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For 57 years, Osseo Area Schools current and former employees and community members have put on an annual variety show to raise money for scholarships to assist graduating students in their post-secondary plans. Some of the performers have been involved since the original show in 1967 and continue to come back year after year. This year, the performers invite the community to come and check out The Big Game at “Wastebasket Revue: LVII” at an upcoming show.

A partial solar eclipse is expected in the Twin Cities metro area from 1-3 p.m. on Monday, April 8. An uncommon midday darkness will be experienced during this time as the sun is blocked by the moon. 

Osseo Area Schools will host a Spring Career Expo Tuesday, March 26, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Zanewood Community: A STEAM School.

National School Breakfast Week is March 4-8. In Osseo Area Schools, the dedicated nutrition services workers work each day to provide students with nutritious and delicious breakfasts, free to all students. Around 300-400 students eat breakfast at each site every day. 

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has declared Jan. 21-27, 2024 as Paraprofessional Recognition Week. In Osseo Area Schools, Education Support Professionals (ESPs) serve in multiple settings, including support for instruction, student activities, and individual students, as well as numerous other tasks that contribute to educational success.

Fifth grade band students from elementary schools across the district recently came together to put on a winter concert. The showcase, performed for parents, staff and community members, was the first time the students came together to perform these songs.

Voters backed the Building a Better Future plan for district safety, learning, technology and school building needs in 2022 and 2023, and planning has begun in earnest to complete all promised projects and improvements within the plan.

Osseo Area Schools recently had nine of its schools honored at the Minnesota School Counselor Association (MSCA) Conference for being Recognized Model Program schools through the American School Counselor Association (ASCA.)