School News

Mid-Prairie board considers tax rate, wrestling center, auditorium

WELLMAN As school districts work out their certified budgets for the fiscal year beginning July 1, they must meet a new state requirement of holding a public hearing for the proposed property tax …

MPHS Choirs to Present Annual Pops & Pie Concert

On Thursday, Feb. 29, the Mid-Prairie High School Choral department will be presenting its annual Pops & Pie Concert. This concert is split into two portions. At 6:15 p.m., soloists and small …

Mid-Prairie Speech Team earns high marks at districts

Nineteen members of the Mid-Prairie Speech Team competed in 27 events at the Iowa High School Speech Association's District Individual Events Speech Contest at Mount Vernon High School on Saturday, …

M-P Students attend Honor Band

On Saturday, Feb. 17, 13 Mid-Prairie middle school students attended the 4th Annual Clear-Creek Invitational Honor Band. Jen Zeglis, Middle School Band Director, helped the students prepare their …
Highland

Highland Schools set property tax public hearing for March 25

RIVERSIDE A public hearing for the Highland Community Schools property tax levy covering Fiscal Year 2025 will be held March 25. The proposed tax rate is $13 per $1,000 of property, which …

Highland Schools begins signature drive toward new bond issue

RIVERSIDE The Highland School Board is on the lookout for 100 signatures. A petition, with those signatures, is the first step toward getting a bond referendum on the November 2024 ballot …

Highland sends trio to state individual speech contest

MOUNT VERNON The Highland Huskie individual speech team competed on Saturday, Feb. 24 at Mount Vernon High School for the district individual speech contest. The day was long but fruitful for …

Highland Schools moving to four-day week, beginning in August

RIVERSIDE Students in the Highland Community Schools district will move into a four-day school week, beginning next August. The School Board approved the change at its regularly scheduled …
Lone Tree

Summer projects take center stage for Lone Tree school board

LONE TREE Nothing is set in stone, but the Lone Tree school district has a good jump on their summer projects list. Superintendent Tyler Hotz introduced a refined summer project list at the …

Lone Tree School Board votes down four-day school week

LONE TREE The verdict is in: Lone Tree will not adapt a four-day school calendar. Instead, at their regular meeting Feb. 21, the school board approved an alternate five-day calendar that …

Lone Tree FFA looks back on busy year

LONE TREE The Lone Tree FFA Chapter, under the direction of their new Advisor and Agriculture Education teacher, Mr. Payton Lorack, is off to a busy start. The 23/24 Chapter has 49 active …

Lone Tree continues to ponder a four-day schedule

LONE TREE The Lone Tree school board held a workshop meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 7. This meeting followed the final two public forums about a four-day schedule and is the final discussion on the …
Hillcrest Academy

IMS Class of 1963 Reunion

Sixty years after graduation, class members of 1963 met Sept. 20 and 21 in Homestead, Iowa to see old friends and catch up on what has happened in our lives since last time we met. The setting for …

Photo contest offers students gateway to appreciation, connection, and career

KALONA For middle and high school students attending Pathway, Hillcrest Academy, and Mid-Prairie schools (including the home school), the time has come to get out their cameras and submit photos …

Hillcrest Academy FFA and agriculture classes

KALONA The Hillcrest FFA chapter has been considerably busy this Fall. On Sept. 26, 2023, members of the FFA were sent to the Southeast District Soil Judging competition in Muscatine. …

Kirkwood Washington County Regional to host CCHS information night

Kirkwood Washington County Regional Center is excited to announce an upcoming event aimed at providing valuable information to current 8th – 11th grade high school students and their parents about …
Photo Galleries
Veterans, student enlistees recognized at Mid-Prairie assembly
Mid-Prairie honored area veterans at their annual Veterans Day Assembly and Luncheon on Friday, Nov. 10. Numerous veterans from the community gathered, each stating their name and what they …
Lone Tree hosts Homecoming Parade, crowns King and Queen
At the end of their school day on Friday, Sept. 22, Lone Tree held a pep rally, crowning their Homecoming King as Ethan Bockelman and Homecoming Queen as Lila Bell.  Other homecoming court …
Highland's 2023 homecoming king and queen, Brayden Johnston and Sarah Burton.
Highland celebrates homecoming with "Boom Night" at Riverside
As part of their homecoming festivities Highland held "Boom Night" at Riverside on Sept. 20.  The event began with a parade that ended at Hall Park where the rest of the planned activites …
Mid-Prairie's 2023 homecoming queen, Greta Sieren and homecoming king, Parker Ehrenfelt.
Mid-Prairie celebrates homecoming with coronation, parade and more
Mid-Prairie held their homecoming parade on Wednesday, Sept. 13. After the parade finished, festivities transferred to the high school football field where the school held a powderpuff football …
Football Opener: Golden Hawks Band
Mid-Prairie's band took the field just prior  to the Golden Hawks' football opener against Wilton on August 25 in Wellman.