A huge thank you to Lesley Atkins from Rising Hope for hosting a training session today and sharing valuable tips on mental health, mindfulness, and child behaviors. Such a great learning opportunity for our staff! 💙
📚✨ Today was a BLAST, specifically a BOOK BLAST! ✨📚
Our elementary and 6th grade students experienced a second Christmas today with the arrival of their books from the Books Are Fun fundraiser!
The excitement, smiles, and pure joy made it a truly magical moment.
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who donated and helped make this experience possible for our students. Your generosity is creating lifelong readers! 💙
And a special shoutout to Mrs. Johnson for bringing this opportunity to our school and for always encouraging a love of reading. We are so grateful!
📖🎁 Stay tuned for the book-opening videos! You won’t want to miss them!
💙🐾 Big Cougar thanks to Steve Koenig and Koenig Lumber for the awesome van wrap! 🐾 Our kids will be riding in style - thanks for your continued support! 💙🐾
🎉 Exciting News! 🎉
Bring Change to Mind is officially starting in our school! This is an incredible step toward supporting mental health, reducing stigma, and creating a culture of understanding and compassion for all.
A huge shoutout to Emma Holmberg for her leadership and dedication in making this happen! 💙
Together, we’re learning to be the change by starting conversations, showing empathy, and supporting one another every step of the way. 💬✨
Congratulations, Kyrie Matucha!!!
We are excited to celebrate Kyrie as she officially signs with Minnesota West to continue her educational and athletic journey!
Her commitment, perseverance, and leadership have made a lasting impact on our program and inspired those around her.
Congratulations, Kyrie! We can’t wait to see all you accomplish!! We are Cougar Proud! 🐾💙
Burke lower elementary students spread Christmas joy by decorating grocery bags with their artwork. These special bags were generously donated by Cahoy's and Burn's Market's and shared with the community.
"Leading with kindness, learning with heart, Burke Cougar's December's student's of the month."
MS/HS Parents — We want your input!
Please complete the following survey if you have a middle school or high school student at Burke. Your feedback will help guide decisions regarding our Career and Technical Education (CTE) programming.
Please help us make our CTE offerings the best they can be! Click the link below or scan the QR code to participate.
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Please complete the following survey if you have a middle school or high school student at Burke. Your feedback will help guide decisions regarding our Career and Technical Education (CTE) programming.
Please help us make our CTE offerings the best they can be! Click the link below or scan the QR code to participate.
https://forms.gle/fTXE3FeuiQZtowLP6
The Burke National Honor Society completed its food drive on December 18. We sincerely thank everyone who participated and supported this effort. Your generosity helped make this project a tremendous success.
Third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade students worked on developing their artistic skills, and their completed Christmas pictures were donated to the Gregory Nursing Home and Burke Community Meals. These thoughtful creations were a small way to help brighten everyone’s day.
Mark your calendars! 📣
7th - 12th grade Pep Band dates are coming up on January 13, 23, and 27, and February 3 and 16.
Thank you for helping your student plan ahead. We appreciate your support! 🎶
We hope everyone had a wonderful and restful holiday break. 💙
We’re excited to welcome our students back tomorrow!
🎉 Happy New Year, Cougars! 🎉
As we welcome 2026, Burke Public School District wishes our students, staff, families, and community a year filled with growth, pride, and success. Thank you for being part of what makes our Cougar community so strong. 💙🐾
Puppy love made for some very happy kiddos 🐶❤️ Big thanks to Ike and Leo Mosterd for spreading joy this Christmas season! 🎄✨
From our entire staff, we wish all of our families and amazing kids a very Merry Christmas! We look forward to welcoming everyone back in 2026. Enjoy some well-deserved rest, spend time with family, savor good food, and get ready to make 2026 our best year yet.
Merry Christmas, Cougar Families! 🎄🐾
Merry Christmas, Cougar Families! 🎄🐾
"Leading with Kindness, learning with heart- Burke Cougar's November, Student of the Month."
Due to the weather, our elementary students will not be caroling on Main Street today. Instead, our students will be caroling in the Commons of the high school at 10:15 am. '
The public is welcome to come and enjoy the sounds of the season.
The public is welcome to come and enjoy the sounds of the season.
As the seventh grade students wrap up their 7 mindsets lessons for the quarter, they put their learning into action by completing community service projects within the school. Students demonstrated responsibility, teamwork, and compassion as they work to give back to their school community. These projects allowed students to apply the principles of seven mindsets in a meaningful, real world ways, reinforcing the importance of service, leadership and making a positive impact on others. Way to go seventh grade!
Our elementary students will be singing Christmas Carols this Thursday. Come join us outside Cahoy's Kitchen at 10:15 am.
Everyone is welcome to enjoy the hard work that our students have put into our Christmas Concert!
