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The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Community Ed is excited to offer a virtul 5K Run and a one-mile Jaguar Jog for all ages of our community! Run on your treadmill in your home, around the neighborhood, down a quiet dirt road, or anywhere you choose to enjoy some movement away from crowds! This is a virtual event and will not be held as an in-person race. Sign up online, run/walk your 5K/1 mile, and email proof of completion to Tessa at tschoenberg@bbejaguars.org. This information can be found online...
In his Thursday, April 23 press conference, Governor Tim Walz ordered that school buildings in Minnesota would remain closed for K-12 education during the rest of the 2019-2020 academic year. In conjunction with that announcement, the Minnesota State High School League has cancelled all spring sports and related school activities. Currently, state officials are determining whether or not summer school programming will be allowed in Minnesota. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa superintendent Patrick Walsh...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team wrapped up another successful season with a great showing at the Lake Superior Regional competition in Duluth. As they did in 2018 and 2019, Resistance Robotics finished in the upper half of teams at regions. This year they officially placed 30th out of 63 teams after nine qualifying matches were completed. In those nine matches, they finished with a 5-4 record. Ultimately, two of their four alliance losses went down to the wire, literally,...
Update on March 15: this information was posted on Friday, March 13. Much of it is already outdated. The Voice is leaving this posted for the sake of full disclosure. However, we ask that everyone stay up to date on the most current information available. Click on the following (short) link for the latest information, based on Governor Walz's 10 a.m. press conference on March 15: https://bit.ly/2IQIzyF. Below is the story posted on March 13. Click on this (short) link to the March 15 update...
POSTED Sunday, March 15: Governor Tim Walz today signed Executive Order 20-02, authorizing the temporary closure of Minnesota K-12 public schools to students in order for school administrators and teachers to make long-term plans for the continuity of education and essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools will be closed to students by Wednesday, March 18 through Friday, March 27 to accommodate this planning between school staff, teachers, and administrators with guidance from...
In an e-mail to parents on Sunday evening, March 15, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa superintendent Patrick Walsh reported that K-12 school classes will be in session on Tuesday, March 17. It will be a normal, full day of school with regular hours ending at 3:45 p.m. The district will then cease regular K-12 operations starting Wednesday, March 18 through Friday, March 27. This is in accordance with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's Executive Order 20-02 that was issued earlier today as a response to the CO...
On the afternoon of Wednesday, March 4, 15 members of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team headed north to Duluth for the Lake Superior regional F.I.R.S.T. robotics contest. This year's team is the youngest group that B-B-E has sent to the regional contest since the program was founded in 2012. The oldest team member is a sophomore (Nic Walstrom), while four are freshmen, and the remainder are in seventh and eighth grade. They are led by first-year head coach Reed Adrian, who...
Here's video from the band solo and ensemble recital by Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa senior high students on Friday, February 28 at the Belgrade Public library. Additional coverage on the band was published in the March 5 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Posted on Thursday, March 5 at 21:20. The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team has completed Day One of the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (F.I.R.S.T.) Lake Superior regional at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center (DECC). Head coach Reed Adrian reported to the Voice that the team overcame multiple hurdles today and will end the day with a huge accomplishment: they have a fully-functioning robot! It's a great achievement for the youngest robotics...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team wrapped up another successful season with a great showing at the Lake Superior Regional competition in Duluth. As they did in 2018 and 2019, Resistance Robotics finished in the upper half of teams at regions. This year they officially placed 30th out of 63 teams after nine qualifying matches were completed. In those nine matches, they finished with a 5-4 record. Ultimately, two of their four alliance losses went down to the wire, literally,...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Community Education invites the public to their annual Community Career Fair on Friday, March 6 from 12:30 to 3:45 p.m. at the high school commons area/auditorium in Belgrade. Breakout sessions will also take place at the career fair, plus the business showcase area!...
The 31st annual Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sno-Daze coronation program was held on Tuesday, February 11 at the B-B-E high school auditorium. Freshmen, sophomore and junior attendants joined senior royalty candidates for the festivities. Kiara Quade and Hannah Sifvert performed a duet, the royalty candidates played the word game "Mad Gab", and Drew Thompson performed a dance solo. Seniors Jacqueline Gossen and Casey Stegeman were crowned Sno-Daze Queen and King to conclude the program. Video of...
