Sea Life Minnesota visited Eagle View Elementary School on Friday, March 1, and presented to every grade in the school about life under the sea.

In addition to a presentation about which animals live where and what they need to survive, students had the opportunity to see and touch living sea stars and sea urchins.

Tables with artifacts like seashells, shark teeth and stingray tails were on display for students to handle and examine after the assembly.

Eagle View students had a sea-themed week, culminating in the March 1 Under the Sea spring carnival.

Two Central Lakes College instructors are nominated for Outstanding Educator awards bestowed each year by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU).

Darci Goeden, Nursing, and Leon Dahlvang, Communication Art and Design, are now eligible for the Educator the Year award that recognizes superior teaching.

The pair was nominated by CLC President Larry Lundblad and will be among about two dozen MnSCU instructors recognized this spring at an award luncheon.

Pine River-Backus Community Education offers the following classes in March. Register online at prbschools.revtrak.net or in the Community Education office.  Call Community Education at 218-587-2080 with any questions.

• Spring Renewal for You: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 9, Stone Woman Herbals, downtown Pine River. Store fee: $10.

Pine River-Backus Elementary School students danced in their socks on Thursday, Feb. 28. By practicing the ROAR (Responsible, On-Task, Always Safe, Respectful) expectations, students earned enough Tiger Tickets to fill up the Tiger Ticket jar. All staff and students had a schoolwide Sock Hop to celebrate. Dances included “The Locomotion,” “The Chicken Dance” and the “Macarena.”