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River Valley Speech team State Participants: Back (l to r): Coach Darcy Hoyt, Russell Beers, Sarah Kottke, KayLynn Sanderville, Coach Brianna Jensen
Front (l to r): Libby Tonn, Kendall Kelly, Kiera Lafferty.
A total of six students from the River Valley speech team participated in the MSHSL Class A State Speech tournament held virtually on Saturday, April 24th.  This year’s participants included senior Libby Tonn in informative speaking, senior Kendall Kelly in poetry, sophomore KayLynn Sanderville in...
River Valley Speech Team
On Saturday, April 17, the River Valley Speech team competed synchronously (live) in the Section 3A Speech tournament. River Valley earned the Section runner-up title out of fifteen teams.  The team from Luverne was Section champions, scoring 43 points to River Valley’s 35 points.  Fifteen River...
Whether playing piano or playing a wind or percussion instrument, music can be a very rewarding experience for anyone.  The practice time put in coupled with the rehearsal and performance time for the ensemble or band usually pay off for each participant.  At the college level, being part of a...
River Valley Speech Team (l to r): Sarah Kottke, Joseph Jensen, Kiera Lafferty, Jace Rosenau, KayLynn Sanderville, Sydne Wahl, Aubree Paplow, Libby Tonn.
This week the speech team had planned to compete virtually in the Luverne tournament.  After realizing this tournament was going to be asynchronous (pre-recorded), the team made a quick switch over to the STMA (St. Michael-Albertville) tournament so they could compete synchronously (live).  This...
The sixth grade class  paused for a photo during their last Catholic Schools Week at St. Raphael during their sledding activity. (From left) Leo Hovland, Olivia Milbrath, Jada Reese, Zoie Riederer, Addision Lang, Kameron Bigelow.
Catholic Schools Week 2021 (January 31-February 6) at St. Raphael School was a memory making week! Students had many dress up days, a service project, and various fun activities to celebrate our school! Some of the highlights include a petting zoo, a scavenger hunt, s’mores and hot chocolate with...
Springfield Public School's fifth grade class, taught by Kari Smith and Brandon Wilhelmi,  worked together to show compassion and generosity for others this holiday season by donating to the local Coats for Kids program.
by Janet Simonsen, Springfield Public Schools Early learning Coordinator & Family Educator During the pandemic, a lot is being asked of parents.  Our roles at home, work and the community have changed.  Living together in close proximity and spending more time together may present challenges. ...
Springfield Public Schools
Last Tuesday, November 17  Superintendent Keith Kottke informed the community that Springfield School District will be transitioning to distance learning, starting November 30, for two weeks (Nov 30-Dec 11).   They continued the rest of last week with in-person learning.  The transition to distance...
2020 Springfield Homecoming Court
Springfield High School 2020 Homecoming coronation was held Monday afternoon, November 2.   As each pair was announced they did fun dances for those watching online and in the parking lot.  The 2020 Homecoming royalty are from L-Cylee Graff and Mason Leonard, Kennedy Groebner and Tori Helget, Queen...
Tyler Vanderwerf recently received Lions Club Citizenship Award for the month of September. He is pictured with Lion Joel Pingeon.		Photo submitted.
Tyler Vanderwerf was recently awarded the Lions Citizenship Award for the month of September.  The award honors a student who has shown by words and actions that he/she  possesses the qualities and characteristics that inspires and encourages other students to be better citizens. 

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