The 10th Annual Fall Summit, held at Saint John’s University on October 12th, engaged nearly 200 students and coaches from 16 YES! teams from central and southern Minnesota. The day started out with an activity, “massively multi-player thumb-wrestling," where “grand masters” and “legendary grand masters” were born. Teams were then welcomed by Father Lew Grobe, a monk at St. Johns Abbey, who shared
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Sea Change Makes a Splash at 3rd Annual Northeast Fall Summit
By YES! Coordinator Jim DeVries On a beautiful fall day, 83 students and 21 coaches assembled at the Laurentian Environmental Center in Britt MN for the 3rd annual Northeast MN Fall Summit. Teams representing Carlton High School, Cherry High School, Northern Lights Community School, Virginia High School and Wrenshall High School were in attendance. The day started off with a quick introduction to
Summer 2016 Edition of the YES! E-Newsletter
The Summer Edition of the YES! e-Newsletter was recently sent out to YES! supporters. Be sure to check it out here. There are great stories on our excitement about the 10th season of YES!, our new staff and partner, our statewide expansion, the work of YES! teams over the past season, and the YES! awards.
Native Rain Garden Takes Root in St. Cloud
By YES! Coordinator Kristine Madsen Members of St. Cloud North Jr. High YES! Team gathered together 130 6th-8th grade students on May 6 to plant a 9,000 square-foot native rain garden on the school grounds. For the YES! students, the planning of the garden began months in advance of planting day. The YES! students chose the rain garden project because they wanted to beautify the school grounds as
YES! Spring Awards Season
We are excited to once again present awards to the YES! teams this season. Thanks to generous support from our sponsors, we are able to offer awards in each of the 4 YES! regions. Teams are judged by a panel of local experts on their report about their work this season as well as their responses to questions from the panel of judges during a live judging session. $250 will be awarded for each
Earth Day Events with YES! Partners and YES! Teams
Helps us celebrate the 46th anniversary of Earth Day by joining YES! partners and teams in their various Earth Day celebrations. 1. Visit Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center on Saturday, April 23rd for the Earth Day Expo. There will be great activities and information surrounding the theme "Glup, Glup, What's up with the water in your cup?". Location: Prairie Woods ELC (12718 10th St NE,