Author: Juliana Allen

In their season opener, the EPHS boys varsity swim and dive team, led by new coach Sam Kendall, triumphed 99-79 over Buffalo High School.

EPHS students reach state finals in Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow competition with an AI bird feeder project targeting invasive species.

Brett Lobben, associate principal at Prairie View Elementary, receives the 2024 NAESP National Outstanding Assistant Principal award for his educational leadership and district contributions.

“Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house / Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” Fans of sugar plums and Clement Clark Moore’s beloved poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (better known as “The Night Before Christmas”), can see the story brought to life through song and dance at PiM Arts High School’s upcoming dance concert. Students will perform “The Night Before Christmas” at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 15, Saturday, Dec. 16, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 17, at Minnesota JCC Sabes Center, 4330 Cedar Lake Road South, Minneapolis. Tickets are $5 for…

Students from Eden Prairie High School’s (EPHS) Computer Science Honor Society (CSHS) are helping introduce elementary school students to computer science. Computer Science (CS) in the Schools is the club’s annual outreach initiative. This year, CSHS visited Prairie View Elementary and Eden Lake Elementary, and will be visiting Cedar Ridge Elementary later this month. At Eden Lake on Dec. 4, CSHS leaders explained to students what the club does. They also talked about computer science course offerings at EPHS, which currently are AP Computer Science Principles, AP Computer Science A, Cybersecurity, iOS App Development, and Advanced iOS App Development. CSHS…

This Thursday, Dec. 7, the community is invited to shop for student-created artwork at PiM Arts High School’s Winter Art Market, visit its “In Progress” Gallery Show, then attend the Future in Fashion Show. “It’s a big arts day here at PiM,” said Rob Thompson, PiM’s director of communications and development. Admission is free and open to the public for all three events. The Winter Art Market will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. in the school’s cafeteria, and will feature a wide variety of items including jewelry, prints, photographs, ceramics, and more from 40 student vendors. “Our Winter…

Students from Eden Prairie High School’s (EPHS) Class of 2024 and math teacher Jessica Brent were recently honored at an awards breakfast at the high school. At the Nov. 10 event, EPHS Principal Nate Gibbs and EP Schools Superintendent Josh Swanson gave welcoming remarks to the students, families, and staff who attended the event. Brent was then honored as this year’s Influential Educator, having been nominated by several of her computer science students. In her speech, Brent said, “My life’s work is teaching students to be insatiable learners; along the way, I love learning from each of you. This pursuit…

Eden Prairie High School’s orchestras will perform their Winter Concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30, in the high school’s Performing Arts Center. Admission to the event is free, and the community is invited to attend. The concert will also be live-streamed at this link. The set list will be as follows: The Concert Orchestra will also perform at the Winter Choral Concert at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5. It will accompany the Chamber Choir’s performances of two movements from George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah”: “And the Glory” and “The Hallelujah Chorus.”

When Eden Prairie High School’s (EPHS) Chamber Choir performs movements from George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” at its winter concert on Tuesday, Dec. 5, the community is invited to attend — and participate. Jill Boyd, EPHS’s choir director, said, “It is a tradition in our program to invite community members, parents, grandparents, alumni, and staff members to sing with us.”  The Chamber Choir consists of 39 students in grades 10 to 12, and Boyd said she expects there will also be around 25 guest singers. “In years past, it has been many more singers, but since the pandemic, we are still re-building,”…

This weekend, PiM Arts High School Theatre is taking audiences on an “almost familiar” magical journey as it presents Matt Cox’s parody play, “Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic.” Shows are at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, through Saturday, Nov. 18, at The Loading Dock Theatre at PiM Arts High School in Eden Prairie. Tickets are $5 for students and $12 for adults and can be purchased at this link. The synopsis: “For seven years, a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is…