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Pequot Lakes High School apprenticeship program celebrated
Pequot Lakes High School took some time to recognize some students paving their path into the workforce, as well as the local businesses helping them do it. 3:00 am, Apr. 16, 2021 ×
Pequot Lakes High School students Keean Kerger (left), Tommy Franz and Vinny Sposito pose with plaques in appreciation of local businesses participating in the school s apprenticeship program Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Not pictured: student Logan Medjrich.Dan Determan / Echo Journal
Pequot Lakes High School took time to recognize students paving their path into the workforce, as well as the local businesses helping them do it.
The Building Trades Career Pathway Program, run by Rural Minnesota Concentrated Employment Program, offers funding for up to 10 students at two schools - Pequot Lakes and Pillager - to get hands-on job experience before graduation.
Superintendents are excited about the opportunity
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Dan Determan and Nancy Vogt | Staff Writers | 3:00 am, Feb. 4, 2021 ×
Area educators, part of “phase 1b,” are receiving COVID-19 vaccinations.
Pine River-Backus School District staff will begin getting shots Thursday, Feb. 4, and Pequot Lakes School District staff benefited from extra vaccines for 116 shots that were administered Thursday, Jan. 21.
“Around the 11th of January, we were notified about a statewide effort, pushed by the Department of Health, to start vaccinating teachers on a pilot so they could work out the mechanics of it,” Pequot Lakes Superintendent Chris Lindholm said.
“In that effort, we found out on Monday (Jan. 18) that each district was allocated to just a handful of vaccinations. We had six, Pine River had five. So we all reacted to that, by communicating that we had to prioritize staff that want the vaccine, then select six staff to get the opportunity to participate in