education

First day an adjustment

Sep 5, 2018

A new student drop-off and pick-up lent even more newness to a day filled with new teachers, classmates, and students at Bluff View Elementary on the first day of the new school year, Sept. 4. The school is in the midst of a $12 million renovation project that will add classrooms, a cafeteria, and...

St. John’s looks forward to a new school year

Aug 22, 2018

Teachers have been busy preparing for the start of school at St. John’s Lutheran Elementary School. This year’s theme is “It All Began with God,” based on 1 Peter 3:15. In addition to attending continuing education classes, CPR and First Aid classes, teachers from the staff at St. John’s have...

Teacher experiences geology first-hand

Aug 15, 2018

This year, Lincoln High School science teacher Anna Karsten was one of the 36 educators participating in G-Camp for Teachers, which takes 36 fifth through 12th grade teachers on a three-week field trip through the Southwest U.S. The group explored the features of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison...

Section of Cross Street becomes one-way

Aug 8, 2018

Traffic patterns around Bluff View Elementary School have changed. Construction on a $12 million expansion and renovation project will continue through the 2018-2019 school year, impacting parking and building access at the school. To help manage traffic in and out of the building during the...

Next Bluff View reading night features pets and pajamas

Jul 12, 2018

Pets are often considered part of the family and organizers of of the Bluff View Summer Reading Program have decided to make them part of the program’s July Reading Night. People are welcome to join them Thursday, July 12, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Bluff View Library for Pets and Pajamas...

Mill apprenticeship program targets technical education

Jun 27, 2018

When Jacob Pierzyna and Zachary Melin walked with their fellow students at Dunwoody College of Technology on May 17, they were the first students to graduate in partnership with a new Ardent Mills apprenticeship program. Pierzyna and Melin will continue working with Ardent Mills until early fall...

Reading program to hold three events

Jun 14, 2018

Bluff View Summer Reading Program is back with three reading nights scheduled this summer. Families are welcome to the school on June 19 for Carnival night, July 12 for Pets and Pajamas night, and Aug. 14 for A Night in Paris. All reading nights are held in the Bluff View Library. People should...

Class of 2018 exits Lincoln High School

Jun 7, 2018

The Lincoln High School class of 2018 had its commencment ceremony Sunday, June 3, in the high school gymnasium. Remarks were brief with a heavy emphasis on appreciation for the support of school staff and parents leading up to a moment 13 years in the making. Ari Carlson, one of the class speakers...

Farm power own display at Lincoln High School

May 31, 2018

It was a party atmosphere the morning of May 25 as 34 farm implements, many adorned with American flags, and one John Deere riding lawnmower converged on a parking lot at Lincoln High School in what has become an annual tradition near the end of the school year. Country music played as students and...

Recent history comes alive at Bluff View