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Grade 7 – Lindsey Baillif, Leah Benz, Kiara Berndt, Nathaniel Boyer, Justin Brown, Rachel Bruce, Nathen Carlin, Kacia Dooley, Samuel Egland, Brett Gordon, Isabella Gorecki, Madison Guimont, Thomas Haupert, Ryan Hermanson, Brooklyn Horkey, Marissa Jenson, Morgan Johnson, Humaira Kamruzzaman, Wyatt Kostrzewski, Benjamin Kuker, Tyes Laidlaw, Alexis Laurent, Krista Lindberg, Dallas Loneman, Zane Luing, Amanda Mager, Dylan Martin, Bryce McConville, Christina McCorison, Alivia McNulty, Mya Miller, Andrew Olinger, Chikara Padilla, Jacob Pensinger, Steven Peters, MaKayla Pool, Colton Reschke, Justin Robinson, Andrea Ruether, Emily Ryding, Rebecca Schmit, Bethany Steinke, Caitlin Steiskal, Andrew Thompson, Kayla Trisko, Makenna Upton, Alyssa Vangstad, Alexis Ward, Marcus Weitnauer, Alissa Wilbur, Adina Willis, Kevin Winkels, Allisyn Young, Cassidy Young, Damon Ziebarth

Grade 8 – Morgan Bronken, Melissa Certa, Jackie Charles, Kaydia Dewey, Isaac Fordahl, Arica Forsti, Tanner Frederick, Elizabeth Johnson, Hailey Kline, Marcus Kovatovich, Miranda McKay, Haydon Miller, Madelyn Muckenhirn, Alexa Muylaert, Nash Payeur, Alyssa Pecholt, Brian Rajchel, Alexander Riley, Trevor Schliep, Deanna Schultz, Mikayla Sonterre, Kiera Sutherland, Emily VanWyhe

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Grade 7 –  Taylor Abrahamson, Ryan Acker, Jacob Alberti, Abbie Benjamin, Zachary Brooks, Isabella Crego, Brendan Dahl, Taylor Foster, Emma Grunenwald, Alyssa Hanlon, Kerrisa Hodge, Dylan Hogan, Blake Howard, Hannah Husted, Zachary Jamison, Carter Janu, Kayli Johnson, Kylee Johnson, Mariah Johnson, Gage Kadlec, Valerie Kieliszewski, Megan Kirkendall, Nicholas Kliever, Aaron Koch, Jillian Kostrzewski, Joseph Leider, Raquel Luukkonen, Ilea May, Katherine Merwin, Luke Morin, Benjamin Ortberg, Elizabeth Roberts, Austin Robinson, Cassondra Rohrbach, Hannah Rotz, Christopher Swanda, Dainara Walsh

Grade 8 – Jarret Anderson, Cassandra Boucher, Tanicia Broberg, Jack Brower, Makayla Buzzard, Evan Carr, Bryce Caswell, Nicolas Crego, Jacob Dahl, Keith Dertinger, Hannah Dordal, Justin Doucette, Madelyn Drew, Kelsey Forster, Robert Gross, Cole Harberts, Tyler Hellerstedt, Alyssa Kalisch, Camryn Keymes, Kaleb Kliever, Darin Krueger, Alexis Larson, Heather Logan, Mark Loso, Gerald Mager, Christopher Maki, Brady Neubauer, Colton Olson, Damien Pearce, Kayla Peterson, Spencer Ploof, Wyatt Pramann, Mark Rozhik, Makayla Schwieger, Keshaun Story, Ethan Swirtz, Dylan Thull, Kelsie Tufto, Austen Vrana, Chandler Wellman, Brody Wibeto, Danielle Williams, Sophia Wilson, Danya Yoch

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8TH GRADE 3RD QUARTER “B” HONOR ROLL
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The Elk River Area School Board enacted on Monday nearly $2.7 million in budget reductions.

The cuts are expected to be the first of three sets of reductions over the course of three school calenders. The reductions go into effect this summer in time for the 2013-14 school year.

Superintendent Mark Bezek likened the school district’s financial woes to that of the highway department’s.

“Our infrastructure is falling apart because under-funding forces us to dismantle good programs that meet our needs,” he said. “For years we have been underfunded and inequitably funded.”

Add to that the failed operating levy, the district has a $5 to $6 million hole to fill, Bezek said. For this year, that translates into the loss about 22 full-time equivalents (FTEs). To get there, district administrators came up with a plan that affects 40 staff members.

Bezek explained that the adjustments are not performance related.

“They are budget related and at no time should anybody believe these employees did not live up to our expectations. They did. Some far exceeded our expectations. I am truly sorry this has to happen.”

The district’s human resources department is offering help during the process.

Bezek and the Elk River Area School Board had the help of many to devise a budget reduction plan. The superintendent involved his Collaborative Leadership Team, which is comprised of principals, third-level administrators and supervisors.

“This is the toughest part of our job,” School Board Chairwoman Jane Bunting said. “Certainly we understand that we require financial stability to continue educate children, but tonight we are also tasked with making decisions that will affect the lives of some of our staff.”

