Sorted by date Results 320 - 344 of 368
Each year, Junior and Senior members of the FFA have the opportunity to apply for the highest degree awarded to a member in the State. As a 9th grader, members can attain their Greenhand Degree. As a sophomore, they are awarded their Chapter Farmer Degree. Members must maintain records of their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Program, participate in a minimum of 10 activities above the Chapter level, earn at least the minimum amount of money ($2,000) through their SAE program, meet and...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa music students performed two spring concerts on May 4 (elementary) and May 9 (high school). On Wednesday, May 4, the B-B-E elementary fifth and sixth graders performed a band and choir concert. It featured the first public performances of the newly-formed fifth and sixth-grade Jazz Band. On Monday, May 9, the B-B-E high school band and choirs gave their spring concerts. It featured the Jazz Band with fifth through 12th graders performing together. More photos from both...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary sixth graders received spruce trees from the Belgrade Rosebud Garden Club last Friday. This has been an annual event for the club for the past 30 years. The Southwest Conservation District has been supplying the club with trees during these years and estimate that over 2,000 trees have been distributed to local sixth graders over that time. If you or someone in your family has received a tree in the past 30 years, the Rosebud Garden Club would like to hear...
Twenty-nine local FFA'ers from B-B-E joined 3,565 other members of the Minnesota FFA which attended the 2016 State FFA Convention held April 24-26 at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul. Zach Schmitz, Zach Walz, Josie Kirckof, and Brady Lenarz made up BBE's Farm Management team that qualified to compete at State this year. Zach Schmitz was an impressive 12th overall individual and as a team they placed 18th overall. They were required to take a 50 question written test and complete a farm...
The B-B-E fifth grade Math Masters competed at the regional competition in Alexandria on April 22 in a group totaling 176 students. Overall B-B-E's team took fourth place out of 38 teams. Sam Mastey took first place overall in Fact Placement, while Ella Halvorson and Tiyana Schwinghammer tied for third place in that category. Back: Miss Field, Ella Halvorson, Sam Mastey, Jamison Reed, Tiyana Schwinghammer, Brady Schwinghammer, Mrs. Montbriand. Front: Lucy Trowbridge, Annika H...
Shown in the photos here are scenes at the mock crash held at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school last Wednesday, April 27 for the 7-12 student body. The Mock Crash featured four B-B-E students as actors in a crash scene as the result of distracted driving. Organizers did a great job driving home the message that "just one text behind the wheel can change or end your life." See more photos and information in the May 5 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. The full Bonanza Valley...
The Spanish department will have more offerings at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, as the school is set to utilize more ITV (Interactive Television) beginning in the 2016-2017 school year. The issue was one of a handful of topics at the Monday, April 18 school board meeting. To read the full story, read the April 21 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Four individuals from Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa in three categories earned spots in the Class 1A state finals at the state speech meet on April 15. These four plus four other teammates competed at the big show at Lakeville North high school. In second place was junior Molly Tengwall in storytelling. This is the second year in a row that she has earned a state medal. Last year she also took second place in that category. In sixth place was senior Alyssa Dalen in the category of Original Oratory....
The annual Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Prom is being held on Saturday, April 30. The dance will be held for the first time in school history at the Brooten Pavilion. The theme is "A Night to Remember", and Post-Prom will be held at the B-B-E elementary school. B-B-E was one of at least five area schools holding prom on this night. Others included Benson, Hancock, West Central Area and Morris Area. Check out more photos in the May 5 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. A video clip from the...
For the third year in a row, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa speech team claimed the Section 5A runner-up trophy. At Annandale for sections on April 9, B-B-E's team brought 10 speech students to compete for a berth in the Class 1A state meet. Out of those 10, eight will advance to the big show, which is April 15 at Lakeview North high school. Taking the first-place team trophy was Eden Valley-Watkins, who had over 40 entries at the section meet. In third place was perennial speech power house St....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school choirs held a spring concert on Monday, March 28 at the school auditorium. Photos from the event have been published in the March 31 and April 7 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Thursday, March 24th marked the end of the third quarter at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary and the unveiling of the school's quarterly Jaguar PRIDE winners. Students get PRIDE Paws for showing "Positive behaviors, Respect toward themselves and others, Integrity in how they carry themselves, Determination in everything they do, and a final goal to be the best they can be.....Exceptional!"...
