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Your Schools: Uplifting stories to start the school year
The River Falls School District’s annual meeting was held earlier this week, as prescribed by state statute. The agenda had the routine business of setting salaries for school board members and public authorization to sell obsolete or unneeded school property, but it also included the very important presentation of the 2012-13 school year budget, followed by the public hearing on the current budget and a resolution to the school board regarding setting of the tax levy for the 2012-13 school year, which the board will vote on formally later this fall.
Thursday, September, 20, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Education

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Your Schools: Value of education for the economy and more
A friend in Minnesota recently sent me an interesting article about a book titled, “Quantifying the Successes of Public Schools,” by Michael Walden and James Merrill.
Thursday, October, 18, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Education

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Your Schools: New programs, teachers and fall sports start the school year in style
You know the school year is nearly upon us when high school athletic programs begin their practices for fall competition. Activities Director Rollie Hall reports that practices for football, boys soccer, girls and boys cross country, girls tennis, girls swimming, and girls golf are in full swing, and that by the time this column is printed, golf, tennis, and soccer will have had their season’s first competition with other schools.
Friday, August, 17, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Education

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Your Schools: Unlimited supply of cute stories and questions
Just when I think I’ve run out of ideas for this column and have no words left to write, someone at a school event or on the street will tell me they’re reading my column and either 1) they wish that I would write about (fill in the blank), or 2) they have a cute story to share with readers.
Friday, November, 30, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Education

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Your Schools: A year in review
As this edition of the Journal comes out, we will be saying goodbyes, first to our students, then to staff members, as we end the 2011-12 school year.
Thursday, June, 07, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Education

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Your Schools: Play, passion, and purpose; also, contemplating technology
Two weeks ago, I attended a Wisconsin School Boards Convention in Milwaukee. Several dedicated River Falls Board members took their personal, work, or vacation time to attend with me and a handful of central office administrators.
Saturday, February, 09, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Education

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Your Schools: Reasons why you might want to become a teacher
Some 3,000 students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, over 30 in early childhood special preschool, and 150 preschool children in River Falls For Children (RF4C), will start school this week in River Falls.
Friday, September, 07, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Education

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Your Schools: Graduation — a culmination of individual and community efforts
Since my next column won’t appear in the paper until after commencement on June 3rd, I wanted to share an article I recently read that salutes not only high school graduates, but also the broader community. As readers know, I usually don’t share articles in their entirety, but this one expresses EXACTLY how I feel and is said better than I could say it!
Thursday, May, 24, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Education

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Your Schools: Schools thrive with enthusiasm from community
Enthusiasm: 1) Supernatural inspiration or possession; inspired prophetic or poetic ecstasy; 2) religious fanaticism; 3) intense or eager interest; zeal; fervor; 4) something arousing such interest or zeal. —Webster’s New World Collegiate Dictionary
Monday, February, 25, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Education

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Your Schools: Plans in place to ensure student safety
Since the terrible tragedy in Newtown, Conn. just a month ago, I have been asked repeatedly about the safety measures in place in River Falls to keep our children and staff safe.
Friday, January, 11, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Education

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Your Schools: Expanding the horizons of today's youth
As you might already know, our River Falls Leads: 2010-15 Strategic Plan contains Strategy three, states, “We will instill in every student a respect for our world and its resources so they become responsible and productive global citizens.”
Friday, March, 29, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Education

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Your Schools: You asked and I answered
This week I will respond to questions I’ve been asked by residents on a variety of topics.
Monday, March, 11, 2013 - River Falls Journal - Education

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Your Schools: Recent events summed up in a song
The lyrics from Disney’s “It’s a Small World” keep repeating in my mind lately.
Wednesday, December, 19, 2012 - River Falls Journal - News

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Your Schools: There’s only so much you can do to hold back tears
I couldn’t cry. I’d had minor surgery that day and was still feeling the numbing effects of anesthesia when Fire Chief Scott Nelson contacted me in the evening to come immediately to the police station for a briefing on a terrible tragedy that had occurred in town.
Thursday, July, 26, 2012 - River Falls Journal - Opinion

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River Falls High School budget cuts?!
Passersby have wondered and joked about this plywood sign sitting outside the River Falls High School, but no -- it doesn’t indicate deep budget cuts.
Wednesday, May, 08, 2013 - River Falls Journal - News

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Meyer Middle School math team qualifies
The 2013 River Falls math team qualified eight middle school ‘mathletes’ to participate in the NW Wisconsin Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition in Eau Claire held on Feb. 7.
Tuesday, March, 26, 2013 - River Falls Journal - News

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First day of school for students
Tuesday, Sept. 4, marks the start of the 2012-13 River Falls School District school year.
Tuesday, September, 04, 2012 - River Falls Journal - News

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