Mounds View Public Schools

District students named Medtronic Scholars

May 8, 2008 -- Irondale High School students Emily Clark and Christopher Rothstein, and Mounds View High School students Kelsey Minten and Laura Rusnacko were selected by the Wallin Scholarship Program recently as 2008 Medtronic Scholars. These Mounds View Public Schools seniors were among 18 students from area public schools that demonstrated the most academic promise, continued academic potential and the motivation to continue their studies. Students will be recognized at a reception at Medtronic World Headquarters on June 11 and will receive $16,000 in school scholarship money over the course of four years.

State Spanish contest winners

May 7, 2008 -- Irondale and Mounds View High School Spanish students claimed some of the top spots at this year’s Concurso Estatal (state contest) where students were judged on their cultural and language performance in numerous categories including music, art, video production and book authorship. Irondale High School Spanish II student Laura Guzman won first place at the competition and Hali Biskey and Doug Wisser won third place. Spanish IV student Vanessa Kleckner won third place while Spanish I student Tsega Tamene placed eighth and Spanish III student Lauren Harden won tenth place. Mounds View High School Spanish I students Stephanie Kaczynski and Jonathan Keller won first place medals at the competition, Emily Toninato won third place and Katharina Haller, Kevin Morris, Nettie Rauch and Laura Renner took home sixth place medals. Spanish IV student Sarah Koch placed tenth.

Mounds View students succeed at Economics Challenge

April 29, 2008 -- Michael Chen, Brian Kuehner, Rushi Patel and Conrad Zbikowski, ninth-graders on Martha Rush's Mounds View High School Economics Challenge team, won first place at a regional Economics Challenge competition at the University of St. Thomas in early April. In addition to taking the first place win as a team, Conrad Zbikowski won first place in the individual competition and Rushi Patel took home the second place win. Mounds View junior Dawen Shen won first place in the individual AP Macroeconomics division and his team (Divya Gupta, Shaked Peleg, Andrew Hagemann and Justin Schlichting) took fourth place overall.

Irondale students win Ordway Circle of Stars recognition

April 29, 2008 -- Irondale High School students Corban Lungborg and Noelle Vainikka were announced as winners of the fourth annual Ordway Circle of Stars ART contest recently. Their My Minnesota: A Creative State of Mind themed artwork will be on display at a May 2 art reception and will be featured in the official 2008 Festival poster. The students' art will also be on display during the eighth annual Flint Hills International Children's Festival and will be displayed throughout Saint Paul until June 2008.

Island Lake teacher named Amazing Woman Artist

April 24, 2008 -- Island Lake Elementary art specialist Ann Gerold-Stibal was selected to participate in the 10 Amazing Women Artists exhibit in February and March at the Perpich Center in Golden Valley. The exhibit recognized the works of women artist from around the state and included a variety of Stibal’s nature-inspired pieces. Island Lake staff and students enjoyed the exhibit in April when it went on display in the school’s media center.