The School Board targeted administration, instruction and other areas for reductions to its spending plans. About 74 percent of the general fund will go toward instructional staff. One area that was held harmless was technology.

“Hopefully, the Legislature will come through for us and help us out,” Bezek said.

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The Elk River Area School Board is wrestling with what to do with its smallest middle/high school in what has become the eighth largest district in the state.

“We have one foot in one sandbox and one foot in another,” Superintendent Mark Bezek said of the internal big-versus-small-district budget mentality. “We’re a big district trying to work by the numbers, statistics and ratios … and then we have the needs of a smaller school.”

That smaller school is the Zimmerman Middle and High School 6-12 program, and it’s about to lose .3 of an administrator position, which will have a dramatic effect. The school expects to lose a full-time assistant principal to Elk River High School and will only have a .7 position to offer to a replacement.

The School Board will decide Monday night whether to make the cut, letting the chips fall where they may to honor the process put in place to trim $2.7 million from its proposed 2013-14 school budget.

They had their last budget discussion this past Monday in a work session where opinions on the matter varied as they discussed whether to keep both feet in one sandbox or one in each.

School Board Director Jolene Jorgensen – who in previous years called for the Elk River Area School District to act like the big district it had become – said it was important to stay the course for process and follow what the enrollment numbers and ratios are telling them.

Zimmerman is currently at a ratio of 364 students to one administrator, which will be brought up to 404 to one administrator with .3 of the administrator position cut. Meanwhile, Elk River High School’s ratio sits at 425-1, and Rogers High School is 463-1.

“It’s not just the .3 that we’re talking about,” School Board Director Shane Steinbrecher said. “You’re losing a complete person, a huge member of the community is being completely taken out.”

Steinbrecher argued that Zimmerman Middle and High School’s administrative team is as strong as it has ever been, and making the cut could send it back to the tailspin it was in back when it went through four administrators in as many years.

Bezek said it has been a few years since the district has had to make cuts, but the last time it did, he admitted Zimmerman took a hit.

“There’s no question Zimmerman takes a hit when we go through cuts,” Bezek said.

Karen Michels, a former Zimmerman City Council member and an involved parent in the schools, said she believes Zimmerman is being punished unintentionally for past decisions. She points to the draw the Salk Science Technology Engineering and Math Magnet has had on its program. School Board members agreed Michels made good points.

They also know the state of the budget, and the District 728 administration expects this year’s cutting to be the first of three rounds of cutting over the course of a three-year period.

“We’re following a process, and now we don’t follow a process; are we setting a precedent?” Jorgensen asked.

Steinbrecher said then the same could hold through during boundary line discussions as the district looks at numbers and looks away from the notion of community schools.

Bezek said a previous board, right or wrong, made a decision to go with community schools, and that creates some challenges.

School Board Vice Chair Holly  Thompson said being a small school has some advantages and it also has some drawbacks.

“Equitable doesn’t always mean equal,” she said. “A lot of people in Zimmerman would like to have more equitability. Every once in a while, they have to be on the winning side.”

Bezek said administrators would have to take another look this week at he matter, look at the options and make a recommendation.

Cutting $2.7 million is expected to impact 40 people or 22 full time equivalents (FTEs).

Teachers were receiving notice of their likely fate yesterday.

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The process of notifying Elk River Area School District administrators who will likely lose their jobs in the face of a minimum of $2.4 million in budget reductions has begun.

The Star News has learned the district’s communication’s department will take a hit. Casey Mahon, the district’s manager of communications,  confirmed Thursday he was notified on Tuesday his position his position is being eliminated.

The District 728 School Board will meet Monday in a work session that will include an update and discussion on the budget-cutting process from 6 to 7 p.m. in the board room at the District 728 Office.

Building level administrators were notified last week and district personnel were notified this week. These recommended cuts will go before the board for action at an April 8 regular meeting of the Elk River Area School Board, according to Superintendent Mark Bezek.

“Nothing is final until then,” Bezek said. “It’s totally a process.”

Teachers who could lose their positions will be notified next, the school chief said.

The School Board plans to reduce the budget by as much as $2.7 million.

“None of this is easy,” Bezek said. “We’re going to be impacting 40 good people. That is ripping us apart, but what are you going to do?”

Bezek said the one thing the district and board work to hold up during the process is the district’s mission statement.

“What are we here for,” he said. “You try to keep the cuts as far away from the classroom as possible.”

Bezek said one thing that you do in a budget-cutting process is look at what the district has gone without in the past, and is there a way to do that again.

District 728 administration is proposed to be cut by about $550,000, which amounts to 17 percent of the overall cut.

Exactly who is being cut has not been made public, but word of potential cuts has gotten out as administrators and district office personnel learned of their potential fate and perhaps shared it with others, Bezek said.

Karen Michels, a former Zimmerman City Council member and involved parent, spoke this past week at open forum to talk about what she feels will be unintended consequences of past actions of the school district. She asserts that the district’s effort to have a successful science, technology, engineering and math magnet program in the center of the school district has pulled enough kids away from other middle schools that certain schools will feel cuts more deeply.

“The district shouldn’t penalize the schools for supporting (new opportunities),” she said.

