Education

photo by John Flatten A young artist shows off his work at the Youth Art Month display at the Mantorville Art Guild Gallery. The works by young artists will be on display through April 2.

Students show their work at Mantorville Art Guild

Student artists from Byron, Hayfield, and Kasson-Mantorville are displaying their artwork now through April 2 as part of Youth Art Month at the Mantorville Art Guild Gallery in Mantorville. The yearly celebration allows local students, from elementary through high school, to showcase their works....

K-M 3rd grade students to explore fine arts careers

In mid-March, Kasson-Mantorville’s third grade students will receive a glimpse into careers in fine arts as part of the district’s “Immersive Experiences” program. Students will participate in a variety of activities with professional artists from southeast Minnesota. They will learn about water...

Byron School Board starting monthly ‘listening sessions’

Byron’s School Board wants to hear from you. Beginning on March 6, the Byron School Board will have two board members available before each work session to listen to district residents. The listening sessions will be from 5-5:25 p.m. with the board work sessions following at 5:30 p.m. During the...

Photo by Wayne Hendrickson Bob Hasz in front of the Kasson-Mantorville school sign. Hasz has been the district’s business administrator since 2003.

Bob Hasz’ career takes him from South Dakota to Kasson

Bob Hasz grew up on a farm near Scotland, S.D. with four siblings. The town was organized in 1879 by Scottish immigrants from their native country of Scotland. It is located about 75 miles southwest of Sioux Falls, and 30 miles north of Yankton, S.D. The Hasz family raised cattle, hogs, chickens,...

Submitted Photo Byron Middle School student Abdul Alyafi, left, will advance to the Southeast Minnesota Final Spelling Bee on February 21. Alyafi, along with Chase Rolland and Claudia Zacher, represented Byron at the Southeast Minnesota Regional Spelling Bee on February 7.

‘Flabbergasted’: Byron spelling bee wizard’s fave word

Confiscated. Switcheroo. Proscribed. Mausoleum. Catastrophe. Scornfully. These were among the words area middle school students had to spell while participating in a recent spelling bee. Two regional spelling bees were held on February 7 in Rochester, where 59 students participated. Students from...

Submitted Photo 6th and 7th grade team is Janelle Groehler coach, Liam Ayres, Maxwell Thomason, Bennett Reitz, Isaac Cunico, EJ Booth, and Sam Nichols.

Byron Knowledge Bowl winners pleased as punch to place at top

What is the cubed root of 24? What is Harry Potter’s owl’s name? Who wrote the book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”? These questions and others are among those the smart, talented Byron Middle School students answered as part of the 2022-2023 Junior High Knowledge Bowl. The Regional Competitions were...

Talking about education

A small group of southeast Minnesota legislators descended on the forum room at Kasson-Mantorville High School last week to listen and ask questions. They came to hear representatives of area school districts, primarily district superintendents, speak about the challenges facing schools, what they...

Submitted Photo Ava Schlaeger, a third grader grader, with her Giraffes Don’t Dance tissue box contest entry.

February ‘I Love to Read Month’ draws kids’ attention to reading

Whether it’s a graphic novel or “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” students are loving on ‘I Love to Read Month,’ which is this month and is being celebrated at area schools. “It really does encourage and motivate those non-readers to read during the month,” said Kristin LaPlante, a fourth-grade teacher at...

Academic Triathlon teams compete Friday

Students from Byron, Kasson-Mantorville and Triton public schools, as well as Stewartville, will participate Friday in an Academic Triathlon from 3 to 8 p.m. at Byron Middle School. It’s the first of two meets scheduled for this winter. The second is March 10 at K-M High School. “Anyone who has an...

Triton’s Jude Gosse Region 1A Triple ‘A’ winner

Jude Gosse of Triton High School has been named the Region 1A Triple “A” award winner. Every year the Minnesota State High School League sets out to recognize student-athletes who are exceptional in multiple different areas, and have many different skills. The MSHSL The Academics, Arts, and...