Fourteen members of the Little Falls Community High School (LFCHS) DECA chapter competed at the District competition Wednesday, Feb. 1, in St. Cloud; 13 advanced to the State Career Development Conference in Minneapolis, March 4 – 6. Advancing to state competition this year in various categories include Whitney Evans, Darik Anderson, Lacey Schmidt, Ingrid Floersheim, Read more »
Jirapat Thanaratsuttikun is enjoying living in a small town By Tina Snell, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com Jirapat Thanaratsuttikun, 16, is a sophomore at Little Falls Community High School. His American name is Kenny and he traveled approximately 8,200 miles from Bangkok, Thailand, to attend school in the United States as an exchange student. “I came because my Read more »
By Tina Snell, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com While the amount of money this action will generate for the district is still an unknown, the Little Falls School Board voted “yes” to allow the administration to sell advertising on the school’s Web site. “We have this option to create revenue, we are just not sure how much it Read more »
Daifeng Tan is spending his junior year at the Little Falls Community High School By Tina Snell, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com Daifeng Tan, or better known to his friends in Little Falls as Hunter, is spending his junior year in Little Falls. He has traveled more than 7,000 miles to be part of the exchange student program. Hunter comes Read more »
Shuowen Shen, left, and Wachira Uthahang are both seniors at Swanville Public school and will graduate this year. Both students plan to continue their education after high school. By Sarah Lideen, Staff Writer, sarah.lideen@ecm-inc.com For more than 20 years, the Swanville Public schools have been hosting foreign exchange students from around the world. “They advise you at Read more »
By Tina Snell, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com Little Falls Community Schools Technology Director Mark Diehl revealed his plans to keep the district’s technology on the cutting edge. During Monday night’s School Board meeting, he presented ideas on moving technology forward in the schools and the Board voted unanimously to approve his plan. Diehl said that prior Read more »
By Sarah Lideen, Staff Writer sarah.lideen@ecm-inc.com Swanville Public Schools is down to only two buses after the motor in the district’s third and oldest bus gave out. A new motor for the 15-year-old bus would cost $1,500 to $2,000 after installation. However, the motor is from a burned vehicle where the mileage was not legible. A Read more »
Andy Poster, son of Greg and Donna Poster of Royalton, was recently named Artist of the Month for December, at Royalton High School (RHS). “I started to take interest in art in ninth grade. I have tried to take as many art classes as possible and now am enrolled in Honors Studio AP Art at Read more »
By Liz Verley, Staff Writer Wednesday night the Upsala School Board approved its 2011 payable 2012 levy at $905,730. Last year’s levy was set at $685,904. It was explained that the increase in the levy was due to the homestead market value exclusion which replaces the homestead market value credit. The increase also includes the excess Read more »
Lexie Lehrke, the daughter of Mike and Terry Lehrke of Little Falls, was named the Artist of the month for November at Royalton High School (RHS). Lehrke, a senior, has been a student in Royalton for three years. “In design class we are making a book about ourselves. My book is titled, ‘The Pieces of Read more »
By Liz Verley, Staff Writer The Royalton School Board held the district’s annual Truth in Taxation hearing Monday. Minnesota’s Truth in Taxation Law requires a public hearing on the district’s proposed taxes and the information must include information on the current year budget, the proposed percent increase/decrease and reasons for the increase/decrease. Business Manager Mary Plante Read more »
She blames the legislature for the increase in levies By Tina Snell, Staff Writer tina.snell@mcrecord.com The Little Falls School District certified its 2012 levy at $4.094 million, a 10.7 percent increase over 2011’s levy. Business Manager Nancy Henderson presented the numbers to the Board of Education at Monday’s meeting, before they voted unanimously to accept the levy. Read more »
By Lorae Vardas, Correspondent Administrators for the Pierz School District received zero calls regarding an error made by the Morrison County Auditor’s Office in calculating the school portion of property taxes payable in 2012. The Minnesota Department of Education may have input the wrong information to the county, said Supt. George Weber. The good news is Read more »
By Lorae Vardas, Correspondent Administrators for the Pierz School District received zero calls regarding an error made by the Morrison County Auditor’s Office in calculating the school portion of property taxes payable in 2012. The Minnesota Department of Education may have input the wrong information to the county, said Supt. George Weber. The good news is Read more »
By Liz Verley, Staff Writer Upsala’s Dean of Students Vern Capelle presented a recommendation to School Board members Nov. 23, to purchase 35 iMacs for the high school computer lab. The recommendation came from the Technology Committee. The Board was told the older computers will be placed in the elementary computer lab, with those existing computers Read more »
