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The day turned out to be a spectacular one in terms of moderately good weather along with terrific participation from the students and the community of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa for the second annual Color FUND Run, held Wednesday, October 5 in Belgrade and at the high school campus. Shown is a group photo, or at least part of the group, of students gathered at the conclusion of the event. Further coverage is forthcoming both online as well as in the October 13 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice ne...
The Powder Puff football game between girls in the junior and senior classes at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa was held on Wednesday afternoon, October 5 following the second annual Color FUND Run. Instead of the traditional flag football format used over the years, B-B-E has adopted use of a modified "catch the flag" game in the past couple of years in order to minimize the chance of injury. In the new format, one touchdown is worth one point, earned by capturing one of two footballs placed inside hul...
The broadcasting team at Belgrad-Brooten-Elrosa schools will be live streaming today's (Thursday, Oct. 6) Homecoming coronation beginning at 9:15 a.m. You can watch the stream at the web video player embedded below. The stream won't go live until 9:15 a.m. Share Events on The Cube...
After extensive digging of section data at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, the following information was uncovered. It shows a comparison of the 2011-12 school year to the current school year. It shows that 22 classrooms were in use for K-6 regular education as well as the Jaguar Kids Connection in the 2011-2012 school year. (Today, the school has 20 rooms in use for those purposes.) The information also shows that the school building had approximately 50 to 55 more students in the building on any given school day (2011-12 compared to today)....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Class of 1996 held a 20th anniversary of graduation reunion on Saturday, August 20 in rural Elrosa at the home of classmates Kurt and Michelle (Gjerde) Herickhoff. Almost half of the surviving class attended. Awards were given out for noteworthy honors such as "who traveled the farthest" and "who has the most children", and a moment of silence was held to remember fallen classmates Heidi (Gregory) Deters and Wanda (Holtberg) Gjerde. Both passed away after courageous...
For 32 years, Brooten School District No. 737 and then Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa School No. 2364 has had the honor of having Brad Goodwin on its teaching and coaching staff. As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. In July of 1984 Goodwin was hired by then-Superintendent Terry Frazee to teach high school physical education, health and science at Brooten School District No. 737. On top of his teaching assignments, Goodwin had three other important job titles: head boys' basketball...
Staff and students at the Jaguar Kids Connection and Tri-Valley/Head Start programs, located at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary school, held an Independence Day parade on Friday, July 1. They lined up at the elementary boulevard and traveled down the sidewalk on Highway 55 before turning north on Main Street. Dozens of parents, grandparents, friends and extended family were there to wave to them as they walked by. It was a neat way to get the celebrating started for our nation's Fourth...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Clay Trap team head coach Gary Rodgers with Sam Wosmek, a senior who was the team's best shot during the regular season. Wosmek won the Top Gun award on B-B-E's Clay Trap shooting team, which is nearing the culmination of the inaugural season. Shown with the coach, Mr. Rodgers, Wosmek's average score per round (with a best of 25) was 20.3, which also ranked him in a tie for 51st place out of 288 competitors in the conference. In Class 4A, Wosmek's score was 201st best...
A total of 43 members out of the 47 graduating seniors of the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Class of 2016 participated in the annual ecumenical Baccalaureate service on Wednesday, May 25 at Big Grove Lutheran Church. Pastors from area churches gathered with the seniors to honor their faith and wish them well as they were about to graduate from high school just two nights later. Members of the B-B-E Faculty Singers provided special music along with Alyssa Dalen, one of the graduating seniors. More...
As temperatures dropped during the grips of this past winter, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school district rolled out its new portable hybrid ice shack and concession stand. B-B-E's new ice shack and concession stand, which can also serve as a fish house, got plenty of use this spring at home Jaguar fastpitch games. The smiling faces of Tayjah Marthaler, Shelby Anderson and Kylie Winter greeted fastpitch fans at the new concession stand and ice shack this spring. Materials and services were graci...
The 27th annual graduating class of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa schools held their annual commencement on Friday, May 27 at the high school gymnasium. Class valedictorian Alyssa Dalen and salutatorian Austin Trustheim gave senior speeches. The Class of 2016 selected high school Family and Consumer Science teacher Carin Hagemeyer to give the farewell speech on behalf of the school staff. The Class of 2016 had 47 graduates. More photos and coverage of the graduation will be in the June 2 issue of the...
Each year, Junior and Senior members of the FFA have the opportunity to apply for the highest degree awarded to a member in the State. As a 9th grader, members can attain their Greenhand Degree. As a sophomore, they are awarded their Chapter Farmer Degree. Members must maintain records of their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Program, participate in a minimum of 10 activities above the Chapter level, earn at least the minimum amount of money ($2,000) through their SAE program, meet and...
