School News
The Springfield School Board of Education went virtual, using Google Meet to hold their April 8 regular school board meeting. All board members were present checking in from their homes and offices to the board meeting.
During the Superintendent’s report, Keith Kottke spoke about the daily meal...
On Tuesday, March 10, Springfield FFA members competed in the Region VI Crops, Farm Business Management, and Employment Skills Interviews at Minnesota West Campus in Jackson.
The Crops team placed third and will be advancing to the state competition. Senior Jake Rosenstengel placed fourth...
On a rainy Tuesday morning last week, bus drivers from Superior Transportation were busy loading up vehicles. They were loading up a hot pizza lunch to take to drop spots for area students to pick up. Head Cook Shelia Roiger explained that they were serving both breakfast and lunch to...
On Tuesday, March 10, the junior high speakers of River Valley Speech attended one last junior high tournament at St. Peter. They ended their season with a bang by taking first place as a team! Taking first place in their categories were Sarah Kottke in drama, Lucas Milbrath in humorous, KayLynn...
The National Geographic Society named Ellie Tonn, an eighth grader at Springfield Public Elementary, as one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2020 National Geographic GeoBee State Competition.
Ellie is the daughter of Becky and Derek Tonn.
She is the first Springfield student to...
On Wednesday Feb. 26. the Springfield High School Honor Society hosted a blood drive. The American Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 87 pints of blood during its visit to Springfield High School. The total collected was 14 pints over their goal and 11 more than the previous school record of 76. “It...
Springfield Elementary School kicked off their annual “I Love To Read” month, with some fun activities. Students enjoyed decorating colorful paper bags like the cover of their favorite book. The bags then get returned to the grocery store to be used during the month.
Carrying on their “I Love To...
On Saturday, February 8 the River Valley Speech team traveled to Minneota for the Vikings tournament.
“It was an eventful bus ride. When the team was about 30 minutes away from their destination, they experienced bus trouble and needed to pull over. Another school bus recognized the distress and...
Springfield’s Public School took second place at sections this past weekend. They performed at United South Central High School on Saturday.
With their win they’re now alternates at the state competition held on this Thursday, Feb. 6 and Friday, Feb 7.
Springfield performed, “The Last Nickel” by...
Russell Beers, a seventh grade student is the 2020 spelling champion at Springfield Public School as part of the Scripps Spelling Bee competition.
Runner up and alternate was Christopher Boss, a fifth grade student.
Seventeen students, the top spellers in grades 5, 6, 7, and 8 determined by an...
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