I got an email on Monday from Northfielder Randy Clay, Board Manager for Bon Appetit Dining Services at St. Olaf, inviting me to lunch on Tuesday for their 7th Annual…
Category: <span>Education</span>
I’m intrigued by yesterday’s NY Times Magazine cover article: What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? A radical rethinking of how students should be taught and evaluated, by Paul…
This summer, Adrienne Falcon, Director of Academic Civic Engagement (ACE) at Carleton College, invited members of the community to submit photos "on the themes of celebrating community and learning…
[Sept 13, 2018: this blog post has been edited to remove the name of the student at her request.] In the discussion attached to my Sept. 1 blog post, Dan…
Update Sept. 16: See the blog post I was wrong. Prayer walk at the Northfield High School was organized by a student. Last week, Rejoice! pastor Dan Clites posted this…
I got this email from Earl Weinmann yesterday. Earl is director of Northfield Historical Society’s SCOPE (Student Community Outreach Program Experience) and also a Northfield Middle School Social Studies teacher.…
At Northfield High School‘s graduation ceremony on Sunday, math department chair and teacher Doug Bengston gave the commencement address. He was selected by the senior class. (Northfield Patch photo by…
I got a call today from Jim Fisher, Grounds Manager at St. Olaf, alerting me to the new bike repair stands that he was installing today around the campus.…
This smashed up vehicle is on display in Ames Park. Attached is a plaque describing what happened as a result of drunk driving after a prom. Graduation for Northfield…