North Elementary Principal Darin Doherty and members of North’s Leadership team attended the Minnesota Elementary School Principal’s Association Conference’s awards banquet (The MESPY's) in Bloomington on Thursday evening.
During the banquet, Mr. Doherty was presented with MESPA’s School of Excellence Award on behalf of the staff and students at North! Shown above with Principal Doherty (middle) are Leadership Team members (l to r) Shelly Torbenson, Kelly Nyhammer, Jennie Friedrich, and Mandy Kennedy.
A larger ceremony for North receiving this prestigious award will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 9, at the SPHS gym and it will also include a music concert. Below are some photo highlights from the MESPY's banquet!


Mr. Doherty with SPPS Superintendent Dr. Jon Graff after MESPY's banquet.

