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Our Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom (MAITC) team is celebrating the 2025-26 school year by featuring an awesome teacher who uses agriculture as a context for teaching and learning each month. Our April featured teacher is Ms. Jeni Mihalick.
Jeni Mihalick is currently middle school STEM teacher at Hill-Murray School in Maplewood, MN. She loves to help students challenge themselves, problem solve, and discover a love of learning!
A few of Jeni's favorite lessons include:
To learn more about Ms. Mihalick, visit our Featured Teachers webpage.
 When: Thursday, April 23, 3:45-4:15 p.m.
What: Join Izzy Bajek from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture for this 30 minute webinar to learn more about how you can celebrate Minnesota's 2nd annual School Garden Week (May 18-22, 2026) through garden-based lessons, activities, books, and more!
Register today!
Registration is open for two summer opportunities with MAITC: A Summer Teacher Tour in Central Minnesota and the first-ever Growing Minds Conference!
Summer Teacher Tour
- Tour Smude Sunflower + Angus Farm and Sprout MN Food Hub,
- July 15, 2026
- Little Falls, MN
Growing Minds Conference: Hosted by the Minnesota & Wisconsin Agriculture in the Classroom Programs
- Agricultural tours, interactive breakout and fast-paced mini sessions, and networking opportunities!
- July 27 & 28, 2026
- St. Paul College, St. Paul, MN 55102
Please visit our Summer Opportunities webpage for additional details and to register: https://mnagmag.org/summer-opportunities/
The Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom Program and Foundation recognize that first-year teachers face a unique set of challenges as they begin their teaching career. To inspire early-career teachers to integrate agriculture into their K-12 curriculum, we are offering a grant program specifically for first-year teachers.
Find more info and apply: https://minnesota.agclassroom.org/grants-and-awards/firstyear/
April Trivia Question: April showers bring May flowers! What spring flower is pictured below?
 Send your answer to sue.knott@state.mn.us. The first two people to respond with the correct answer will win a MAITC reusable bag.
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