Artwork by local students dominates the gallery walls at the Mantorville Art Guild this month.
Youth from all grade levels in area schools were invited to submit their works. The art will be on display the entire month although the reception for the young artists was held on Saturday, March 16.

Every year one of the most important things for fifth grade students at Kasson Mantorville Middle School is having the opportunity to complete the D.A.R.E course.
That’s why last Friday, the school honored the students accomplishments through a graduation ceremony.

At a marathon workshop March 4, Byron school board members discussed snow loads on school buildings, signs advertising local businesses rented by the Booster Club, district teams’ reclassifications to Section AAA and AAAA, and the popularity of middle school basketball.

Jessica Marquardt, got a great surprise recently, when her classroom was surprised with a grant from Nasco, a leader in STEM/STEAM education curriculum, supplies, and solutions. Nasco teamed up with Southeast Service Cooperative’s STEM Forward to help her classroom with science, technology, engineering and math(STEM) resources for her classroom to increase STEM awareness and excitement with students.

It can sometimes get a little confusing around Triton Elementary School,  if you are looking for a first grade teacher. Especially if you are not sure if you are looking for Mrs. Henslin or Ms. Henslin.
Once you figure it out it really quite simple. Mrs. Henslin is Dawna and Ms. Henslin is her daughter Emily.

In the past 36 years, the Kasson-Mantorville school district has seen plenty of change. There have been new faces, new buildings and new programs that have been injected into the district over the years and have made it what it is today. However, over that same time there has been one constant in high school math teacher Jeff Bernards.