Congratulations to the Southern YES! teams for another incredible year of hardworking students completing inspirational and impactful projects. This year’s Southern Regional Judging took place at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN where 6 judges from the community came together to assess 5 of the 7 Southern YES! teams’ accomplishments. Results: 1st Place Award Recipient – Sleepy Eye YES!
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And the Winners are…
Congratulations to the West Central YES! teams for yet another amazing year of hardworking students completing complex projects. This year’s West Central Regional Judging took place at Dahmes Stainless Inc. in New London, MN where 4 judges from the community came together to assess eight of the eleven West Central YES! teams' accomplishments. Results: 1st Place Award Recipient – Sartell YES!
What Will You Bring to the Zombie Apocalypse?
Alison Bettin, founder of the Winona seed bank and library and owner of Tiny Spoons asked the students, who excels at using a crossbow? With very few arms in the air, she goes on to explain that her asset for the zombie apocalypse is her knowledge of growing food and preserving seeds in order to fuel the protectors. That knowledge she shared with 13 students from Mankato West High School and the
Clean Energy for a Clean World in Granite Falls, MN
On Wednesday, February 21st, 2018, 7 students and their coaches from Yellow Medicine East YES! team came together at the Yellow Medicine East High School to learn about how we use energy, where our energy comes from, and different energy sources in the Granite Falls area. Tom McDougall, a former engineer, began the morning teaching students where our energy comes from including fossil
Fueling Appetites for Efficient Vehicles at Glencoe Winter Workshop
Written by YES! Coordinator Katelyn Bocklund On Thursday, December 15, 2016, 21 students and their coaches from Hutchinson and Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL) YES! teams came together to learn about renewable and efficient automotive design practices at Glencoe-Silver Lake High School. Jim Wallace, Joe Wambeke, and Theron Busse from the Ridgewater College Auto Body Collision Technology Program began
Westbrook-Walnut Grove Volunteer Day 2016
Guest Blog Post by the WWG YES! Team On Wednesday, October 19, the WWG Earth YES! team invited all high school to help start a year of giving back to the community. These students took the first part of their M.E.A. break to help rake neighborhood lawns. Bringing their own rakes, over 50 kids showed up to support the effort started by 10 Earth YES! Students. The students in Earth YES! wanted to