Ada-Borup-West graduate Daniel Jossund was recently named a finalist for the National FFA Star Farmer Award. Jossund explains what made him want to pursue this honor and how it feels to be a finalist. Even though his time in FFA as a high school student has concluded Jossund is now pursuing an American FFA Degree…
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Artificial Intelligence and Chat GPT are two of the year’s newest buzz words. And it could be that your kids may know more about them than you do. Ada-Borup-West High School Principal Josh Carlson says he started learning about AI and Chat GPT last December. Carlson suggests parents do their homework on Chat GPT. Carlson…
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Students from the high school class of 2023 have been accepting their diplomas this weekend, as they celebrate graduation. Ada-Borup-West held its graduation ceremony Saturday afternoon. Matti Stene says the last 13 years have been memorable. It was also graduation day in Hawley. Afton Aakre says “love” was a word she wanted to emphasize. Three…
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The Ada-Borup-West School music department will have some new instruments next year. Superintendent Aaron Cook says these aren’t replacements for current instruments…or even new technology. Tanya Kemper is a music teacher in the Ada-Borup-West school system.
Ada-Borup-West School Superintendent Aaron Cook has been keeping tabs on what the Minnesota Legislature is doing regarding education. Cook says some new requirements were approved on Tuesday. Cook was also asked how new state requirements for free or reduced meals will affect the Ada-Borup-West district. Cook was a guest on Wednesday’s Kaleidoscope program on KRJB.
The Ada-Borup-West Community Education has a Dance and Tumble recital performance this Saturday morning (4/29). Ada-Borup-West elementary principal Bree Triplett explains.
When you travel to Washington, DC and New York City over a 30 year period, you’re bound to see someone well-known. In the final installment of our look at the Ada-Borup-West Close-Up trip, tour leader and teacher Dave Smart talks about people they’ve seen during their trips east. About 20 Ada-Borup-West students, Smart and his…
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In the second part of our series on the Ada-Borup-West Close-Up trip to Washington, DC and New York, Ada-Borup-West teacher Dave Smart talks about the changes he has seen since his first Close-Up trip 30 years ago. Smart says security is a great deal tighter now. Even with those changes, Smart and his wife Becky…
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A group of about 20 Ada-Borup-West students is back home after spending the last week in Washington, DC and New York City. Teacher Dave Smart, who led the tour with his wife Becky, talked about the trip. Smart says the students had a couple of common thoughts about Washington. As for New York City, Smart…
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Around 20 juniors and seniors from Ada-Borup-West High School will be in Washington, D.C. and New York City this week on the school’s annual Close-Up trip. ABW history teacher Dave Smart says this won’t be just a sightseeing trip. While in Washington, the Ada-Borup-West Close-Up group will also visit the Smithsonian museum. Then on Thursday,…
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