Derek Debrauske

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  Perpich Students Partner with City of Golden Valley for Climate Equity Plan Arts Event

  November 14, 2025

  Perpich students partnered with the City of Golden Valley for a Climate Equity Plan Arts event on November 13, 2025. The event took place at Brookview Golden Valley and was a free, family-friendly event open to all. Attendees learned about simple ways…

  
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  Sailing Club Explores Bde Maka Ska

  September 26, 2025

  This fall, Cameron Browne (Visual Arts Instructor) and Derek Debrauske (Science Instructor) led two afterschool field trips to the Minneapolis Sailing Center on lake Bde Maka Ska. Both Cameron and Derek shared their love for the wind and the water by teaching…

  
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  Perpich Students Complete Rain Garden Project

  May 16, 2025

  This spring, Derek Debrauske’s Environment & Sustainability class completed a rain garden project on campus. The Rain Garden is designed to utilize unusable space, and help create a more wildlife friendly habitat. To create this design, the students studied the environmental gradients…

  
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  Dedication Day 2024

  The annual Dedication poster, signed by all students

  September 16, 2024

  Dedication Day 2024 was September 16. Dedication is a Perpich tradition where new students and faculty/staff are welcomed into the Perpich community. The ceremony featured speeches from seniors in all art…

  
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  Valentine Lowry-Ortega (Theater 2018) Performs for Dedication 2024

  September 16, 2024

  Valentine Lowry-Ortega (Theater 2018)

  Dedication Day 2024 was September 16. Dedication is a Perpich tradition where new students and faculty/staff are welcomed into the Perpich community. The faculty speaker, Derek Debrauske (Science Instructor), shared his passion for science, the…

  
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  Alison Bergblom Johnson (Literary Arts 1999) Speaks for Dedication 2024

  September 16, 2024

  Alison Bergblom Johnson (Literary Arts 1999)

  Dedication Day 2024 was September 16. Dedication is a Perpich tradition where new students and faculty/staff are welcomed into the Perpich community. The faculty speaker, Derek Debrauske (Science Instructor), shared his passion for…

  
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  Perpich Students Participate in “Of the Earth” Climate Change Show at Art-A-Whirl 2024

  May 21, 2024

  Perpich Arts High School was offered the opportunity to participate in Art-a-Whirl this year as part of the second annual “Of the Earth” climate change exhibition that is spearheaded by local artist, Peggy Thompson, mother of Maggie Thompson (Visual Arts 2008).

  Students partnered…

  
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  Environmental Stewardship of Perpich Campus by Science Students

  Derek Debrauske, Science Instructor, with some of the students involved in the project

  May 10, 2024

  On Friday, May 10th, Derek Debrauske’s science classes (Biology and Environment & Sustainability) practiced environmental stewardship of our Perpich campus. The groups planted four white pine…

  
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  The Honorable Harvest and Jeffers Petroglyphs Field Trip

  September 15, 2023

  Over the last week, Derek Debrauske’s science classes (Biology and Environment & Sustainability) and thomas carlson’s language arts class (Counter Stories In American Literature) worked together to study a story pattern known as the “honorable harvest”. Stories which follow this pattern teach…