education

Schmidt graduates from college before high school

May 17, 2023

Eighteen year old Kaitlin Schmidt of Lake City will graduate twice this spring. Schmidt graduated from Minnesota State College Southeast – Red Wing campus on Friday, May 12, 2023 with an associate’s degree in Liberal Arts. She’ll also be graduating from Lincoln High School. Schmidt participated...

Lincoln High School’s March 2023 Students of the Month

Apr 26, 2023

The March 2023 Students of the Month for Grades 7 through 9 at Lincoln High School have been announced. Two students from these grades are selected each month. March students include: • 7th grade: Rylee Thieren and Kadence Meyer • 8th grade: Mackenzie Kohrs and Luke Fleming • 9th grade...

Five Lake City High School students participate in Dorian Vocal Music Festival

Feb 8, 2023

Five students from the Lincoln High Choral Department were selected to attend the 73rd Dorian Vocal Festival held at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, on Jan. 8 and 9. The Dorian Festival is the largest honor choir in the Midwest, with close to 1,000 participants from five different states:...

An earlier start at Bluff View?

Jan 25, 2023

Lake City Public School officials are investigating the possibility of beginning the school day earlier at Bluff View Elementary School. In his monthly report to the Lake City School Board at its Jan. 23 meeting, Bluff View Principal Eric Aeschlimann said Bluff View has about a half hour less...

Grant allows Bluff View students to compete in Youth Coding League

Dec 28, 2022

Fifth and sixth grade students at Bluff View Elementary School competed alone and in small groups against students from around the country in the Youth Coding League. Each week during the regular season, they watch videos to learn computer programming techiniques, said Diane Spence, the team’s...

Letter was intended to stoke misplaced fear about education

Sep 28, 2022

In a letter last week, a writer uses the dog whistle “Critical Race Theory or CRT” to advance an agenda of fear. The writer distorts a proposed licensing standard to support their position. When someone quotes only portions of a document, taking things out of context, they usually have a motive; in...

Proposed licensing standard shows CRT is coming to schools

Sep 21, 2022

A teacher licensing standard called “Racial Consciousness and Reflection” is one of eight proposed “Standards of Effective Practice” in Minnesota. If adopted, this new standard will require private and public school teachers to “have a foundational understanding of how race and racism are embedded...

Enger optimistic COVID won’t disrupt school year

Sep 21, 2022

Lake City Public Schools are seeing some COVID-19 cases in the early part of the 2022-2023 school year. The most recent COVID-19 report on the school website listed five confirmed cases at Bluff View Elementary School and one at Lincoln High School. Supt. Erick Enger addressed the topic during his...

Jensen will teach early childhood special education

Sep 14, 2022

Jordan Jensen is teaching kindergarten and first grade special education students at Bluff View Elementary School this year. “My favorite part about teaching is when a student is able to master a skill they’ve been working on,” she said. She grew up in Plainview and has elementary education and...

Roots to Wings staff excited for school year to begin

Sep 7, 2022

The staff at St. John’s Roots to Wings Learning Center is excited to welcome our students for the 2022-2023 school year. Our Pre-K3 class will be taught by Miss Michelle Yotter, who is in her 19th year of teaching. Miss Yotter is joining us after teaching in St. Peter for the past few years....