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Brenda Sederberg of Homecroft Elementary Wins Service Learning Award

Ken Hayes — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:38:47 +0000

Cathy and I visited Brenda Sederberg’s 3rd grade class yesterday to deliver another $400 Service Learning check from Maurice’s. Her class is doing a service learning project where they are tackling a problem within their school. Their modern playground’s ground is made up of little rubber pieces that are great for preventing injury, but often [...]

Ken & Cathy Visit Service Learning Northland Winner Ann Kucinski

Ken Hayes — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:46:47 +0000

Congratulations to this week’s Service Learning Northland award winner Ann Kucinski! Ann is a Spanish teacher at Denfeld, who is having her class become pen pals with Spanish speaking students in a Chicago school. The money will be used to purchase books written in Spanish for the students to read. It’s also the last $200 [...]

Congratulations to Heather Hren's Hermantown Kindergarten Class On Winning Service Learning Award

Ken Hayes — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:56:24 +0000

Congratulations to Heather Hren and her Kindergarten class, the most recent receipts of the Service Learning Northland Award of $200 from maurices. Her kindergarten class and other first graders in Hermantown put on a health and wellness fair to allow families, students, and community to learn from agencies and volunteers about healthy habits!

Cathy and I delivered the check yesterday and visited with the class about their service learning project and how their spreading the word about healthy lifestyle changes

Kindergarten Teacher At Stowe Wins First maurices Service Learning Grant

Cathy Kates — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:46:57 +0000

Congratulations to Mr. Paul David, Kindergarten Instructor at Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School. They are the recipient of B105's first maurices $200 grant for Service Learning.

The kids have learned why trees are vital to the environment and will plant their seedling trees today! I think it's fantastic that kids this age are learning about the ecosystem and Carbon Cycle. Here's more on this Service Learning Project.