education
High school honors paraprofessionals
Mar 6, 2019
In honor of Minnesota Paraprofessional Recognition Week, Lincoln High School sent “a big thanks” to paraprofessionals (from left) Jean Sweeney, Jen Halpaus, Cindy McGrath, Elaine Schmidt, Dalila Loyo, and (not pictured) Beth Evers.
No make-up days planned for Lake City Schools
Feb 7, 2019
It’s been three weeks since students at Lake City Public Schools had a complete week of classroom instruction.
School was canceled Jan. 22 due to weather. Monday through Thursday, Jan. 28-31, were canceled as the polar vortex descended on the area. Icy conditions following the weekend melt kept...
Scholarship encourages education in sustainable agriculture practices
Jan 9, 2019
Editor’s note: To kick off 2019, The Graphic is publishing short articles from local organizations and groups to raise awareness about their activities in the coming year. People who want to submit an article and, optionally, a photo, can email it news@lakecitygraphic.com. Submissions are subject...
Thirty alumni join pep band
Dec 27, 2018
The Lake City Tiger pep band welcomed 30 alumni back to perform with it at the girls basketball game against Kasson-Mantorville on Dec. 21. Most had graduated within the last few years, but not Sandy (Roper) Walker. The alto saxaphone player graduated from Lincoln High School in 1964.
Letter: School kids missing out on whole milk
Dec 13, 2018
To the editor:
Once upon a time, I was a little girl who lived on a farm in north-central Minnesota. Park Rapids was about a half hour farther north of our diversified farm with cows, sheep, pigs, and chickens.
We drank nature’s most perfect whole milk. My parents used a separator system to...
Students raise $4,000 for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Dec 6, 2018
Bluff View students presented a check for $4,000 to the Pennies for Patients school program for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Last year this organization raised $40.3 million for research and to support families with education and support
Aaron Breyfogle and his children Teagan, Huxley, and...
Volunteers help assemble preschool playground
Nov 21, 2018
Can you imagine the exquisite torture it must be to be three years old and to look out your classroom window and see brand new playground equipment that you can’t play on and won’t be able to play on until spring?
That’s the situation right now at Bluff View Elementary School where they held a “...
Convention a success for Lake City FFA
Nov 8, 2018
Records. Chores. Book-keeping. Animal Husbandry. What do these four terms have in common? Success.
Last week at the 91st National FFA Convention and Expo, one of Lake City’s own took their success to the next level. Rachel Fick earned the highest degree that an FFA member can earn as a part of...
A teacher's ransom - All School Play opens runs Nov. 9-11
Nov 8, 2018
What if you kidnapped someone for ransom and no one wanted them back?
What if someone got the promotion you wanted and now you report to them?
What if you know you’re a viking but people keep gaslighting you by calling you a mascot?
These are some of the dynamics explored in the Lincoln High...
Pigging out on pancakes at a special ECFE event
Nov 8, 2018
“If you give a pig a pancake, he’ll surely want syrup on it!” Parents and children participated in activities based on the book, “If You Give a Pig a Pancake” by Laura Numeroff, during an Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) special class Saturday, Nov. 3. ECFE is a program for parents and...
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