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LOOKING AHEAD
5/21
School Board work session (6 pm); regular meeting (8 pm)
5/27
Memorial Day; No School
5/30, 5-7 pm
Fernbrook Elementary 25th celebration
6/6
Last day of classes
6/8-6/9
Commencement ceremonies
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Gates Millennium and Wallin Education Partnership Scholars
 Kaley Shagen has been named a Gates Millennium Scholar, marking the third consecutive year that an Osseo Senior High senior has earned the prestigious award. The Gates Millennium Scholars Program awards good-through-graduation college scholarships to 1,000 seniors out of a nationwide pool of 23,000 applicants. Shagen will attend Dartmouth College to study science.
 Park Center Senior High students Sheila Iteghete, Katrina Le, Jake Olson, Jolene Rotich and Christin Vang have earned Wallin Education Partnership scholarships totaling $16,000 each. The Wallin Education Partnership awards scholarships to students who have challenged themselves academically in college preparatory courses, demonstrated leadership, and shown a commitment to service.
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Two school funding requests to be on November ballot
In the absence of stable, predictable funding from the state, the ISD 279 School Board took action this month to place two school funding questions on the November 2013 ballot:
- an operating levy to continue progress in increasing student achievement and to avoid another round of approximately $8 million in budget cuts for the 2014-2015 school year; and
- a technology levy to purchase, install and maintain software and technology for school instruction.
Watch for more information on these funding requests in the coming months.
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If you could ask Warren Buffett one question, what would it be?
 Basswood Elementary fifth-grader Joshua Miller (left, front row) experienced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet business leader Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting as part of GENYOUth Foundation’s AdVenture Capital grant program. Miller is one of five students nationwide serving as a Student Ambassador for Fuel Up to Play 60, the nation’s largest in-school wellness program. Each student submitted an entrepreneurial idea to give their classmates greater access to healthier food and physical activity. Basswood Elementary will receive $4,000 from GENYOUth Foundation to implement Miller’s “Motivational Mondays,” a 30-minute weekly exercise program. Get an up-close view of Josh's experience in Omaha.
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District is a standout in Governor’s Safety Awards
Osseo Area Schools was the only school district in the state recognized at the 2013 Minnesota Safety & Health Conference for earning the Governor’s Safety Award for Outstanding Achievement. This is the fourth consecutive year that the district has received an award for its exceptional safety performance, and the first time it has earned the award for Outstanding Achievement.
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More than 1400 students set to graduate in June
More than 1400 seniors will begin the next stage of their lives when they graduate this June. Commencement ceremonies for the three comprehensive high schools will take place at Target Center on June 8 and 9. No tickets are required to attend; if you have questions, please contact your student’s high school.
Osseo Senior High: Saturday, June 8, 3:30 pm
Maple Grove Senior High: Saturday, June 8, 7 pm
Park Center Senior High: Sunday, June 9, 10:30 am
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Model UN teams take top honors
The junior and senior-level Model United Nations teams coached by North View Junior High humanities teacher, Nancy Ziemer, brought home several awards from state-level competitions this spring.
Four North View students earned top honors, continuing the school’s record of wins in each of the last six years of competition:
Best Position Paper
Maggie Clink & Katrina Marshall
Best Delegation - World Health Organization
Fatou Dibba & Precious Gbagba
At the senior level, four high school students were tops in their respective categories:
Best Delegation - Security Council
Lacy Myrman & Jolene Rotich (Park Center Senior High)
Best Delegation - World Health Organization
Adi Pidaparti & Anthony Bogachev (Maple Grove Senior High)
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Fernbrook celebrates 25 years of helping students achieve their dreams
The year Fernbrook Elementary opened (1988), “Phantom of the Opera” opened on Broadway; Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen faced George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle in the presidential race; the movie “ET” was released to home video; the Minnesota Twins were the first American League club to break 3 million season attendance; and there was no such thing as the World Wide Web.
Take a blast to the past by attending Fernbrook’s 25th anniversary celebration on Thursday, May 30, from 5-7 pm (program at 6 pm). You’ll enjoy an ice cream social in the cafeteria and a display of memorabilia in the media center. You might see one of your former teachers or principals there, too!
For more information, contact Fernbrook at 763-420-8888.
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Brooklyn Junior and Maple Grove Senior to have new assistant principals
Jason Harris and Michael Lehan will become the new assistant principals at Brooklyn Junior High and Maple Grove Senior High, respectively, starting July 1. Harris has 13 years of experience in Osseo Area Schools, the past five of which have been as assistant principal at Maple Grove Junior High School. Lehan is returning to the district to serve as an assistant principal at Maple Grove Senior High. He formerly worked as an administrative assistant at North View Junior High and Osseo Junior High.
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