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Superintendent spotlights student honors, school events and $50,000 in fundraising
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Teri Staloch highlighted student selections for ACDA‑MN honor choirs, school events and a $50,000 fundraising haul from the Seven Dreams Education Foundation Bird Bash, including grant awards and arts funding.
Superintendent Dr. Teri Staloch used the March 17 meeting to showcase recent student and school successes across the district. She reported that 14 Robbinsdale students were selected for the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota (ACDA‑MN) Honor Choirs for the March 3–4, 2025 event and described school activities including Sonnesyn Elementary's Sonnesyn Arcade coding showcase and Cooper High School's "We Are One" choir concert featuring a collaboration with BorderCrosSing on March 13.
Dr. Staloch also noted classroom innovation, citing band teacher Nicki Whelan's use of 266 crocheted chickens to motivate students through a color‑coded skills system, and highlighted community fundraising: the Seven Dreams Education Foundation Bird Bash raised $50,000, with the packet indicating $28,841 allocated to hands‑on learning grants and approximately $30,000 directed to choir and theater arts projects.
