10 years ago (2010)
•On Aug. 23 Luverne joined more than 20 other districts for an early start to the 2010-11 school year.
This new schedule—starting before Labor Day—is called the Flexible Learning Year (FLY) and is intended to open opportunities beyond schedule coordination.
Twenty-five districts are simultaneously training staff to educate collaboratively for better student outcomes.
This concept is utilized in small groups called Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). PLCs within districts can be arranged by grade level or by department.
Cross-district PLCs may initially be utilized by teachers who are the only ones in their department (FACS, Ag, Woods, etc.) to allow those instructors and their students to fully benefit from PLCs.
25 years ago (1995)
•Meeting at noon in a field of cornstalks was a change of pace for the Luverne School Board Thursday.
Instead of just talking about a prospective elementary school site, nine school board members and other interested citizens walked around the site and came away from the meeting with a good sample of the soil on their boots. …
The area being considered is a 40-acre parcel on the east side of Blue Mound Avenue, roughly north of Veterans Drive and south of a line from Al Christensen’s farm driveway.
The school building is proposed to run north and south, on the west side of the land.
50 years ago (1970)
•Tri-County coaches met last week to determine the 1970 All-Conference team.
Four Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots were selected to the 16-man squad: Clair Crawford, 192-lb. senior tackle; Dan Sells, 175-lb. senior back; Eugene Juffer, 195-lb. senior center; and 155-lb. junior back, Jeff Helgeson.
Leon Bergman, 175-lb. senior back from Magnolia is the only Bulldog listed on the team.
Three Adrian players on the All-Conference squad are: Paul Kunkel, Ken Krogman and Dave Lutmer (a sophomore).
Brad Beukelman, Jerry Klumper and Curt Wassink were included from the Edgerton squad. Lake Wilson’s Greg Johnson and Bradley Johnson, another sophomore, are listed along with Ellsworth’s Gerald DeLeeuw and Atom Boltjes. Jim McLain was the sole Chandler player to receive the honor.
75 years ago (1945)
•Remodeling of the office quarters in the high school buildings have been completed.
The former classroom, to the west of the main office, has now been remodeled into the main office. A new counter has been installed, and considerably more room is provided by the change. The counter is of light oak, highly polished, and the new woodwork and doors are of matching material.
The superintendent now occupies the former main office, and the room formerly used by the superintendent for his private office hereafter will be used by the school board for their regular meetings, and will be equipped for that purpose.
100 years ago (1920)
•The second number of the Luverne Lyceum course will be given next Tuesday evening, November 16th, at the Palace theatre, with the English Light Opera company as the attraction.
This company is an organization of six artists, whose aim is to present some of the best light opera music in a manner that will meet the approval of the most exacting musical critic and yet prove entertaining to the so-called average audience.
With this purpose in mind two distinct programs have been arranged for the present reason. Program number one is a presentation of the favorite comic opera “Isle of Dreams”, in three acts, for which particular care has been paid to costuming and stage effects. Program number two consists of two parts. The first part will include solos, duets, trios, quartets, and ensemble numbers. The second part is a tabloid presentation of the famous Gilbert & Sullivan Opera, “Patience.”
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