School News
On January 19, 12 of the 14 members of the Springfield Chapter of the Business Professionals of America (BPA) attended the regional competition at Minnesota West Technical College in Granite Falls.
Placing in the top 10 were: Justin Haugo, eighth in Fundamental Accounting and eighth in Banking...
On Saturday, Feb. 10, the River Valley Speech team traveled to Pipestone for the PAS Arrows tournament. It was a large tournament with 21 teams present and more than 330 student entries.
The duo team comprised of juniors, Sarah Dunn and Colton Jensen, took second place in duo interpretation. ...
School bells seem like a long way off but United Way of Brown County is already working to help families get their kids backpacks filled for school. It takes a lot of money to fill a backpack and United Way knows that some families struggle to get this done.
Letters were sent out to almost 600...
The Music Department of Springfield High School will present their annual Pop Concert Friday evening, May 12. “Musical Adventures” is the theme for this year’s concert with performances by the Springfield High School Concert Choir directed by Julie Prechel, and the Springfield High School Band...
The Students from Springfield Elementary participated in the regional Math Masters Challenge at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall on April 20, 2017. The students competed individually and as teams on eight sets of mathematical problems in this competition. Fifth-grader Ellie Tonn...
Kiera Lafferty, a fifth-grade student at Springfield Public Elementary School, won third place in the poetry section of the fifth and sixth-grade category of the 13th Annual Creating Spaces Writing Contest sponsored by the Southwest West Central Service Cooperative at Southwest Minnesota State...
Springfield High School Drama Department will present their annual spring play this weekend. The Murder Mystery at the Murder Mystery, by Brian D. Taylor, will go on stage at 7 p.m. Friday, May 5, and Saturday, May 6 in the performing arts auditorium.
This hilarious, off-beat murder mystery has...
Libby Tonn, daughter of Derek and Becky Tonn, is Geography Bee Champion at Springfield High School, where she is an eighth-grader. She won the title for the second consecutive year.
Josh Moldan, son of Jay and Laura Moldan, a seventh-grader, was runner-up.
They were two of 10 contestants from...
Springfield Public Elementary School will present their annual holiday program Thursday, December 1, in the school’s performing arts auditorium. The kindergarten will present their program at 2:30 p.m.; and children in grades 1, 2 and 3 will perform their program, Elflandia, starting at 7:00 p.m...
ALICE is an acronym for Alert – Lockdown – Inform – Counter – Evacuate, or run-hide-fight, a federal Homeland Security Department program originally created for use in workplace settings.
The information presented and demonstrations showed things employees can do if they are ever confronted with...
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