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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...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Huddle of Fellowship of Christian Athletes(3) will once again be serving breakfasts every Thursday morning beginning on Thursday, September 5. FCA(3) will meet for breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church every Thursday that school is in session. Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) was founded in 1954 as a national organization that encourages coaches and athletes in their faith and life. It is an interdenominational ministry whose core values include...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Clay Trapshooting team is in its fourth year of existence. This spring the team of 53 students in grades 7-12 competed in Class 6A in Minnesota's nine-class format. Just as it has for the past two seasons, the turnout on this year's team represents one in six students at B-B-E high school. On Saturday, June 15, 38 members of the team competed in the Class 6A state tournament at the Alexandria shooting range. In the team standings, B-B-E placed as follows by division...
Below is video of the senior high choir singing at graduation on May 31, 2019 at the high school....
The B-B-E elementary school is the site for free summer meals in Brooten, sponsored by Tri-Valley Opportunity Council (TVOC). The summer meals will be served throughout the summer. They are free to all children ages 0-18. Below are the hours of service...and Tri-Valley encourages families to come as early as they can in each time frame for the free meals. • Breakfast hours: 7:45 to 8:45 a.m. • Lunch hours: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. • Snack: 2:15 to 2:45 p.m. Menu for Monday, June 17: breakfast is whole...
The graduation ceremony was held for the 30th class of seniors at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school on Friday, May 31, 2019. A total of 49 senior graduates plus five foreign-exchange students were recognized and awarded diplomas or certificates of attendance. The full video of the 59-minute ceremony is shown below. Photos from graduation are published in the June 6 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Pages six through 13 of the May 30 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper were dedicated to the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Class of 2019. Attached on this web article are a handful of youth tackle football photos with students from the Class of 2019 way back in September 2012. They were in sixth grade. The video embedded below is from the elementary awards ceremony on May 31, 2013 featuring (then) sixth-grade students on the B-B-E Math Masters team. Click on this link and see another video...
Students in the fifth and sixth grades at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary held a spring concert on May 15. The concert began with the elementary choir singing two songs. Next was the elementary band performing, and then the full student body in the fifth and sixth grades sang Rock n' Roll classic songs. Photos from the concert were published in the May 23 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice. (Below) Watch video from the concert. Check out the slick back flip by Abigail Lien right around the...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school band and choir programs held a spring concert on Monday, May 6. Groups performing were students who competed in solo and ensemble contests earlier this spring as well as the junior high band and choir and senior high band and choir. Awards were also given out for outstanding music program students for each level of students. Photos from the concert were published in the May 9 and May 16 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Below, take in video...
The 2019 Baccalaureate Service for Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's senior graduating class will be held Sunday, May 19 at 7 p.m. at Grace Lutheran church of Belgrade. This service celebrates the graduate members of B-B-E's Class of 2019 and blesses them on their way. The service will be led by members of the senior class plus local clergy. Pastor John Dalen of Big Grove, Grace and Crow River Lutheran churches will offer the message. All are welcome! A time of food and fellowship will follow the...
A truly magnificent setting was a big part of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's 30th annual Prom Grand March on Saturday, April 27. With a slight amount of cloud cover, not a hint of wind and seasonable temperatures around 60 degrees, the grand march featured no fewer than 61 couples - the most in many years for B-B-E. A full slate of photos from the grand march appeared in the May 2 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Another round of prom pictures will be published in the May 9 issue. Below,...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school choral department hosted a winter concert on Monday, March 18 at the auditorium. Students in grades 7-12 performed, and some sang solos during the evening. Junior high (grades 7-8) students sang "De Colores", "Believer (Paige Klaphake, soloist)" and "Joy To The World." Senior high (grades 9-12) students sang "No Day But Today", "Steal Away", "Love is Love is Love is Love" and "This is Me" with Paige Benson, Aynsley Preble and Kiara Quade performing solos....
The 11-member Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team just completed their best season since 2014. The eight-year old robotics program finished 19th out of 63 teams at the Lakes Superior Regional in Duluth. The three-day event, held March 6-9 at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center, held the title "Deep Space" in advance of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. manned moon landing coming in July of this year. Additional coverage, taking up multiple pages of the newspaper, was...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Resistance Robotics team climbed to 19th place out of 63 teams after their final match was completed at the Lakes Superior regional in Duluth on Saturday, March 9. After a few other matches were in the tally, B-B-E's team climbed to 18th place for a brief period before settling in for good at 19th place. Additional coverage of the team will follow in the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's March 14 issue....
The No. 1-seeded Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars girls' basketball team took care of business in quick order for their opening playoff game on Thursday, February 28. At the friendly confines of the home court, the Jaguars advanced to the Sub-Section 5A-South semifinals with an 87-25 win over Hinckley-Finlayson. Hinckley-Finlayson finishes the season 9-19 overall. Next: the Jaguars (22-5) play at 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 2 at 6 p.m. at Little Falls high school. Their opponent will be No....
The 30th Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sno-Daze week was held February 11-16 with dress-up days over a five-day period, the King and Queen coronation plus a host of other activities culminating with a semi-formal dance on Saturday. Seniors Riley Lenarz and Kenzie Thieschafer were crowned king and queen on Tuesday at the Sno-Daze coronation ceremony. Photos from the coronation appeared in the Feb. 14 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. Additional coverage will follow in the Feb. 21 issue....
Another round of snow and wind will move across the Bonanza Valley area on Thursday, February 7. Winds are predicted to climb past 20 mph on Thursday afternoon. At least four inches of soft snow fell over the previous night and into Thursday morning. The combination of those factors will create hazardous driving conditions. As a result, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools are closed for February 7. All evening activities have been postponed or cancelled. *Update at 11:20 a.m.: The Minnesota...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa will hold the annual Sno-Daze celebration during the week of February 11-15. It will be a five-day school week beginning on Monday the 11th. Click on the large graphic to review the dress-up days of the week at B-B-E high school. At B-B-E elementary: Elementary dress-up days are as follows: Monday is Comfy Day with students' favorite comfort clothes; Tuesday is Uff Da Thrift Shop day as the "ugly sweater" day of the week; Wednesday is MN Sports Wear/MN Gear Day; Thursday...
Posted on Monday, January 28 at 19:00. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 29-30, 2019 due to the oncoming and dangerously cold weather that's heading towards the Bonanza Valley area. The day care will be open from 6:45 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. each day. Further weather-related announcements are forthcoming. By the end of the week, the school will announce make-up dates. According to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Chanhassen, a windchill warning...
On Thursday, January 31, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools will start three hours late due to the polar vortex-related cold. The varsity girls' basketball game on Thursday night is slated to be played....
