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As Covid case numbers continue to fall after peaking here in early February, so too do the mask mandates. The only school district in the county to mandate universal mask wearing in all grades since the start of school, Cloquet school board members took a cautious approach through both the Delta and the Omicron variants, never altering the mandate. On Monday, however, board members voted 5-0 to end the mask mandate effective Saturday. Their decision was greeted with applause by nearly a dozen...
On top of a pandemic, the Barnum school board is looking at a challenging 2022, with top administrators leaving and an $8 million decision on school maintenance coming fast. During the regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 15, the board held a lengthy discussion about replacing administrative staff that have left or are leaving. The board approved the resignation of Judy Vitito, the former elementary principal, effective Jan. 7, at the meeting of the board Jan. 18, and Mike McNulty, superintendent,...
Cloquet High School Quarter 2 honor roll A Honor Roll Grade 9 Rizal Agaton-Howes Gage Allen Diamond Allen-Lovejoy Owen Anderson Ahnna Bader William Bauer Johanna Bernu Sarah Blais Joshua Bleskacek Ellise Boyd-Affias Sofia Breuer Madison Correll Cadence Dillon Brody Dushkin Madison Erickson Clare French Nikolas Gentilini Paige Goranson Shealee Gunderson Natalie Halling Noah Hansen Natalie Hautajarvi Riley Hillman Jean Hurd Nicholas Janke Sophia Johnson Erin Keating Addison Kozelouzek Michael Kruse Brijette LaCore Quinten Larsen Preston Latour...
Cromwell -Wright High School First Semester honor roll A Honor Roll Grade 12 Ludovica Abbozzo Jacob Anderson Andres Angulo Rylie Dobosenski NataLee Hakamaki Anja Johnson Scarlett Korpela Alaina Lind Jay Olesiak Andrea Pocernich Augusta Poskus Zevvus Smith Chandell Warner Michael Zoeller Grade 11 Noah Foster Isaac King Sascha Korpela Jacob Measner Steven Ridlon Payton Rosbacka Liam Schoenberg Grade 10 Elliott Anderson Jillian Anderson Avery Birman Tanner Collman Marissa Dahl Caya Forland Aurora Gervais Kyra Granholm Mya Gronner Maxell Hanni...
While other area schools and cities are heightening Covid-19 protocols, the Esko school board voted Monday to pass a set of guidelines that would allow the removal of mandatory masks on Feb. 7. With a 3-2 vote at the regular meeting Jan. 24, the board passed guidelines that state the mask mandate for elementary school students would be suspended if the number of active Covid-19 cases for the district is under 25. If the number of cases is not below 25, masks could be mandatory for all students. “The board has not set a specific strategy, but i...
More than 100 students attending Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College during Fall Semester 2021 achieved high academic standing and earned Dean’s List honors for the semester grading period. Requirements for earning Dean’s List honors at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College include maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or higher while completing 12 or more course credits during the semester. Students may take daytime classes, evening classes, weekend classes, online classes, or a combination of the...
The Minnesota Association of Townships will award up to five $2,000 scholarships to high school juniors this year. All students attending a Minnesota public, private, or parochial school, or a home-study program, are eligible to apply for the program. Since its inception in 2001, the MAT Scholarship Program has had more than 2,100 submissions and 92 recipients. Applicants should submit a written essay using critical thinking on the topic of promoting township government by May 1. Winners will be chosen by an independent panel of judges and...
Other local students at colleges and universities across the country who also made the Dean’s list at their respective universities are listed below: Southern New Hampshire University Melissa Heroff, Emily Johnson, both of Cloquet Iowa State University Mackenzie Roy, Cloquet Itasca Community College Isaac Maki, Cloquet; Eli Erickson, Esko; Ryan Korby, Esko; Anthony McKay, Cloquet Milwaukee School of Engineering Dakota Tireman, Esko University of Minnesota Crookston Nick Olson, Cloquet Normandale Community College Abby Hayes, Cloquet S...
The heavy lifting on cutting away the Carlton school district’s million-dollar budget hole will begin in meetings in February, but the school board on Tuesday showed signs that those cuts will sting — especially for those seeking activities outside the classroom. The board balked on accepting contracts for advisors to the school play and pep band. None of the four members present brought forth a motion on music teacher Sharrie Janovick and potential theater director Alyssa Olsen. It means there will be no school play and no pep band, which als...
