Students Isabel Guerrero, Elsie Belina and Hawon Park dance together in a presentation for friends and family members in District 16’s Spanish Immersion Program’s third annual cultural festival.

For many high school students, springtime travel means escape, adventure and freedom from schedules and chores and requirements and tests.

Anoka-Ramsey Community College honored its outstanding students for the 2012-2013 school year with an awards ceremony May 4.

One could say that Juanita Mercedes Martinez Pabon does it all.

Parents and community members are invited to attend Spring Lake Park District 16’s “Celebration of Learning.”

The Anoka-Hennepin School District has announced the hiring of five new elementary school principals.

Nicki Magaard has only been a counselor at Blaine’s Roosevelt Middle School for two years.

Mary Clarkson wasn’t a traditional college student, much less a teacher. She chose to start her family first and then go to college. It wasn’t until she was in her late-20s that she had her first classroom.

With dangling legs and twirling arms, the limberjack’s pushpin shoes tap on the wood held in place by eager fourth-graders.

Laser-sharp scalpels in hand, state legislators slash the budget, making deep incisions in attempts to reduce the deficit. Amputations sometimes result.

A Spanish immersion teacher and a world cultures teacher have been named Spring Lake Park District 16’s Teachers of the Year.

Two one-of-a-kind mosaics will soon be on display in two Anoka-Hennepin School District buildings.

The rhythmic marching tones of woodwind, brass and percussion have long occupied a spirited place in Lori Jansen’s life.

Students from three area high schools are among 10 students who have been selected as 2013 Medtronic Scholars.

Anoka-Hennepin Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) and School Readiness Parent Advisory Council hosted Vehicle Day Saturday at Champlin-Park High School.

Video students from Blaine, Coon Rapids and Andover high schools recently participated in a unique movie-making adventure.

Drivers education students at Coon Rapids High School (CRHS) May 2 got an up-close and hands-on lesson in how to drive safely next to semi-trucks.

Five students and two teachers from Northwest Passage High School (NWP), Coon Rapids, took part in a service learning expedition to help restore coastal Louisiana.

Coon Rapids Middle School staged its eighth annual Invention Fair. Almost five dozen young inventors – 58 to be exact and more than ever before – put their inventions on display in the school’s gymnasium May 4.

Children bowled each other over, climbed the walls, played the recorder and made music with Orff instruments. Miniature scientists unearthed isopods, artwork adorned the hallways and families enjoyed an ice cream social.

Invent Now, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to honoring and fostering invention and creativity, will bring its Camp Invention summer program to Anoka Middle School for the Arts-Fred Moore Campus for 2013.