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This past spring, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school science teacher Carl Williams resigned his position to accept a similar job at McCleary, North Dakota. He moves to North Dakota to become the lone person in the science department of their high school as the 7th-12th grade science teacher. In this week's Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper, a 1,500-plus word feature article was published about what led to his departure for the open plains of central North Dakota. In the attached video here, he is...
In Minnesota and Stearns County, most overdose deaths were a result of opioids. In 2019, 11 out of 15 (73 percent) Stearns County drug overdoses were due to opioids. Many users are unaware that they are taking fentanyl. It is now involved in 92 percent of all opioid-involved deaths and 62 percent of all overdose deaths in Minnesota. Opioid-involved deaths increased 43 percent from 2020 to 2021, primarily due to synthetic opioids, including fentanyl. Reported inappropriate use (no prescription...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Class of 2024 will hold their commencement ceremony on Friday, May 24 at the high school's gymnasium. The ceremony starts at 7:30 p.m. The attached video will go "live" before 7:30 p.m. to broadcast the graduation over the Internet. The event was moved indoors for the first time since 2021 due to the threat of poor weather that evening. This week's Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper features a four-page center spread section featuring the 39 graduates of B-B-E in the...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's music department held their spring concert on Tuesday, May 7 at Olson Auditorium. The attached video features one of the songs performed by the senior high band. The senior high band performed a total of four songs, although the first song was technically a collection of five songs itself. They are listed below. No. 1: The Lion King (Circle of Life, I Just Can't Wait to be King, Be Prepared, Hakuna Matata, Can You Feel the Love Tonight, King of Pride...
Under the most marvelous weather conditions for a prom at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa in many years, B-B-E high school hosted the annual prom grand march on Saturday, May 4. The vehicle processional was held along the west parking lot, and couples were announced at both the school's west entrance and also on the stage of Olson Auditorium. The attached video features video of every couple and party who went through grand march that afternoon. Additional prom coverage appears in the May 9 and May 16...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa speech team hosted their year-ending showcase plus an awards banquet on Saturday, April 27. At head coach Emily Sackreiter's high school Spanish classroom, the showcase took place in front of family, the coaches and friends with each student or duo pairs giving their speech. The team's theme for this season was from the Pixar movie Inside Out: "When you allow yourself to feel, you allow yourself to be free." From the showcase, the team and its entourage made the...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa senior Jeffrey Cihlar finished a distinguished speech career with back-to-back trips to the state speech meet. Last Friday in his second appearance at state, Cihlar competed in Extemporanous Speaking at Shakopee high school. While he just missed earning a spot in the state finals in his category, he earned a big achievement by being named to the Class 1A All-State speech team two days prior. It is part of the conclusion of a high school career for one of B-B-E's most...
Long-time high school science teacher Keith Clementson has passed away. His obituary was received by The Voice from his family on Tuesday this week (March 12). A celebration of life in his honor will be held on Friday, July 19 this coming summer from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Paynesville R.O.S.E. Center. Clementson volunteered there for many years in his retirement. The Voice newspaper publisher is deeply saddened by news of his passing. Clementson taught science to the newspaper publisher at both the...
Here's follow-up coverage of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary's volcano project in the fourth and fifth grade classes. An attached video features one of the fourth grader's volcanoes erupting in the cafeteria with an audience that included second grade students....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team is in the midst of their 2024 build season in preparation for two regional competitions in March. They travel to Willmar high school this Saturday (February 24) for what is dubbed Week Zero, where the team can scrimmage other schools' robots on the competition field. B-B-E's team is part of the nationwide network of high school robotics teams working under FIRST, which stands for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, a...
For the 34th year dating back to 1990, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school has hosted the annual Sno-Daze coronation. In the early years, this was held at B-B-E senior high school in Brooten, and after 1995, it has been held continuously at the B-B-E high school in Belgrade. Sno-Daze was not held in the winter of 2020-2021 due to the pandemic, but it resumed in February of 2022. This year's coronation was held for the third straight year in B-B-E high school's Olson Auditorium, where the Sno-Daze royal court games were played, dress-up day themes...
