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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.
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.
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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...
St. Raphael Catholic School will celebrate Catholic Schools Week January 30-February 5 this year. The 2022 theme is “Catholic Schools: Faith, Excellence, Service.”
Since 1974, National Catholic Schools Week has been the annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. Schools...
Springfield Public School first graders, taught by Larissa Surprenant, Andrea Erickson and Tori Amsden, donated money to the Brown County Salvation Army instead of a usual class Christmas gift exchange. This is a wonderful tradition the first graders have done for many years. The classes were...
St. Raphael Catholic School recently completed it’s annual month-long “Fall Into Socktober” event. Students, staff, parishioners and community members donated clothing, hats, blankets, coats, snowpants, boots, mittens and gloves. The items collected were donated to the Springfield Area Food Shelf...
“These kids show outstanding leadership in our school and are tremendous examples of The Tiger Way by being respectful, responsible, and safe,” stated Springfield’s Elementary Principal Jeff Kuehn. “Thanks to all the parents and broader community partners that are raising such great kids!”
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The second grade classrooms of Mr. Amsden and Ms. Maurer “Gave back” by collecting shopping carts full of food for donation to the Springfield Area Food Shelf. They donated the food outside Springfield Market on Monday, September 27. In total, they donated 166.4 pounds of food to the food shelf....
Springfield High School kicked off Homecoming week this past Saturday with a coronation and dance. Community members joined the students in the high school auditorium for the coronation. Nick Peterson and Jessica Gould presented the 2021 Homecoming Court as pairs of queen and king candidates walked...
by Jeff Krueger
The sixteenth annual Tiger Trek, sponsored by PAWS (Parents Aligned With Schools) to raise funds for enhancements at the Springfield Elementary School, will be held Friday, September 24, 2021. Students are busy collecting donations and pledges for the event. $18,572.05 was raised...
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