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Discovery Middle School

    March 21, 2018
    Discovery Middle School Team 1 took first place at a recent regional math competition. From left: Joaquim Ramos, Greta Oldenkamp, Josie Hochsprung, Kylie Lattimer, and Elle Heydt. Josie also took first place in the individual problem-solving competition. (Contributed)
    Sixth-grade math teams dominate
    Discovery Middle School sent six math teams to compete against 26 other west-central Minnesota teams during a Math Masters of Minnesota meet,...
    news/educationMarch 21, 2018 - 8:45am
    March 16, 2018
    The middle school play, “Welcome to Camp Brown Bear,” was written by members of the Eighth-Grade Playwrights Club. (Beth Leipholtz / Echo Press)
    Life lessons through theater: Eighth-grade playwrights take on issue of bullying
    The scene unfolding on stage could have been unfolding in real life — which was exactly the point. The Discovery Middle School play,...
    news/educationMarch 16, 2018 - 5:59am
    March 14, 2018
    Senior Emma Reilly holds a sign reading “Not one more,” which the crowd also chanted. Reilly was one of the students who helped organize the walkout. (Beth Leipholtz / Echo Press)play button
    Alexandria students join national walkout over gun violence
    With his young daughter perched on his hip, Terry Vanderheiden took a moment to collect himself, wiping a tear from his eye before he addressed...
    news/educationMarch 14, 2018 - 12:31pm
    March 6, 2018
    Sam Wicken
    Seventh-grader knows where it's at: Geography champ eligible for state National Geographic competition
    Geography whiz Sam Wicken needed 60 minutes to answer 70 questions on a National Geographic Society test. He finished them in 28 minutes. "A...
    news/educationMarch 6, 2018 - 12:11pm
    January 26, 2018
    Eighth grader Zach Timm, left, won the spelling bee at Discovery Middle School, while Tom Navratil, also in Grade 8, was runner up. (Contributed)
    Community news
    Foundation gives $15,000 to car program The Douglas Machine Foundation gave $15,000 to the Douglas County Car Care Program, helping the nonprofit...
    newsJanuary 26, 2018 - 4:52pm
    Discovery Middle School principal Matt Aker discusses a book with sixth-grader Evan Anderson during a morning class period on Wednesday, Jan. 24. Last week, Aker was named the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals’ 2018 Middle Level Principal of the Year. (Beth Leipholtz | Echo Press)
    Giving students a voice: Matt Aker named 2018 Middle Level Principal of the Year
    While Matt Aker may be the principal of Discovery Middle School, he says the school is anything but his. "Don't ever forget to ask the kids...
    newsJanuary 26, 2018 - 6:32am
    January 24, 2018
    Regan Peterson (right) chats in the Alexandria Area High Schools commons area as students waited for the awards presentation at Saturday's speech competition. (Jeff Beach / Echo Press)
    Meeting people at the speech meet
    The students dress for success, in sensible black suits with a splash or red or dark blue. And while the speech competitors are all business...
    newsJanuary 24, 2018 - 8:00am
    October 10, 2017
    Discovery Middle School conferences start Thursday
    Discovery Middle School reminds parents that it will hold fall conferences with students, parents and teachers from 3:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12, and Monday, Oct. 16, and from 7:30-11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 18. Fall conferences will be held with the student's homebase advisor,...
    lifestyleOctober 10, 2017 - 3:54pm
    October 2, 2017
    Lily Farrell (left) talks to her mother, Lacey Farrell (right), about how she felt when she was allegedly asked to change her clothes three days in a row at Discovery Middle School in Alexandria. (Beth Leipholtz | Echo Press)play button
    Alexandria student seeks to change schools over dress code confusion (w/video)
    After being homeschooled for a few years, Lily Farrell couldn't wait to start sixth grade at Discovery Middle School in Alexandria. She says...
    newsOctober 2, 2017 - 2:20pm
    August 23, 2017
    Discovery school open house Aug. 30
    Discovery Middle School will host an orientation session for new students, including incoming sixth graders, and an open house for all students on Wednesday, Aug. 30, using the following schedule: Sixth grade: Students with yellow schedules will meet from 3:30-4 p.m.; students with...
    lifestyleAugust 23, 2017 - 6:33am
    August 2, 2017
    Science teacher Morgan Olson was hired this summer as Woodland Elementary School's first garden manager. (Karen Tolkkinen|Echo Press)
    School district's first gardener growing into the job
    Woodland Elementary School's first-ever garden manager was trying to teach middle school students how to build houses to attract pollinators,...
    lifestyleAugust 2, 2017 - 1:49pm
    June 30, 2017
    Assistant principal named at Discovery
    Alexandria Public Schools announced a new administrative appointment effective for the 2017-18 school year — Heather Timm, the current...
    newsJune 30, 2017 - 2:30pm
    May 22, 2017
    Eric Bjurman
    Bjurman resigns from assistant principal
    School District 206 is expected to accept the resignation of Eric Bjurman, the current assistant principal and activities director at Discovery...
    newsMay 22, 2017 - 4:38pm
    Trenton Tuey, a sixth-grader at Discovery Middle School, helps manage and organize The Shelf, the school's food shelf. (Contributed)
    Discovery Middle School partners with church to stock food shelf
    As she was driving to work one day last school year, Lynn Ransom asked herself, "Why can't we have a food shelf? Ransom, a paraprofessional...
    lifestyleMay 22, 2017 - 7:59am
    May 11, 2017
    Dylan Nelson, an eighth-grade student at Discovery Middle School, puts together a computer he worked on. Nelson is one of eight students on the school's Genius Team. (Celeste Edenloff | Echo Press)
    Young 'Geniuses' keep computers running for Discovery Middle School
    With a tiny screwdriver in his hands, Dylan Nelson set out to put back together a Chromebook he was in the process of rebuilding. A couple of...
    newsMay 11, 2017 - 4:00am
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