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The Elk River Area School District has aspirations of starting a school within a school biomedical science program at Zimmerman High School.

To accomplish that dream, they are looking for financial partners and willing collaborators from the region’s medical community for apprenticeships and job shadowing. The hope is the program would help feed many of the fastest growing career options and attract kids from outside the school district into the school district.

Marco Voce, the principal of the school, presented the concept plans to the Elk River Area School Board at its March 18 work session.

“We are not looking at using internal dollars,” said Jana Hennen-Burr, the assistant superintendent in charge of educational services.

School officials in Zimmerman held a meeting with parents and medical professionals from the area to get a read on interest in such a program. About 30 to 40 people attended. Administrators came away excited.

“It wasn’t a large group, but it was the right group,” said Judy Johnson, a school district  administrator.

Voce said there were a good number of doctors and other professionals from the area’s medical community.

“They talked about all the medical facilities in the area and the (shops) that make medical equipment,” Voce said. “And we have Fairview in our backyard.”

Voce said the school district is looking to use the nationally recognized curriculum called Project Lead the Way. Zimmerman could be the 14th high school to implement a PLTW program. The Salk Middle School uses the curriculum for its STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) school.

“We have taken some that is proven and recognizable,” Voce said.

With the School Board’s blessing, administrators plan to resume efforts to seek grants and develop partnerships.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, biomedical careers are projected to grow at a rate of 62 percent between 2010 and 2020, compared to the average job growth rate of 14 percent.

The Zimmerman program  is looking to feed careers that lean on physiology, genetics, microbiology and public health.

Biomedical careers cover many disciplines including biology (nursing, biochemistry), medicine (animal sciences and pharmacology), engineering (biomedical, applied engineering) and biomedical technician (manufacturing, equipment specialist).

Voce said having a biomedical sciences program would help keep the district relevant and competitive with other districts.

At the outset, a school within a school could include 20 of the district’s own students and another 20 outside of school district. An initial query shows there is at least that much interest, Voce said.

Things could grow from there to add things like kinesiology classes that could be paired with AP statistics to help students learn to crunch the numbers when they’re trying to figure out medical challenges, Voce said.

Voce, Hennen-Burr and Johnson said there are three ways they think the district could pull the program off:

•partnerships with businesses

•out-of-district enrollments

•grants

A “Cadillac” model could cost as much as $317,000 to kick it off. That would cover costs for a teacher, director and coordinator as well as travel, equipment, supplies and curriculum support.

A weeklong summer camp is believed to be another potential component.

If the school had a van donated, that could facilitate trips to Fairview Northland Regional Hospital, Medtronic or wherever for apprenticeships and job shadowing.

A goal would be to get kids out in the job market their senior year.

Board members see possibilities, while one adds a cautionary note

Elk River Area School Board Member Jolene Jorgensen presented words of caution and asked for confirmation that the district is not looking to spend from its current allocation of dollars.

“Here we are again talking about a new program, and we’re looking at cuts,” she said.

Assistant Super-intendent of Educational Services Jana Hennen-Burr said the district is not looking at using internal dollars but is looking for grants and financial partnerships.

School Board Member Sue Farber expressed both support and concern.

“I would see this as a huge opportunity,” she said. “I could see students from Princeton, Milaca, St. Francis, Big Lake and Becker being drawn to our school.”

She also asked what would happen if grants and donations come in but then dry up and it’s not sustainable with new enrollments.

“I would want a back-up plan,” she said.

Hennen-Burr said district administrators would have to come back and say what the district could afford to keep what it would  have to give up. She pointed out some costs are one-time expenses.

Zimmerman Principal Marco Voce said the curriculum would be sustainable. Superintendent Mark Bezek said it’s a way of bringing kids into the district and keeping kids in the district.

“This is great,” Jorgensen said. “I’m not saying it’s not. I just want to add a little caution. Let’s see where the funds are going to come from.”

School Board Member Holly Thompson expressed an interest in where the dialogue takes the district.

“We might get the Cadillac-Plus version,” she said.

Voce said for now administrators would like stay focused on their dream for as long as possible. School Board Members gave the District 728 administration permission to continue the pursuit.

“I think its going to meet a huge need in the area,” Farber said. “Let’s make this a district of distinction that people would want to come here.”

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s spirit as a dreamer is alive and well in the hearts and artistic hands of at least four Elk River High School seniors.

Cayla Weatherly keyed in on the fact that Martin Luther King Jr. was a dreamer at heart for her entry into “The Dream @ 50 Art Contest.” She was second runner-up in the contest open to students in Minneapolis, St. Paul and the suburbs.

They were among nine semifinalists in the high school division to be recognized last month at the Minneapolis Convention Center for their contributions to the “The Dream @ 50 Art Contest.”

The Elk River High School students to rub elbows with WCCO’s Reg Chapman who served as the emcee and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Ryback were Cayla Weatherly, Tyler Cundiff, Cara Fromm,  and Jordan Mathewson. Weatherly also came away with first-runner up honors for her graphite depiction of King.

