YES! is welcoming a new member to our staff – Erin Nordquist is a YES! Coordinator who will be working with the Central YES! teams while working out of the Sauk River Watershed District in Sauk Centre. We are excited for Erin to share her experience and passion with the YES! Program. Hello everyone! My name is Erin Nordquist and I am very excited to be working with the YES! Program as
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YES! Welcomes Coordinator Emily Stawarski
YES! is welcoming a new member to our staff – Emily Stawarski is a YES! Coordinator who will be working with the Northwest teams while working out of Lakes Country Service Cooperative in Fergus Falls. We are excited for Emily to share her experience and passion with the YES! Program. Here is what Emily has to say: My name is Emily Stawarski and I currently live in Fergus Falls. I grew up on a
YES! Welcomes Coordinator Ali Dahmes
YES! is welcoming a new member to our staff – Ali Dahmes is a new YES! Coordinator. We are excited for Ali to share her knowledge and enthusiasm with the YES! Program as a Coordinator for the West Central MN teams while working out of Prairie Woods ELC in Spicer! Here is what Ali has to say: I grew up in New London, MN on a small hobby farm. After graduation, I took off for college around the
YES! Partners with Climate Generation on Climate Literacy
During the 2015-2016 YES! Season, we embarked on a shared mission with Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy to improve climate literacy among YES! students and staff, courtesy of a grant received from The McKnight Foundation. Students and staff were issued a pre and post survey to measure change in an understanding of climate change and how it is relevant to students and their communities,
Reflections on the Climate Generation Summer Institute
By YES! Coordinator Katelyn Larsen Having attended the Climate Generation (CG) Summer Institute in 2015, I went in to the 2016 session with three goals in mind: To network with Minnesota teachers and explain more about the YES! Program in hopes of creating more teams; To understand the Next Generation Science Standards and how they align with the YES! Program; And to gain tips on how to
Cherry YES! Team Reflects on Their First Year
Guest Blog Post by the 2015-2016 Cherry YES! Team It was an interesting year filled with great ideas and strong support from community, non-profits and businesses. Our YES! students ventured in many directions. One group started a fare share coffee program. This included finding a supplier, branding their coffee “Tiger Coffee” and completing taste testing with small groups. In addition, this team
