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[0:08] Hello everyone. This is Dr. Kim Hy,

[0:10] proud superintendent of ACE Area Schools

[0:12] and welcome to the first episode of

[0:15] Holding Space for the 202526

[0:17] school year. I have the pleasure of

[0:19] being at Edinbrook Elementary today

[0:22] where they're holding their fun run as

[0:24] well as a family picnic. So, we have a

[0:26] lot of people here today. So, I wanted

[0:28] to take the time as well and talk to

[0:30] some of our scholars here at Edinburgh

[0:32] Elementary. So, I'm going to have them

[0:34] introduce themselves. So, hello. Can you

[0:37] say your name and what grade you're in?

[0:39] My name is Charlotte and I'm in fifth

[0:41] grade.

[0:41] Okay, next person.

[0:43] My name is Emma and I'm in fifth grade.

[0:47] My name is Boss and I'm I'm in fourth

[0:49] grade.

[0:49] Thank you. And last but not least,

[0:52] my name is Leon and I'm in fifth grade.

[0:54] Awesome. So, we're about three weeks in,

[0:56] almost four weeks into the school year,

[0:58] closing up for October. How has your

[1:01] school year been?

[1:03] Pretty cool.

[1:04] Pretty cool.

[1:04] It been pretty um good.

[1:07] Okay.

[1:07] This school year has has been pretty

[1:09] cool. I made some new friends and

[1:11] there's some new faces around this

[1:12] school. And new faces means new people

[1:17] and you can make new friends. And that's

[1:20] that's pretty much what I've been doing.

[1:22] This school has been cool. And my

[1:24] teacher is pretty nice.

[1:26] Outstanding.

[1:27] Uh the school year is pretty much the

[1:29] same for me kind of.

[1:31] Okay.

[1:32] And um there's a lot more students here.

[1:36] Okay. So today's uh Have you had your

[1:39] lunch yet or been participated in a fun

[1:41] run?

[1:42] Uh yes, I have. And we had we have had

[1:45] our lunch.

[1:46] Okay. All right. How was the fun run?

[1:48] How far do you have to run? Is it a mile

[1:50] or what is it?

[1:50] A mile and a half. So

[1:52] a mile and a half. Okay. Do you have to

[1:54] run it? Can you walk it or

[1:55] you can walk or run? Either one.

[1:57] Okay.

[1:57] Yeah. But mostly you're supposed to walk

[2:00] cuz fun walk, not fun run, but

[2:02] Oh, fun. I forgot the fun part of it.

[2:04] Okay.

[2:04] Yeah.

[2:04] Okay.

[2:05] Man, this looks really, really good. We

[2:07] got hot dogs for our families and

[2:09] students and the beef. Can you tell a

[2:10] little bit about the hamburgers we have

[2:12] today?

[2:12] Well, yes. The burgers that we used

[2:14] today, we're getting from Ranchers

[2:15] Legacy, which is a local Minnesota

[2:17] company. And then we started last year

[2:19] getting all Minnesota beef. So, Wow. uh

[2:22] we were able to get a grant last year

[2:24] and then the burgers were so fantastic

[2:25] that we rolled into it and kept it on

[2:27] with uh the menu and uh with that

[2:30] product.

[2:30] I just wanted to say thank you as much

[2:33] to say your name again.

[2:35] Boston.

[2:36] Boston.

[2:36] Emma

[2:37] Charlotte

[2:39] representing the one and only Edin Brook

[2:41] Elementary. And one thing about

[2:42] Edinburgh as well is Edinburgh is our

[2:44] only elementary school in our district

[2:47] that does AVID. So, they help teach uh

[2:49] studying skills and get our students on

[2:51] track to what they want to do for career

[2:53] and college. And that goes into every

[2:55] single one of our middle schools and

[2:57] every one of our high schools. So, thank

[2:58] you for being with us today and holding

[3:00] space with Dr. Hy. And I'll see you

[3:02] again soon. Thank you.