High school students like Weatherly and Mathewson seemed to easily grasp the idea of dreams, perhaps because they have some of their own. Weatherly is an aspiring neuroscientist, with notions of offering up medical illustrations to help her way through school. Mathewson, is an aspiring graphic designer, with one more line filled to fill in on her college scholarship forms. She has applied and been accepted at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She applied noting she had entered a couple prestigious art contests. Now she can report she was a semifinalist for the Dream @ 50 contest and she is awaiting word on how she fared in a Scholastic writing and art contest, she said.

Nikita Skorykh’s work of art impressed the Elk River High School staff.

“This was really an honor,” she said of the Minneapolis outpost of the Dream @ 50 contest.

“I knew the whole Martin Luther King movement was a big thing but I thought it had shifted away from being as big a deal,” she said. “I have learned that it’s still a big deal.

“His dream is getting there, but there’s still a ways to go in certain areas (to make it a reality).”

Cara Fromm keyed in the manacles of segregation for her contest entry.

The focus of her entry into the contest was “Standing Together.” Mathewson states that it was people standing together that made a difference back when King was alive and that is how more progress will be made now.

“Without it happening nothing could be accomplished,” she said.

Weatherly keyed in on the idea that King was a dreamer, a fact she highlighted by a Harriet Tubman quote stating “Every great dream begins with a dreamer.”

She appreciated being around other artists as passionate as she is about her craft, and she was amazed at the level of respect King still commands.

Jordan Mathewson showed the importance of standing together.

Weatherly’s dream is to someday research neurological diseases. Art serves as a release from the busy demands of such a pursuit. In order to take the art class that she created her King drawing in she had to juggle her anatomy class and five other college level courses. She also had to sign up for an independent study to get art class she wanted, she said.

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Jordan Mathewson was one of the Elk River Arts Magnet students to show her work off at the premiere of Woody Mann’s “The Street Singer” at Union Congregational Church for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event.

“It’s a lot of work, but I like pushing myself,” she said.

So did Martin Luther King Jr.

Students, and parents and teachers alike were blown away about the success of Elk River students in the contest, with nearly half of the semifinalists coming from Elk River High School in a contest open to all metro-area schools.

“I think it says a lot about the arts program at the school and the talent in the school,” said Nina Mathewson, the mother of Jordan Mathewson.

Tyler Cundiff’s entry made him one of the four semifinalists for the Dream @ 50 Art Contest.

About the contest

THE DREAM@50 is a tribute series for the 2012-13 school year to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

Including a student art contest, a world music/dance festival, and video PSAs, THE DREAM@50 is a celebration of creative collaboration in both the Civil Rights Movement and the arts as the foundation for a new paradigm in how we can live together.

THE DREAM@50 Art Contest was offered to K-12 students in ten U.S. cities including the Minneapois/St. Paul area, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Memphis, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles and and San Francisco/Bay Area.

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Cayla Weatherly, Jordan Mathewson, Cara Fromm, Arts Magnet teacher Rana Nestrud and Tyler Cundiff at the Awards ceremony.

Students are invited to create artwork inspired by a word or phrase from The Dream Speech, with the artwork titled accordingly.

Each participating school or after-school program selects a winner to be submitted on-line for the selection of the semifinalists. All submissions must be made through a designated representative of the participating school or after-school program.

A jury of distinguished judges will select from the semifinalists one winner and two runner-ups in each of the three school categories (Elementary, Middle, and High) and one over-all Grand Prize winner, for a total of ten winners. The winners will be announced in an awards ceremony hosted by each of the cities in January/February 2013. Gift card prizes will be presented to the winners as well as to their teachers (for use in the classroom).

The Grand Prize winner from each of the ten cities will be honored in a special Capitol Hill awards ceremony and exhibit to take place in August 2013.

The aim of The Dream@50 Art Contest is to clarify the relevance of history for our young people, to demonstrate the vital importance of the arts in education and daily life, and to build stronger communities based on mutual understanding and respect.

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Thompson

For nearly 35 years, he has worked as a clinical psychologist, school consultant and international speaker on the subjects of children, schools and parenting.  He’s authored nine books focusing on the emotional lives of boys, friendships and social cruelty in childhood, the impact of summer camp experiences on child development, the tensions that arise in the parent-teacher relationships, and psychological aspects of school leadership.

Thompson is the author of “Homesick and Happy: How Time Away From Parents Can Help a Child Grow,” which was  released by Ballantine Books in May 2012. He and co-uthor, Dan Kindlon, wrote the New York Times best-selling book, “Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys” (Ballantine Books, 1999).

A dedicated speaker and traveler, Thompson has appeared on The Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC 20/20, CBS 60 Minutes, The Early Show and Good Morning America. He has been quoted in the New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Time and U.S. News and World Report and has been a guest on NPR’s “Morning Edition” with Susan Stamberg, “Talk of the Nation” with Ray Suarez and the Diane Rhem Show. He wrote, narrated and hosted a two-hour PBS documentary entitled “Raising Cain” that was broadcast nationally in 2006.

Thompson is a past member of the board of the American Camping Association and is on the Advisory Board of Parent Magazine. Thompson lives in Arlington, Mass. He is married to Dr. Theresa McNally, a psychotherapist, is the father of Joanna, 27, and Will, 21, and a recent grandfather of Aubrey, born in February 2012.

