Education

Karen M. Jorgensen Ingvild Herfindahl, director of the Dodge Center Library, was at the school with a booth explaining some of the activities that go on at the library and what librarians do. Casper Connor stopped by to chat and also try out his ukulele playing skills.

Beyond high school: Students explore their future

Students at Triton High School should have a better idea of what opportunities are available to them after last week’s “Beyond High School Day” at the school. All students in grades 9-12 had the opportunity to meet with potential employers and staff from post-secondary institutions to learn about...

Byron, K-M take home top drama honors

Hiawatha Valley League Conference One-Act Festival awarded top honors to Byron and Kasson-Mantorville High Schools, naming them Starred Productions and Conference Champions on January 21. In its 29tth year, the Festival judges also named the following performers from our area All Conference: Chloe...

Jack & the Beanstalk coming to Triton

One of the most popular programs sponsored by Triton Community Education returns next week as the Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre presents Jack & the Beanstalk. The Prairie Fire staff will be in residence at Triton February 6-11 with auditions scheduled for Monday, and rehearsals after school...

Photo by Karen M. Jorgensen Triton fifth, sixth and seventh graders competed in the District Spelling Bee recently. Front row, left to right are Rory Ginder, second place, Kashi Locke, first place, and Kenzie VanBeek, third place. Back row, Brady Rongve, Casey Vermilyea, Elijah O’Keefe, Megan Rieck, Jackson Kraemer, William Thiemann, Hunter Hamm, Josue Munoz, Cinthia Felix, and Izaiha Maldonado.

Triton’s top spellers head to Regional Spelling Bee

It was a war of words between Triton sixth, seventh, and eighth graders recently. When it was over two Triton students had earned the right to compete at the Southeast Minnesota 2023 Regional Spelling Bee February 7 in Rochester, sponsored by the Southeast Service Cooperative. Just over a dozen...

K-M class hears from NAMI speaker

Lori Pagel’s Community Action Class at Kasson-Mantorville High School is unique. It is a class with a focus on connecting with the community in a hands-on way through volunteering and helping others. The class involves classroom time where people from the community come into the school to talk...

Photo by Karen M. Jorgensen Craig Anderson directed the Triton High School Choir for a final last June at the graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2022.

Triton community mourning longtime teacher

Members of the Triton community are mourning the passing of a longtime music teacher and choir director. Craig Anderson, who retired at the end of the school year last June, died on Saturday. He was 65. Anderson was hired as a music teacher in the Claremont district in 1983 and when Claremont,...

Hayfield high school principal resigns

Hayfield High School Principal Grant Klennert has resigned following his arrest last month on charges of criminal sexual conduct from incidents that allegedly occurred 20 years ago. Klennert submitted his resignation on December 23 and the school board accepted it on December 26, according to Supt...

Byron teacher receives Outstanding Educator Award for STEM instruction

Byron High School Careers teacher Jacob Findlay describes being honored, shocked and excited “all at the same time” when he learned he’d won a prestigious educator’s award. Thirteen southeast Minnesota educators, including five total from Byron, were nominated for the 2022-2023 Outstanding Educator...

Hayfield high school principal resigns after arrest

Byron teachers nominated for Outstanding Educator Award

Five Byron teachers are among the 13 southeast Minnesota educators were nominated for the 2022-2023 Outstanding Educator Award hosted by STEM Forward (formerly RAMSP) which recognizes K-12 professionals who strive toward the highest levels of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)...