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August 19,2014-2:29 PM
West St.Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan
School supply drive honors fallen officer
The Minnesota Auxiliary of Wives Behind the Badge
(WBTB)is organizing a school supply drive in memory of
Mendota Heights police officer Scott Patrick,who was
killed July 30 while on duty.
The goal is to support the community in which he served
by collecting items for the Patrick family,with additional
items going to children in District 197.
WBTB is asking the community to donate items needed
by K-12 students—backpacks,lunchboxes,thumb
drives,notebooks,pens,pencils,markers,crayons,and
other supplies.
If donors prefer to give a gift card,it will go directly to the
Patrick family.Consider stores such as Target,Wal-Mart, Shelerud
or gas cards for his college-bound daughter. Feed Loader:
Gift cards can be mailed directly to Wives Behind the
Badge MN Auxiliary,P.O.Box 251082,Woodbury,
55125.
Donations will be collected through Aug.23.Drop-off
locations include: f
• The Dance Center, 1049 Dodd Road,West St.Paul.
Donations accepted Monday,Wednesday and Thursday
evenings,5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
• Woodbury Police Department,2100 Radio Dr.
• Maplewood Police Department,1830 County Road B Farmington schools logo,2014
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Burnsville-Eagan-Savage
Medcalf teacher visited South Korea
Sharon Shelerud,a social studies teacher at Metcalf Junior High in Burnsville,recently spent a week in
South Korea learning about the country's history and culture.
The visit was funded by the Northeast Asian History Foundation.Shelerud was one of 14 American
Advanced Placement(AP)Human Geography teachers selected to attend.
The trip included a one-day conference in Seoul,with a focus on the geopolitics of the Korean Peninsula.
After that,teachers visited various historical and cultural sites,including the demilitarized zone between
North and South Korea,as part of a field study.
District debuts new'app'for parents
The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage district has introduced a new app to help parents stay connected to the
district and their child's school through mobile devices.
It includes news,calendars,menus,maps and school contact information.
Users can customize what kinds of information they want to receive,and emergency notifications will also
be sent.
The free app is available for iPhone through the App Store and for Android devices through Google Play.
To find it,users can search for"Burnsville,"or go to the district's website at www.isd191.org/app to
download.