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Friday, February 15, 2013

Mendota Swimmer Defies Odds, Survives Near Fatal Infection, and Accepts Division 1 Scholarship

McKenna Pasquale last week accepted a Division 1 swimming team scholarship after surviving a bout with a life-threatening lung infection. And she only started swimming—as in, just learned—four years ago.

So this is one of those stories that you're just not going to believe. Part One, 2009: McKenna Pasquale is 13 years old. And Kenna, as her friends call her, decides that she wants to be on the swim team.  The challenge: She doesn't know how to swim. "She could splash around, but when she said she wanted to be on the swim team, we went to the library," said her mother, Barb Pasquale. And together they checked out some videos on how to swim. And then taught her. True story. Part Two, 2010-2011: Kenna makes the Henry Sibley High School swim team—she's a natural athlete (it helps that her mother was also, once upon a time, her gymnastics coach), but Kenna's an even stronger swimmer. Kenna seems able to do it all: the breast stroke, the back …

Jennifer Parker

4:14 pm on Friday, February 15, 2013

A wonderful article about a student I remember fondly from my first grade classroom! I am so glad her health has been restored!   more ›

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Henry Sibley Principal's $64,590 Payout Draws Questions from Open Government Advocates

The West St. Paul School district isn't saying why Henry Sibley Principal Robin Percival received a $64,590 termination package this week.

The West St. Paul school district paid Henry Sibley High School principal Robin Percival $64,590 to resign—but the district's not saying why Percival resigned or why she received a payout. The secretive termination agreement has rehashed old debates among lawmakers, lawyers and freedom of information advocates. State Rep. Pam Myhra, author of a 2012 termination disclosure law, told the Star Tribune that the school district was obligated to provide more information. "The intent of the bill was that taxpayers and parents would be able to have more information about what happened and the reasons money was paid out," Myhra told the Pioneer Press. The district is maintaining that by staying mum through the remainder of the school year, it is …

Becky Anderson

10:34 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013

An entity or person needs to request a Data Privacy Advisory Opinion. Information on how that is done is found on the Minnesota Department of Administration's Web site. It can be done without an attorney. The School Board acted and, for more information to be made public, the School Board's action would need to be challenged.   more ›

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

AT A GLANCE: Henry Sibley Varsity Sports Results, Jan. 15, 2013

See what’s ahead for your favorite high school teams.

Follow Mendota Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter The following are the winter sports schedules for Henry Sibley High School, as compiled from the school’s website. Results are updated on an as-needed basis. They are obtained from local media and team websites. Corrections and updated team results can be submitted to Mendota Heights Patch by emailing mendotaheights@patch.com. Patch welcomes team reports and photos. Items can be submitted through Patch’s Announcements page or by emailing mendotaheights@patch.com. * Note: Late-evening results from the previous day's games may not be included in scores or records. RECORD: 9-3 OVERALL, 3-1 CLASSIC SUBURBAN CONFERENCE • Dec. 4 at Prior Lake (Loss, …

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

AT A GLANCE: Henry Sibley Varsity Sports Results, Jan. 8, 2013

See what’s ahead for your favorite high school teams.

Follow Mendota Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter The following are the winter sports schedules for Henry Sibley High School, as compiled from the school’s website. Results are updated on an as-needed basis. They are obtained from local media and team websites. Corrections and updated team results can be submitted to Mendota Heights Patch by emailing mendotaheights@patch.com. Patch welcomes team reports and photos. Items can be submitted through Patch’s Announcements page or by emailing mendotaheights@patch.com. * Note: Late-evening results from the previous day's games may not be included in scores or records. RECORD: 8-2 OVERALL, 2-0 CLASSIC SUBURBAN CONFERENCE • Dec. 4 at Prior Lake (Loss, …

Saturday, January 5, 2013

AT A GLANCE: Henry Sibley Varsity Sports Results, Jan. 5, 2013

See what’s ahead for your favorite high school teams.

Follow Mendota Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter The following are the winter sports schedules for Henry Sibley High School, as compiled from the school’s website. Results are updated on an as-needed basis. They are obtained from local media and team websites. Corrections and updated team results can be submitted to Mendota Heights Patch by emailing mendotaheights@patch.com. Patch welcomes team reports and photos. Items can be submitted through Patch’s Announcements page or by emailing mendotaheights@patch.com. * Note: Late-evening results from the previous day's games may not be included in scores or records. RECORD: 7-2 OVERALL, 1-0 CLASSIC SUBURBAN CONFERENCE • Dec. 4 at Prior Lake (Loss, …

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

AT A GLANCE: Henry Sibley Varsity Sports Results, Dec. 25, 2012

See what’s ahead for your favorite high school teams.

Follow Mendota Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter The following are the winter sports schedules for Henry Sibley High School, as compiled from the school’s website. Results are updated on an as-needed basis. They are obtained from local media and team websites. Corrections and updated team results can be submitted to Mendota Heights Patch by emailing mendotaheights@patch.com. Patch welcomes team reports and photos. Items can be submitted through Patch’s Announcements page or by emailing mendotaheights@patch.com. * Note: Late-evening results from the previous day's games may not be included in scores or records. RECORD: 5-2 OVERALL, 0-1 CLASSIC SUBURBAN • Nov. 30 at Chanhassen (Loss, 84-72) • …

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

AT A GLANCE: Henry Sibley Varsity Sports Results, Dec. 18, 2012

See what’s ahead for your favorite high school teams.

Follow Mendota Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter The following are the winter sports schedules for Henry Sibley High School, as compiled from the school’s website. Results are updated on an as-needed basis. They are obtained from local media and team websites. Corrections and updated team results can be submitted to Mendota Heights Patch by emailing mendotaheights@patch.com. Patch welcomes team reports and photos. Items can be submitted through Patch’s Announcements page or by emailing mendotaheights@patch.com. * Note: Late-evening results from the previous day's games may not be included in scores or records. RECORD: 3-2 • Nov. 30 at Chanhassen (Loss, 84-72) • Dec. 4 at Prior Lake (Loss, 59-…

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

AT A GLANCE: Henry Sibley Varsity Sports Results, Dec. 11, 2012

See what’s ahead for your favorite high school teams.

Follow Mendota Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free newsletter The following are the winter sports schedules for Henry Sibley High School, as compiled from the school’s website. Results are updated on an as-needed basis. They are obtained from local media and team websites. Corrections and updated team results can be submitted to Mendota Heights Patch by emailing mendotaheights@patch.com. Patch welcomes team reports and photos. Items can be submitted through Patch’s Announcements page or by emailing mendotaheights@patch.com. * Note: Late-evening results from the previous day's games may not be included in scores or records. RECORD (1-2) Nov. 30 at Chanhassen (Loss, 84-72) • Dec. 4 at Prior Lake (Loss, 59-44…

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Innovative Sibley Physics Teacher's Video Used in TED Initiative

The process of animating Sibley teacher Peter Bohacek's video on the physics principle of work took almost a year.

A video made by Henry Sibley teacher Peter Bohacek that uses a grandfather clock to demonstrate the physics principles of work and power was recently chosen by the non-profit TED-Ed to be professionally animated for other teachers to use in classroom lesson plans. It’s one of only 149 such videos produced by TED, the group famous for its 18-minute Big Picture lectures, and so far 20 teachers from around the country have made lesson plans from Bohacek’s video. It’s not Bohacek’s first foray into using videos in the classroom. The former electrical engineer has partnered with Carleton College and University of Wisconsin-River Falls on a series of what he calls Direct Measurement Videos. The videos each show a creative take on a “classic …

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