The Vikings hosted a group of students from Roseville Area School District 623 on a special tour of the team’s facilities Tuesday to reward them for their commitment to bridging gaps between cultures and mentoring younger students.
The diverse group of more than two dozen juniors and seniors at Roseville Area High School included many students of Karen heritage (refugees originally from Burma who live on the border with Thailand). The students visited the U.S. Bank Stadium Preview Center in downtown Minneapolis before heading to Winter Park in Eden Prairie.
The young men are part of a group called Multicultural Leaders that was formed at the school five years ago by Kelly Tennison, who has taught English-learning students in grades nine through 12 at the school for eight years.