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It is a tradition at Springfield Public School to offer Kindergarten Camp to entry level kindergarten students each August. Students meet half days for four consecutive days. The schedule includes classroom activities directed by the kindergarten teachers, interaction with their peers,...
Four members of the Springfield FFA, Cylee Graff, Bella Johnson, Jerry Majors and Kory Schenk, and Advisor T.J. Brown joined 34 FFA members from Sleepy Eye and Mountain Lake for the 2018 Region VI Summer Ag Tour to St. Louis, Missouri, July 16-18.
They boarded their bus at 5:00 a.m. Monday,...
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...
Three Springfield FFA members and FFA Advisor Sarah Lee took advantage of an opportunity to attend the Experience Alaska Agriculture Camp hosted by Silent Springs FFA in Alaska, with the help of other Alaskan FFA chapters, June 3-10. The Alaskan adventure took place in boats, rafts, on trails, and...
Fourteen students chose to enroll in the Work-Based Learning (WBL) class at Springfield High School during the 2017-18 academic year. With the help of their teacher, Sarah Lee, each of these students was placed at a job location around town. They all had the opportunity to do some job shadowing...
Springfield High School Band and High School Choir participated in the region-state Solo and Ensemble Music Contest at Redwood Valley High School on Saturday, May 5.
See complete story in this week's edition of the Springfield Advance-Press.
“It’s a bittersweet moment,” Julie Hoek said as she prepared to leave her kindergarten classroom at Springfield Public School Friday.
Mrs. Hoek is retiring from teaching after 33 years in Springfield Public Schools.
“Retiring is the choice I needed to make,” she said. “I need some family time...
Springfield High School will conduct its 2018 commencement Friday evening, May 18, starting at 7:00 in the school gymnasium.
Forty-nine graduates will walk through the school corridors one last time as students, march into the gymnasium to the music of Pomp and Circumstance to receive their...
Kiera Lafferty, a sixth-grader at Springfield Public School, daughter of Erin and John Lafferty, won third place in the Creative Writing Contest sponsored by Southwest West Central Service Cooperative and Southwest Minnesota State University.
Kiera received her award during the 14th annual awards...
The annual speech and drama awards program will be held on Sunday, May 13, at 4:00 p.m. in the performing arts center of the school. This year’s play directors and speech coaches will recognize all students who participated in the fall play, speech, one act play, and/or the spring play. Seniors...
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