On Friday, January 12, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary school hosted a Jaguar Pride party that helped mark the end of the second quarter of the 2023-2024 school year. With the full grades K-5 student body gathered in the main gymnasium, members of the elementary recycling committee provided useful reminders about the "do's" and "don'ts" of recycling in the building. Janitor Eric Johnson provided a big "Thank you" to Kylie Wagner, Kinlee Wiechman, Sadie Krupke and Luke Bromenshenkel for th...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa senior high band performed as one of many musical groups on the evening of Monday, December 18 at B-B-E high school's Olson Auditorium. The second song performed by the senior high band was Ash Grove, a Welsh Folk Song arranged by Mark Williams. Coverage from the concert was published in the December 21 and 28 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Here's a video featuring the Christmas songs performed by the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school choir on December 18 at Olson Auditorium in Belgrade. This choir includes students in grades 8-12, and they performed the following songs: Covenantry Carol, French Carol Duet, and Holiday Road of Carols. Once that choir concluded their final song, students in grades 6 and 7 joined the senior high choir for an All-Choir performance of Peace, Peace; in the third verse, the crowd obliged the request...
The youngest and most inexperienced cast that Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa has had in school history for a fall musical shine with strong performances across three straight days on November 17, 18 and 19 at Olson Auditorium. Overall, paid attendance surpassed 500 for all three shows. Tia Nelson, a junior, played Morticia Addams alongside fellow junior Coby DenHartog, who played Gomez. Savannah Finken, another junior, played the role of Wednesday Addams. The role of Pugsley was played by junior Kora...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's theater group is forging through what is "crunch time" as they prepare for the upcoming fall musical "The Addams Family - School Edition" on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 17, 18 and 19 on the stage of Olson Auditorium, B-B-E high school in Belgrade. Altogether, the cast includes 17 students, and an additional student is assisting with technical production. Directors are Steph DenHartog and Sean Biehn, and assisting them is 2023 B-B-E graduate...
Opening night is soon upon us! Friday, November 17 is the big day when the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's theater students will perform the opening night of The Addams Family - School Edition as the fall musical. Attached here is a video interview of Maddy Carroll, one of two seniors on the cast. In 2021 and 2022, Carroll was part of the fall musical crew. This year she took the big leap to join the cast at the behest of director Steph DenHartog. You can order tickets in advance at...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's theater group completely smashed it with a terrific opening night performance of The Addams Family - School Edition behind a crowd that was at about 65 percent capacity with around 175 guests at Olson Auditorium. The cast of this fall's B-B-E musical is the youngest, most inexperienced cast that has ever fielded a musical at B-B-E. You would never know that, however, by the remarkable performance they pulled off on Friday night. The singing, dancing and...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's theater group is forging through what is "crunch time" as they prepare for the upcoming fall musical "The Addams Family - School Edition" on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 17, 18 and 19 on the stage of Olson Auditorium, B-B-E high school in Belgrade. Altogether, the cast includes 17 students, and an additional student is assisting with technical production. Directors are Steph DenHartog and Sean Biehn, and assisting them is 2023 B-B-E graduate...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa theater company is excited for the upcoming fall musical, which will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 17, 18 and 19. The musical they are performing is "The Addams Family - School Edition" which will grace the stage of Olson Auditorium, B-B-E high school in Belgrade. Altogether, the cast includes 17 students, and an additional student is assisting with technical production. Directors are Steph DenHartog and Sean Biehn, and assisting them is 2023 B-B...
Taher Inc.'s Chef Chris Murray oversaw a group "apple crunch" with students in grades K-5 at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary on Thursday, October 12. The students were gathered that morning for a Fire Safety and Prevention Week presentation by local fire department members. Murray helped Taher cook's at B-B-E prepare a special Taiwanese meal for both school cafeterias on October 12 and 13. A video featuring the apple crunch activity is attached here....
Students at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school (grades 6-12) enjoyed an outdoor grill out at lunch time on Thursday, October 5. This event was part of a full week of the school's 35th annual Homecoming week activities. Additional Homecoming coverage was published in the October 12 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. A video attached here features a glimpse of the cook out that afternoon....
Students at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools participated in their 8th annual Color FUND Run on October 4 at the high school campus in Belgrade. A video clip from the beginning of one of the races with the 8th and 9th graders is attached to this web article. This event was part of a full week of the school's 35th annual Homecoming week activities. Additional Homecoming coverage was published in the October 12 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's Olson Auditorium was again the site for the 35th Homecoming coronation in Jaguar Country. With first grade, freshmen and junior attendants accompanied 10 members of the Class of 2024 in the royal court. Coronation emcees Taylor Oeltjenbruns and Brooklyn Fischer announced the high school's dress-up days with students providing examples on stage. After members of the royal court participated in contests, the Homecoming king and queen were revealed. Crowned as...
The public is invited to join Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school staff for tours of the elementary school in Brooten on Friday, July 7 and Saturday, July 8, from 4 to 5 p.m. both days. Additions and improvements began in the fall of 2020 and continued into this summer. High school tours in Belgrade will follow during August Fest this summer....
