / educationDecember 1, 2014 - 12:33pm
    November 26, 2014
    Klimek is Nevis Teacher of the Year
    Nevis first grade teacher Amy Klimek, second from right, has been named Teacher of the Year by her peers. “Amy is an amazing individual,” her colleagues wrote. “She shines as a professional, a classroom teacher and a mentor. Amy consistently demonstrates compassion, self-discipline...
    educationNovember 26, 2014 - 12:19pm
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