Currently, our local legislators are in the middle of the 2019 Legislative session. I recently visited the capitol to thank these legislators for their service and express my concerns as they relate to public school funding. Now, I invite you to take advantage of a fantastic opportunity to b…
Below are summaries of actions from the Feb. 5 meeting of the Princeton School Board. They were compiled by Shane Carlson.
St. Cloud State University has announced the names of more than 1,290 students whose academic achievement placed them on the 2018 fall semester dean’s list. To be eligible for the honor, students must have a grade point average of 3.75 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
Monday night’s Milaca School Board special meeting was a night all of the board members as well as some of the community had hoped to avoid when Milaca-area voters hit the polls in November and voted down a bond and operating referendum that would have allowed Milaca Public Schools to make i…
Nick Warnke and Anthony Pitaro recently graduated the 13-month program at Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge
Princeton’s Middle Schoolers look back at monumental historical moments, movements
The following students have been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2018 semester at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Due to the current weather conditions, both Milaca and Princeton Public Schools have announced a 1 p.m. early dismissal on Thursday afternoon.
St. Cloud State University has been designated a 2019 Military Friendly Silver School by VIQTORY in the 2019-2020 Military Friendly Schools list.
At the Jan. 22 regular meeting of the Milaca Public Schools board, I presented recommendations on the budget for this coming year. As a result of the bond and operating referendum failing in May 2018, adjustments are needed. The district asked the community for an operating levy due to decre…
Below are summaries of actions from the Jan. 22 meeting of the Milaca School Board. They were compiled by Shane Carlson.
In November, voters in the Milaca Public School District opted to vote down a bond and operating referendum that would have allowed the district to make improvements and address a number of its needs.
Both Princeton and Milaca schools have opted to stay closed Thursday, Jan. 31 as a result of the continuing frigid temperatures.
Due to the extreme forecasted cold, Milaca Public Schools will make the following schedule adjustments:
Due to impending weather conditions, school has been cancelled for Tuesday, Jan. 29 & Wednesday, Jan. 30. There will be no activities, programs, no facility rentals, and Tiger Club will be closed.
A group of actors from Princeton High School are in the waning moments before their one-act play is set to hit center stage on Friday night.
Below are summaries of actions from the Jan. 2 meeting of the Princeton School Board. They were compiled by Shane Carlson.
Levy is a 6.67 percent increase over last year
The University of Minnesota announced that it successfully competed for a record $793 million in external research funding in fiscal 2018, the highest amount received any year to date when one-time federal economic stimulus dollars are excluded.
Olivia Kragt, a senior construction management major from Milaca, is the 2018-19 recipient of the Puetz Construction Scholarship in Construction Management at South Dakota State University.
Wheaton College student, Amanda Selin, of Princeton, performed in the college’s 2018 Christmas Festival concert, “Blessed Son of God.”
My first several months on the job as your Superintendent was spent listening to stakeholders while learning the lay of the land.
Many people dream of building a house. There’s something about putting a personal touch onto a product they will get to enjoy for years to come.
Scot Schaeffer, Luther College vice president for enrollment management, has announced that Kailyn Paulson of Princeton has been accepted for admission for the 2019-20 academic year. Paulson has been awarded the President’s Scholarship.
The Electric Cooperative Youth Tour combines learning and laughter into an exciting educational adventure, and two local high school students will experience it all as guests of East Central Energy.
Montana Lawrence, University of Minnesota-Morris Class of 2020 student from Princeton, was elected to the National Junior Hereford Association board of directors.
Though her actual name is Janice Landreville, she’s much better known as Grandma Jan.
Princeton Middle School is pleased to announce it has received a $3,985 STEM (science. technology, engineering, mathematics) grant from the Toshiba America Foundation (TAF).
East Central Minnesota Educational Cable Cooperative along with its partners at the Southwest West Central Service Cooperative and three school districts in the Northwest Links region are pleased to announced they have been awarded $249,027 in the “Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Pr…
This Saturday, Dec. 8, robotics students from all over the state will converge at Princeton High School as Princeton plays host to the Rum River Rumble, a robotics tournament spanning all levels.
A group of students from Princeton’s FFA Chapter recently attended the 91st FFA National Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The proposed operating referendum and bond referendum for Milaca Public Schools were both voted down at the polls on Nov. 6 by district taxpayers.
The enrollment numbers for the 2018-19 school year have been released for both Princeton and Milaca public schools.
Students at Princeton High School were selected for excellence in subjects during October. The students of the month are listed left to right by row: In front are Lexi Duscher for social studies, Dakota Lindner for art and Emmarie Wolfsteller for English. In the back row are Bailey Hoffman f…
Princeton High School students Antonio Candia, David McCarney, Donovan Bevins, Isabel Luckenbill, and Rebecca Daniels have been selected to participate in the 30th Annual Bjorling Music Festival at Gustavus Adolphus College Nov. 4-5 to sing in a free concert that takes place 7 p.m. Nov. 5 in…
On Aug. 24, the Minnesota Department of Health reviewed the Princeton Public Schools indoor and outdoor concessions and informed the school it would need to make some changes inside before next fall.
The Princeton FFA organization ended a week of fundraising during the Crop & Money Drive with exciting news that a small delegation from its club travel to the FFA National Convention in Indiana this week to accept national-level recognition. Advisor Jessica Lupkes said the Princeton FFA…
Taxpayers in the Milaca School District have two additional choices to make on their ballot Nov. 6.
In the world of education the term student achievement generally refers to performance in reading, math, and science. The primary reason for tracking these academic areas are for Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) accountability purposes. I am happy to say that in Princeton our mission to be …
Did you know that if the Operating Referendum passes, about 40% of the funding would come from the state?
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