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The Prairie Wind Middle School held its annual Spelling Bee competition on Friday, Jan. 20. The top spellers in each grade participated after a school-wide spelling contest was held. The list of qualifiers include: Fifth Grade: Benton Rossum, Allison Theis, Anders Anderson, Brayden Hill, Cade Ortner, Jack Tuper, Teagyn Sanford. Sixth Grade: Breanna Sandberg, ElizabethRead more

The Perham Education Association President Ryan Hendrickson recently announced that Perham High School’s Becky Butenhoff is the 2022-23 Teacher of the Year.   During her 30 years with Independent School District 549, Butenhoff has served in several different capacities, starting her career as a physical education teacher before transitioning into the classroom full-time as a BusinessRead more

Did you know that you can now submit an ABSENCE REQUEST for your student(s) right through Infinite Campus? Below is a cheat sheet that will help you utilize this tool the next time that your student(s) is absent or plans to be. This will work online or in the app. If you have not yetRead more

Perham Public Schools will be hosting a flu vaccine clinic in conjunction with Otter Tail County Public Health on Thursday, Nov. 17 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. at the Heart of the Lakes Elementary Cafeteria.  Participants can sign up by clicking on this link.  All appointments for the Flu Clinic need to be scheduled online.  If youRead more

Perham Public Schools will be participating in the Minnesota Walk, Bike, Fun to School Day which will be on Wednesday, October 12.  Students, staff and community members are being asked to help participate in the event that helps promote physical activity.  It will begin at 7:45 a.m. and go until 8:15 a.m. The drop offRead more

Perham, MN: #ICANHELP is set to deliver a powerful presentation on the importance of digital safety to more than 1200 students at Perham-Dent Public Schools. The presentation will highlight how students and adults can maintain a positive digital footprint and be a Digital First Responder in order to navigate around a digital world and provideRead more

With the first day of school in the books, the enrollment numbers are higher than expected. Staff at Heart of the Lakes Elementary, Prairie Wind Middle School and Perham High School recorded a good start to the 2022-23 school year.  Overall, the district saw an increase of 61 students from opening day in 2021 comparedRead more

Minnesota Revenue offers two valuable tax benefits for parents who purchase school supplies for their K-12 students, the K-12 Education Credit and Subtraction. These benefits can reduce parents’ taxes to increase their refund, but is only available for those who keep their receipts. Purchases for most school supplies, field trips, and musical instruments for schoolRead more

Before heading to the 2022 Minnesota School Employees Association’s Delegate Assembly, Perham Public Schools Pam Ehnert was confused. Usually, she is a member of the Sue Ezell Leadership Award (SELA) Committee. However, this year she wasn’t and it was kept quiet from her on the reason why. That reason was she was nominated for theRead more

The Frazee-Vergas and Perham-Dent Community Education is offering Summer Enrichment Opportunities. The Community Education is offering a variety of opportunities such as Art Club, Babysitting Training Course, Beginning Crocheting, Beginning Knitting, Chess for Beginners, Drone Photography STEM Camp, Eureka Engineering STEM Camp, French Language Camp, Giraffe Acrylic Painting, Glass Mosaics and many many more greatRead more