Written By: PineandLakes Echo Journal | 11:00 am, May 14, 2021 ×
Steve Sandeen guided a group of Pine River-Backus students in repairing the dock which extends from the school forest into Norway Lake.Submitted Photo
Pine River-Backus students performed more than 250 hours of labor all together during the May 6 annual service day. Teachers provided photos of the cleanup in the school forest. See them at:
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Students are aiming for some return to normalcy
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By Travis Grimler and Dan Determan | Staff Writers | 3:00 am, May 10, 2021 ×
The Pine River-Backus and Pequot Lakes school districts have cautiously, hopefully and ultimately tentatively each come up with a plan for prom. Pine River-Backus will be hosting prom on Saturday, May 15. While we have to comply with the state guidelines, we re still trying to make things as normal as possible for our students. They ve missed out on a lot, said prom adviser Katie Verschelde.
Plans continue, of course, to be somewhat uncertain because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the school district is trying to work within its means. As it stands, prom will be held for juniors and seniors at the school with a grand march that will only be open to those who receive tickets from the prom participants.
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Learning about renewable energy: New curriculum brings solar to the classroom
The curriculum is aimed at teaching students about the rapidly growing solar energy industry in Minnesota and across the country. 4:30 am, Apr. 22, 2021 ×
Pine River-Backus students check out the solar array built at their school in 2019, a project that has saved the district thousands of dollars in utility costs and allows students to learn about renewable energy. Submitted Photo
About 60 school districts in Minnesota use solar energy, and they now have access to a complementary curriculum to go along with their arrays.
The Rural Renewable Energy Alliance, along with other community partners, recently developed a kindergarten through eighth grade curriculum aimed at teaching students about solar energy as a clean, renewable option for the future.
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