We’ve approved another grant for the school year! HOTL Elementary school teacher, Jim Kennedy, has been noticing a decline in students’ interest and abilities to be involved in lifelong activities. One area that he would like to focus on in the coming years is the ability to ride a bike. Strider bikes are a greatRead more
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Our 10th grant for the school year is for the 2nd grade classes to go to Fergus Falls to see the Recycling and Redemption Center and One Mile Lake Prairie. The 2nd graders will spend half the day at the Recycling and Redemption Center in Fergus Falls. The other half will be at the FergusRead more
Grant #9 has been approved for the kindergarten and first grade classes to go to the play, Dragons Love Tacos. Dragons Love Tacos is a book authored by Adam Rubin and illustrated by Daniel Salmieri. Dragons love all sorts of tacos — except spicy ones! When a boy throws his new dragon friends a spicy salsaRead more
Our 8th grant has been approved! The fourth grade class will be heading to the Historic Holmes Theatre to see the play Call of the Wild. Here is the description from the Historic Holmes Theatre website: This multi-media adventure mixes classic story telling with projected illustrations to tell the story of Buck, the magnificent cross-bredRead more
We approved Grant #7 for this school year! It is for the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) program that a sophomore goes to each year. HOBY was founded in 1958 with the mission to inspire and develop our global community youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service and innovation. HOBY programs areRead more
Our 6th grant for the 2018-19 School Year has been approved! PWMS Instructor Bob Tangen is starting a Beginning Leather Working Club for students. While the club is open to all students, he plans to invite those students who might “fall through the cracks.” This will supplement the many athletic and fine art opportunities, butRead more
Our next grant for the 2018-19 School Year is for Makerspace for fifth and sixth graders. After attending the TIES educational technology conference and talking to the neighboring school district technology integrationists, instructors would like to bring Makerspace to Prairie Wind Middle School. According to the Makerspace website, “Makerspaces provide hands-on, creative ways for studentsRead more
All 2nd graders at HOTL traveled to Detroit Lakes to see the play, Pinocchio, at the Holmes Theatre on October 26th. The familiar play was a hit with the students. Upon returning to school, the students wrote and drew about their favorite parts of the play. The appreciation for the arts is part of theirRead more
Prairie Wind Middle School has been sending eighth grade students to Laurentian for years. The Laurentian Journey is an adventure education experience that focuses on skill development in leadership, team-building, interpersonal skills, and problem-solving. By using nature as the context for learning, students work together in this intensive and engaging outdoor experience. It is designedRead more
Action Based Learning Labs are a great way to get students engaged in their learning through movement. There are numerous stations throughout the lab that incorporate critical movement while students are working on different subjects, such as spelling, math facts, sight words, and more. The movement helps students work on balance, focus, self-management skills, hand-eye coordination,Read more