By Gabe Peterson Mini-School is a great program to get people motivated for life out of High School. The first day you come into Mini-school it’s kind of shocking because Doug will right away want everybody to know who you are and everything about you. He makes you feel very welcome and at ease. The … [Read more…]
On Wednesday, March 4th, three Mini-School pups, Dustin Olson, Derek Knowles, and Sean Pederson challenged the old geezers, 50-somethings Doug Berg and Randy Nelson to a half-court basketball game. Doug’s and Randy’s third player was La’Kaysa Bollig. The Pups, fired up with enthusiasm, took an early lead. Sean’s knifing drives, Dustin’s outside shooting, and Derek’s … [Read more…]
January 20, 1998Beth (Barton) Shuman*** ***** *****Garden Valley, ID 83622 Doug BergMini-School ProgramMinnetonka Highschool5621 County Rd 101Minnetonka, MN 55345 Hello Mr. Berg, I wanted to drop a note and thank you and your Mini-school students for continuing to provide me with the Com-minication newspaper. I have enjoyed keeping up with the activities and writings of … [Read more…]
By Doug Berg Mini-School is struggling through this wimpy El Nino winter the best we can. In early January Joe Juranitch and I and 8 of the top calendar salespeople took a nice trip to Two Harbors and Ely. It really wasn’t planned as a winter activities trip, but a nice snowfall, the first significant … [Read more…]
By Matt Thompson For the last seven years or so Mini-Schoolers have been proud to go out and sell, sell, sell the Minnesota Weather guide calendar to make money for the program. In the 97-98 school year the calendar drive got off to a quick start as students sold over 150 in the first 2 … [Read more…]
By Matt Thompson Recycling is a duty that Mini has undertaken for several years. Basically it consists of collecting all aluminum pop cans in the school, baling them and selling them to the aluminum dealer. Like the calendar drive, this is a fund raiser for Mini-School which helps the program provide learning equipment and opportunities … [Read more…]
By Unknown Your shadow creeps underneath from where I stare hoping that you, you are still there- my soul bleeds in the dark of the night I can still feel you in my mind you’ll never leave- my soul has faded to nothing.
By Jamie O’Day There are many different reasons why people become vegetarians. People have health reasons, religious reasons, guilt, for the love of animals and because meat is not very appealing. Being a vegetarian has changed my life in so many ways. I have a healthier life, I have reduced my risk of different diseases. … [Read more…]
By Pat McNutt My cat’s name is Loopie. He’s a fat orange cat. His favorite past time sport is sun bathing. When the dogs want sun Loopie just kicks the dogs out of the living room. When the sun goes down he tries to act like a human. He gets in his orange chair and … [Read more…]
By Leah Shoberg Like all horror stories, this one takes place in a sleepy, no-name town. Unlike other horror stories, this one has a moral. If you liked anything about the movie “Candyman” you’ll like something about “The Thief of Always” because they were both written by Clive Barker. The story has to do with … [Read more…]