A sudden thunderstorm threatened to interrupt the first kindness fundraiser event at Moreland Arts and Health Sciences Magnet School, but rain didn’t dampen the students’ spirits.

A sudden thunderstorm threatened to interrupt the first kindness fundraiser event at Moreland Arts and Health Sciences Magnet School, but rain didn’t dampen the students’ spirits.
Moreland Arts and Health Sciences Magnet School is kicking off a different kind of fundraiser this month—school-wide service projects and acts of kindness.
Following new CDC guidance, the ISD 197 school board will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, March 1 to consider dropping the mask requirement.
Two separate murals are proposed for elementary schools in West St. Paul, though the projects may require some ordinance changes and coincide with a city council conversation about public art policy.
Garlough kindergarten teacher Anne Bolsem has been named a candidate for the annual Minnesota Teacher of the Year award.
The Optimist Club of West St. Paul hosted the 25th annual ISD 197 spelling bee and crowned winners for each school and a champion in each division. Winning words? “Chaucerian” and “conurbation.”