New Student Interview
By Jeana Doescher and Androo Bernstein We asked these questions of two of our new Mini-School students this fall, Androo Bernstien and Jenny Blankenship. Here are their responses: Androo Bernstein Jenny Blankenship
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Interview with Randy Nelson
With Jeana Doescher and Jessica Turner Randy Nelson was a teacher in Mini-School. For 29 years he and Doug Berg led kids to graduating, when otherwise they might not have made it. Randy was a Social Studies teacher in Mini-School, but he could have been more. If you ask Randy a question most likely he … [Read more…]
My Job at Hour Glass Dry Cleaners
By Jeana Doescher Hour Glass Dry Cleaners is located at 426 Lake Street in Excelsior. The building looks kind of like a 50’s diner with a lot of glass windows. The atmosphere inside is friendly and casual. A uniform is not required, but you have to wear a name tag and you cannot wear hats … [Read more…]
Book Review: Catcher in the Rye
By Jeana Doescher Most of us at Minnetonka High School have read J.P Salinger’s classic Catcher in the Rye due to it being an assignment when we were in 10th grade, but if for some reason you haven’t read it I highly recommend this book. The story is told through the eyes of a 16 … [Read more…]
A Great New Era of Mini-School
By Jeana Doescher and Mark Thole After 29 years, Mini has come to the end of a great era, and the hopeful beginning of a new one. Most of us, of course, are sad about this strange transition, especially after Doug and Joanne, and maybe even Randy move on to different things. But let us … [Read more…]
Varsity Blues
By Jeana Doescher If you like watching movies full of Texas hick towns, football, angry coaches, drinking, and girls with whipped cream bikinis, this movies for you. Based in a small town in Texas, the movie is about the high school’s star quarterback getting seriously injured and John “Mox” Moxon gets pushed into being the … [Read more…]
Book Review
By Jeana Doescher “Johnny Got His Gun” I went to B. Dalton to look for this book because I heard it was really good. They didn’t have it so I had to order it. I got it a few days ago and read the whole thing in one sitting. It doesn’t say on the back … [Read more…]
Upcoming Trips
By Jeana Doescher Winter camping trip: Set in Boundary Waters canoe area goes out on March 10th and returns on the 17th. 8 students can go. There will be snowshoeing, cross country skiing, and exploring and camping out. The Big Utah trip: Goes out on April 12th, 1999 and returns on the 28th. 16 days … [Read more…]