Joey Halvorson was celebrated Friday, April 6, for earning the 2023 Brainerd Citizen of the Year award and a spot in the 2024 Brainerd Public Schools Distinguished Achievement Hall of Fame class.
Forestview Middle School students learned to program robots during virtual classes with multimedia specialist Jim Reed. 8:00 am, Dec. 31, 2020 ×
Jim Reed, multimedia specialist at Forestview Middle School in Baxter, explains the Edison program he used to teach students about programming robots during virtual classes offered through Community Education. Screenshot
In a time when extracurricular activities are few and far between because of the COVID-19 pandemic, one Baxter teacher is doing his part to keep students engaged.
“They’re looking for something to do,” Forestview Middle School multimedia specialist Jim Reed said of his students during this unusual time.
In normal years, Reed runs after-school STEM classes every sports season fall, winter and spring to appeal to students interested in science, technology, engineering and math. While he couldn’t stick to that typical schedule this year, he decided to improvise with virtual programming classes.