education

Lincoln makes Advanced Placement honor roll

Oct 23, 2024

The College Board announced that Lincoln Junior-Senior High School has been named to the 2024 Advanced Placement Program (AP) School Honor Roll, earning SILVER distinction, according to a news release. The AP School Honor Roll recognizes schools whose AP programs are delivering results for...

Community education receives $50,000 grant to support social-emotional learning

Sep 11, 2024

Lake City Community Education is excited to announce that it has been awarded a generous grant of $50,000 from The Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation through the Otto Bremer Trust and its Community Responsive Fund. This funding will significantly enhance educational opportunities for...

Altendorf has the right priorities for education

Sep 11, 2024

School is back in session and the first report card is out on the Lake City Public Schools. Our children and grandchildren are not meeting standards in math (43.7%), reading (44.9%) or science (29.9%)! Our graduation rate has dropped to 88.9%. Check out the dismal data at https://rc.education.mn....

Scorecard shows growth in students that are both college and career ready

Sep 4, 2024

Lincoln High School has released its “Scorecard” of college and career readiness statistics for the class of 2024. Principal Greg Berge presented the information to the school board at its Aug. 20 meeting. A letter to parents provided a link to a YouTube video summarizing the data. In the video he...

No filers so far for school board

Aug 7, 2024

As of Tuesday, Aug. 6, a week before the Aug. 13 deadline, no candidates had filed for the four seats on the Lake City School Board up for election this fall. School board members serve four-year terms and oversee school district operations, which include Bluff View Elementary School, Lincoln High...

Camp Invention 2024 wraps at Bluff View

Jun 19, 2024

Camp Invention 2024 just wrapped up a week of discovery, collaboration, and creation. 40 students going into kindergarten through sixth grade learned about inventors and their inventions, and then got to explore their own ideas. They designed their own games, tackled global water challenges and...

Church seeks memorabilia from Mary E. McCahill Institute

May 8, 2024

St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church is seeking memorabilia from a Catholic School that used to operate next to the church. “Mary E. McCahill Institute was a 1-12 school that occupied the space where the Parrish center is now located,” the church said in a news release. “A small committee has met...

State mandates are crushing school budgets

May 1, 2024

Once again, schools across Minnesota are proposing cuts or property tax increases to balance their budgets. It is not because we are short on cash, but because schools are drowning in Democrat mandates. Despite a historic and massive $2.2 billion boost to the state education budget last year,...

Support legislation to increase social worker services in schools

Apr 17, 2024

I am writing to inform you about an issue that K-12 school children, families, and communities are facing. An important bill is being introduced to the house that would help the students at the school and surrounding district members towards a better now, while creating a better future for all. The...

High school’s second quarter 2023-2024 Standout Students

Feb 28, 2024

Lincoln High School recognized 15 students in grades 10-12 as “Standout Students” for second quarter of the 2023-24 school year. Standout Students are recognized by their classroom teachers at the end of each quarter in one of six categories (Growth, Achievement, Attitude, Effort, Respect, or...