For more information on Michael Thompson, visit his website at www.michaelthompson-phd.com

by Nathan Warner

Contributing writer

The Connect Effect linked up in Rogers on  Feb. 25 with author and veteran clinical psychologist, Dr. Michael Thompson.

Dr. Thompson flew in from his home in Arlington, Mass., to tackle tough questions from nearly 200 parents and teachers about their children’s relationship to school and learning. He also held workshops with students earlier in the day asking them about their relationships with school, their parents, and their teachers.

Photo by Nathan Warner
Renowned clinical psychologist, school consultant, and international speaker, Dr. Michael Thompson, dropped into Rogers from Massachusetts Monday night to talk about children and their struggles with their school, their parents and their teachers and how to help them cope with a flawed but necessary system.

The event was organized by Rogers High School DECA students who were in Minneapolis this past weekend presenting their Connect Effect project at the state DECA conference. Thompson is co-author of the New York Times best-selling book, “Raising Cain: Protecting the emotional Life of Boys” as well as many other books on childhood development and education, including his most recent one, “Homesick and Happy: How Time Away from Parents Can Help a Child Grow.” Throughout his talk Monday, Thompson alluded to his book, “The Pressured Child: Helping Your Child Achieve Success in School and in Life.”

Thompson stressed that for parents and teachers to understand their children’s reaction to school, it is paramount for them to remember how they felt about school growing up.

Kids need guidance yet a certain amount of space for positive growth.

“How many of you here have spent an entire day following your student around a typical class day?” Thompson asked the audience. Only one woman, named Sandy, raised her hand. Thompson asked her to  describe how it felt.  “Long,” she replied.  “When I ask teachers who have followed a student from class to class, they use words like ‘exhausting,’ ‘confusing,’ ‘boring,’ and ‘too many transitions.’”

According to Thompson, few parents or teachers would ever want to go back to school. “When people say they want to go back to school, they’re talking about college,” he smiled, “with long coffee breaks with friends and adventure and studying when you want to with no one looking over your shoulder.  Nobody who says they want to go back to school is talking about 6th grade.”

Thompson challenged parents to stop expecting school to be exciting and enjoyable for their kids, when their own memories are not so rosy.

Dr. Michael Thompson has authored nine books, including the one above.

Similarly Thompson feels many parents have too high of expectations for their kids.  “Many parents are over-focused on grades,” he said, “when I’m more concerned with their friendships, their involvement and connection with their teachers and class.”

Thompson described a parent who was driving his son to distraction with pressures to get good grades and get into good schools. “I asked him what he was worried about,” Thompson recalled, “and he told me ‘globalization.’”  Thompson said it is natural for parents to be worried about where their child’s place is going to be in the world, especially now that it is a global marketplace with many students competing with children halfway around the world for jobs. He cautioned against allowing this to become a pressure on children.

“If the world has changed around us, our children’s brains haven’t,” Thompson said. “They still have the same brains that you had when you were their age.  No amount of pressure is going to change that.” He added that parents must deconstruct their dreams for their children and follow their children’s unique journey. “Watching our children struggle in their journey is one of the toughest jobs of being a parent.”

In addition to authoring “Raising Cain,” Thompson has authored “The Pressured Child.”

Parents and teachers, according to Thompson, need to understand that school is not a competition.  “Your son or daughter is living today to the fullest,” he said, “but you as a parent are focused on the future.”

Thompson said many parents and teachers do not understand that by the 4th grade a child’s academics are pretty much set.  “Barring some ‘aha’ moment for your child, if they consistently get B’s, from grade to grade, then no amount of added pressure is going to make them an A-student.”  Thompson said that this can devastate parents who have high expectations or anxieties about their children academic future.  These same parents oftentimes use fear and intimidation to try prodding their children forward.  Thompson said these tactics can make boys distant and unreachable while girls can become terrified and paralyzed.

“I remember asking a terrified little 6th grade girl what she was so afraid of,” he recalled, “and she replied, ‘I’m afraid there won’t be a school for me because I’m not good enough.’”  Thompson stopped and looked out at the parents.  “Where did she get that idea?” he asked.  “She got it from her parents who wanted her to get into a fancy, selective, private school.”

Thompson said that what makes a good student is not their grades, but their connection with the people around them, recognition of where they are and what’s expected, and a growing sense of mastery.  “For a student to be successful, they need to feel like they’re growing and a lot of that is up to parents and teachers to help them have that sense.”  Thompson says he admires kids who work hard and get good grades, but stressed that parents and teachers shouldn’t overlook the fact that there are many successful kids who aren’t in the top of the class because they have invested in connection, recognition, and a growing sense of mastery.

Although he is often mistaken as a school reformer, Thompson stressed he is not.  “School is a deeply flawed human institution,” he said, “but it’s the only one we have and we have to work with what we have.”

Thompson said parents and teachers can’t expect one size to fit all.  “I interviewed drop-out students and asked them what they needed. ‘Evening school’ was their answer, but we won’t change because teachers and parents expect kids to live by their schedule.”

