By Jen Goepfert Whew! I can’t believe the year is ending! What a whirlwind semester! I have a ton of memories of Mini-School, but my favorite is most definitely of our canoe trip to the St. Croix River. I decided to end the year on a quiet reflective note with a brief introduction to American … [Read more…]
By Erik Goderstad This year on March 10th, Jen’s English class took a tour through downtown St. Paul of many places F. Scott Fitzgerald lived, worked, and played. We took this trip to support our curriculum which currently includes The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The trip was to see his boyhood home, workplace … [Read more…]
By David B.W. One September ago, when school’s tight grasp of authority had once again crept upon the innocent students, from which it derived it’s life, a van drove to Wisconsin. What was to emerge from that van was a different kind of student; equally respectable and ambitious yet, unable to find their way in … [Read more…]
An account by Jonathan Masterson and Josh Maks The first Mark Warren Trip was out on September 22, 23 and 24 with the following students: Carli Sperbeck, Ryan Klun, Andrew Lopez, Sterling Shaw, Josh Maks, Jonathan Masterson, Aaron Peterson, and Charlie Horton. While Mark Warren leads most activities, Paul Gerten was the Mini Staff leader, … [Read more…]
By Christine Baert The Superior Hiking trip went out on August 4th, 2003 and came back August 8th 2003. The students that participated were Chelsea Baert, Christine Baert, Matt Bantz, Shaina Fossum, John Friedmeyer, Jordan Helgeson, Katie Juneau, Chaz Kerr, Erik Onken, Paul Studer, Adam Swanson, and Andrew Wetterlin. Venture out into the Northern tip … [Read more…]
By Josh Zelazny On November 14, 2001, a group of 23 people met at school for a Mini-School hiking trip. We set sail around 6:00 am and not one person was late (that is very unusual). About half way to Grantsburg, WI we made the usual stop to McDonald’s. Afterwards we were on the open … [Read more…]
By Dustin Mencel The Mini-School Superior Hiking Trail trip was a blast this year. The hikers that went were Andrew Beddor, Monica Duperre, Natalie Evans, Katie Juneau, Chris Korolchuck, Dustin Mencel, Alaina Mielke, Joe Morseth, John Shannon, and Stein Thorbeck. The first day was a little bit cloudy and it rained in the afternoon, which … [Read more…]
By Kelly Meyers I went on the second Mark Warren trip it was a wonderful experience for all of the trip members included: Jessica Johnson, Lindsay Klug, Tom Mason, Dustin Mencel, Kelly Meyers, Alaina Mielke, John Shannon, Amanda Sheats, and Stein Thorbeck. All of us got along very well we all “bonded” with each other … [Read more…]
By Zach Hobbs Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be stranded and not be able to survive. Well thanks to Mark Warren I will hopefully not have this problem if I ever am faced with this situation. Mark had two goals in mind. His first goal was of course to show … [Read more…]
By Kristina Petron Well, this year it was a bit more like a bi-athlon. Our trip had to relocate to White Water State Park due to another group of alternative school kids who misbehaved. Because of those kids we could not go white water rafting this year. I think it is very unfair. Anyway, the … [Read more…]