ROBBINSDALE
Students get ready for Fall Music Fest The Robbinsdale Area Schools' 2010 Fall Music Festival will feature the combined choirs and symphony orchestras of the district performing "Carmina Burana." The festival is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis.
Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for students, and they will be available at the Armstrong and Cooper high school box offices and on the night of the performance at Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall.
Shuttle bus transportation will be available for $3 per person. It will leave from Cooper High at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 763-504- 8027.
Kennedy to receive Microsoft grant Bloomington Kennedy High School will receive $50,000 in Microsoft software, and has the potential to win up to $400,000 in software all together.
It's part of Microsoft's campaign to award up to $1 million in software to organizations across the country in celebration of opening its newest Microsoft Store location at the Mall of America. The school earns points for the number of votes it gets from students, parents and others on the Microsoft Store's Facebook page by Nov. 5.
Students and staff will accept the grant at the store's grand opening at 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 6 at the megamall.
School district gets 'green' lighting Bloomington Public Schools expects to save up to $60,000 annually by replacing old lighting in its schools with high-efficiency fluorescent lighting.
The move also will qualify the school district for a $155,000 rebate from Xcel Energy, which will go toward reducing the out-of-pocket installation cost to $46,000.
