School News
The River Valley Speech team started their tournament season with a group attending Saturday’s Worthington Trojan tournament. Tonn tied for first place in Informative Speaking. Grace Pingeon placed second in Drama. Elijah Kirschstein placed third in Original Oratory. Meriah Kirschstein placed...
The Springfield Board of Education, during their January 14 meeting, voted unanimously to make application to the Minnesota Department of Education to continue the flexible learning year on its academic calendar.
The flexible learning year (FLY) concept was established by the Minnesota Department...
The Minnesota FFA Foundation is pleased to announce the presentation of the official FFA jacket to 10 members of the Springfield FFA Chapter. Haley Runck, Caleb Hauger, Lilly McCone, Zack Hensch, Danny Bryer, Jayce Wright, James Coffland, Preston Moen, Connor Scholten, and Logan Richert were...
Springfield FFA members traveled to Pipestone on Dec. 18 when they participated in the regional Milk Quality and Parliamentary Procedure competitions. Both teams qualified for state competition that will take place in April.
In the Milk Quality competition, team members have to identify cheeses,...
Springfield Public School Vocal Music Department will present their annual Winter Choir Concert Thursday, Dec. 12, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the performing arts auditorium.
All choir students in grades 7-12 — the Junior High Choir, Senior High Concert Choir, and Chamber Singers — will participate...
Springfield Public School’s First Lego League theme this year is “Into Orbit.”
Their challenge is to identify how long duration spaceflight affects the physical, social, or mental health of astronauts. They have identified mental health of the astronauts as the problem to address. Their solution...
Second-graders in Allison Nachreiner’s classroom at St. Raphael School enjoyed learning about the First Thanksgiving as they performed a play for parents and family members on Tuesday, Nov. 20. Afterwards they all enjoyed cookies and juice.
Annually, during American Education Week, the Past Presidents of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 257 entertain administrators, faculty and staff of Springfield Public and St. Raphael Schools at a social hour when they serve cake and coffee to show appreciation for their role in building strong...
“It was September and there was a town.”
The year is 1916 in Erwin, Tennessee. Erwin is known for two things; its railroad and its people. Not every town has a railroad, and the fact that Erwin does sets it apart from the other small towns in Tennessee. Having a railroad means that people can come...
The Tiger Cubs Preschool classes at Springfield Public School (children 4 and 5-year olds) recently visited the Springfield Fire Station while learning about fire safety during Fire Prevention Month.
See more pictures on page 9 of this week's issue of the Springfield Advance-Press.
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