By Jeremy Latcham What is ANASAZI? ANASAZI, a Navajo word commonly interpreted as the “ancient ones” or “wise teachers.” According to legends, these wise teachers taught that a person’s life is a “walking” and every walking is individual- forward for right choices, and backward for wrong choices. A forward walking can only be achieved with … [Read more…]
Mini-School has a track star in its midst. La’Kaysa Bollig, standout Mini-School student in all respects, runs the 100 meter dash, the 200 meter dash, and the 4 x 200 meter relay for the MHS Track team. La’Kaysa’s had a great spring and has gotten first places in all her events at various meets. She … [Read more…]
By Leah Shoberg Day 1- Starting out at six a.m. was as bright and happy as to be expected for a group of Mini-Schoolers. Packing our things, we prepared ourselves for a long van ride to the Boundary Waters. Stopping for breakfast in Rush City, Aaron “Gil” Sapp, Carrie “Butch” Tiggas, Leah “Mom” Shoberg, Jeremy … [Read more…]
By The Group (Tony Kohman, Geno Faraci, Matt Evans, Jon Schmidt, Jon Fairbourne, Tony Cruickshank, Mike Phelps, and Doug Berg) The 1998 Kekekabic Trail started out like any other Mini-School winter trip. The group of us- Tony Kohman, Geno Faraci, Matt Evans, Jon Schmidt, Jon Fairbourne, Tony Cruickshank, Mike Phelps, and Doug Berg had the … [Read more…]
By Mini-School Students and Staff
By Trish Laumann On June 9th at 7:00 P.M. Mini-School students will be recognized and awarded for things they have accomplished throughout the year. Some of these awards will be humorous, like the “sleeper” award, or the “now you see them, now you don’t,” which if I remember correctly was awarded to Clare Meyer last … [Read more…]
By Jessica Turner While Jamie and I were looking through old Com-Mini-Cations, I noticed an article that intrigued me. It was an article titled “Back to the Suburbs” [Editor’s Note: you can read that article here.] about a boy who came from Central high. He talked about how different the schools were, and how the … [Read more…]
By Molly Latterner Well, where do I begin? I’d been in mainstream the whole of my freshman year and in work study the beginning half of my sophomore year. Yet nothing helped me with my schooling. At this point I just wanted to give up and quit school. Mini-School saved me from quitting school and … [Read more…]
By Shelly Smasal When I first stepped into Mini-School, I felt very welcome. I was sick of mainstream and I was ready to drop out. Mini-School was my last option. I have been in Mini-School since the beginning of 4th quarter. I really like the program and I am glad that it was an option … [Read more…]
By Jamie O’Day The trip to Arkansas left on Monday April 13th and returned on April 24th. It was an educational yet a very entertaining trip. We were always being entertained by the funny things that people said. Through out the trip I gathered quotes that people said and here are a few: “I see … [Read more…]