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10 years ago, high school senior band dons new uniforms

Ten years ago, Jordan High School's senior band donned new marching uniforms for its concert.

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the May 8 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.

 


May 8, 2008 - 9:44am
Find the Web

Where in Jordan can you connect to the Web? Find out in this week’s Shop Local column in the Jordan Independent. Become a subscriber at www.jordannews.com/subscribe or by calling 952-492-2223. (Photo by Deb Pint)


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70 years ago, high school seniors perform 'Once There was a Princess'

Seventy years ago, the Jordan High School senior class performed the play "Once There was a Princess."

 

The cast consists of Alice Gerold, Lambert Hennen, Ruthie Nielsen, Marie Herzog, Valeria Schneiderhan, Lorraine Ptacek, Mary Ryan, Irene Fehlandt, Mary Stoldt, Leo Deutsch, Loren Radke, Joe Berg, Ruth Mickus, Leona Eichers, and Helen Ryan.


What's in Southwest Saturday

Take a sneak peek at what's in this week's Southwest Saturday newspaper. See the PDF document attached below.


April 30, 2008 - 9:53am
A night of photos

Seniors Amanda Dietel and James Menke were just some of the camera-toting attendees at this year’s Jordan High School prom. For more photos of the annual high school event, read Thursday’s edition of the Jordan Independent. Become a subscriber at www.jordannews.com/subscribe or by calling 952-492-2224. (Photo by Ron Mornson)


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50 years ago, high school seniors perform 'Old Doc'

Fifty years ago, the Jordan High School senior class presented the comedy-drama "Old Doc."

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the May 1 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.

 


April 28, 2008 - 8:45am
There and back again

Jordan High School will present its spring play, “The Hobbit,” this weekend with shows at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and a 2 p.m. matinee show Sunday. The play is based on the classic book. For photos of the play, read Thursday’s edition of the Jordan Independent. (Submitted photo)


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April 25, 2008 - 9:39am

Surfing, sort of?

Jordan High School students had a chance to try their hands – or feet – at a new kind of sidewalk surfing last week when a representative from Street Surfing visited the school with the Wave. The Wave is a different kind of skate board that uses only two wheels. For an explanation of how it works, go to http://www.jordannews.com/news/activities/doing-wave-jordan-high-school-.... (Photo by Brandon Otte)


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Doing the Wave at Jordan High School

Jordan High School students had a chance to try out a new product called the Wave on Wednesday.

The Wave is like a skate board, but with only two wheels. And the wheels spin all the way around. If that sounds hard or confusing, that’s because it kind of is. Will Stoltz of Street Surfing, the company that produces the Wave and brought it to JHS, explained how the boards work:


St. John’s students write about Eagle Bluff

The halls at St. John the Baptist Catholic School were near empty last week, as two of the classes at the school weren’t anywhere near their normal classrooms.

The school’s fifth- and sixth-grade students were at Eagle Bluff Outdoor Learning Center in Lanesboro.

When the students came back to the regular weekly classroom grind, they had a chance to write down some of their impressions of their three days at camp. Here, in their own words, is what the students had to say about camp:

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