School News

Sharon Ferdinandt
  Sharon Ferdinandt is retiring after 20+ years on the ECFE staff at Springfield Public Schools.  Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) is based on the idea that parents provide their child’s first and most significant learning environment for their healthy growth and development.   Springfield...
  The 2022-23 school year will be starting Monday, August 22 at Springfield Public School and St. Raphael Catholic School.  See this week's issue in the Springfield Advance-Press for supplies needed for each class.
Bike Safety class taught by Chief John Nicholson
Throughout this month there are a variety of activities offered to children through the Summer Recreation program.  Two of the activities offered this past Friday were a Bike Safety class sponsored by the Springfield Police Department.  This was a free class open to children through 6th grade. In...
Springfield Elementary School continued their new tradition, the Elementary Hall of Fame, by naming Anne Nibbe, Sheena Dauer and Pieschel Family Foundation as the 2022 inductees.  The Hall of Fame is to honor and celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of outstanding individuals, while...
Sons of the American Legion scholarships recipients from L Carter Hillesheim, Jaida Wenisch, Victoria Roiger, Tate Mathiowetz and Caleb Hauger 
and Cole Hayden (not pictured).
The 2022 Annual Awards Day Program at Springfield High School was held Tuesday morning, May 17.  Juniors and Seniors gathered in the auditorium to celebrate classmates achievements of the 2021-22 academic year. Students received awards, cords, certificates and scholarships along with words of...
Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” being performed by the male chorus members.
  The Springfield High School Music Department presented its 73rd Pop Concert Friday evening in the Performing Arts Center at Springfield Public School.  The annual spring event “caps off” the year and displays the musical abilities of the students in the high school choir and band.  The audience...
State Speakers Group
  A total of five students from the River Valley speech team participated in the MSHSL Class A State Speech tournament held at Eastview High School in Apple Valley on Saturday, April 23.  This year’s participants included senior Sydne Wahl in drama, junior Sarah Kottke in prose, junior Joseph...
James Coffland and Carter Hillesheim sign letters of intent
  James (left) is pictured with his dad, Paul Coffland and Carter (right) is pictured with his parents Rob and Becky Hillesheim.  Surrounded by family, James Coffland and Carter Hillesheim each recently signed letters of intent to play basketball at Ridgewater College.
River Valley Speech Team
  On Saturday, February 12, the River Valley speakers competed at the Mankato Loyola Crusader Classic. This tournament was much larger than the previous week as there were around 300 participants from both A and AA schools in Minnesota.  See complete story in this week's issue of the Springfield...
  On Tuesday, February 1, the kindergarten classes at Springfield Public School, taught by Brianna Jensen and Jena Veenstra, celebrated their 100th day of school.  One of the goals in kindergarten is for students to learn to recognize, count and write numbers to 100.  They have been working hard to...

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