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This interview took place on May 31, 2024, with Pat Gilbertson. Mr. Gilbertson has been an art teacher at Simley High School from 2000-2024 and worked at the middle school from 1991-2000. We interviewed him about how he got started as an art teacher,…

An interview with Nathan Peterson, a Simley alum who began attending Simley in 1996, graduating in 2000. In this oral history, Mr. Peterson discusses his experience at Simley High School, while highlighting the changes over time in the school system…

An interview Nasiro Abdusalam, a Oromo immigrant who arrived in the United States in 1999. He recalls his experience all the way to America and Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. He puts strong emphasize on education and it's importance in the world,…

A couple of 2024 Star Tribune articles detailed how school districts in Minnesota are creating budget cuts in an effort to decrease the accelerated budget gap which resulted from factors such as inflation. In this process, schools are limiting the…

Oral History with Matt Mitchell regarding his recollection of LGBTQ+ history at Simley

Oral History with Mathew Corey regarding the LGBTQ+ and GSA history at Simley High School

A Kare-11 video of Reporters Interviewing Lynn Newton and Keenan Buhl's parents on Keenan's Buhl's suicide

An interview on Long Vang, a past Hmong Farmer who farmed in Inver Grove Heights during the 90's and early 2000's.

This interview with Kenneth Anich talks about life in Inver Grove as child during the 80s. Ken Anich grew up in Inver Grove Heights in the 80s and graduated from Simley in 1991. Ken describes life growing up in Inver Grove Heights as a child, then…

An interview with JD Das, a Bangladeshi immigrant who arrived in the US in 1992, and his experience with Inver Grove Heights when settling there in 2001. Mr. Das highlights his initial experiences in arriving in the US, and how it was in other areas…