Bluff View Elementary School

Contractor: Bluff View Expansion Complete

Aug 29, 2019

The Rochester office of Kraus-Anderson has completed additions and remodeling at Bluff View Elementary School, the company said in a Aug. 26 news release. Designed by MLA Architects, the $12 million, 32,000-square-foot addition features six new classrooms for pre-school and kindergarten students...

2019-2020 school year begins Sept. 3

Aug 29, 2019

Summer break comes to an end for most students in the Lake City School District when the school year begins Tuesday, Sept. 3. A district-wide staff workshop day took place Tuesday at Bluff View Elementary School which, for the first time in over a year, is not under construction. Earlier this week...

Summer lunch program not yet at break-even point

Aug 8, 2019

A representative of the school district’s food service provider gave an upbeat assessment of the school district’s summer lunch program, while acknowledging that participation lags behind a neighboring school district. “In 32 days we have served 2,800 meals. You can’t complain about that,” Brian...

Bluff View almost ready

Jul 25, 2019

“We could open tomorrow, honestly,” Bluff View Elementary School Principal Jim Borgschatz told the Lake City School Board Monday night. A $12 million expansion and renovation project at the school that began over a year ago is nearing completion. “All that’s left is some hook-up stuff,” he said. “...

School presents service awards

Jun 5, 2019

Lake City Public Schools, at an end-of-the-school-year luncheon June 3, honored staff who have reached employment milestones with the district and one retiring teacher.

All work and no play for Bluff View's 'worker bees'

May 29, 2019

Each morning and noon they come looking for a new assignment. They’ve assembled and disassembled furniture, moved furniture, taken out trash, and wiped floors. They’ve changed filters and poured water into drain traps to keep the sewer smells at bay. Bluff View Elementary School Principal Jim...

New bikes for students ‘on the move’

May 23, 2019

Seven participants in the Bluff View on the Move program at Bluff View Elementary School won new bicycles paid for with a donation from Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City. Students that gave up their screen time at home and increased their activity by 30 minutes on a daily basis for 16 out of...

Lunch exiled to gym

May 23, 2019

Lunch service moves to a gymnasium at Bluff View Elementary School.

Sundae, human sundae

May 8, 2019

A human sundae made with Bluff View Elementary School Principal Jim Borgschatz and Assistant Principal Tracy Oliver was the cherry on top of a day of rewards for students who participated in a fundraising drive for the Bluff View Special Fund. Top sellers during the fundraiser got to add toppings...

Bluff View Tiger Pride award recipients

Apr 17, 2019

Every month Bluff View teachers nominate students to receive Tiger Pride awards based on their positive behavior. The recipients for April are listed below.