By Angie Peterson Frozen cheese. Blaze orange. The smell of melting rubber. 190 frozen toes. Put all those things together, and it can only be one thing. The annual Grantsburg Hike. A two day, 18 mile hike along the St. Croix River with our fearless leaders Randy and Doug. Way before the crack of dawn … [Read more…]
By Angie Peterson I saw this movie a few weeks ago and it wasn’t very realistic, it was definitely a movie. It was about roommates at Harvard in their senior year getting really stressed out over graduation. One of them, Monty, finds a homeless man and they change each others lives. Monty becomes more light-hearted … [Read more…]
By Angie Peterson Carol Edgarian wrote this book brilliantly. She starts the book in Armenia in 1915. The novel tells about a little girl, Garod, living through the Turkish massacre. The Turks killed her father and baby brother, and marched her and her mother through the desert to the Euphrates River. Garod’s mother drowns herself … [Read more…]
Submitted by Angela Peterson This is a poem my best friend wrote for me. Cathy DeanOnce there was a little bird,a happy bird was she. Her name was Cathy Campbell Ann,a pretty bird, indeed. So sublime were Cathy’s feathers,a lovely shade of grayish blue. To see her fly was quite a sight,so pretty as she … [Read more…]
By Angie Peterson Looking around Mini-School, you’ll see a lot of special people, students and teachers. Most of the students have come a long way since their first days in the program. The teachers have helped them get there. I think that most people who aren’t involved with Mini-School don’t realize what the program does … [Read more…]