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CANCELED: Burnsville High School spring clean-up slated for April 27

UPDATE: Due to predicted weather, the spring clean up that was scheduled for Saturday, April 27, has been canceled.

~~The Burnsville High School spring clean-up is Saturday, April 27 from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.~~

Students and staff will be cleaning up the school’s campus and preparing the Giving Garden for the upcoming spring and summer. This event promises to provide some outdoor fun while giving back to the community.

~~Participants should bring work gloves and outdoor tools if possible.~~

BHS juniors selected as ExCEL Award nominees

Congrats to Christine Maina and Sean Floersch for being selected as Burnsville High School's ExCEL (Excellence in Community, Education and Leaderhip) Award nominees. The award honors Minnesota high school juniors who are active in school activities, who show leadership qualities, and who work voluntarily in their community.

Christine was one of 36 statewide ExCEL Award winners. Learn more about the ExCEL award at https://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/excel.asp.

Green Apple Day of Service slated for Sept. 30

Burnsville High School will take part in its fifth annual Green Apple Day of Service on Sunday, Sept. 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Burnsville High School senior receives Servant Leader Award

Maine (Abdirahman) Warmahayye, a senior at Burnsville High School, received the Servant Leader Award at the Model United Nations conference in Minneapolis April 5-7. This award celebrates youth leaders who have gone above and beyond modeling servant leadership.

District 191 Bowls for Brainpower Event set for April 12

The eighth annual Bowls for BrainPower is set for Thursday, April 12 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the upper level of Diamondhead Education Center, 200 W. Burnsville Pkwy, in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191.

This annual fund-raiser supports BrainPower in a Backpack, a largely student-supported community service program that provides weekend meals to elementary school students in need. BrainPower, which is funded entirely with donations, currently sends food home with more than 675 children each weekend during the school year in District 191.

BHS Giving Garden has a productive season

It’s been a productive year in the Giving Garden at Burnsville High School. Yellow squash and tomatoes did especially well. Kale and turnips were also plentiful and there were three crops of radishes.

Burnsville High School Giving Garden needs summer volunteers

The Burnsville High School Giving Garden works year-round to grow food that helps support the 360 Communities food shelf and the BHS cafeteria. Students work in the winter to develop garden plans and grow starter plants. In the growing season, members plant and maintain a garden on the BHS campus.

Spring break trip to Ecuador immerses students in native culture and service learning

Eighteen Burnsville High School students, teachers Allison Millea and Paul McDevitt and Youth Service Coordinator Brianna Ostoff embarked on the school’s first-ever Global Service Adventure to Ecuador during spring break.

BHS students are finalists in Prudential Spirit of Community Award program

Olivia Brammer and Egeziharya Yilma were selected to be among six Distinguished Finalists from Minnesota for the Prudential Spirit of Community Award. This is the highest honor for volunteering that any Burnsville High School student has attained.

“To have both of them selected for this award is amazing,” said Bri Ostoff, Community Education Youth Service Coordinator. “We can be very proud that Burnsville High School students have received this level of recognition for their community service.”

BHS students participate in national day of volunteer service

Nearly 200 students trimmed bushes, picked up trash, tended the Giving Garden and more during Green Apple Day of Service at Burnsville High School on Oct. 1. (See slideshow here!)

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