education
Record turn-out for second Summer Reading Program reading night
Aug 3, 2022
On July 27, the Bluff View Summer reading program held its second reading night of the summer. “We had our largest July turnout ever since the program began with about 67 kids attending,” Bluff View second grade teacher Kara Majchrzak said. It was Under the Sea night. There were nine different...
Mr. McElmury’s impact remembered decades later
Aug 3, 2022
It started with a thank you note 50 years in the making.
Rob Prusak was a student of a man who traveled north to the Iron Range for his first teaching job, and the impact this teacher had on him changed his life.
That teacher was John McElmury, and he and his wife, Sue, were both hired fresh out...
Board hires principal, assistant principal for Bluff View Elementary School
Jun 22, 2022
The Lake City School Board unanimously voted to hire Eric Aeschlimann as Bluff View Elementary School principal and Jessica Holst as Bluff View Elementary School assistance principal at the board’s June 20 meeting.
Aeschlimann replaces Jim Borgschatz, whose retirement, effective at the end of the...
School staff recognized for career milestones
Jun 15, 2022
Lake City Public School presented service awards to staff reaching milestones of five-year increments in their employment in the district.
Principal, assistant principal jobs on school board agenda
Jun 15, 2022
A new Bluff View Elementary School principal and assistant principal will be on the Lake City School Board’s June 20 meeting agenda.
After interviewing candidates for both positions, committees have recommended Eric Aeschlimann to be the school’s next principal and Jessica Holst to be the next...
Weinrich receives Grocers scholarship
Jun 15, 2022
Martha Weinrich of Lake City has been awarded a $1,500 Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation Scholarship. Martha’s father, Christopher, has worked for Lake City Fresh Market for over two years. Martha will use the scholarship to attend the Minnesota State College Southeast.
The Minnesota...
St. John’s Lutheran School awards
Jun 8, 2022
St. John’s Lutheran School in Lake City has announced the recipients of its Principal’s Award, High Honors, and Honor Award for the 2021-2022 school year.
Watch for festive rocks
May 25, 2022
The Lake City 150 Celebration Committee asked Dan Steffenhagen, Bluff View Elementary School art teacher, and Gramm’s Rocks to come up with 150-plus painted rocks to celebrate the Sesquicentennial. These rocks will be hidden in various public areas this summer. “If they are found they will become a...
Tractors come to school as planting picks up
May 25, 2022
The parking lot on the Jefferson end of Lincoln High School looked like an implement dealership Friday, May 20. It’s become an annual tradition for students to drive tractors to school on a day near the end of the school year. After school the tractors left town in a procession down Lyon Avenue....
Awards Night 2022 - Student Awards
May 25, 2022
Service, school board scholar, and socratic scholar awards for the 2022 school year at Lincoln High School.
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