By Karen Kenefick I Graduated from Mini school in 1994. The last two years I have been keeping myself busy going to school, working at Target, and visiting different places. I really missed my days at Mini-school. When I found out that my major requires students to volunteer in a teaching environment, Mini-school was the … [Read more…]
By The Hut (of course) For many years I sat nestled among the trees overlooking the Saint Croix River enjoying the change of seasons, the occasional canoeist, the mice scampering through cupboards and corners, and infrequent visits by my owner. The Scenic and Wild Rivers Act numbered my days- twenty-five years to be exact. For … [Read more…]
By Molly Latterner Why do people wear hats? Well now a days people wear hats mostly for fashion, but in earlier days as much as 100,000 years ago people wore them for protection, communication, and decoration. During the 1400’s European women wore tall cone-shaped hats called hennin. The hennin measured from 3 to 4 feet … [Read more…]
By Kim Colway For our featured parent article, we decided to highlight our teacher Doug Berg’s Mom, Norma Berg. I talked with her about how her life is, about Doug now and as a little kid, and about her opinion on Mini-School. We had a really good interview. She was very nice and gave me … [Read more…]
By Clare Meyer October 21, 1995 was the day we all lost a wonderful friend, a unique friend. Ryan Robinson, he would never dream of hurting anybody but nevertheless he was hurt anyway. It was something about his quiet disposition and honesty about everything that made me respect him. It’s hard to believe that a … [Read more…]
By Carrie Tiggas I looked down below my feetand stared at the hard concreteto jump would mean deathI step over the ropes andhold my breathdown the steep hillto the highway belowthe cars rushing bywith places to goIf I jumped would they slow?should I find out?The thought runs through my headthe answer isI’m better off dead.I … [Read more…]
By Carrie Tiggas My head hangs lowI start to crythinking of the daysI wanted to dieThe problems are bigMY will is smallI used to be bigI used to be tallI’ve changed so much since those daysI’ve gotten so smallwandering through the hazeI’ve been through so muchyou’d think I’d learnBut I don’t seem toI need someone … [Read more…]
By Kristi Dahl A world of colorand pearls of rainall of the partof season changea firefly sunsetthe beauty in lifethe wonder of naturethe diamonds of nightbreath of the planetthe wind in the skypearl of the waterfreezes and diesa whisper of silenceand violence of storma leaf flies the currentof the fall ’till it’s warmthe cycle of … [Read more…]
By Audrey Lopez The trees look alone,as they stand with naked arms. Reaching out to something,to make them more whole. Conversing with each other,in their own way. Trying to make it clear,that they’d be gone someday.
By Carrie Tiggas I sit alonelistening to the windI dream of the warmththat lies withinbut the cold holds melike the hand holds the knifethe thought is therethe will is notthe wind pounds in my headlike an echoing gunshotthe air hits my skinand makes me quiverIt stings my soullike a cold cold winterthe warmth is thereI … [Read more…]