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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....
This link will go "live" from the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school football stadium to broadcast the Class of 2023 graduation on Friday, May 26 at 7:30 p.m. Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/yPM_rZj2Mbo?feature=share....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa second annual Early Childhood Celebration event was held on a cool, drizzly Saturday, May 13. A variety of activities were held for kids to participate in, which included exploring large vehicles in the parking lot, vendor kids games, donuts and juice, playground fun and a petting zoo. Hats off to B-B-E Community Education and Jaguar Kids Connection staff for organizing and hosting this event!...
On a cool, breezy final Saturday of April, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's prom was held featuring the full lineup of grand march, a dance and post-prom activities later at night. The 35th annual Prom Grand March was held under a mix of clouds and sunshine, and fortunately rain held off for nearly the entire event. B-B-E's 34th annual prom dance was held at the Brooten Pavilion. Prom in Jaguars Country has featured an indoor, in-person, COVID restrictions-free dance throughout the pandemic with the ex...
Below is video from the elementary school spring concert on April 19 at the main gymnasium....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school board heard from the administration about the idea of introducing career and technical education (CTE) concepts into elementary school grades. At Monday's (April 17) board meeting in the high school media center in Belgrade, Superintendent Patrick Walsh brought up the CTE school matrix and how to build CTE skills throughout the grade levels. "We're starting to think in terms of CTE skills and what role they can play for students as early as preschool and...
Student Reach Minnesota spent the day of Thursday, March 30 at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school while giving uplifting messages of hope and inspiration to students in grades 4-12 at Olson Auditorium. As part of the presentation, live concert music was performed by the Minneapolis-based band Wonderstate. Speaker Terrence Talley, who grew up in Burnsville and Detroit, MI, provided the keynote message. Wonderstate is a high-energy band that spreads their positive vibes and love for people. A video clip from Talley's message given on Thursday...
Note: for the sake of brevity and simplicity for the newspaper publisher, match times will be posted using Army time. Also, this web article is being updated throughout the afternoon on Saturday, March 25 to feature results from individual matches. Sunday afternoon update: a playoff web article can be viewed by clicking on the following link: https://bit.ly/40H7TgJ. The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team started with two alliance wins in their first three matches at the Minnesota N...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team made history on Sunday, March 26 at La Crosse, Wisconsin, as they were selected to advance to the playoffs of the North Star regional competition. They finished the regular matches in 17th place overall with a 7-6 record. Their third playoff match started at about 14:50, and they are paired with Rocori and a team out of St. Charles, Illinois. At this point of the playoffs, B-B-E's alliance is 1-1 with a win in the first playoff match and then...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team headed into the 53-team Great Northern Regional competition in Grand Forks last week with a head of steam and an ocean's worth of confidence. The region competition took place between March 9 and March 11. With a successful build season and a brand-new robot working at full form, the robotics team felt they were in great shape after a successful Week Zero trip to Willmar on February 18 and then a terrific finish to the practice day on...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team travels to the Great Northern Regional competition at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota on Thursday through Saturday, March 9-11. This year's competition is called "Charged Up" with a nod towards the fact that countless modern-day devices (necessary or just amenities) rely on battery power. The basic regional schedule has the robotics team in an inspection and practice day today followed by two days of competitions on Friday and...
For the 33rd year dating back to 1990, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school 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 second straight year in B-B-E high school's Olson Auditorium, where the Sno-Daze royal...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools had the privilege of hosting Taher's very own corporate Chef Brian Renz on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, January 25-27 at both the high school and elementary. For 26 years, Chef Brian has traveled to numerous countries, experienced world-renowned foods and a vast variety of cultures. Chef Brian has shared his knowledge with the students to create new food from his world travels. With the students' help, the schools enjoyed chicken tinga tostada, calzones and...
On Saturday, January 14, two members of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa middle school band attended a one-day band camp at Elk River high school. To conclude the day's activities, students gathered there for the Central Minnesota Band Association honors band performed a concert at Elk River high school's George Zabee auditorium. A lengthy video clip from the first song performed is posted below. Keep in mind: all of these band members here are between 11 and 14 years old. They were magnificent! The...
On Saturday, January 14, two members of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa middle school band attended a one-day band camp at Elk River high school. To conclude the day's activities, students gathered there for the Central Minnesota Band Association honors band performed a concert at Elk River high school's George Zabee auditorium. A short video clip from the first song performed is posted below. Additional coverage of this event will be published in the January 19 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice...
Below is a cell phone recording of the majority of a special school board meeting at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. Due to weather-driving circumstances, this meeting was conducted via Zoom protocol....
A marvelous annual tradition at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school has been the Family and Consumer Science (FACS) foods class Gingerbread House project in December. This year a total of 11 houses were made over a two-plus week period of time leading up to the final week before the Christmas break. The design and build period was heavily disrupted by early outs and late starts and multiple snow days that created challenges for the students to meet the deadline of Wednesday, December 21. In...
How about these throwback videos! Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Class of 2023 students took the lead roles in this Christmas musical performed by the K-4 students at the elementary school on December 17, 2014. That group was in fourth grade. While searching for Bonanza Valley Days video from the summer of 2014, The Voice stumbled onto these two video clips that have high stock value right now as this group is blazing through their final year at B-B-E schools. The Class of 2023 graduation is coming on...
A week and a half after making a brief appearance at the Brooten Santa Day event on December 10, The Grinch appeared at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school during the last hour of classes before the Christmas break began on Wednesday, December 21. The Voice caught a glimpse of The Grinch during his rounds through the cafeteria at lunch time that day. Check out the video and see what transpired!!...
Here's a video clip from the Christmas concert held on Monday, December 12 at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's Olson Auditorium. This features one of the songs performed during the Christmas carol portion of the high school's winter band concert that night. Additional coverage was published in the December 15 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school's fall musical was Anastasia that was performed in Olson Auditorium on November 18, 19 and 20. A cast and crew of 22 students came together to pull off three impressive shows and create memories that will last a lifetime. An extensive level of coverage was published in the December 1 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Below is a video from Scene 5 of Act II on Sunday, November 20....
