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MN State Rep. Mindy Greiling speaks on the New Minnesota Miracle at the 9/25/08 meeting.
 






 




 
Have you been in education for 25 years?


The Twenty-Five Year Club
is an organization within the Minnesota Elementary School Principals' Association. Candidates for membership must have served as a practicing teacher and/or administrator for a total of 25 years or more, serving 10 or more of those years as an elementary/middle level principal. An active elementary/middle school principal must be a current active MESPA member at the time of nomination.

If you are interested in joining, click on the membership form below (scroll down to the PDF document). MESPA will collect dues for principals interested in joining the club; please make your check payable to MESPA.

  • 2009 Inductees, honored at MESPA's 2009 Institute
Michele Brouse, Mounds View
Judith David, Winona
Karen Erickson, Minneapolis
Frank Feinberg, St. Paul
Willie Jackson, Minneapolis
Christine Miller, Minneapolis
Katherine Page,  Columbia Heights
Sonya Peterson, New London-Spicer
  • 2008 Inductees, honored at MESPA's 2008 Institute
Sharon Engel, Anoka-Hennepin
Mark French, Osseo
Dennis Johnson, Ogilvie
Don Moore, retired West St. Paul-Mendota Heights
  • 2007 Inductees, honored at MESPA's
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    25 Year Club gathered at the 2008 MESPA Institute: left to right, back -- Curt Levang, John Johnson, Randy Mediger, Paul Tinquist, Dave Pansch, Ray Churack, David Ruzek, Bob Lundberg, Gordon Nelson; middle -- Mike Andrews, Lloyd Law, John Ahern, Sharon Engel, Claudia Hagberg, Pat Murray, Art Lakoduk, Tim Case, Leo Siegel, Jim Anderson, Harold Melby; front -- Sharon Hull, Ann Kastler, Kay Douglass, Mary Endorf, Mark French, Van Jordahl, Don Beach, Stan Sjodahl, Dave Abrahamson.
    2007 Institute

    Kathy Alvig, Minneapolis
    Celeste Carty, St. Paul
    David Nystuen, Stewartville

  • 2006 Inductees, honored at MESPA’s 2006 Institute

    John Ahern, Roseville        
    Patricia Altrichter, Brainerd        
    Dianne Dodge, Rochester        
    LeeAnn Drolet, Minnetonka        
    David Fleming, Zumbrota-Mazeppa        
    Gwynne Gildow, Staples-Motley        
    Elizabeth Heffernan, St. Paul        
    Sharon Hull, Faribault        
    Nancy Johnson, Rochester        
    Lynne Karimi, Rochester        
    Barbara Kearn, White Bear Lake        
    Steven Lundberg, Brainerd
    Mary Malone, Lakeville
    Michael Martin, Parkers Prairie
    Margaret McKernan, Farmington
    David Nystuen, Stewartville
    Mitchell Peterson, Park Rapids
    Debra Sauter, Duluth
    Linda Stockwell, Rochester
    Craig Sundberg, Mounds View
    Diane Trisko, Rochester
    Ann Widseth, Minneapolis
    Vernon Koepp, Rush City




Get Acrobat Reader  09-10_form.pdf  
MESPA 25 Year Club Membership Form 2009-10

MESPA Volunteers

Dr. David K. Abrahamson, 2009 Honors


2009 Honoree
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Dr. David K. Abrahamson was honored by the Twenty-Five Year Club during the 2009 MESPA Institute, for his outstanding contributions to education. To read about Dave, click on his photo.


Thank you to our MESPA volunteers


Twenty-Five Year Club Meeting Dates
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For meeting information contact Robert Lundberg at 651-770-9308,
robertlundberg@comcast.net; or 25-Year Club President Mary Endorf at 952-937-6064, maryendorf@comcast.net.
  • September 25, 2008, 1 p.m. at the TIES Education Center, St. Paul.  Rep. Mindy Greiling, chair of the K-12 Finance Committee and E-12 Education Committee, will speak on "The New MN Miracle: School Funding." (Preceded at 11:30 a.m. by lunch at the Chianti Grill.)
  • November 6, 2008, 11:30 a.m., Casa Vieja Restaurant, St. Paul. The topic is "School Shooters Perspective of Their K-12 Education." The speaker is Prof. Thomas Hoffman of Hamline University. 
  • February 4, 2009 at Sheraton Bloomington Hotel during Institute. The meeting is at 3:00 p.m. and we will honor Dave Abrahamson as our Outstanding Educator. 
  • April 15, 2009, 11:30 a.m. at Casa Viejo at 6 W 7th, St. Paul (651-695-8206; one block to the left when coming down the winding hill on Snelling Avenue as it ends at the bottom of the hill at W 7th St.) The topic is "Life in Education Beyond Retirement." This will be a panel of retired principals sharing their new employment or volunteer experiences -- interesting stories of life after retirement. 


Retirement Resources
For resources to help active members plan for life after the principalship, visit the Retirement Resource Center in the Members Only section of this site.