Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District is going ahead with an expansion of the strings program, though some have raised concerns about whether the program is financially viable over the long term.
Anderson, who led the Eagan High School girls track team through state and to a national competition last fall, is one of 39 award recipients.
At the start of the new month the district will begin taking applications for the seat previously held by Board Member Paula Teiken.
The fundraising event will be held from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Eagan Community Center.
The School District 196 band programs need your help providing instruments to families unable to afford their own saxophone, trumpet or other instrument.
The high school kicked off the food drive last week in honor of Food Share Month.
Students, staff and volunteers came together to help pack food that will be sent to hungry children in Africa last week as part of an all-school service learning project.
Show your support for the students of Mr. Saxton's class at Eagan High School by voting for their tongue-in-cheek public service announcement.
St. Paul resident Adam Meckler will be performing with his 18-piece big band as part of a larger jazz concert at Eagan High School.
March is Food Share Month, and the students at the high school are getting in on the action.
District 197 is mixing up its breakfast in anticipation of new guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Magnet Schools of America has awarded honors to three District 197 schools.
School District 196 has a bevy of classes coming up this spring for local residents.
Students had a chance to rub elbows with roughly 80 professionals in science, technology, engineering and math-related careers at Eagan High School on Tuesday.
Reinforcing positive behavior is the name of the game at Red Pine Elementary School in Eagan, where new thinking has reduced disciplinary issues, according to the Star Tribune.
Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28; Friday, March 1; and Saturday, March 2.
Watch a video of Somerset elementary kindergarten teacher Kari Redding explaining the 'Take My Teacher Home' curriculum.
Eagan students gathered en masse in the school's library to perform the Harlem Shake.
The Pioneer Press surveyed about 100 schools in six east metro districts and found District 197's schools the least compliant with laws mandating lockdown drills in 2011-12.
Students from all area high schools and their parents are invited to Eagan High School to learn more about careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
Molly Andersen, who attends school in Eagan, is among 11 Twin Cities students to be honored at an awards ceremony at Unisys.
Under the leadership of an Eagan High School band director, roughly 160 band students are taking an unusual step to fight hearing loss.
Justin Dietz, Madison Janvrin, Paulina Marell, Eleanor Schriner, Sylesh Volla, Kevin Wei and Aliya Zhdanov of Eagan High School have all earned the distinction.
This year, the organization is offering 110 scholarships worth more than $70,000 to graduating seniors in the Eastview attendance area.
Eagan elementary students have raised more than $8,000 this year to purchase food supplies for impoverished families across the globe.
The Kids 'n Kinship mentoring program is having an information session from 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21 at Wescott Library.
School District 196 has a bevy of cooking classes coming up in February for local residents.
Eagan High School graduate Nicholas David, who took third place on "The Voice" in 2012, returned to his alma mater for a pep fest performance on Thursday.
Michelson, the current head coach for the Burnsville High School boys swimming program, replaces former EHS coach Steve Van Dyne.
Danielle Anderson, Jabri Guy and Kat Torres all pledged to compete at the collegiate level during a short ceremony on Wednesday morning at Eagan High School.
See if your student made the 'A' Honor Roll at Eagan High School!
Middle and high school students will attend school for 171 days; elementary students will be in school 169 days.
"The Works on Wheels", a STEM outreach program, brought its hands-on science and technology experiments to Northview Elementary School in January.
A total of 17 Winter Drumlines from across the state gather for the performance, which will be held on Feb. 2 at the high school.
The university plans to equip teen's vehicles with a dashboard-mounted smartphone designed to monitor driving behavior.
The meals packed by Faithful Shepherd students will be distributed by Feed My Starving Children.
Dismayed by the loss of music and arts programming in local schools, a handful of District 196 music directors got together this winter to form the Dakota Valley Show Choir
In a split vote, Sandra Sweep was elected to be chairperson of the Board of Education, replacing long-standing chair Ron Hill.
Flu cases at Eagan High School peaked last Friday, when roughly 1 percent of the school population was absent or dismissed because of the sickness.