All are invited to an education session on Adolescent Brain Development on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Buckham Memorial Library in Faribault. The training will be led by Dr. Ken Winters from the University of Minnesota. For more information, click HERE.
There is no cost to attend, but advance registration [...]
Northfield is fortunate to be hosting the Youth Work Institute’s Regional Forum on Tuesday, December 15, 2009. The conference will be held from 8:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the Northfield Community Resource Center.
The conference will feature a keynote from Dale Blyth (Director of the Center for Youth Development at the University of Minnesota Extension). [...]
Town Hall Meeting and Dinner
Main Street Moravian Church
Sunday, November 8, 2009, 3:00 pm
The Main Street Moravian Church will host a Town Hall Meeting and Dinner on Sunday, November 8, 2009, at 3 pm. The entire event is FREE. The meeting will be focused on personal stories of addition and recovery in Northfield.
A variety of speakers [...]
Parents and community members are invited to attend an important community presentation…
Pure Performance
The impact of alcohol or drug use on athletic performance
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
7:00-8:00 p.m.
Northfield High School Auditorium
1400 Division Street South
The presentation is led by John Underwood, President of the American Athletic Institute. A formed NCAA All-American, John has coached or advised more than [...]
The Northfield Public Schools was recently awarded a $53,000 grant from Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation in support of the Tackling Obstacles and Raising College Hopes (TORCH) initiative. The money will be used to fund several staff positions, as well as provide TORCH students the opportunity to visit college campuses.
Currently, TORCH serves over 190 [...]
The article below was submitted by Alyssa Jilek, AmeriCorps Promise Fellow at Northfield High School. Many thanks to Northfield’s outstanding Promise Fellows — Alyssa Jilek, Jason Hallen, and Kevin Krein — for their work with these projects. The Promise Fellow positions are supported by the Minnesota Alliance With Youth.
On Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 15 youth [...]
The Provider Team of the Rice County Chemical Health Coalition sponsors a monthly opportunity for parents dealing with a son or daughter’s substance abuse to meet and talk with other parents. The group offers both education and support. It meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Thus, the next meeting will [...]
In case you missed it in Saturday’s edition of the Northfield News, please consider taking a minute to read Managing Editor Suzy Rook’s column, I don’t know any “bad kids”.
This insightful column gently encourages us all to reflect on how we interact with and treat youth in our community.
Kudos to Suzy and the Northfield News [...]
Over 300 people attended the end-of-the-year PRIMEtime dinner and celebration on Wednesday at Bridgewater School. The party was for youth participants in the elementary PLUS program and the Middle School Youth Center, as well as their families. Volunteers from the Northfield Union of Youth/The Key and the Tackling Obstacles and Raising College Hopes (TORCH) [...]
Mark Code is the April recipient of the HCI Making a Difference Award. The award celebrates groups and individuals in Northfield who have a positive impact on youth.
A retired Northfield School District educator, Mark’s volunteer efforts include mentoring youth, assisting with classroom research projects at the Northfield Historical Society, reading enrichment with fourth grade students, [...]
