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Delano student crowned national storytelling champ
Oliver Berg, a student at Delano High School, has been crowned the National Middle School Storytelling Champion by the National Speech & Debate Association. The seventh-grader won the June 21 competition in Des Moines with his performance of the Japanese folktale “The Jellyfish and the Monkey,” Head Speech Coach Barb Shofner said. The story explores the moral complexity of knowing the right thing and actually doing it.
HLWW School Board emergency meetin g minutes 6/24/24
The Monday, June 24, 2024 School Board Work Session meeting of Independent School Dist. #2687 (Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted) was called to order at 6:32 pm. by Chairperson Heuer. After the pledge of allegiance, roll was taken with the following members present: Heuer, Koch, Bravinder, Marketon, Mulvihill and Puncochar; absent: Borrell. Also present were Superintendent Nate Walbruch and Board Secretary Marilyn Greeley.
Lester Prairie School Board minutes 5/20/24
Monday, May 20, 2024, the Regular School Board meeting of the Lester Prairie ISD 0424 called to order at 5:45 pm. After the pledge of allegiance, roll was taken with the following members present: Hentges, B. Heimerl, Engen, R. Heimerl, and Stifter-Knoll. Administration present were: Dr. Melissa Radeke, Mike Lee, Ross Scheevel, Alice Daak Guests: Austen Neaton/Herald Journal and Gary Krause.
Orono speech team boasts middle school national champ
Oliver Berg, a seventh-grader from Orono’s Speech Team, was crowned Middle School National Champion in Storytelling at the National Speech and Debate Association’s 2024 National Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa. Berg, a student at Delano Middle School, competes on the Orono team as a result of a cooperative agreement between the Orono and Delano school districts which allows Delano students in grades 7-12 to compete on the Orono Speech team, since Delano does not have a speech program. Berg had a stellar first season, placing 8th in the State tournament in Creative Expression this season. Berg is Orono’s second Middle School National Champion in Storytelling in the last three years; Maya Haugen won that title in 2022. Also competing at Nationals were Madeleine Dore in Humorous Interpretation, McKenna Monger in Dramatic Interpretation, and Maya Haugen in Storytelling, a supplemental category. Both Monger and Haugen broke to Octafinals.
HLWW gets creative in its effort to maximize classroom space
In recent years, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted has emphasized maximizing the available space in its middle and high school building, and the school board approved a project that will further accomplish that goal at its meeting Monday. With the project, a portion of a storage area located near the high school office...
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