Rosemount Middle School English Teacher Alissa Standon is one of 113 nominees for 2023 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. Award sponsor Education Minnesota, the state’s educators’ union, announced nominees Jan. 26. 

District 196 middle school students took two of the top five spots and seven of the 18 special awards at the Regional Future City Competition held Jan. 21 at Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount.

Sixteen students representing all four comprehensive high schools in District 196 were nominated for the Minnesota State High School League’s annual citizenship and leadership awards for the 2022-23 school year.

Twenty District 196 students qualified to compete in this year’s state debate tournament January 13-14 at the University of Minnesota and 12 advanced to the final rounds of competition in their category, including four who finished as runners-up.

Forty-one District 196 seniors are receiving special recognition this fall for scores they achieved on a national standardized test they took last year as juniors.

Independent School District 196 is ranked fourth of the 50 Minnesota employers that made Forbes’ annual list of Best-in-State Employers for 2022.

The College Board recognized 625 District 196 high school students for their performance on Advanced Placement (AP) course exams taken during the 2021-22 school year.

District 196 Superintendent Mary Kreger today announced the promotion of Dr. Stacey Buchwald from interim principal to principal of Valley Middle School of STEM in Apple Valley, effective immediately.

Students representing the journalism and video production programs won eight Student Production Awards presented by the Upper Midwest Emmy® Foundation this spring.

Nelson was most recently a principal in the Osseo Area School District will start his post at Diamond Path Elementary in early July.

Washington was the assistant administrator at Red Pine this past school year, and will take over his position July 1.

Four teams from District 196 schools qualified for the state tournament, and two teams had top finishes at state to earn a spot at the DI Global Finals.

Griffin has been the assistant administrator at Northview since 2019, responsible for co-leading the school’s core and continuous improvement teams, providing student and teacher support, and overseeing testing.

Hernandez will take over as coordinator of the 196Online program on July 1, replacing Teaching and Learning Coordinator Jenny Huling.

Hack will finish this school year at Diamond Path and take over at Pinewood starting July 1. She will replace Principal Crisfor Town, who is retiring.

Commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2022 are scheduled for May and early June, during which 2,117 students will graduate.

McDonald has led dozens of students and teams to success at the state and national levels during his 24 years coaching at Eagan High. He is also a member of the National Speech and Debate Association’s Hall of Fame.

In the team sweepstakes, Apple Valley finished runner-up, and Eastview and Eagan finished in third and fourth place, respectively, among all Class AA schools.

Goeldner will finish this school year at Red Pine and take over at Greenleaf starting July 1.

The annual award celebrates the efforts of young high school women in their pursuit of technology education and career opportunities.

Students are selected for the National Merit and Achievement programs each fall based on their scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which they take as juniors.

Grace Alagbo and Riley Myers pinned down the competition to earn championship titles in their respective weight classes at the first-ever MSHSL girls wrestling state tournament. 

The School of Excellence Award earned by Glacier Hills is given to a select group of magnet schools that have demonstrated the highest level of excellence in all facets of the merit award application.

Team Peterson kicks off their 2022 Olympic run on Feb. 9 at 8:05 p.m. Eastern Team, when they face off against the women’s Russian Olympic Committee.

After finishing runners-up last year, Eagan High School juniors Eric Li and Archan Sen won the state title in policy debate during the 2022  state debate tournament.