Education

By Mary Divine
St. Paul Pioneer Press

LAKELAND SHORES, Minn.  — Wearing headphones and standing at a microphone in a recording studio in West Lakeland Township, Gracie Bancroft channeled her inner Katy Perry.

The 10-year-old Afton girl said she felt like the pop singer as she and other students from Afton-Lakeland Elementary School in Lakeland Shores recorded a song she helped write. The song, “Dear Taysha,” is a musical get-well message to classmate Taysha Hein, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.

By James Chilton
Wyoming Tribune Eagle

CHEYENNE, Wyo.  — Did you know that, with a strong enough magnet, you can actually separate the iron from your breakfast cereal?

That’s just one of the things 60 Cheyenne children learned firsthand recently, courtesy of Starbase and the University of Wyoming’s Science Posse.