ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
LEGOS are used as a teaching tool in one Farmington Elementary classroom 
LEGOS. Everyone has had them, everyone has played with them at one time or another. But at Farmington Elementary School, LEGOS are also being used for educational purposes.
LEGOS are an everyday activity for the students in Sue McGill’s classroom. The students spend some of their time building creations — airplanes, rocket launchers, ships and just about everything else — as part of their curriculum.
January 22, 2010
Giving a helping hand
Asked how many sandwiches she and her Riverview Elementary School classmates made Tuesday afternoon, Abby Rustad gave a slight eyeroll, a little sigh and simply said, “A lot.”
She wasn’t kidding, either. In little less than half an hour, the fourth graders at Riverview Elementary put together about 800 sandwiches. That, by anyone’s count, qualifies as a lot.
January 21, 2010
Rewarding reading stars
Farmington Elementary School principal Ben Januschka had his hands full last Friday — full of cookies and dirty lunch trays.
By Michelle Leonard , November 05, 2009
Bee my honey
Whenever a bee flies around, someone somewhere usually screeches and runs away. But if it’s a honeybee, there’s really no reason to get uptight.
By Michelle Leonard , October 15, 2009
One library, built from scratch
Brook Berg knows the decisions she’s made this summer will have a pretty huge impact on hundreds — even thousands — of lives.
By Michelle Leonard , August 27, 2009
Homeward Bound theater classes start June 22 at NTES
Homeward Bound Theatre Company to offer theatre arts classes at North Trail Elementary in Farmington, Monday, June 22 through Thursday, June 25.
June 11, 2009
Olson bill preserves Ojibwe, Dakota languages
Minnesota NewsAn American Indian language program in elementary schools could help preserve the language, says Sen. Mary Olson, DFL-Bemidji.
By Brad Swenson , May 27, 2009
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