More than 30 people spoke Monday in a last ditch effort to convince Carlton School Board members to keep the high school open and the district a preK-12. Ostensibly, the public hearing at Carlton High School was about a proposed tuition agreement with Cloquet High School that both boards appear to favor. Under the terms of that agreement, Cloquet would guarantee acceptance of any Carlton student in grades 9-12 when the high school is closed there, possibly next year. But the meeting was really...
The mask requirement for students was discussed at length during the working meeting of the Cloquet School Board Monday, Dec. 13. Superintendent Michael Cary presented data from the Minnesota Department of Health and Carlton County Public Health comparing the number of people that have been vaccinated versus the number that had not been vaccinated in the different age categories. The data was not available for children 5-11 years old, but data for older children showed that 22 percent had started the vaccination process, and that 17 percent...
Wrenshall Schools Quarter 1 A Honor Roll Olivia Aldridge Natylee Anderson Bryce Bartczak Eli Beetcher Gavin Beetcher Corvus Eckdahl Sage Fernquist Mason Goetz Addison Hulgan Taylor Hulgan Eathen Johnson Jenna Johnson Kaylie Lammi Elliana Lattu Joel Lembke Joseph Mills Tyler Mills Alex Murray Andrew Olesen Isaias Padilla Camden Peterson Abbie Resberg Isabel Riley Jack Riley Dustin Roepke Molly Sheda Janae Sjodin Jeshua Sjodin Magdalene Sowada Kaya Stark Birk Stensaas Alexis Swanson Eli Twedt Wesley Ward Maddi Williams B Honor Roll Aiden...
Barnum Schools Quarter 1 A Honor Roll Grade 7 Tessa Bednarek Marlene Budge Ruth Dinger Connor Ferrin Piper Johnson Halle Kauppila Arie Koecher Lucy Maher Reuben Olson-Williams Nora Piri Lauren Soukkala Jlind White-Wyman Grade 8 Alizondra Collelo Cadence Fanning Asher Ferrin Lucy Franek Sophia Frank Grace Grover Ryder Haggard BeJay Hennager Michael Hoover Brock Hurst Kash Johnson Lilly Juhl Bradley Kalm Ivar Kasberg Kyson Landwehr Riley McNamara Evan Mundell MaKenna Nordstrom Morghan Nynas Ava Nyquist Lyla Oetterer Chandler Olson Iris Polecheck...
Esko Schools Quarter 1 Honor Roll Bella Abrahamson Laila Adamu Emma Adkins Kaitlyn Adkins Ashley Aker Rachel Amireault Claire Anderson Keone Anderson Siri Anderson Santiago Anich Rachel Antonutti Lucye Backstrom Ellahna Barnes Ellynor Barta Joel Barta Alena Beare Mollie Belich Levi Belland Aspen Berg Hunter Berg Cadence Berger Cairin Berger Cuinn Berger Ava Bergstedt Maiya Bergstedt-Bloss Braeden Caple Priya Carey Joseph Cekalla Samuel Cheslak Ayden Chopskie Jordan Chopskie Megan Chopskie Brynn Christensen Ty Christensen Justin Church Liberty...
After a series of impassioned pleas from parents this fall to end the current mask requirement at Cloquet schools - which applies to all grades during the school day -the school board will have a police officer at meetings and will do more to inform the public how the comment period works at meetings. After police were called during the Nov. 22 meeting, superintendent Michael Cary suggested that the board move its public comments portion of meetings into what is called the "working session"...
5-2022 Quarter 1 ~ Honorable Mention A Honor Roll~ **To be recognized for A honor roll student must hold a term GPA of 3.75 or higher. 12th Grade Kenneth Alberti, Nicholas DeVriendt-LeDoux, Kash Gibson, Dakota Hegg, Alaina Kiehl, Erik McPhail, Noah Olsen, Thomas Orlowski, Carly Parker, Joseph Solomon, Michaela Sundeen, Cole Thompson, Maria Villena Hortelano 11th Grade ~ Eliza DeCaigny, Dylan Schwartz 10th Grade ~ Michael Cadotte, Brayden Drake, Luukas Korpela, Gavin LeBrasseur, Megan Matarelli, Adeline Midge, Sam Ojibway, Gibson Reed, Brody...