Thompson closed by comparing the perfect education to a teacher he once saw running with two of his students.  “This teacher was running just off their shoulders, a quarter-step behind these two girls,” he said, “They could hear his footfalls and hear him breathe, but he wasn’t so far in front of them that he demoralized them.  He was running right alongside – but slightly behind – their journey through school.  This is how parents and teachers must relate to their kids: not too much pressure and not too little.”

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Grade 10 A Honor Roll
Ivana Arrington, Ngefor Asangwe, Alexis Ayres, Alex Balken, Tanner Beckerleg, Nathan Benkofske, Adam Booth, Jordan Brown, Garrett Caldon, Nathan Collins, Carter Corpe, Taylor Cotton, Brandon Cramer, Emma Crane, Michael Dahlson, Alyssa Dorff, Aaron Dwyer, Bradley Edwards, Hunter Enkhaus, Kyle Erickson, Joseph Evans, Bailey Evenson, Hallie Fousek, Jenna Fromm, Hannah Gandrud-Christensen, Chase Gauthier, Joshua Gearou, Samuel Gearou, Hannah Georgeson, Alina Gerasimov, Katherine Gingras, Riley Givens, Zachary Glasgow, Greta Gleiter, Hunter Gulbranson, Matthew Gulden, Alexander Gutterud, Jordan Haack, Jaimi Hagen, Emma Hanegraaf, Havana Hanson, Katelyn Hartneck, Nikki Haugland, Samantha Hendricks, Ryan Herrboldt, Austin Heuer, Drake Hevey, Reece Hickman, Alec Hills, Angela Hipsag, Maggie Hohlen, Alexander Holm, Gina Honek, Keaton Huberty, Daniel Janasz, Jacob Jaremko, Carley Johnson, Peter Jones, Gabriella Jung, Kyle Jung, Geneva Kachinske, Connor Knutson, Alison Krohn, Emily Krueger, Matthew Lee, Hannah Lee, Sarah Livingston, Mariah Lybeck, Blake Martie, Paige Mathewson, Molly McQuown, Matthew Merkling, Cole Moening, Victoria Morgan, Emily Motin, Ethan Nangle, Taylor Odegard, Claire O’Konek, Sydney Olson, Allaskah Osmondson, Shelby Paaverud, Josie Parker, Kaitlyn Pearson, Kari Peterson, Daniel Petters, Nicole Remus, Kaylee Roche, Paige Rogers, Elizabeth Schmitz, Carter Schunk, Emily Sederstrom, Morgan Shryock, Brionna Sink, Jeremiah Smith, Jennifer Sorenson, Madyson St Germain, Erin Stein, Jaclyn Studniski, Laura Sturos, Christopher Thorndal, Nicholas Tillmann, Emma Trittin, Andy Vail, Katherine VanCamp, Gausher Vang, Mitchell Weege, Sophie Wiitala, Mitchell Wosmek, Alec Wosmek, Colette Woyke

Grade 10 B Honor Roll
Coral Barden, Austin Batula, Alec Becklin, Sara Begin, Carter Bentley, Dakotah Berg, James Bounds, Benjamin Boyd, Holly Braun, Lauren Brayden, Andrew Bronshteyn, Jacob Buhl, Levi Burke, Dillon Chamberlain, Sarah Chasteen, Tyler Chesemore, Melissa Cross, Shayla Curtis, Olyviah Denis, Morgan Dieterichs, Matthew Egan, John Elliott, Ellie Engstrom, Zachary Ernst, Jennifer Faue, Bailey Faust, Robert Finseth, Madison Fix, Colton Fredenberg, Dylan Fure, Alyssa Germscheid, Brooke Gillquist, Nolan Goebel, Hannah Graif, James Grillo, Benjamin Gustafson, William Gutzwiller, Noah Hallbeck, Stephanie Hanowski, Andrea Hanson, Kalley Hennessey, Andries Hillebregt, Steven Hipsag, Kathleen Hogan, Krystal Holby, Ali Hopkins, Micah Howard, McKenzie Humphrey, Austin Junker, Emily Kliewer, Weston Kolles, Miranda Krueger, Alana Labatt, Cassandra Lane, Claire Lerud, Cody Louks, Alexis MacArthur, Jordan Madison, Nicholas Madsen, Lia Maegi, Isabel Maertens, Alaina Manthey, Jeremy Masley, Julia Miller, Hannah Moore, Clara Musselman, George Nameny, Timothy Newcomer, Kyle Nielsen, Jonathan Niska, Jennifer Nordstrom, Samantha Pawlak, Tyler Peterson, Shayla Pyles, Carly Rausch, Erin Reiner, Abigale Rice, Anna Rollag, Ellie Schmitt, Jenna Schrader, Sarah Schroeder, Jayda Seek, Tiahna Settambrino, Kayla Shappell, Mckenna Shepard, Michaela Simcoe, Kennedy Strain, Luke Sweet, Jeffrey Thao, Emily Thedens, Courtney Tobiason, Jacob Wakeman, Shannon White, Haley Williams, Samual Wolters

