West metro school briefs

Last update: November 24, 2009 - 4:16 PM

HOPKINS

Women's National Hockey Team to play

The 2009-10 U.S. Women's National Hockey Team will play the Hopkins High School boys' hockey team at 7 p.m. on Dec. 5. The event will offer a rare local glimpse of the U.S. women's team in action before the 2010 Olympics.

A limited supply of tickets is available at the Hopkins High School Spirit Shop and Athletic Office, Lone Spur Grill, Tuttle's Bowling Bar & Grill, Decoy's Bar & Grill and at General Sports in Edina.

Adult tickets cost $10 in advance and $12 at the door; student tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door.

The game will be held in the Hopkins Pavilion.

GOLDEN VALLEY

Perpich Center to host info sessions

The Perpich Center Arts High School is hosting information sessions for parents and students to learn more about the school.

Information sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Dec. 5; from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m. on Jan. 9; and from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. on Jan. 23. All the sessions will be held at the school, located at 6125 Olson Memorial Hwy. in Golden Valley.

The Arts High School is open to 11th- and 12th-grade students who are Minnesota residents. It is a comprehensive public high school that offers intensive courses in six artistic areas: dance, literary arts, media arts (photography/cinema), music, theater and visual arts.

For more information, call 763-591-4710 or 800-657-3515.

WEST METRO

Community educator gets top state award

Tamra Sieve, director of adult learning for South Hennepin Adult Programs in Education, has been named Minnesota's top community educator for 2009.

Sieve received the award from the Minnesota Community Education Association for outstanding contributions to the community education field.

South Hennepin Adult Programs in Education (SHAPE) is an umbrella group that serves Bloomington, Edina, Eden Prairie and Richfield.

Sieve leads adult diploma and volunteer programs as well as English as a Second Language and Adult with Disabilities programs. She's also the principal of the Under 21 Diploma program, an alternative high school.

"Tamra has done an outstanding job of leading her team to a ranking that exceeds the state average in all categories, and has us at or near the top for all large education consortiums," Tom Holton, executive director of Bloomington's Community Education Department, which oversees SHAPE, said in a news release.

ALLIE SHAH

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