Education

A scene from KM/s version of "Beauty and The Beast" Friday. Left to right: Olivia Smith, Hannah Brumfield, Warren Kerkhoff, Rachel Tuma, and Ashley Johnson

K-M’s technology wing helps ‘Beauty and the Beast’ come to life

With the Kasson-Mantorville theater department currently in its run of “Beauty and The Beast” for the fall musical, it’s a great opportunity to give students a chance to express their passions. While most of the play centers around the young actors and actresses that bring the play to life, Beauty...

Tritons Elementary School counselor Joseph Andlino in his new classroom.

A new kind of office

If you’re a student that is about to go the office, the chances are high that you did something wrong. In a traditional school, that march to the area that houses the principal and his secretaries can be a long one and if you have a problem or a need to talk something out, it can be an intimidating...

K-M Drama will be presenting "Beauty and the Beast" beginning this week.

K-M shines with Beauty and the Beast

The Kasson-Mantorville Schools Drama presents its All-School Musical production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Nov. 1–4 and Nov. 9–11 in the Minnesota WiFi Performing Arts Center at K-M High School. This classic fairy tale is the story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast...

What to know about the Triton Referendum Part II

With the upcoming election quickly approaching, it is an important time for Triton Public Schools. We are asking our voters to support an Operating Levy to help support our district in three categories: General Operations Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology Fine Arts In the conversations I...

K-M students have had the chance to show off their innovative skills with their state of the art industrial wing.

Beyond the 3 R's

Around 20 years ago, the things that could be taught in industrial classes were limited. For the author of this article, the choices revolved around building a bench in a wood shop, trying to use a small laser engraver and taking a flight simulator that resembled something out of an Atari video...

K-M Middle School Students helped out the community last week during their community service day.

KMMS lends a helping hand

At the beginning of the school year, Kasson-Mantorville Middle School wanted to place an emphasis on lending a helping hand in the community. They also wanted to get more people seeing what was going on at the school and all of the good things that are happening within that building. That process...

K-M student Andrea Richard pictured with her host family during her time as an exchange student in Japan.

K-M teen learns new culture as exchange student

Last summer Kasson- Mantorville junior Andrea Richard had a once in a lifetime opportunity. After applying for a scholarship through YFU, which is an organization that stands for Youth For Understanding she was awarded a scholarship to study in Japan for six weeks as an exchange student. Richard...

4-H Exchange Program helps kids explore the country

A few years ago members of Dodge County 4-H started a sub group in order to learn about about different parts of the country and to specifically learn about how 4-H is different from state to state. Kelly Vincelette, Dodge County 4-H Coordinator had done this program in other counties and helped...

Kasson-Mantorville’s 1000 Books before Kindergarten program has been a success since it started in 2014

Kasson-Mantorville Community Ed encourages reading through “1000 Books before Kindergarten” program

In 2014 after receiving a early childhood grant a Kasson-Mantorville Community Ed Committee came up with an idea to collaborate with the Kasson Public Library to start a national program called “1000 Books before Kindergarten” in the community. Ever since then it has been a success. Since the...

Triton Schools Referendum vote scheduled for November

Last year when the Triton School District Referendum votes were counted they came up just twenty-five votes short. This fall after revamping the ballot questions the school district hopes that the votes will be in their favor this time around. One of the main reasons why the school district has...