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Fourteen Wayzata High School students placed well in the Business Professionals of America competition this year.
The following students qualified for nationals in their event at the state competition:
* Richmond Uong, senior, first place in PC Servicing and Troubleshooting
* Micahel Li, Eddie Chen and Leona Chao (team) juniors, third place in Economic Research Project
* Aakash Deshpande, [...]
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14 Wayzata High School students place well in BPA competition
Samantha Carter, WHS student, earns perfect scores on ACT
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Samantha Carter, a senior in the class of 2011 at Wayzata High School, earned a perfect score of 36 on the ACT exam.
Carter prepared for the exam by taking it in eighth grade to become more familiar with the test. She took the ACT exam again early in her junior year [...]
2010 Wayzata High School Graduation
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Congratulations to the Class of 2010 from Wayzata.com! The graduation ceremony was held on Tuesday, June 8th at Target Center in Minneapolis.
WHS class of 2010 plans for the future
More than 88 percent of the students in the Wayzata High School class of 2010 are making plans to attend two or four year colleges or universities. [...]
WHS business instructor honored with 2010 Larson Financial Literacy Award
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Wayzata High School business instructor Candy Lee was honored with the 2010 Larson Financial Literacy Award for usage of BestPrep’s programs to educate Minnesota students about business, career and financial literacy skills.
Lee was recognized for her passion for helping students to understand money management, personal finance, and long-term saving and [...]
Wayzata High School Drug Abuse – Minnesota Monthly
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Minnesota Monthly’s John Rosengren has done an expose piece on “How the world of chemical abuse has changed since you were in school.” and is using Wayzata High School as his example. The shortened article published online is a tease to go buy the June edition of Minnesota Monthly. This is the same method as [...]
WHS student to perform at Minnesota Youth Guitarathon
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Duligur Ibeling, a sophomore at Wayzata High School, successfully auditioned for the Minnesota Guitar Society (MGS) Youth Guitarathon and will perform May 16.
The Youth Guitarathon is the largest youth guitar event in North America. The concert will be two-and-a-half hours long and feature an assortment of guitar styles. The concert is at Lloyd Ultan Hall [...]
Wayzata School District unable to fire teacher Joshua Fischer in 2007, allegations he surfed internet during instruction time | StarTribune.com
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The Star Tribune’s Emily Johns and Norman Draper have done an expose piece on how difficult it can be to fire bad teachers in the State of Minnesota. One of the examples given is teacher Joshua Fischer who in 2007 faced allegations he surfed the internet 97% of the time on October 8th, 2007 when [...]
Young Wayzata entrepreneurs use their thinking caps to start business | StarTribune.com
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The Star Tribunes Dick Youngblood has an article on Wayzata Alumni Andrew Ferenci and Ben Glaze, who have found success selling hats online. Here is an excerpt from the article, as well as a link:
There’s nothing like a couple of entrepreneurial striplings to make a geezer feel like a hapless failure.
Young whippersnappers such as Andrew [...]
WHS activities director Jaime Sherwood named Class AA Athletic Administrator of the Year
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Wayzata High School Activities Director Jaime Sherwood was named the 2009-10 Minnesota Athletic Administrator of the Year for Class AA schools.
Sherwood has been the activities director for Wayzata Public Schools for the last 14 years. Prior to his position at WHS, he taught high school for nine years, was an associate high school principal for [...]
WHS Empty Bowls event planned May 20
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Wayzata High School’s annual Empty Bowls event will be held Thursday, May 20, 2010 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the high school cafeteria.
Wayzata High School’s annual Empty Bowls event, planned for Thursday, May 20, 2010 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the high school cafeteria, raises awareness of hunger and provides funding for Interfaith [...]
