The St. Michael-Albertville High School honored its trimester one Courtesy and Respect award winners at their Monday evening school board meeting. Three students per grade are chosen to receive this award per trimester. Staff can nominate a student whom they feel fits the following characteristics, and then the entire high school staff votes for the […]
State Sees First Whooping Cough Death in Six Years
The MDH is urging parents, expectant mothers to consider immunization.
Minnesota health officials on Wednesday confirmed an infant death related to pertussis, also known as whooping cough. The infant was diagnosed with pertussis in August 2019 and died in November after being hospitalized for three months. The last pediatric death related to pertussis in Minnesota was in 2013. “We were extremely saddened to hear that […]
STMA School District, Teachers Struggle to Reach Contract Agreement
Minnesota school districts negotiate new contracts with their certified teaching staff every two years, and this year the St. Michael-Albertville school district and its local teachers’ union have thus far failed to reach an agreement on the 2019-2021 contract. A mediation session last month failed to result in a compromise, and the parties will resume […]
St. Michael-Albertville Rotary Announces Students of the Month
Homeroom teachers at St. Michael-Albertville High School are always on the lookout for exceptional eleventh-grade students to recommend for STMA’s Rotary Student of the Month program. Local Rotarians select students each month of the school year who embody their motto of “service above self,” with the focus on students in their junior year so the […]
School Board Approves One Year Trial of Elementary Orientation
The St. Michael-Albertville school board voted 5-1 Monday evening to allow a one-year trial of the proposed elementary-level orientation days. Next fall, the STMA school district will not have open house nights the last week in August for grades 1-4. Instead, parents will sign up for one-on-one, 30-minute orientations with their child’s teacher on the […]
Saint Michael-Albertville Schools to Consider Change to Elementary School Start
The school board will consider the issue at their Dec. 2 meeting
Have you ever felt rushed at your elementary student’s Open House night at the end of summer? The STMA school district is proposing a significant change to the current system of holding a 1.5 hour Open House at the end of August, and they posit that the new Fall Orientation Days will give students, teachers […]
Six STMA Swimmers Head to State
Six athletes from the STMA girls swim team earned their place at the 2019 Minnesota State High School Swim and Dive Championships at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center through their top performances at the Section 8AA competition last weekend. STMA State Competitors The relay swimmers include: Kelsey Kocon, Hailey Riley, Maggie Lombardi, and Faye […]
St. Michael-Albertville Rotary Announces Students of the Month
Homeroom teachers at St. Michael-Albertville High School are always on the lookout for exceptional eleventh-grade students to recommend for STMA’s Rotary Student of the Month program. Local Rotarians select students each month of the school year who embody their motto of “service above self,” with the focus on students in their junior year so the […]
Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Voters Approve Levy
Early voting, Buffalo community lead to referendum victory.
Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose voters gave the nod to a tax increase to fund students and classes at the district with a levy approval on the district’s second try. The BHM School District asked residents to increase the district’s operating levy by $750 per student (this is not the tax impact amount for residents–See that chart here). Funds […]
Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Holds Election Tuesday
Voters will decide on an operating levy increase for the district as it continues to grow.
The Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose (BHM) School District is asking residents to vote on an operating levy referendum that will increase funding by $750 per student (this is not the tax impact amount for residents–See that chart here). Funds from the operating levy go to pay for salaries, supplies and other operating expenses. In November 2018, BHM failed […]
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