2026 Carnival

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Rice Lake’s 2025 Annual Carnival was an absolute hit! From bounce houses to the Hawk Slot, to face painting and carnival games - students and families enjoyed a rain-free day of fun at the school! We have many people, organizations and clubs to thank!!

• Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers who signed up to help at the Carnival!

• Carnival Planning committee: Jenn Stein, Erin Yankowiak, Marla Urban, Kris Quale, Megan Ramey, Megan Schornstein, and Chelsea Sager!

• Local establishments who helped to feed our volunteers: Wiseguys Pizza & Pub  (located in Centerville), Starbucks (located in Lino Lakes off Apollo and Lake), and Bruegger's Bagels located in Blaine)

• Midwest Roofing Siding & Windows, Inc for their paid sponsorship of the Hawk Slot! This helps the PTO save money to help invest in other things for the school - THANK YOU!

• Twins Cities Rush Soccer for their paid sponsorship of DJ Skoolz and Linda Johns, our face painter! This helps the PTO save money to help invest in other things for the school - THANK YOU!

• Tom Schoolmeesters / DJ Skoolz for awesome music out on the field!

• Amazing face painting by Linda John, who you will find at the White Bear Lake MarketFest on Thursday nights throughout the summer!

• North Star Swim Team for sponsoring the Duck Pond carnival game!

• Rehbein Transit, Inc for sponsoring the Pop Toss carnival games!

• Centennial Basketball Association for sponsoring the Pop-A-Shot carnival game!

• Centennial Soccer Club for sponsoring the Soccer Kick carnival game!

• Centennial Youth Cheerleading for hosting cheer demos out on the field!

• Centennial Girl Scouts for sponsoring the Cookie Toss carnival game!

• The Rookery Activity Center for sponsoring the Plinko carnival game!

• Centennial Early Childhood for sponsoring the Prize Wheel carnival game!

• Centennial High School Boys Golf for sponsoring the Putt Putt carnival game! 

• Centennial High School Girls Golf Team for sponsoring the Chip Shot carnival games!

• Kids Abilities for sponsoring the Fish Pond carnival game!

• Centennial Library for providing information about the free summer reading program!

• Centennial Wrestling for providing the Push-Up contest fun!!

• Cub Scouts for providing Axe Throwing out on the field!

• Centennial Youth Hockey Association for providing hockey shoot-outs!

• The Centurions - CHS Robotics team for providing robot demos!

• Centennial Theatre Dept. for co-hosting the Punch-A-Prize carnival game with the RLPTO!

• Our Food Truck vendors who are donating a percentage of their sales back to the school: Hoot Owl Concessions, Mansetti’s, Mi Gente - Tacos Y Mas, Malekü Coffee, and Floyd’s Donuts & Shaved Ice

• Centennial Pep Band for playing upbeat music for carnival goers!

• Lino Lakes Public Safety and Lino Lakes Police Department!

• Lino Lakes Ambassadors: Amelia, Emily, and Tabitha!

• Jump City Party & Tent Rentals for providing the inflatable fun, tables, chairs and tents!

• Many, many, many organizations, companies and RLE families for donating items for the silent auction!