Education

At their April 14 meeting the Sleepy Eye Public School Board discussed removing trees and putting in a sidewalk along School Street (the street that runs alongside the football field). Facility Manager Doug Domeier told the board that the City of Sleepy Eye is considering the rehab of the street, which had been scheduled during the last big street project but not included to cut down the total project cost. Domeier reminded the board that installing a sidewalk was discussed at that time. He also said 10 trees that are in the area where the sidewalk would go are all Ash trees and in poor condition so he recommended having them removed and also recommended the sidewalk project. No board action was taken at this time. [Per City Manager Bob Elston the School Street project is under consid- eration but not scheduled for this year.] During his report, High School Principal Shane Laffen said he expects 10 junior high students to attend summer school, along with senior high students needing credit recovery.

I am so glad to see that snow is truly melting finally and by the time this article is published we will have temperatures in the high seventies. Winter was truly rough on the schools this year. I truly don’t recall having this long of a cold spell. Seems like March treated us like early February this year. I am hoping our spring sports will be able to get into full gear and the weather cooperates for the rest of the spring. We are very fortunate that we are able to use digital days if we are unable to have school. Our staff have done a very nice job managing students remotely and ensuring that those days are actually are meaningful. The digital days also allowed us to keep the Easter break intact.

6th Grade A Honor Roll: Scarlett Armbruster, Breanna Braulick, William Braulick, Anna Pollard, Ruby Tauer, Kate Windschitl B Honor Roll: Jalen Brandl, Adam Braulick, Izik Heiderscheidt, Gus Hoffmann, Sienna Ibberson, Nolan Kucera, Macy Miller, Landon Plotz, Thomas Schwartz, Joslyn Sellner, Cooper Walter 7th Grade A Honor Roll: Landry Folkens, Ethan Hinderman, Millie Lax, William Murphy, Jared Portner B Honor Roll: Isaac Christensen, Aiden Grausam, Elijah Hoffmann, Travis Mages, Olivia Schieffert, Tyler Sellner 8th Grade A Honor Roll: Grace Hoffmann, Santiago Martinez Paredes, Morgan Mathiowetz, Kylie Pelzel, Adam Steffensmeier, Sidney Tauer, Nell Weiss B Honor Roll: Eli Christensen, Elizabeth Currans, Brylee Hansen, Ezra Heiderscheidt, Rivers Helget, Brynne Ibberson, Leah Kucera, Conner Kyllonen,Taylor Mathiowetz, Kyle Nelson, Zocorro Rico, Ethan Schwartz, Eva Schweiss, Kiauna Suess, Nicholas Tauer, Natalie Zarn, Sydney Zarn 9th Grade A Honor Roll: Michael Balko, Natalie Fischer, Josie Helget, Charlie Hoffmann, Reese Hoffmann, Tyler Mathiowetz, Kiara Murphy, Kailey Nelson, Ella Pollard, Jaylynn Sellner, Macy Wagner, Jack Windschitl B Honor Roll: McCoy Marti, Lucia Martinez Paredes, Jasmine Petermann, Lucy Schmidt, Jaclyn Schroepfer 10th Grade A Honor Roll: Caroline Currans, Nora Hoffmann, Rachel Portner B Honor Roll: Brandon Braulick, Noah Christensen, Tucker Haala, Talan Helget, Kameron Kosak, Dena Kral, Dylan Moldan, Nico Nosbush, Wyatt Pollard, Amelia Schwartz, Maria Schwartz, George Schwint, Lyndsey Sellner, Shayna Sellner, Kessler Severson, Chloe Walter 11th Grade A Honor Roll: Mark Anderson, Emily Ericksen, Elle Kyllonen, Jenica Schroepfer, Noah Simonsen B Honor Roll: Emma Fischer, Adelinde Hoffmann, Alexa Pelzel, Jonathan Petermann, Riley Rutscher, Brandon Schmitz, Cole Schroepfer, William Walter, Kaleb Weiss, Hayden Zarn 12th Grade A Honor Roll: Jaci Domeier, Jake Heinrichs, Emily Helget, Isabella Hoffmann, Samantha Ibberson, Lacey Mathiowetz, John Miller, A