![A student receives a stole during a graduation ceremony.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653424336/district196org/blivnsuloom8zkucjgol/52081085381_1d52bdcc2e_o.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1653424336/district196org/blivnsuloom8zkucjgol/52081085381_1d52bdcc2e_o.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1653424336/district196org/blivnsuloom8zkucjgol/52081085381_1d52bdcc2e_o.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1653424336/district196org/blivnsuloom8zkucjgol/52081085381_1d52bdcc2e_o.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1653424336/district196org/blivnsuloom8zkucjgol/52081085381_1d52bdcc2e_o.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1653424336/district196org/blivnsuloom8zkucjgol/52081085381_1d52bdcc2e_o.jpg","width":2200}])
At the ceremony, each graduate was presented with a graduation stole that they will wear with their cap and gown on graduation day, a medicine wheel and an eagle feather.
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![Elementary principal Leah Hack speaks at a School Board meeting.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1652900983/district196org/vgjrifapzjdfsimogccg/Di1NksLXcAsQC1l.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1652900983/district196org/vgjrifapzjdfsimogccg/Di1NksLXcAsQC1l.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1652900983/district196org/vgjrifapzjdfsimogccg/Di1NksLXcAsQC1l.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1652900983/district196org/vgjrifapzjdfsimogccg/Di1NksLXcAsQC1l.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1652900983/district196org/vgjrifapzjdfsimogccg/Di1NksLXcAsQC1l.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1652900983/district196org/vgjrifapzjdfsimogccg/Di1NksLXcAsQC1l.jpg","width":2200}])
Hack will finish this school year at Diamond Path and take over at Pinewood starting July 1. She will replace Principal Crisfor Town, who is retiring.
![Row of graduates]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1620767948/district196org/isbmkgx0t64z9torce1e/Grad4copy.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1620767948/district196org/isbmkgx0t64z9torce1e/Grad4copy.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1620767948/district196org/isbmkgx0t64z9torce1e/Grad4copy.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1620767948/district196org/isbmkgx0t64z9torce1e/Grad4copy.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1620767948/district196org/isbmkgx0t64z9torce1e/Grad4copy.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1620767948/district196org/isbmkgx0t64z9torce1e/Grad4copy.jpg","width":2200}])
Commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2022 are scheduled for May and early June, during which 2,117 students will graduate.
![A counselor works with a student]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1649698202/district196org/ednttfhbgufqrsm6tsme/ScreenShot2022-04-11at122832PM.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1649698202/district196org/ednttfhbgufqrsm6tsme/ScreenShot2022-04-11at122832PM.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1649698202/district196org/ednttfhbgufqrsm6tsme/ScreenShot2022-04-11at122832PM.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1649698202/district196org/ednttfhbgufqrsm6tsme/ScreenShot2022-04-11at122832PM.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1649698202/district196org/ednttfhbgufqrsm6tsme/ScreenShot2022-04-11at122832PM.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1649698202/district196org/ednttfhbgufqrsm6tsme/ScreenShot2022-04-11at122832PM.png","width":1990}])
Critical work is happening through a collaborative approach that brings together school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists and school nurses.
![Staff pose for a photo with Chris McDonald at the MSHSL awards.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1651092577/district196org/h6csrxfvgahh0bdsoup9/ChrisMcDonald.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1651092577/district196org/h6csrxfvgahh0bdsoup9/ChrisMcDonald.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1651092577/district196org/h6csrxfvgahh0bdsoup9/ChrisMcDonald.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1651092577/district196org/h6csrxfvgahh0bdsoup9/ChrisMcDonald.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1651092577/district196org/h6csrxfvgahh0bdsoup9/ChrisMcDonald.jpg","width":1462}])
McDonald has led dozens of students and teams to success at the state and national levels during his 24 years coaching at Eagan High. He is also a member of the National Speech and Debate Association’s Hall of Fame.
![Apple Valley High School speech winners]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1651090446/district196org/waor7j1ewagxl22zuhys/FRJJf4CWQAAAkCV.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1651090446/district196org/waor7j1ewagxl22zuhys/FRJJf4CWQAAAkCV.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1651090446/district196org/waor7j1ewagxl22zuhys/FRJJf4CWQAAAkCV.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1651090446/district196org/waor7j1ewagxl22zuhys/FRJJf4CWQAAAkCV.jpg","width":1170}])
In the team sweepstakes, Apple Valley finished runner-up, and Eastview and Eagan finished in third and fourth place, respectively, among all Class AA schools.
![Drew Goeldner talks with a student on the first day of school.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1649882246/district196org/qzic504jnpxh0bhhhdd5/DrewGoeldner.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1649882246/district196org/qzic504jnpxh0bhhhdd5/DrewGoeldner.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1649882246/district196org/qzic504jnpxh0bhhhdd5/DrewGoeldner.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1649882246/district196org/qzic504jnpxh0bhhhdd5/DrewGoeldner.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1649882246/district196org/qzic504jnpxh0bhhhdd5/DrewGoeldner.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1649882246/district196org/qzic504jnpxh0bhhhdd5/DrewGoeldner.jpg","width":2200}])
Goeldner will finish this school year at Red Pine and take over at Greenleaf starting July 1.
![Group photo of winners of the MN aspiration in computing winners]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1649696985/district196org/imqofa2i2jz9iasldfwf/ScreenShot2022-04-11at120909PM.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1649696985/district196org/imqofa2i2jz9iasldfwf/ScreenShot2022-04-11at120909PM.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1649696985/district196org/imqofa2i2jz9iasldfwf/ScreenShot2022-04-11at120909PM.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1649696985/district196org/imqofa2i2jz9iasldfwf/ScreenShot2022-04-11at120909PM.png","width":939}])
The annual award celebrates the efforts of young high school women in their pursuit of technology education and career opportunities.