A host of changes are coming to the programming and curriculum of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa for the 2016-2017 school year. For students in grades 7-12, the changes are meant to expand offerings. In 11th and 12th grade, the changes should make scheduling easier with more electives available. “It’s great to have this conversation without the ‘what should we eliminate’ as part of it,” said Superintendent Matt Bullard at the school board meeting on March 21. Check out the full story in the March 24 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa speech team had a terrific night at the Sub-Section 5A-North meet on Friday, April 1, where they qualified 12 team members for the Section 5A meet. The action took place at the B-B-E high school, which hosted subsections for the first time since 2011. Moving on in the playoffs are the following B-B-E speech team members: Fabienne Verhoeff, Molly Tengwall, Kayle Benesh, Austin Meyer, Andrew Reps, Aspen Peterson, Alyssa Dalen, Isaiah Mitchell, Riley Schumann, Isaac...
Walker Bents, Ashton Dingmann, Will Van Beck, Nate Walstrom, Kylie Winter and Hillary Prentice participated in the regional Math Masters of Minnesota Challenge on March 4 at Parkers Prairie. They are coached by Betty Montbriand and Janelle Field. A total of 105 students competed individually and as teams on eight sets of mathematical problems. Top three (medal winners): Nate Walstrom and Will Van Beck. Kylie Winter, Walker Bents and Ashton Dingmann were ribbon winners....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Pep Band traveled to Morris on Monday, Feb. 29 to follow the B-B-E Jaguars boys' basketball team to the sub-section finals. Director Rachel Tessier made a point to have the band perform during timeouts, which drew many nice compliments from the crowd. From left, percussionists Santos Sorenson, Isaac Vliem, Damon Evens, Abby Eickhoff, Nick Steinhofer during the pre-game pep band songs....
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's recognition of National FFA Week kicked off on Tuesday this week with minnow races during the lunch periods at the high school. In the photo, Ryan Illies and Kelsie Hanson race minnows during the senior high lunch period. See additional coverage of the B-B-E FFA Chapter and their activities this week in the print edition of the Bonanza Valley Voice....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa speech team earned their second first-place team trophy of the season this past Saturday at the New London-Spicer meet. With just 11 members participating, the team was placed in the medium-school division. Results are as follows - Third-place winners: Alyssa Dalen (original oratory) and Austin Meyer (prose). Fourth-place winners: Riley Schumann (drama), Isaac Vliem (extemporaneous speaking) and Courtney Brandt (extemp. reading). Fifth-place winners: Austin Meyer...
Shown is video from the senior high lunch period on Wednesday, February 24 at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, when the B-B-E FFA chapter hosted milk drinking contests. For senior high students, they were to drink three cups of milk to qualify for the contest....
Here's Fabienne Verhoeff, foreign-exchange student at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, singing the National Anthem prior to the home boys' basketball playoff game on Thursday, Feb. 25....
Every year the Central Minnesota Conference gives four Distinguished Service awards to individuals at the eight member schools who display outstanding volunteer service for activities offered by CMC schools. This year, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa has one recipient of the award. Mr. Jerry Lindstrom started his local teaching career at Brooten high school in 1976 and served as an assistant varsity football coach as well as junior high girls' basketball coach while teaching junior high social studies....
Foreign-exchange student Fabienne Verhoeff sang the National Anthem prior to the Paynesville girls' basketball game on Monday night, February 15. Verhoeff has also given her talents to the choir, theater department, dance team and currently is part of the speech team....
The Sno-Daze pep fest games got fairly creative on Friday at the high school. Shown in the photo, Nick Steinhofer, in the pink t-shirt, and Dawson Bitzan, in the blue sweatshirt, hold still while their partners toss cheesy popcorn pieces on their faces after they were covered in Cool Whip....
The 26th annual Sno-Daze coronation and games were held on February 2 at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school. Seniors Samantha Gjerstad and Sam Wosmek were crowned B-B-E's Sno-Daze Queen and King. The Feb. 4 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice had a full page of photos from coronation, sponsored by a handful of area businesses. Click on the following link to see the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's online photo gallery from coronation: https://bonanzavalley.smugmug.com/2016...
In a truly terrific and inspiring performance today at the 12th annual Eden Prairie Eagle Speech Invitational, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa speech team took first place honors in the Class 1A division. Out of the 17 B-B-E students who competed in Eden Prairie, six advanced to the finals rounds and brought home hardware and ribbons. "We are definitely very excited about the day in Eden Prairie," said head coach Lucy Lloyd. "Our speech team showed tons of improvement from the same meet last year, w...