Grade 11 A Honor Roll
Mallory Adams, Mitchell Anderson, Daniel Anderson-Jones, Kelsie Baker, Denis Bardashevskiy, Monica Bellin, Meghan Benton, Malea Bertsch, Benjamin Blomgren, Brody Boese, Austin Borreson, Emily Brinza, Matthew Brisbin, Becca Brummer, Grant Bunker, Robert Burger, JW Burns, Nicholas Campbell, Alec Cantin, Monica Carter, Nathan Chanthamontry, Cody Christ, Alexis Christensen, Laura Christensen, Lyndee Chuba, Logan Daulton, Taylor Day, Molli Detloff, Jacob Dexheimer, Abby Dickinson, Charles Domeier, Gabriella DuPont, Sydney Durkot, Stephanie Edgeton, Abigail Eilertson, Kailey Erdahl, Barry Erickson, Meghan Erickson, Brendan Farver, Emalie Fiss, Austin Follmer, Brianna Forrest, Cameron Gallenberg, Cassi George, Joseph Gonrowski, Tyler Graves, Kayla Grimm, Erica Haaf, Jenna Hagglund, Aaron Hannan, Weston Hansen, Jeremy Hanson, Emily Heid, Luke Hemphill, Lindsey Hendrickson, Breck Hickman, Courtney Hickman, Joshua Hinkemeyer, William Hoff, Garrett James, Talia Johnson, Kathryn Juettner, Melissa Keisling, Samantha Killeen, Jenna Kivley, Carlee Kjeldahl, Jessica Klutch, Jared Kokesh, Kelly Kolles, Evan Kraljic, Jennifer Krick, Markie Kutzer, Jessica Langbehn, Austin Larson, Ethan Lenertz, Alivia Lensing, Braiden Loreno, Daniel Lucas, Courtney Madden, Meagan Marsh, Joseph Martin, Holli McClellan, Marissa McDaniel, Austin McNamara, Brittany Meyer, Emily Meyer, Huntington Miller, Luke Mogler, Morgan Mogler, Seaver Montgomery, Rachel Mynahan, Kalley Nellermoe, Erin Ness, Jessica Neuman, Erik Nyquist, Molly Olson, Matthew Olson, Alex Ott, Angela Paulson, Molly Perry, Rebekah Peterson, Alix Poliszuk, Seth Rabe, Kari Radke, Cody Raduenz, Courtney Reistad, Christian Rohlf, Olivia Rossi, Madison Rothfork, Tyler Rothstein, Mandy Sailor, Ryan Sandhoefner, Blake Scarborough, Ashley Schaber, Trevor Schroedl, Douglas Schulz, Wyatt Schuster, Isaac Schwab, Lillian Stanaway, Noah Steichen, Katelyn Stevens, Grant Tesdahl, Kendra Thompson, Jonathan Tormoen, Nicholas Tran, Jasmine Vorlicek, Nathan Wallestad, Nathan Watkins, Hali Weisberg, Olivia Westover, Joseph Wetherille, Alicen Whiting, Joshua Wiczek, Jacob Wisniewski, Dylan Woolfolk, Bradley Yankowiak, Michael Young, Sophia Zabee, Andrew Zerban, Blake Ziemski, Alixandra Zierden, Nicholas Zierden

Grade 11 B Honor Roll
Melanie Allen, Taylor Anderson, Josiah Arnhalt, Alexander Babcock, Kyle Badger, Aaron Balcom, Brooke Batchelder, Logan Berg, MacLean Berglove, Kevin Boser, Amy Brown, Michaela Bruns, Elizabeth Budahn, Alyssa Budion, Nathan Campbell, Kadoh Chomilo, Brittany Cornelius, Whitney Dunlevy, Mackenzie Ellis, Michael Fellows, Kaylee Forster, Elisa Goodsell, Shelby Gracik, Sadie Grant, Lydia Gregersen, Zachary Griffin, Rachel Haller, Travis Hansen, Hailey Henning, Blake Hillman, Haley Hinchcliff, McKenna Holien, Jordan Hollom, Natasha Holmgren, Elijah Janasz, Nicholas Jarpey, Courtney Jensen, Zachary Jenson, Joseph Johnson, Erika Johnson, Madison Jordan, Perry Kallevig, Tanya Kirk, Kaitlyn Kurowski, Ginger Lakings, Lucas Laniel, Briggs Leadens, Madeleine Ley, Brandon Meyer, Brianna Mills, Ashlynn Murlowski, Brady Murphy, Marissa Norby, Priscillah Nyakundi, Rebecca O’Connell, Madeline O’Connor, Hunter Ollila, Ryan Osberg, Trent Osterman, Kelsey Owens, Victoria Parke, Sydney Person, Kallie Peterson, Anna Pipenhagen, Hadley Purdy, Ethan Rammer, Austin Rasmussen, Jarred Reasor, Mitchell Reinarts, Joshua Reynolds, Jake Rice, Trevor Riebel, Meghan Risting, Tayler Schmitt, Alexander Schmitz, Dylan Schoolmeesters, Sabrina Silver, Nikita Skorykh, Tristan Smith, Bridger Smith, Tylor Spike, Samantha Starke, Ryan Stefano, Tanner Straus, Wyatt Studniski, Rebecca Sultany, Samuel Swann, Jordan Tarnowski, Kenneth Tietz, Matthew Tincher, Christian Tobin, Ryan Toth, Garrett VanEps, Tyler Vasseur, Jessica Vetter, Chandra Walbolt, Taylor Warner, Aaron Weeks, Tristan Wicht, Jennifer Wiest, Devlin Wiest, Joshua Wolf, David Wolfe

