Eden Lake Elementary School teacher Karen Fogarty was named "Teacher of the Year" by Eden Prairie's Wal-Mart store. She was surprised with the honor on Friday with students, parents and her family members visiting the school for the event.

The following is an e-mail from the Hopkins School District:

Welcome to Hopkins E-News for Friday, Oct. 3, 2008.

Outstanding Students and Staff Members

Hopkins High School senior honored by National Achievement Scholarship Program
Hopkins West Junior High science teacher attends Google Teacher Academy

Upcoming Activities, Deadlines, and Events

Hopkins Spirit Shop has special October hours
Hopkins West Junior High needs donated shoes for Helping Hands community service project, Oct. 21-23

Inside Hopkins Public Schools

The following are responses from Rabbi Harold J. Kravitz, Max Newman Family Chair in Rabbinics, of Adath Jeshurun Congregation in Minnetonka to questions posed by the Eden Prairie Human Rights and Diversity Commission regarding the Jewish faith:

Q: Tell us something about your faith tradition.

The following is an e-mail from the Hopkins School District:

Welcome to Hopkins E-News for Friday, Sept. 26, 2008.

Outstanding Students and Staff Members

Hopkins High School senior honored by National Achievement Scholarship Program
Fifteen Hopkins High School seniors honored as Commended Students
Hopkins Public Schools’ lead nurse honored as Minnesota School Nurse Administrator of the Year
Hopkins football player featured on KARE-11, Thursday, Sept. 25, and Friday, Sept. 26
Hopkins West Junior High invited to participate in Breaking Ranks 2009 Secondary Schools Showcase

The following are Eden Prairie School Board meeting highlights from the Sept. 24 School Board meeting from the School District's Communications Department:

[Board Meeting Highlights are created by the district Communications Department to provide stakeholders with a timely overview of the Board’s business meetings. These are not official minutes. Board-approved minutes are posted online after they’re approved at the following Board meeting.]

Public Comment
Reading - Results Policy Monitoring R2.2
Treatment of Stakeholders - Operational Expectations Monitoring OE-3

The Eden Prairie School Board is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Administrative Services Center, 8100 School Road.

Click below for the agenda for the meeting.

http://www.edenpr.org/district/board/agenda/agenda_09_23_08.pdf

The following is an e-mail from the Hopkins School District:

Welcome to Hopkins E-News for Friday, Sept. 19, 2008.

Outstanding Students and Staff Members

Hopkins High School staff members to make presentation at equity and excellence conference

Upcoming Activities, Deadlines, and Events

Tickets on sale now for ‘A Wonderful Life’
Ultimate Intramural League plays, Sept. 22, Oct. 6, and Oct. 13
Drug awareness night, Thursday, Oct. 2
Eisenhower Observatory open in October, beginning Thursday, Oct. 2

By Karla Wennerstrom
The Eden Prairie School District is set to unveil a dramatic plan to improve achievement in reading over the next six years.
According to a report to the School Board at its work session Sept. 8, the goal is for all students to demonstrate reading proficiency on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments in the 2013-2014 school year.
The School District’s policy on reading states that “all students will stretch to achieve academic excellence and graduate prepared for post-secondary options.”

The following is an e-mail from the Hopkins School District:

Welcome to Hopkins E-News for Sept. 12, 2008.

Outstanding Students and Staff Members

Five Hopkins High School seniors name National Merit Scholarship semifinalists
Vicki Swenson receives state coach of the year honors
Hopkins swimmer earns top medals at Paralympic Games
Hopkins quarterback receives media honors

Upcoming Activities, Deadlines, and Events

Meadowbrook Elementary School fund-raiser, Tuesday, Sept. 16
Hopkins School Board to conduct Listening Session, Tuesday, Oct. 7

Click below this story for a link to a presentation about the school funding proposals.

By Karla Wennerstrom
Changes in how the Eden Prairie School District can levy funds could result in a smaller projected deficit, the School Board learned recently.
The district was anticipating a deficit of about $10.3 million for the 2010-2011 school year.
At its meeting Aug. 26, the Eden Prairie School District heard about two changes that might mean that shortfall is reduced to $7.3 million in 2010-2011.