On Thursday, June 26, 29 FFA members visited a variety of places in the surrounding communities in order to learn about each and the career opportunities within them. Paul Hendrickx, Katie Emmett (Sleepy Eye FFA Advisors), and Meta Tewes (Summer Assistant) attended the tour as well.
FFA members from throughout Region VI attended the Summer Ag. Tour to St. Louis, Missouri, from June 9 to 11. Members attended along with Sleepy Eye FFA advisors, Katie Emmett, Paul Hendrickx, and Alyssa Mitchell, as well as summer intern Meta Tewes and members from the Tracy and Mountain Lake chapters.
The Academic High Honor and Honor lists (Dean’s lists) for the past spring semester at Minnesota State University, Mankato have been announced by Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Hood. Students qualified for the High Honor List by achieving a 4.0 GPA; students earned a 3.5 to 3.99 GPA to qualify for the Honor List. The following students from Sleepy Eye are on the High Honor List: Emily Ericksen, Adelinde Hoffmann, Kya Krzmarzick, Mckenna Larson, Abigail Schwartz; and on the Honor List: Carson Domeier, Katelyn Fromm, Maya Nelson, Jaclyn Nessett, Hannah Pelzel, Owen Weiss.
Forty-three Sleepy Eye FFA members traveled to Sibley State Park, near New London, from June 2-5. Sleepy Eye FFA Advisors Katie Emmett, Paul Hendrickx, and Alyssa Mitchell; Summer Intern, Meta Tewes; Camp Assistant, Morgan Hoffmann; along with several members from the Tracy and Mt. Lake FFA chapters also attended the camp.
Forty-three Sleepy Eye FFA members traveled to Sibley State Park, near New London, from June 2-5. Sleepy Eye FFA Advisors Katie Emmett, Paul Hendrickx, and Alyssa Mitchell; Summer Intern, Meta Tewes; Camp Assistant, Morgan Hoffmann; along with several members from the Tracy and Mt. Lake FFA chapters also attended the camp.
At their June 14 meeting the Sleepy Eye School Board had a lengthy discussion and several rounds of voting among three designs for the new STORM mascot, finally approving the image pictured here.
The Sleepy Eye Public School Board of Education’s regular meeting was Wednesday evening, June 11 — after this issue of the Herald-Dispatch was printed and on the newsstands. A matter of public interest was to be decided at Wednesday’s meeting.
The University of Minnesota Rochester announced Paige Rose of Sleepy Eye was named to the chancellor’s list for spring semester for earning a 3.666 or higher GPA.
The Sleepy Eye Knights of Columbus donated money collected through their tootsie roll campaign to Sleepy Eye Public and St. Mary’s schools. The campaign focuses on supporting individuals with learning disabilities and Special Olympics Minnesota.