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The Minnesota State Science Fair award winners were just announced and the Perham team had a fantastic showing. Lily Aakre brought home a bronze medal and was the winner of the Outstanding Experimental Project in Chemistry with her project titled: The Effect of Varying Waters on the Qualities of Kombucha. Angelina Nicholas won the USRead more

Perham Public Schools will be hosting its first ever Yellowjackets Showcase of the Arts Night on Tuesday, March 28 from 6-8 p.m. at the Perham High School.  The event is open to the public and will showcase the visual arts, choir, band, speech, Family and Consumer Sciences and branches of the Industrial Technology department.  TheRead more

The Full Metal Robotics FIRST Robotics Team #3297 competed in Duluth to compete with 60 teams in a game called Infinite Recharge.  The Full Metal Jackets finished third overall out of 60 teams competing in the event in Duluth.  For this game, students had to gather two different game pieces – cubes and cones, andRead more

Eleven students from Perham participated in the annual Minnesota Business Professionals of America (BPA) State Leadership Conference held March 10-12 at the Minneapolis Hyatt Regency with 867 members competing. During the school year, 1,200 Minnesota BPA student members took part in the organization’s competitive events program, allowing them to compete in nearly 70 events focusedRead more

Perham Public Schools hosted its first ever Hispanic Heritage Night at the Heart of the Lakes Elementary School on March 9. The district invited its EL Families to attend the event at the HOTL. More than 80 meals were served and the evening featured Bingo, Pinata Celebrations for the younger kids and food. HOTL PrincipalRead more

Members of the Perham Science Research team competed at the Minnesota Western Regional Science Fair at the University of Minnesota-Crookston on Feb. 25. Overall, 12 members from the team competed at the event. Eight special awards were won by the teams and nine teams won blue awards which qualified them to advance to the MinnesotaRead more

The PHS Theatre Department will be performing a 10-minute Musical and a One Act play this weekend! Two different shows in one night! The kids are working really hard to put this on despite all the weather and school conflicts. Please come out to support them this weekend. Tickets can be purchased at the door.Read more

The Perham High School Speech team competed in the Underwood Tournament on Feb. 11 and came home with a first place finish. It was the team’s third full meet of the 2023 season.  The following individual earned honorable mention and a ribbon: Liv Lenn (Prose) The following individuals placed in the top six at theRead more

Perham Public Schools celebrated National Guidance Counselor week as they honored the staff of Lakeland Mental Health and the schools for their work with the students and community during the week of Feb. 6-10.  The team at the Heart of the Lakes Elementary school consists of Brooklyn Thompson, Sage Becklund-Erickson, and Sonya Grabe. The PrairieRead more

The Perham Yellowjacket speech team competed at a pair of events in Fergus Falls and Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton and came away with impressive results.  The Yellowjackets finished first in the event at DGF High School on Feb. 4 and were second in the event at Fergus Falls on Jan. 28.  At DGF, Daisy Loerzel (Informative), Madeleine LambRead more