Menno School District

This week's senior spotlight!

Happy National School Social Worker Week! Thank you for all that you do for our students!

The Middle School and High School Quiz Bowl Teams are heading to Baltic to compete! They will leave at 2pm and matches start at 4pm. Good luck today Wolves!

Post accredited to Lilly L.

The Scotland/Menno Trappers will play at Parker/Marion in the first round of the Region 5A Boys Basketball Tourney. Game time is 7 pm on Tuesday, March 3. Game site to be determined. Go Trappers!

New Leaders of the Pack this week!

Penny Wars is next week March 2nd-6th! The proceeds will be given to Brandon Sayler. The class with the most positive total and most negative total will win a breakfast pizza party! Please see the flyer for more details.

Buckets for each class will be placed in Total Stop and in each of the following classrooms:

PK-5th - their classrooms
6th - Knodel
7th - Swensen
8th - Lehr
9th - Sternhagen
10th - Schmuck
11th - Sherard
12th - Behr

Questions? Contact carly.sternhagen@k12.sd.us or shelby.sherard@k12.sd.us

The Menno School calendar for the 2026-2027 school year has been approved by the board.
Here is the link--https://aptg.co/ln3L0x

Mark’s is offering class composites for purchase. 8x10 copies are available to all seniors at a cost of $20.

You can pay cash/check at the school or purchase online through the link: https://marks.hhimagehost.com/2026SrComp

You can also pay cash/check by bringing it to Ms. Sternhagen.

A reminder that Menno Schools will have a 1:00 p.m. dismissal on Friday, February 27, 2026, to accommodate teacher in-service. We will serve lunch, and buses will run their regular routes.

Cornbelt Conference Junior High Oral Interpretation Contest To Be Held
The annual Cornbelt Conference Junior High Oral Interpretation contest is scheduled for Thursday, March 5, 2026, at the United Church in Canistota. Check in will be at 8:30 AM in the fellowship hall. The contest will be held in two classrooms and will run on a rolling schedule. Students can utilize the fellowship area for free time. Parking is available in the church parking lot.
Menno students participating in the contest are eighth graders: Ivana Schaeffer (poetry), Joanna Fergen (oratory), Audrey Mudder (dramatic), and Egan Mettler (humorous). Seventh grade students include: Aaliyah Schaeffer (poetry), Wesley Honomichl (oratory), Jaeger Elcock (dramatic), and Irah Rempfer (humorous). These students are coached by Mrs. Betsy Knodel.

Tonight the Scotland/Menno Trappers head to Plankinton for their first round of girls region basketball! The Trappers will take on the MVP Titans at 7pm.

Admission are $6 for adults and $4 for students. No passes are accepted. These are set by the SDHSAA.

Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfA8YOaqOTw

Good luck tonight Trappers!

Post accredited to journalism student Lane G.

This week's senior spotlight!

Happy National FFA Week! Our FFA Chapter will be celebrating this week with the following dress-up days and activities.

It is National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day! Thank you to all of our bus drivers who help get our students to and from school, home, and sporting events safely! We appreciate all that you do.

🏀 The #5 seed Scotland/Menno Trappers GBB team will travel to Plankinton on Tuesday, Feb. 24 for the Region 5A Tournament and play the #4 Mount Vernon/Plankinton Titans. Good luck Trappers. 🏀

Today the Boys Varsity Basketball Teams head to Irene to compete the Great Plain Conference Classic! The Trappers will take on Tripp-Delmont/Armour at 2:30pm. Admission is $10 per adult and $5 per student. Livestream will be available on a pay per view basis: https://liveticket.tv/eagles/ Pairings: 10:00 AM - Colome vs Centerville JV 11:30 AM - Burke vs Mitchell Christian 1:00 PM - Avon vs AC/DC 2:30 PM - Tripp-Delmont/Armour vs Scotland/Menno 4:00 PM - Gayville-Volin vs Corsica-Stickney 5:30 PM - Marty vs Alcester-Hudson 7:00 PM - Irene-Wakonda vs Centerville Post accredited to journalism student Lane G.

The Scotland/Menno Trapper Boys play at Irene on Saturday for the Great Plains Conference Classic. The Trappers play the Tripp-Delmont/Armour Nighthawks at 2:30. Livestream is pay per view at https://liveticket.tv/eagles/

New Leaders of the Pack this week!

Game report from the Yankton P&D online Parker-Marion 69, Scotland-Menno 53 MENNO — The Parker-Marion Pheasants claimed a 69-53 victory over the Scotland-Menno Trappers in prep boys’ basketball action on Thursday. For the Pheasants, Colin Robertson recorded 17 points. Landon Wieman finished with 16 points. Jackson Donlan totaled nine points. For the Trappers, Izayah Ulmer finished with 27 points and seven rebounds. Hunter Clark tallied seven points. Hunter Yosten totaled eight rebounds.