Kingsland School welcomes seven new teachers this school year. Each shared a little about themselves so you can get to know them. Collin Boekhoff is the new 4th grade teacher at Kingsland Schools. Boekhoff says he was drawn to a teaching career because he wanted to make an impact on children. He shared he has always enjoyed spending time with children and wanted to find … [Read more...]
R-P needs community involvement
At their regular monthly meeting on October 17, the Rushford-Peterson School Board heard that the school still needs substitute paraprofessionals, kitchen staff, and teachers as well as bus drivers. While regular bus routes are filled, the school and Bernard Bus Service struggle to cover extra transportation for sports and activities. All training and testing for new drivers … [Read more...]
First Lanesboro education conference
The Lanesboro School Board heard final details on the first ever Lanesboro education conference at their regular school board meeting October 12. The conference will take place Thursday, October 20, and will consist of a keynote speaker, two different breakout sessions, and a closing speaker. There will be five different topics to choose from for the breakout sessions including … [Read more...]
Opportunities for Houston Schools
Amy Guenther, a 20-year educator working with Access Point, attended the Houston School Board meeting October 6 to present a student opportunity. Access Point helps connect high school students beginning their senior year with jobs that will begin at $50,000 to $60,000 a year. Working with community colleges, Access Point trains students for jobs that have already been set … [Read more...]
Grand Meadow welcomes new teachers
This school year found Grand Meadow welcoming five new teachers to its staff. Read on to get to know those new teachers. Kandise Drinkall will be teaching 7th, 8th, and 10th grade English at Grand Meadow this year. She was drawn to teaching because she never stops learning. She had debated between teaching English and agriculture for most of her high school years. … [Read more...]
A night of bids and purchases at Houston City Council
The Houston City Council approved participation in a program to purchase a John Deere skid steer with broom and a zero-turn commercial lawn mower for $41,735.93 at their October 11 meeting. This program is similar to the program in force for the city maintenance truck. After the initial purchase, the skid steer will be traded in for a replacement each year; if the program is … [Read more...]
Chatfield Center for the Arts remodel: the result of persistence
Saturday, September 24, was a big day for Chatfield; the long-awaited reopening of the Chatfield Center for the Arts finally occurred. From a committee sitting around a table with a vision in 2009, to construction beginning in 2015-2016, to fruition in 2022, a lot of people worked persistently to make the reopening happen. At the ribbon cutting Saturday morning, Mayor Russ … [Read more...]
New teachers at Houston
This year, Houston Public Schools welcomed six new teachers to their staff. Here is a little introduction to each of them. Lisa Skifton Lisa is the new special education teacher at Houston High School. Lisa grew up in South St. Paul, Minn. She has a plethora of teaching experience including teaching elementary special education in Winona (1995) and at Houston … [Read more...]
Positive start to the year at R-P
The theme at the R-P School Board meeting September 19 was “positivity.” Superintendent Ben Bernard commented, “It feels nice to be back to a ‘normal’ school year!” He shared that the new menus in the lunchroom have been a hit with students, deemed “one of the best parts of the new school year” by many. Bernard has helped in the lunchroom taking student lunch numbers while a … [Read more...]
R-P welcomes new teacher, Matt Myszewski
Matt Myszewski was recently hired as a social studies teacher for seventh and eighth grade students at Rushford-Peterson. While he’s a new teacher at R-P, he’s a familiar face to most of the staff and students. Mr. Myszewski completed his student teaching in Mr. Aug’s room at R-P in 2020. Matt is originally from Milwaukee, Wis. He moved to this area to work on his bachelor’s … [Read more...]