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  • Perpich Arts High School Earns Arts Schools Network Exemplary School Designation

    June 3, 2025

    The Arts Schools Network Board of Directors has named Perpich Arts High School an Exemplary School in recognition of its commitment to excellence! The five-year designation is awarded for 2025-2030.

    “Being recognized as an Exemplary School by the Arts Schools Network (ASN) is…

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  • Phoebe Moyer, East Central High School, First Minnesota Reflective Artist Award Recipient

    May 27, 2025

    Congratulations to the first recipient of the Minnesota Reflective Artist Award, Phoebe Moyer! Moyer is a junior at East Central High School in Finlayson, MN. Phoebe’s advisor was Amber Benner, East Central Theater Director of the fall and spring plays.

    Phoebe is completing…

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  • Novels about Mental Health from Perpich Library

    May 20, 2025

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month. The library Teaching Assistants put together a wonderful display of books focused on mental health to help people living with mental health conditions know they aren’t alone and to spread awareness by encouraging others to read their…

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  • Nine School Districts Selected for Minnesota’s 2025-2027 Comprehensive Arts Planning Program

     The 2025-2027 award recipients for CAPP: Academias La Paz, Alexandria Public Schools, Big Lake Schools, Brainerd Public Schools, International Spanish Language Academy, Inver Grove Heights Schools, Kasson-Mantorville Schools, Little Falls Community Schools, and Waconia Public Schools.

    May 5, 2025

    Perpich Center for…

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  • 2024-2025 Art Cohorts Serve Many Educators

    April 25, 2025

    Three year-long Art cohorts met for a third and final time this month – Elementary Art for Classroom Generalists and Newly Licensed Teachers; Media Arts Level 1; and Media Arts Level 2. Each cohort drew a diverse group of educators.

    The Elementary Art…

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  • Folktale Collections from Perpich Library

    April 22, 2025

    People in all societies have passed down stories for centuries in order to teach, entertain, and create a sense of cultural identity. Reading the folktales of another culture is helpful in understanding it on a deeper level. This is a selection of…

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  • Christoph Dundas – A Music Teacher for So Many Good Reasons

    April 18, 2025

    Becoming a music teacher is a significant investment of oneself. Interestingly, Christoph Dundas, High School Band Director at Austin Public Schools, ended up joining the teaching ranks almost by accident, and even shied away from the profession for a pretty good reason….

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  • Author Teresa Peterson Presents in Native Authors & Artists Series

    April 16, 2025

    Perpich Center for Arts Education welcomed Teresa Peterson (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and member of the Upper Sioux Community) as our guest on April 15, 2025 in our Native Authors & Artists Series. Teresa’s work has been recognized by the Minnesota State Arts…

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  • Ely Teachers Work with Dance Education Specialist Mary Harding

    March 27, 2025

    A group of teachers in Ely Public Schools recently worked with Perpich Dance Instructor and Dance Education Specialist, Mary Harding, to incorporate more movement into their lessons. The afternoon went by quickly, as they worked through various interdisciplinary strategies, used jazz choreography…

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