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa music students performed two spring concerts on May 4 (elementary) and May 9 (high school). On Wednesday, May 4, the B-B-E elementary fifth and sixth graders performed a band and choir concert. It featured the first public performances of the newly-formed fifth and sixth-grade Jazz Band. On Monday, May 9, the B-B-E high school band and choirs gave their spring concerts. It featured the Jazz Band with fifth through 12th graders performing together. More photos from both...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary sixth graders received spruce trees from the Belgrade Rosebud Garden Club last Friday. This has been an annual event for the club for the past 30 years. The Southwest Conservation District has been supplying the club with trees during these years and estimate that over 2,000 trees have been distributed to local sixth graders over that time. If you or someone in your family has received a tree in the past 30 years, the Rosebud Garden Club would like to hear...
Twenty-nine local FFA'ers from B-B-E joined 3,565 other members of the Minnesota FFA which attended the 2016 State FFA Convention held April 24-26 at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul. Zach Schmitz, Zach Walz, Josie Kirckof, and Brady Lenarz made up BBE's Farm Management team that qualified to compete at State this year. Zach Schmitz was an impressive 12th overall individual and as a team they placed 18th overall. They were required to take a 50 question written test and complete a farm...
The B-B-E fifth grade Math Masters competed at the regional competition in Alexandria on April 22 in a group totaling 176 students. Overall B-B-E's team took fourth place out of 38 teams. Sam Mastey took first place overall in Fact Placement, while Ella Halvorson and Tiyana Schwinghammer tied for third place in that category. Back: Miss Field, Ella Halvorson, Sam Mastey, Jamison Reed, Tiyana Schwinghammer, Brady Schwinghammer, Mrs. Montbriand. Front: Lucy Trowbridge, Annika H...
Shown in the photos here are scenes at the mock crash held at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school last Wednesday, April 27 for the 7-12 student body. The Mock Crash featured four B-B-E students as actors in a crash scene as the result of distracted driving. Organizers did a great job driving home the message that "just one text behind the wheel can change or end your life." See more photos and information in the May 5 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. The full Bonanza Valley...
The Spanish department will have more offerings at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, as the school is set to utilize more ITV (Interactive Television) beginning in the 2016-2017 school year. The issue was one of a handful of topics at the Monday, April 18 school board meeting. To read the full story, read the April 21 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Four individuals from Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa in three categories earned spots in the Class 1A state finals at the state speech meet on April 15. These four plus four other teammates competed at the big show at Lakeville North high school. In second place was junior Molly Tengwall in storytelling. This is the second year in a row that she has earned a state medal. Last year she also took second place in that category. In sixth place was senior Alyssa Dalen in the category of Original Oratory....
The annual Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Prom is being held on Saturday, April 30. The dance will be held for the first time in school history at the Brooten Pavilion. The theme is "A Night to Remember", and Post-Prom will be held at the B-B-E elementary school. B-B-E was one of at least five area schools holding prom on this night. Others included Benson, Hancock, West Central Area and Morris Area. Check out more photos in the May 5 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. A video clip from the...
For the third year in a row, the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa speech team claimed the Section 5A runner-up trophy. At Annandale for sections on April 9, B-B-E's team brought 10 speech students to compete for a berth in the Class 1A state meet. Out of those 10, eight will advance to the big show, which is April 15 at Lakeview North high school. Taking the first-place team trophy was Eden Valley-Watkins, who had over 40 entries at the section meet. In third place was perennial speech power house St....
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa high school choirs held a spring concert on Monday, March 28 at the school auditorium. Photos from the event have been published in the March 31 and April 7 issues of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper....
Thursday, March 24th marked the end of the third quarter at Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa elementary and the unveiling of the school's quarterly Jaguar PRIDE winners. Students get PRIDE Paws for showing "Positive behaviors, Respect toward themselves and others, Integrity in how they carry themselves, Determination in everything they do, and a final goal to be the best they can be.....Exceptional!"...
A host of changes are coming to the programming and curriculum of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa for the 2016-2017 school year. For students in grades 7-12, the changes are meant to expand offerings. In 11th and 12th grade, the changes should make scheduling easier with more electives available. “It’s great to have this conversation without the ‘what should we eliminate’ as part of it,” said Superintendent Matt Bullard at the school board meeting on March 21. Check out the full story in the March 24 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper...
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa speech team had a terrific night at the Sub-Section 5A-North meet on Friday, April 1, where they qualified 12 team members for the Section 5A meet. The action took place at the B-B-E high school, which hosted subsections for the first time since 2011. Moving on in the playoffs are the following B-B-E speech team members: Fabienne Verhoeff, Molly Tengwall, Kayle Benesh, Austin Meyer, Andrew Reps, Aspen Peterson, Alyssa Dalen, Isaiah Mitchell, Riley Schumann, Isaac...
