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from page 1 students at both Kaposia Education Center and Lincoln Center Elementary as a part of their regular music class experience. In preparation, the district is conducting an instrument drive, inviting families to donate gently used instruments, including flutes, clarinets, trumpets, trombones, saxophones and percussion bell kits.

A new course, Introduction to Trades, will be offered for ninth and tenth graders, providing instruction in carpentry, plumbing and electrical skills. Students in grades 11-12 will also be able to take courses in heavy-duty truck, total auto care and medical careers through Intermediate District 917 and Dakota County Technical College. Next year, the TriDistrict Centers for Advanced Professional Studies will add an agriculture, natural resources and sustainability program. Current programs are in healthcare and medicine, transportation business and technologies, business and entrepreneurship, IT and computer science, and urban education.

Construction work at the Secondary building over the summer has included lighting improvements and the repainting of the competition gym. Work at Kaposia Elementary includes installing new lighting in the common area and resurfacing the playground.

The district recently ad-