White Bear Lake's school board has OK'd plans for the district's two middle schools to pursue International Baccalaureate (IB) status.
IB would bring "a framework for consistency in planning, instruction and assessment," said Robert McDowell, principal of Sunrise Park Middle School. "Students will experience more projects, presentations and rigorous discussions in an IB classroom."
The schools will submit their application for the program this spring, with the goal to be authorized by the fall of 2014.
"This process has taken some time, and we're now entering the home stretch," said school board member Bob Shevik.
Dahle is state's best adviser Mary Dahle, a teacher at White Bear Lake Area High School, was selected as this year's Warren E. Shull High School Student Council Adviser of the Year.
The award is sponsored by the National Association of Student Councils and the National Association of Secondary School Principals.
Dahle will be considered as well for the regional and national adviser of the year awards.
"Mary has a passion and commitment to developing and empowering the next generation of leaders," said Tim Wald, principal of White Bear Lake Area High School's south campus. "Our student council members develop life skills in nearly every meeting, workshop, or service project they coordinate. To say that Mary Dahle has had a lasting impact on her students would be a dramatic understatement."
