Feathered Acres Learning Farm & Inn offers a chance to experience agricultural life. Many Lake Minnetonka area families with school-age children...
Education
A Quick History of Excelsior Academy
The Lake Minnetonka area offers students a variety of educational opportunities. In the past, it also offered a unique college. Long a community...
Local Seniors Share Their Spark
Local high school students bring the best of themselves to their schools and communities. Part of what makes a community great is its commitment to...
Wayzata Sailing Celebrates Sweet 16 Anniversary
Sailing club funraising event celebrates anniversary. Sailing is an integral part of the lake community and Minnesota. Since 1981, Wayzata Sailing...
EcoElsa Blog Inspires Natural Connections
Elsa Litecky inspires the next generation of naturalists. Elsa Litecky has enjoyed the beauty of the natural world since she could start climbing...
Science Museum Helps Local Boy Identify Fossil
Youth makes an interesting discovery on Big Island. Walking the beach at Big Island on Lake Minnetonka, one never knows what strange object might...
Wayzata’s Schoolhouse Hill
A quick history of Wayzata's Schoolhouse Hill. The first school to sit atop the hill at Rice Street and Broadway Avenue in Wayzata was built circa...
Hands-on Learning Is Coming to Lake Minnetonka’s Shores
Wayzata center will offer STEM-based education. Hands-on learning is making its way to the shores of Lake Minnetonka with the renovation of a former...
Autumn Garden Guide to Perennials
Gardener shares strategies on how to divvy up your perennials this fall. With fall in the air and winter creeping closer, the time is now to begin...
Lake Minnetonka Senior Spotlight 2022: Strong Student Leaders
Students understood the assignment: Be a positive impact on their school and community. If education is the cornerstone of a successful community,...
Wayzata Cotillion: More Than Good Manners
Cotillion offers lessons in timeless kindness and courtesy. Etiquette can make a significant difference in our day-to-day lives. Whether it is...
How to Tackle Those Back to School Blues (for Parents too)
Families face separation concerns. After quarantines and closures, students aren’t the only ones feeling some back-to-school anxieties. Going back...
The Thinking Spot Blends Reading and Science
New bookstore combines love for books and science. Science and book lovers alike now have a space devoted to them in the community at The Thinking...
Grilling Glossary for Summer
What’s the word on your grilling skills? Word has it that it’s National Grilling Month. While the summer entertaining season is just heating up,...
The Andersen Horticultural Library: Hidden Gem of the Arb
The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is a top destination all year long, but, each month, it boasts its own unique attractions. In July, visitors can...
The Anger Workbook for Kids Helps Children Address Feelings
Workbook helps children process their anger. After 12 years practicing as a mental health clinician specializing in children, Christina Kress says...
Come Sail Away
Transition program fosters independence for students. In January 2021, the Minnetonka School Board approved the purchase of the Shorewood...
Turn up the Sound
Academy of Prince students write, perform and collaborate. “I think we have a lot more knowledge to be shared with the world. We just have to find a...
A Sticky, Sweet Lesson
Most students look forward to getting up and away from their school desks and outside for schoolyard games, chat sessions with pals and dose of...
Honor Students
Caring Youth award ceremony returns to live event. The nominations are in, and soon the recipients of the 2022 Caring Youth Awards will be announced...
