Schools

“The Mystery of Edwin Drood” hits it big with 8 honors from Hennepin Theatre Trust.
The East Ridge High School theater program is all about the comprehensive theater experience, according to Amanda Hestwood, director of the program’s fall musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. That helps explain why the show earned eight 2011-12 SpotLight honors, touching a variety of categories, from Hennepin Theatre Trust. The show won Honorable... Read more
Local high schools lead the way in protecting student athletes from serious brain injury.
If a coach holds up a hand and asks a player how many fingers they see, there’s a good chance that young athlete is spending the remainder of the game on the bench. Heated competition, coupled with the natural ‘toughness’ embodied in driven athletes (and their teammates, coaches and parents), makes it easy to overlook the sometimes devastating... Read more