By Matt Dols, Keri Hanson, and Morgan Dvorak BE THE BIGGER PERSONENFORCE THE SOBER DRIVERIN EVERY SITUATIONNEVER DRIVE DRUNKGET SOMEONE TO DRIVE THAT HASN’T DRANKREMEMBER THE LAWEVERYONE GETS CAUGHTSO DON’T BE STUPIDPASS THE KEYS ALONGOR YOU WILL DIENO ONE SHOULD DRINK AND DRIVESOBER IS THE ONLY WAYIF YOU WANT TO LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAYBE … [Read more…]
By Molly Piotter Recently, we passed out a survey to a class of mainstream students. We found out that there are a lot of misconceptions and kids probably don’t know much about Mini-School. This might help clear things up. Mini-School is actually a program within the school that helps kids with individual learning issues. Mini-School … [Read more…]
By Renee Aymar I started at Minnetonka my freshman year and everything was going great; I had a lot of friends and my grades were good. About half way through the year, my grades started slipping because I didn’t understand what I was learning and I was not getting the help I needed to fix … [Read more…]
By Amanda Frederick Late in 2005, on a very cold December 1st, Mini-School students set out to earn volunteer hours for their 10th grade health class. Accompanied by Matt Mosuman, six students (Renee Aymar, Ryan S., Meghan H., Joe DiMiguel, Amanda Frederick, and Monica Sheats.) went to St, Matthews’s church in Minneapolis to volunteer for … [Read more…]
By Rosalind Turner On Saturday, April 8, I went to the Pillsbury Center in North Minneapolis with Ramona and another student Jaquon to help with a Family Egg Hunt. I went because of a service learning project for health class. The event went from 10 to 2:30. I had to hide eggs outside and inside … [Read more…]
By Chase Crowley From October 27-28, Mini-School went to Timber Bay for a service learning project for health. While we were there, we cut down trees, moved a lot of brush, had a huge bonfire and shaved the trees we had cut down. The food we ate up there was really good and the lodging … [Read more…]
By Steve Iversrud Mini-School has many great subjects of interest. One of which is their expansive English department which has two great teachers in it. First is veteran Mini-School English Teacher Merlin Zimmerman who teaches 9th, 11th, and 12th grade in and out of Mini-School. And second is Jen Goeptert who is making her Minnetonka … [Read more…]
By Monica Sheats Mini-School, which has now been around for 36 years, is an alternative program that was started by Randy Nelson and Doug Berg, designed to help students that were in desperate need of help, whether mainstream was just simply moving at too fast of a pace, or if they were in fear of … [Read more…]
By Jojo Skolnick As the end of the school year approaches, I have come to realize that I am getting closer and closer to the rest of my life. Mini-School has boosted me to new heights with my scholastic altitudes. The staff has been a supportive family for me to fall back on during any … [Read more…]
By Janel Hagstrom I came to Mini-School three years ago in my junior year. When I first came here, the only thing I knew about Mini-School was the rumors Mainstream had to say. I had anticipated my time in school, from then on, would be wasted hanging out with drug addicts and people who just … [Read more…]