Grade 12 A Honor Roll
Rachel Anderson, Caleb Beaty, Odrey Bechtel, Austyn Beese, Danielle Berry, Hana Boudlali, Elizabeth Brady, Alicia Brady, Alicia Braun, Alexa Bryner, Evan Caldon, Alex Caswell, Benjamin Correll, Derek Cross, Anessa DeMers, Abigail Dery, Devin Donelson, Ryann Eckblad, Bryan Edwards, Mary Elmquist, Garrett Embury, Jacob Esterberg, Cydney Evert, Sydney Feige, Janell Finkbeiner, Alexander Foggia, Marissa Forrest, Cara Fromm, Abigail Gabriel, Anna Gadach, Taylor Gauthier, Brittni Gillquist, Laura Glass, Logan Grace, Nicholas Griffiths, Nicole Grubba, Courtney Grunewald, Ruby Gunderson, Connor Hanson, Anna Haugen, Ashley Henning, Grace Heyne, Ryan Hildebrandt, Lauren Hipsag, Emma Hohlen, Jacob Holbrook, Lauren Holien, Renee Holzknecht, Amanda Hookom, Corissa Howard, Bridgette Hulse, Elizabeth Inman, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Johnson, Roman Kachinske, Mariah Kasper, Hannah Kaufman, Emily Kirscht, Alix Klang, Jake Knopick, Lindsey Koosmann, Autumn Laniel, Joshua Larson, Adam LaValley, Haley Lenz-Severson, Emily Lewis, Joseph Libor, Rebecca Lieser, Taylor Lorentz, Lindsey Lowe, Bailey Lundquist, Aaron Martindale, Claire Mastel, Jordan Mathewson, Abigail McDonald, Katie McElhone, Samantha McGuire, Jordan Meyer, Alexandra Middleton, Alexander Miller, Chloe Moore, Kyle Narum, Mitchell Nelson, Isabella Nordahl, Brandon O’Connor, Miranda Olson, Megan Perry, Maxwell Person, Holly Petersen, Kayla Peterson, Chelsey Petrich, Noah Petters, Zachary Powell, Scott Rehling, Cassandra Reimann, Eric Riesberg, Alison Rudolph, Mariah Rustom, Toni Saajo, Jessica Sadlowsky, Samuel Salem, Jacob Salem, Willa Samuelson, Timothy Sanford, Jacob Schroeder, Michaela Schulz, Aaron Schwab, Allison Schwab, Kimberly Scott, Holly Skalsky, Lucas Stefano, Sara Strehl, Will Strei, Ashley Gina Tchalla, Emily Thao, Michael Tormoen, Ryan Trapp, Molly Vail, Krystal VanNorman, Jessica Vornbrock, Leah Waite, Cayla Weatherly, Nathan Webster, Anna Weeks, Brianna West, Paige Wheeler, Kara Ziemer

Grade 12 B Honor Roll
Kyla Alderink, Nicole Anderson, Brian Anderson, Taylor Anderson, Melissa Artwohl, Mambo Asangwe, Matthew Awker, Kasey Beran, James Blackstad, Cooper Bleyhl, Nicole Blocker, Abby Cairns, Joshua Chuba, Casimir Curney, Annessa Daley, Hannah Dalzell, Kristin Davis, Brienna Dehkes, Matthew DeMarre, Mitchell Droogsma, Wyatt Ege, Nicholas Elmer, Matthew Engler, Riley Filipovich, Cameray Frojd, Justin Gagnon, Henry Galinski, Brady Givens, William Gleason, Nicole Glenn, Madeline Gregersen, Emilye Jo Grimes, Elizabeth Grimshaw, Rachel Guck, Terry Hadden, Allison Hansen, Samantha Harris, Austin Heston, Stephen Hill-Roberts, Jay Jarmoluk, Nicholas Johnson, Alyssa Johnson, Sidney Johnson, Kaylee Jondahl, Austen Kettner, Lars Kragness, Adam Kunkel, Nicole Larsen, Kelsey Laugen, Samantha Lazor, Logan Lenertz, Gage Lippolt, McCall Lynch, Rachel Maertens, Hannah Maher, David Murphy, Nathan Myhre, Ryan Nguyen, Katherine Opsahl, Mikayla Paavola, Gregory Pearson, Avery Person, Adam Peterson, Mitchell Peterzen, Alec Plaisted, Emma Pouliot, Jorge Ramirez, Tyler Rivers, Bobbi Schwieters, Brandon Simonson-Storlie, Hailey Skog, Miroslav Skorykh, Jonathan Stanek, Rocio Stier, Conner Swigart, Nicholas Tenute, Ashley Tulowetzke, Carly Uphoff, Paul Ustimchuk, Pa Vang, Jordan Vasseur, Kelsey Wakeman, Clare Waldoch, Mark Walentiny, Hannah Welch, Chelsea Yeager

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