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SchoolsSeeking uniformity? CHS gives out old band outfitsJune 26, 2008 - 1:06pm — Mark OlsonMimicking Michael Jackson’s fashion sense? Trying to re-enact the “Sgt. Pepper’s” album cover? Or maybe you’re just pining for the good old days, marching along with the Chaska High School band. Now’s your chance to get a piece of history – circa 1978. That was when the school district purchased 150 purple band uniforms, all emblazed with “Chaska.” Chanhassen High School boosters plan golf outing for July 7 - download registration formJune 25, 2008 - 2:31pm — HawkEyeHow’s this for a long-range forecast? There will be a storm in Victoria on July 7. That is, the Chanhassen High School’s booster club, the “Storm Chasers,” host its inaugural fundraiser on Monday, July 7 at Deer Run Golf Club. Lunch and driving range session begins at 11 a.m., with golf – scramble format with no handicaps – beginning at noon with a shotgun start. A dinner, awards and silent auction is set for 6 p.m.  Members of the Chaska High School graduating class of 1948 posed for a group photo during their 60th reunion, held June 22 at Dahlgreen Golf Club. Read more about the class in this Thursday's print edition of the Chaska Herald.
EdCampus developer rolls out lesson planJune 19, 2008 - 3:21pm — Mollee Francisco Up to 50 post-secondary education institutions and institutes could soon be calling Chaska home.
CHS Class of 1988 to hold reunionJune 18, 2008 - 9:14am — Mark OlsonDig out your leg warmers and fluorescent Ocean Pacific T-shirts. The Chaska High School class of 1988 is holding its 20-year reunion on Saturday, Aug. 2. The day begins with an all-class family and friends picnic at the Lions Park shelter, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring their own lunch. Tables and chairs are provided. The free event will include games for kids and adults. At 6:30 p.m., the class holds a dinner at Dahlgreen Golf Club – The Willow Restaurant at 6940 Dahlgren Road (off of Highway 212). Chaska honored for 'Pajama Game'June 5, 2008 - 3:16pm — Mark OlsonHennepin Theatre Trust’s 2007-08 SpotLight Musical Theatre Program is holding an awards ceremony to honor area musical theater. Honorees were selected from among 25 Minnesota metro high schools, including Chaska. The year-long SpotLight education program culminates with the 2007-08 SpotLight Musical Theatre Program Awards Ceremony held 7 p.m., Sunday, June 8 at the Orpheum Theatre, according to a press release. Tickets are $10 and available through www.hennepintheatredistrict.org or (612) 373-5696.  Thirty members of the Chaska FFA recently gave presentations on livestock production to 530 second-graders at five District 112 elementary schools. The members provided 21 animals that students could look at and pet, reports FFA Advisor Dennis Bjorklund. Emily Thometz is pictured holding a Rhode Island red chicken for elementary school students to review.
May 28, 2008 - 3:23pm  Guardian Angels' seventh grader Leanne Forner displays her unease with the task of dissecting a fetal pig earlier this month. (Also pictured Liam Wintroath) Students in fifth through eighth grade learned first hand about organ systems by dissecting various creatures including pigs, worms and frogs.
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Chanhassen High School to dip into Lake ConferenceMay 23, 2008 - 1:08pm — HawkEyeThere is a storm coming soon to the Lake Conference. Chanhassen High School was accepted by the Lake Conference Executive committee on Tuesday. |
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