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Webstream of March 8 board meeting available

The webstream of the March 8 School Board meeting is now available. At the March 8 meeting the board:

Recognized students and teachers for recent state and national achievements;
Received a report on the new South Suburban Conference and a scheduling agreement with the Lake Conference, and
Reviewed final recommendations for budget adjustments for the 2010-11 school year.

Red Pine Elementary teacher wins national human rights award for work with ELL families

A teacher at Red Pine Elementary School who came to the United States as a young girl unable to speak English has become the first educator from Minnesota to win a prestigious human rights award from the National Education Association (NEA). Magaly Miralles is this year's winner of the George I. Sanchez Award, presented annually by the NEA to an individual whose activities have made significant improvements in educational opportunities and advanced the achievement of equal opportunity for Hispanics.

Albertson is Teacher of the Year semifinalist

Eagan High School French Teacher Linda Albertson has been named a semifinalist for 2010 Minnesota Teacher of the Year.

Magnet schools earn awards of distinction

Cedar Park Elementary Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) School in Apple Valley and Glacier Hills Elementary School of Arts and Science in Eagan were both selected to receive a 2010 Magnet School of Distinction Award from Magnet Schools of America.

Cedar Park teacher earns national science honor

Cathy Kindem, a science teacher at Cedar Park Elementary (STEM) School, was recently selected to receive the 2010 Sylvia Shugrue Award from the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). The annual award honors an elementary teacher who has established an interdisciplinary, inquiry-based lesson plan that reflects National Science Education Standards. Kindem will be recognized at the NSTA conference in March.