Retired business teacher and DECA advisor donates to school program, receives classroom honor 7:00 am, Feb. 10, 2021 ×
Retired business teacher and former DECA advisor, Ellsworth Holm, addresses the audience at the 2020 Shark Tank competition. Holm recently donated $25,000 to the Alexandria DECA Foundation. (Contributed)
Ellsworth Holm, 88, started his career sitting in an office for a corporate entity in the Twin Cities.
But that wasn’t the lifestyle he wanted.
“I had the best job in the country,” Holm said. “When I changed to working in the office, I was kinda bored. But when I got into teaching, that was my field.”
Holm returned to college and shifted gears to pursue a degree in education so that he could spend the last 30 years of his professional career teaching business in Alexandria. He’s continued to stay involved since retiring in the 1990s and recently donated $25,000 to the Distributive Education Clubs of America, or DECA, Foundation.
Alex schools to bring grades 6-12 back to full in-person learning over the next month
Starting Feb. 8, Alexandria Public Schools will begin bringing grades back to full in-person learning as part of a three-phase plan. Grades six and 12 will be the first to come back in full. Written By: Jared Rubado | ×
The Alexandria’s School Board’s COVID-19 Advisory team announced a three-phase plan to get grades 6-12 back into the classroom for full in-person learning starting Feb. 8.
Based on the decreasing local and regional COVID-19 case counts, Alexandria will roll out a one-month plan to bring middle and high school students back to Discovery Middle School and Alexandria Area High School. Students will be required to wear face covering in the schools while maintaining social distancing. Families may opt out of in-person learning for a 100% distance learning option.
Alexandria Area High School DECA projects impact students and local businesses 2:53 pm, Jan. 20, 2021 ×
Senior students Caleb Wendel (left) and Zachary Kent hold up $1,000 scholarship checks they won at the annual DECA Shark Tank competition on Sunday. From left to right, judges Elsworth Holm, Mike Tripp, Mark Watkins, Kyle Athey and Nathan Kary stand with the students. “Although I am extremely grateful for having been awarded a scholarship, this experience was something that paid itself forward without a financial incentive,” Kent said. “Experiences like this at our age level are priceless.” (Contributed)
Nine groups of Alexandria students presented to a panel of judges from Geneva Capital at the annual DECA Foundation Shark Tank event on Sunday, Jan. 17.
Donations exceed $80,000, which is $20,000 over the goal. 3:36 pm, Dec. 14, 2020 ×
Lydia Mason, 8, of Osakis, was a first-time performer at the Jingle Bells Telethon Saturday, Dec. 12. Mason, the daughter of Kevin and JoAnna Mason, sang O Holy Night. (Celeste Edenloff / Echo Press)
The results are in and this year’s annual Jingle Bells Telethon was a success. Although donations are still coming in after Saturday’s live telethon, the donations exceeded the goal by more than $20,000. This year’s goal was $60,000 and at the end of the telethon Dec. 12, the total raised was $80,308.42.
“We exceeded our goal by over $20,000, which is just amazing,” said Chelsey Koopman, president of the Jingles Bells Foundation, the organization in charge of the event. “This really shows how much the community continues to support one another, regardless of the pandemic.”
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