On January 22, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Business Professionals of America team had 15 students compete at the Region BPA competition at Alexandria Technical College. At regions, B-B-E BPA students picked two or three competitions at the beginning of the school year and worked throughout the first semester to prepare for the regional competition. B-B-E students competed in a variety of business-type events this year. They took tests to show their knowledge on certain topics, wrote papers, and...
Music students at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools hosted a Christmas recital with choral and instrumental performances on Sunday, December 15, 2019 at the Belgrade Nursing Home community room. An iMovie production by the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper is posted below with clips from the recital. Photos from the event were published in the January 02, 2020 issue of the Voice....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa choir hosted a Christmas concert on Monday, December 2 at the high school auditorium. The concert, which lasted a full hour, included four junior high choir songs, numerous duets and solos, a Christmas Carol sing-a-long with audience participation and then four songs by the senior high choir. Photos from the concert were published in the December 5 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Catch video from the concert (embedded) after Wednesday, December 11....
Students of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Theater Department pulled off an outstanding performance for the opening night of their fall musical. The 25th annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on opening night was a magnificent hit from start to finish. Featured in the video below is Kacie Voss, Jesse Westaby and Paige Klaphake all singing solo parts during Act I...yes, their characters love their dictionaries! The second performance is Saturday, November 16 at 7 p.m. The final performance is on Sunday...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school Drama Department is excited to present the 25th annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on the school theater stage. Show dates are Friday, Saturday and Sunday this weekend, November 15, 16 and 17. The first two days have 7 p.m. evening shows, while the final performance on Sunday the 17th is a 2:30 p.m. matinee affair. Musical director Cody Lenarz provided the following comments to the Bonanza Valley Voice, "The show is unlike anything we've done at B-B-E...
On Monday, October 28, the bands of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, featuring students in grades six through 12, hosted a Halloween Carnival Concert Spooktacular at the high school gym. It was a packed house from start to finish, and the local community responded in grand fashion with numerous businesses joining with school groups with games, food and fun for everyone in attendance. Photos from the event were published in the October 31 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice Below is video from the end of...
The fall musical at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa opens on Friday, November 15 at 7 p.m. Admission is $7 for adults and $4 for students. Below, the Bonanza Valley Voice interviews cast member and B-B-E high school freshmen Paige Klaphake. Here's the synopsis of the musical from Wikipedia: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by William Finn, a book by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman with additional material by Jay Reiss. The show centers...
In a week dubbed "Jaguar Country's Super Bowl week" by the local press...three ballot questions all passed with strong support by voters across the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school district on November 5, 2019. Official results were not available as of 22:00 on election night, but initial figures representing most or all of the votes show that the votes passed with over 65 percent support on all three questions. The unofficial vote tallies are as follows...Question one: Yes: 608; No: 244. Question...
Members of the fire departments from Belgrade, Brooten and Elrosa gathered at the B-B-E elementary school on October 10 and delivered fire safety sessions to classrooms through the preschool to sixth grade rooms. Additional coverage appeared in the October 17 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Below, video is embedded of Brooten fire department member Mark Torkelson speaking to fifth grade students in Mr. Klaphake's classroom....
One of the major fundraisers for the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school activities fund is currently underway. The B-B-E fall Fruit Drive began earlier this month and will run until the end of the business day on Friday, November 8, the last day that forms can be turned in. Due to its popularity, B-B-E has continued the expansion of the traditional FFA Fruit Drive to all students. In past years, numerous people have contacted the school looking to order fresh fruit. B-B-E is hopeful to increase...
Shown is video of the Homecoming coronation king and queen crowning on Monday, September 23 at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school auditorium. Additional coverage appeared in the September 26 and October 3 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspapers. An online photo gallery is forthcoming at a future date....
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school hosted their 31st annual Homecoming coronation on Monday, September 23 in the school auditorium. Freshmen, sophomore and junior attendants joined 10 senior Homecoming King and Queen candidates for the program and crowning. The Homecoming week daily themes were announced along with varsity sporting events for the week. Senior Kiara Quade performed a solo, singing "You Are the Reason" by Calum Scott, and all participating students competed in a number of...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools held their fifth annual Color FUND Run event on Wednesday, September 25 under sunny and partially-cloudy skies with temperatures hovering in the low to mid-60s with a strong northwest wind. The conditions were terrific for a color run, and participation in the event was at an all-time high from the student body. Below is video taken following the color run, as students prepared for the color burst. Additional coverage will follow in the October 3 issue of the...
