Open enrollment closes at Redtail Ridge and Glendale elementaries in Prior Lake district

Open enrollment for nonresidents has closed at two elementary schools for the 2015-16 school year. Students who live outside the district can no longer apply to attend Redtail Ridge and Glendale elementaries because class sizes at those schools need to be limited.

Nonresident families will still be considered for enrollment at Five Hawks, Jeffers Pond, WestWood, Grainwood, or Spanish immersion at Edgewood. Both district middle schools are also still open for nonresident enrollment. Prior Lake High School is currently closed to open enrollment.

The open enrollment closure doesn't affect families moving into the district. Resident families can still apply to transfer to another district school, with applications being reviewed individually.

Families in the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage district are invited to take part in the SNAPSHOT study, a nine-month program that's part of a University of Minnesota study and funded by the National Institutes of Health.

The after-school healthy weight management program for kids focuses on eating nutritious food and physical activity.

To participate, students must attend an elementary school in the district, be in second through fourth grade in 2014-15 (and 8 to 12 years old), and have a Body Mass Index at the 75th percentile or higher. Parents or guardians must participate with the child.

Nurses are signing up volunteers through June 4. For more information, visit http://z.umn.edu/snapshotstudy, call 612-626-7835 or e-mail snapshot@umn.edu.

The show received an honorable mention for overall production and garnered recognition for overall performance, choral performance, acting by a chorus, performance in dance by a chorus and vocal performance by a chorus. Twenty-two individual students were also honored for outstanding or honorable mentions.

The "Hairspray" cast, along with student casts from 76 other Minnesota schools winning SpotLight recognition, will perform Sunday and Monday nights at the State Theatre in downtown Minneapolis.

In the south metro, 12 other high schools were honored for their spring musicals. Apple Valley, Eagan, Eastview, Farmington, Henry Sibley, Lakeville North, Lakeville South, Rosemount and Shakopee high schools all won awards, along with South St. Paul Secondary and the collaborative efforts of Visitation School and St. Thomas Academy.

This is the 10th year of the SpotLight program.

The Shakopee district has signed an agreement to implement a new professional studies program, set to begin in the fall of 2015.

CAPS is an elective program for juniors and seniors allowing students to earn dual credit with Shakopee High and Normandale Community College.

A network of 16 other school districts in multiple states also offer the model.

Shakopee will be working with two area businesses when the program begins, St. Francis Regional Medical Center and Shutterfly. Students in the healthcare and medicine program will work with St. Francis while those in the digital design program will collaborate with Shutterfly.