Bluff View Elementary School

Principal, assistant principal jobs on school board agenda

Jun 15, 2022

A new Bluff View Elementary School principal and assistant principal will be on the Lake City School Board’s June 20 meeting agenda. After interviewing candidates for both positions, committees have recommended Eric Aeschlimann to be the school’s next principal and Jessica Holst to be the next...

School music cut could have negative ripple effect

Jun 15, 2022

Consider the game of setting up Dominos on end, in a line and then pushing the first one to create a ripple effect in which all in the line go down in sequence. If not a game person, then think about Lake Pepin and the wave action created by a passing fish wiggling its way through the water. If not...

55 compete in Bluff View 1000 foot race

Jun 8, 2022

Fifty-five fifth and sixth grade boys and girls competed in the Bluff View 1000. This is an annual spring race at Bluff View Elementary School that consists of a 1,000 meter race around the athletic fields. The top three boys and top three girls were awarded plaques. All runners walked away with...

Bluff View leaders set to leave

May 25, 2022

New leadership is coming to Bluff View Elementary School. On May 16, the Lake City School Board approved the resignation of Assistant Principal Tracy Oliver. Since then, Principal Jim Borgschatz announced his retirement. Lake City Public Schools Supt. Erick Enger said the district had already...

Watch for festive rocks

May 25, 2022

The Lake City 150 Celebration Committee asked Dan Steffenhagen, Bluff View Elementary School art teacher, and Gramm’s Rocks to come up with 150-plus painted rocks to celebrate the Sesquicentennial. These rocks will be hidden in various public areas this summer. “If they are found they will become a...

Retiring band teacher Gail Huppert honored

May 18, 2022

Retiring Bluff View Elementary School band and music teacher Gail Huppert (left) was honored during a band concert at Lincoln High School on May 12. Huppert is retiring at the end of the school year after 39 years teaching in the school district.-Photo by Dave Ender

Winning art becomes placemats for veterans

May 11, 2022

The Lake City VFW Post 8729 Auxiliary sponsored a patriotic art contest for fourth grade students at Bluff View Elementary School. “Students designed and made great laminated pictures for placemats for veterans. The theme was ‘Thank you for our freedom,’” the auxiliary said. Placemats were used...

Bluff View art show is May 17

May 11, 2022

The public is invited to the Bluff View Elementary School student art show on May 17. “I am thrilled to announce the return of the Bluff View Elementary Art Show!,” said Dan Steffenhagen, Bluff View art teacher. “The students have been working so hard on their art projects and I am so proud of the...

Math Masters teams place 5th, 4th in Rochester

Apr 27, 2022

The Bluff View Elementary School fifth grade Math Masters teams competed in Rochester on April 22. The students have been hard at practice since January, Coach Jen Baures said. There are three levels of competition: math facts, individual, and team competition. The results of the competition in the...

Bluff View COVID numbers rise again

Apr 20, 2022

After weeks of some of the lowest case counts of the school year, COVID-19 confirmed cases have risen again at Bluff View Elementary School. Lake City Public Schools reports confirmed cases (whether student or not) each Friday at its two schools, Lincoln High School and Bluff View Elementary...