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Morris Area seniors graduate Friday night

MORRIS – On Friday, 84 area seniors received their diplomas at the Morris Area Elementary SchoolGym.Twenty-three students were recognized as honor students, and eight graduated with distinction. Valedictorian Michael Anderson...

news / education Tue, Jun 04, 2013 - 1:12pm

Scholarships awarded to graduating seniors Thursday

MORRIS – On Thursday, May 30 the following scholarships were awarded to members of the Morris Area High School Class of 2013 at the Senior Scholarship Breakfast. The scholarships totaled...

news / education Fri, May 31, 2013 - 3:39pm

Letter: Counseling is foundational to student quality of life, success

At the May 16 meeting of the Morris Area School Board, Superintendent Scott Monson and the Finance Committee presented information regarding the proposed preliminary budget for fiscal year 2014. It...

opinion / letters Fri, May 31, 2013 - 3:22pm

Junior Brady Wulf talks to students about what a heifer eats and what products come from the animal.

Morris Area FFA teaches urban students about agriculture

MORRIS – The closest many students at Risen Christ Elementary School in Minneapolis had gotten to livestock was the Minnesota State Fair. That changed last Friday when members of the...

news / education Fri, May 24, 2013 - 1:18pm

School board adds support for music, gym in 2013-2014 budget

MORRIS – The Morris Area School Board voted last Thursday to increase funding for physical education at the elementary school and music at the high school and elementary school for...

news / education Fri, May 24, 2013 - 12:33pm

Diana Parra (center) of Bogotá, Colombia, spent the school year studying in Morris. Her host parents, Jill and Terry Dybdal, hoped that Diana could help their children, Brienna and Dane, learn more about Colombia. The Dybdals adopted Dane from Colombia in 2009.

Colombian exchange student bridges cultures

MORRIS – The first thing most people think about when they hear Diana Parra is from Colombia is drugs and narcotics trafficking. But Diana, a foreign exchange student in Morris...

news / local Sun, May 05, 2013 - 8:41am

Jude Pelowski, Lily Erdal, Alyna Kleinwolterink, Caleb Sanderson, Aaron Jones, Jessica Burks, Christopher Tiernan play members of the Sycamore family in "You Can't Take It with You."

Don’t forget, “You Can’t Take It with You”

MORRIS – Morris Area High School will present “You Can't Take It with You” on Thursday, May 2 through Saturday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium...

news / local Fri, Apr 26, 2013 - 4:38pm

Morris Area “forgives” snow days to end school on June 5

MORRIS – The Morris Area School District logged nine snow days this year, but students will only be making up seven of them, the Morris Area School Board voted Monday,...

news / education Fri, Apr 26, 2013 - 4:28pm

Sixth grade is on the move as MAES shuffles classrooms

MORRIS – Morris Area Elementary School's three sections of sixth grade will be moving from the elementary school to a group of rooms on the northeast corner of Morris Area...

news / education Fri, Apr 26, 2013 - 4:20pm

Parents request more counselors at Morris Area

MORRIS – On Monday, parents urged members of the Morris Area School Board to add more counseling support in the district, even if it meant making other potentially painful budget...

news / education Fri, Apr 26, 2013 - 4:18pm

Denise Odello: Support needed for counseling in Morris schools

MORRIS -- I would like to bring the state of counseling at the Morris Area School District to the attention of residents of the district, especially those with children in...

opinion / local commentary Mon, Apr 22, 2013 - 10:04am

On Tuesday, April 16, students from Morris Area High School and the Universtiy of Minnesota, Morris met with Larry Pogemiller, director of the Minnesota Department of Higher Education (far right, backwards) and Brenda Cassellius, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Education (center, backwards) to discuss education options. (Kim Ukura/Sun Tribune)

Students seek low cost, high flexibility educational experiences

MORRIS – Although academic programs are important, the cost of college remains an important consideration for students and their families. Students from Morris Area High School and the University of...

news / education Fri, Apr 19, 2013 - 4:18pm

It’s official: Morris Area and Cyrus will be one district

MORRIS – The Morris Area and Cyrus school districts will officially consolidate this summer. On Monday, both school boards gave final approval to a consolidation plan that will bring the...

news / education Fri, Apr 12, 2013 - 4:24pm

Red Carpet Romance at Morris Area

Red Carpet Romance was the theme of Prom 2013 held Saturday, April 6 at Morris Area High School. Nearly 70 couples attended the Grand March.

news / local Mon, Apr 08, 2013 - 3:41pm

Seniors Dylan Curfman, Grahem Andersen, junior Yasha Hoffman and senior Mickey Cotter, pictured with coach Brittany Greenwalt, will compete at the state Knowledge Bowl tournament next week in Brainerd. (Kim Ukura/Sun Tribune)

MAHS Knowledge Bowl team heads to state tournament

MORRIS – Seniors Mickey Cotter, Grahem Andersen and Dylan Curfman and junior Yasha Hoffman will represent Morris Area High School at the state Knowledge Bowl competition on April 11 and...

news / education Fri, Apr 05, 2013 - 4:06pm

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