state of american friendship, dr. sue varma assistant professor of psychiatry, marisa lee, author of the forthcoming book, and author of the forthcoming book where speaking the life lessons of kamala harris. it is great to see you all. doctor, i ll start with you. that survey shows the number were americans with best friends has been declining for decades. what do you think is behind that trend? i think a variety of reasons. one of the reasons might be that the fact that our mobility has increased. people are working far away from home. we saw that during the pandemic and the trend exploded even further and people want freedom and prioritizing work of our social skills and people are leaving their jobs. in fact, the largest group of people who would stay at a job one or two years are people under the age of 40. so we re seeing larger groups of
Apr 21, 2021
GIBBON The school board unanimously adopted a strategic plan Monday that will guide the district for the next five years.
The plan was adopted on a motion by board member Mike Kuehn, seconded by Casey Prochniak.
Conducting a strategic planning process was one of the goals introduced by Horton during his first 100 day plan, as a pledge of what the district would do following the operating levy which was supported by more than 60% of voters in August 2020.
The process involved a number of ways for community members to be involved including several listening sessions with the superintendent that took place in each community, equity and district surveys to community members, staff, and students, and a strategic planning committee made up of almost 50 community members.
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Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop senior Baleigh Peterson receives a $3,000 Minnesota School Board Association Student School Board Member Scholarship at the board meeting Monday. Peterson plans to study Agricultural Communication & Marketing at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul campus.
GIBBON Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop (GFW) school board student representative Baleigh Peterson of Gibbon received a $3,000 Minnesota School Board Association (MSBA) Student School Board Membership Scholarship Monday.
Peterson is one of just two MSBA scholarship winners among 50 Minnesota applicants.
“To say it was a challenge to name winners is an understatement,” said MSBA Executive Director Kirk Schneidawind.
Seniors David Walters won the men’s one-meter diving event while fellow senior Sophia Howard captured the women’s three-meter competition, leading Binghamton’s strong showing in the first day of the America East Championships on Saturday at the Saunders Aquatic Center. The two-day diving meet concludes on Sunday and the total scores will be added to the swimming meet next week at NJIT.
Walters won his event with a score of 272.20, giving him his first conference title since he also won the one-meter event in 2018. He was followed in the team scoring by senior Erik Temple in second place (270.85) and sophomore Ryan Cohn in third place (262.35). This marks the first time the Bearcats have ever swept all three medalist honors in a single event at an America East Championship Meet.
The Binghamton divers closed out a tumultuous and uncertain year in the grandest possible way.
The Bearcats swept both diving titles on the final day of the America East Championships on Sunday at the Saunders Aquatic Center. Senior Sophia Howard captured the women’s one-meter event while fellow senior David Walters was victorious in the men’s one-meter competition. With the victories, both Walters and Howard won both of their diving events during the weekend and were named the Men’s and Women’s Most Outstanding Divers respectively.
With sophomore Ryan Cohn and senior Erik Temple placing second and third in the men’s three-meter event, the Bearcat men swept all three medals for the second day in a row. On Saturday in the men’s one-meter event, Temple was second and Walters was third.