Next month, Cloquet grad Benjamin Bauer will be winging his way to Colorado, where he will formally accept the National Student Athlete Scholarship, and read the essay that led to his latest award, this one from the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrator Association (NIAAA). It won't be the first time Bauer has stood in front of a room of dignitaries to read his work. The last time was three years ago, after Bauer won the BestPrep essay contest for his response to a prompt by fellow...
The Cloquet High School fall musical has returned, and it is a spectacle. In the Disney version of "Beauty and the Beast," wondrous human teapots, clocks, dressers, candlesticks and more come to life on the stage, dazzling audience members and startling the "only human" characters in the show. The set is also remarkable: creator and handyman Rich Brummer has outdone himself, hanging three massive antlered creatures (that he shot out West) on a Tudor-style tavern wall, and crafting a castle...
Cloquet High School Quarter 1 A HONOR ROLL Grade 9 Rizal Agaton-Howes Gage Allen Diamond Allen- Lovejoy Owen Anderson Ahnna Bader William Bauer Johanna Bernu Sarah Blais Joshua Bleskacek Ellise Boyd-Affias Sofia Breuer Catelyn Calverly Madison Correll Cadence Dillon Mirianna Dohse Brody Dushkin Madison Erickson Cajun Follett Norie Lynne Forte Clare French Nikolas Gentilini Paige Goranson Natalie Halling Natalie Hautajarvi Riley Hillman Jean Hurd Olivia Jacobi Nicholas Janke Sophia Johnson Erin Keating Ella Kolenda Addison Kozelouzek Michael...
High school students with interests in STEM fields, but who are uncertain of what to expect in college, now have a friend they can turn to for insights 24 hours a day. She’s Professor Alworth, who chats with northern Minnesota STEM students in a series of fun and informative video features that launched this month at www.AlworthScholarship.org/STEMtalks.html. The talks, each about 10 minutes long and featuring recent Alworth Scholarship recipients, confirm that many STEM students had the same apprehensions current high school students might hav...
In front of a packed audience, Esko school board chairperson Jeff Salo started Monday's meeting with a lengthy apology but no details regarding an incident following a recent Eskomos football game. Salo said he accepted responsibility for his actions and acknowledged that his handling of "the issue on the field" was wrong. He continued, explaining that while he was acting as an alumnus and former football player, and not a board member, it didn't excuse what he said at the Oct. 30 game. "I'm...
The University of Minnesota plans to extend "substantial financial support" including, in many cases, completely free tuition, to its campuses across the state to enrolled members of the state's 11 federally recognized tribal nations. University of Minnesota president Joan Gabel announced the creation of the Native American Promise Tuition Program in a memo this month to the state's tribal leaders, calling it a "significant expansion of Native American student tuition support." Starting in the...
Just under 20 community members attended a community listening and input session at the Esko school auditorium Monday, Oct. 25 to share what they like about the school and their concerns about what is lacking or needs upgrading. Educational consultants Lynn Dyer and Glenn Chiodo of ICS of Duluth have been conducting sessions with stakeholders of the school to determine needs as the school board prepares to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for the next 10 years. "Always focus on what's best...
The Wrenshall school board completed its do-over on the appointment of a new school board member last week. Eight candidates applied for the spot, including Ben Johnson, Karola Dalen, Cindy Bourn, Tony Sheda, Brandon Burt, Caroline Johnson, Janaki Fisher-Merritt and Ethan Harvey. The second appointment came after more than 200 community members submitted a petition to recall Bill Dian, the person the board appointed in August without holding any public interviews or extended board discussion. This time the board held public interviews in a...
Some parents in the Esko school district are not happy with what they perceive as the “woke” culture at Esko High School, according to Kara Kangas, a parent in the district. Kangas expressed frustration at Esko’s decision to elect its homecoming candidates based on personal character only, without requiring a set number of boys and girls. The results of the vote had two boys with the most votes, followed by two girls. “What happened to our homecoming,” Kangas said to the board. “We had two mal...
