🌱 Patch AM: How a Golden Valley-based app could transform Minnesota classrooms next year

Good morning Golden Valley! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Golden Valley-based app could transform Minnesota classrooms next year

Also on today's calendar: Family Potluck and Game Night and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: How many sheep does it take to make a sweater? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Cloudy, with a high of 42 and low of 31 degrees.
• Sunday: Snow, mainly later, 1-2", temps: high: 36, low: 5. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: Some sun, windy and colder, with a high of 10 and low of -2 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• MN educators create to app that personalizes education for each student (kare11.com) — Golden Valley is the launch point for a new AI-powered classroom app created by two Minnesota educators to tailor lessons to each student’s needs, from dyslexia-friendly formatting to multilingual narration. The tool, built during a 48‑hour competition, aims to save teachers hours of prep time and will be piloted in schools next year, alongside new AI training for educators.
   

📸 Around Golden Valley

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Golden Valley

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 28

• A Christmas Carol
  Guthrie Theater, 818 S 2nd St, Minneapolis
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday December 28

• Surrender To Sound: Winter Sounds Bath + Yin Yoga with Jan
  Capp Center St. Paul , 1375 St. Paul Ave , St. Paul
  4:00 pm
• Family Potluck and Game Night
  Theodore Wirth Regional Park , 1301 Theodore Wirth Pkwy , Golden Valley
  4:00 pm
• GLOW Holiday Festival
  CHS Field , 360 N Broadway St , St Paul
  7:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Opioid Response Resource Sharing
  North Regional Community Library , 1315 Lowry Avenue North , Minneapolis
  12:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Drop-in Tech Help
  North Regional Community Library , 1315 Lowry Avenue North , Minneapolis
  1:00 pm
• Board Games
  North Regional Community Library , 1315 Lowry Avenue North , Minneapolis
  4:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Noon Year's Eve
  Golden Valley Library , 830 Winnetka Avenue North , Golden Valley
  12:30 pm

📣 Golden Valley Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday December 27

• Community Song Circle
  Minneapolis Central Library , 300 Nicollet Mall , Minneapolis
  10:00 am
• English Conversation Circle
  North Regional Community Library , 1315 Lowry Avenue North , Minneapolis
  11:00 am
• STEAM Activity
  North Regional Community Library , 1315 Lowry Avenue North , Minneapolis
  2:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• Minneapolis Central Craft Club
  Minneapolis Central Library , 300 Nicollet Mall , Minneapolis
  12:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Golden Valley PatchAM possible:

• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
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🗞 Nearby News

Robbinsdale

• Singleton joins 1,000 point club in win over Camden (hometownsource.com)
• A full circle moment: Longtime North Memorial Health volunteer pursues his own career in medicine (hometownsource.com)

Minneapolis

Ok Golden Valley! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I have no idea. I didn’t even know sheep could knit.
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