From the Superintendent
Back in 2019 the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary was recognized as a U.S. News Silver School. One of the major components for this recognition was being one of the first schools to offer college in the schools. We were among the first secondary schools to provide students the opportunity to...
Greg Van Hoever is our head cook and responsible for feeding roughly 1,000 people every day. He heads what is called our Hot Lunch Program. This is a program ran through the United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA) and is also related to our breakfast program. Feeding those 1,000 people...
Earlier this year, we awarded several of our educators Innovative Project Grants. This grant was half funded by the school and half funded by Sourcewell, for a total of $10,000 dollars. We selected seven projects and are starting to see the results of a few of those grant awards. Some of...
One of our community partners for over 10 years is Northern Pines. They are a nonprofit community mental health center serving six different counties including Todd County. They help us address the mental health needs of our students and staff. They have offices in our school district but they...
When you turn on the news, scroll through social media, or are just talking to your neighbor about the latest news story it can produce anxiety. It can seem like something bad is happening constantly. This makes our thoughts wander to what are our local schools doing to keep our students safe....
Our school district often collaborates with the Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development in order to better service our students and community. The mission of the Chamber of Commerce is to support Chamber businesses, improve the livability of Long Prairie, and develop community jobs. Economic...
Greetings patrons that make up Thunder Nation. If you are not already aware, many things are happening at the legislature. With the Democratic trifecta there is an expectation to see a lot of legislation passed. I have been told that we are seeing roughly twice as many bills per legislator than...
The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Public School values the health and well-being of our students and staff. Since we share this interest in health and well-being we partner with Health and Human Services on a variety of things. They help us gather data on health and well-being, provide resources to our...
The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School works with many community organizations. One organization that we work with frequently for safety and character development of our students is our local police department.
We have worked with Officer Preston Oetterer to bring back the D.A.R.E. program. This...
You may not be aware but the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School District offers robust afterschool and summer support programs through the 21st Century Grant as well as Targeted Services. This allows us to employ highly qualified teachers to provide extra supports to all of our students through...
