Connect-April 21
Tracy Dorn, an academic intervention ESP at Oak View Elementary School, has been selected as Osseo Local 7325’s ESP of the Year for 2025-26.
Dorn has spent 12 years of her career at Oak View, working as a volunteer coordinator along with a variety of other roles at the school in addition to her time as an ESP.
“Tracy takes an empathetic approach to her work and forms strong relationships with students,” said a statement from Local Union 7325.
Birch Grove School for the Arts students spend time at Scooter City
Birch Grove School for the Arts’ new physical education teacher, Stacey Nelson, brings with her a fun tradition of turning the school’s gymnasium into a black-light scooter course for one week of the school year.
District students attend youth summit on collective care and liberation
High school students from across the district attended the OutFront Minnesota Youth Summit on March 18 with their schools’ student affinity and ally groups. This year’s theme was Collective Care, Collective Liberation and included a keynote by an Ojibwe Two-Spirit changemaker, dozens of breakout sessions focused on honoring and celebrating LGBTQIA+ identity and an educational performance by a local collective of Black artists and community members to wrap up the fun, affirming and educational day with other scholars and groups across the region.
Preschool students learn through play at Rice Lake Elementary School
During a visit to Rice Lake Elementary School April 17, a stop to early childhood teacher Pam Mol’s afternoon class offered a look at how four-year-olds are learning and growing each day.
