Menno School District

2nd grade got some special artwork designed by Mrs. Wilcoxon during their awards ceremony today!

A reminder that school will be dismissed at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (May 12-14) for semester tests. Last day of school is on Thursday, May 14. Have a great summer and we will see you back on August 19.

It is Senior Night for Trapper Softball Team! Varsity starts at 4:00pm and JV starts at 6:00pm. They will take on the Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy. Good luck Trappers!

Post accredited to journalism student Ethan M.

Trapper Baseball takes on Canton in Menno tonight! Varsity starts at 5:30pm and JV will follow. Good luck Trappers!

Post accredited to journalism student Wyatt F.

Results from the Scotland/Menno Trappers Middle School track meet held in Menno today. There were quite a few records broken.
https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/636801/results
Thank you to the HS athletes, staff, coaches, officials, and community members for working the meet. Big thanks to the Menno Music Booster Club for operating the concession stand for all three track meets.

Here is the link to Graduation photos! It will be open until Friday. Feel free to download any photo you want.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KCMTRi5wAtr_CTrWLAa5xK60Km1Ex11y?usp=sharing

Students in grades 5–11 are reminded to begin cleaning out their gym lockers and take all personal items home. Any items left after June 1 will be donated. Please remember that all school-issued equipment must be returned to your coaches or Mrs. Liebl.

Yearbook Orders are due this week Friday May 15th!!!

Yearbooks are $55. You can personalize your yearbook for an additional $6 charge per book.

Order online: https://shop.yearbookmarket.com/mennoschool or order in person by filling out an order form located in the office and turning it into Ms. Sternhagen with cash or a check. Check should be made out to Menno Public School.

Trappers Baseball report from the Yankton P&D online. Games were played on Sunday at Freeman. FREEMAN — The Freeman-Canistota-Marion Sticks pounded out 11 runs in the third inning on the way to a 13-5 victory over Scotland-Menno in club high school baseball action on Sunday in Freeman. Tayden Kerrigan doubled twice for the Sticks. Luke Peters and Easton Tschetter each had a double and three RBIs. Easton Miller, Hunter Nankivel and Oliver Waltner each doubled. Riley Tschetter and Logun Pankratz each had a hit in the victory. Erick Buechler doubled and singled for Scotland-Menno. Kolton Bierle also had two hits. Jarret Andretta posted a triple. Riley Keppen, Lane Pavel and Hunter Clark each had a hit for the Trappers. Easton Tschetter struck out six over 3 2/3 shutout innings for the Sticks. Luke Bierle took the loss. Scotland-Menno 13, MVPCS 3 FREEMAN — The Scotland-Menno Trappers claimed a 13-3 victory over the Mount Vernon-Plankinton-Corsica-Stickney Padres in club high school baseball action on Sunday in Freeman. Luke Bierle had two hits and Kolton Bierle doubled for Scotland-Menno. Carson Pietz and Garret Lehr each had a hit and three RBIs. Lane Pavel and Erick Buechler each had a hit and three runs scored. Riley Keppen, Luke Plooster and Destry Hough each had a hit in the victory. Jaeryn Denning doubled and singled for the Padres. Keagan Hill also doubled. Ethan Hoffman and Sawyer Williams each had a hit in the contest. Pavel struck out three batters over 3 1/3 innings for the win. Hill took the loss, striking out three in his 2 2/3 innings of work.

Today the Trapper Softball team plays the Hanson Beaverettes at home in Menno! Varsity starts at 4:30pm and JV starts at 6:30pm. Good luck today Trappers!

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Today Trapper Baseball is heading to Freeman for a double header against Cannistota/Freeman and Mount Vernon/Plankinton/Corsica-Stickney! These are Varsity Only games. Good luck Trappers!

1:00pm - vs. Cannistota/Freeman
3:00pm - vs. MVP/CS

Post accredited to journalism student Lane G.

Congratulations to the Menno Graduating Class of 2026!

Golf report from Coach Rokusek: The Varsity Trappers traveled to Burke(boys) and Platte(girls) today. The girls had a great day on the course today in Platte!  Kailin Odens had her best day of the year and brought home the 2nd place medal. Macy Rokusek finished in 7th place. Campbell Mogck got 9th and Sutton Bueber brought home the 15th place medal. Nice work girls!!!!! For the boys Erick Buechler placed for the first time!  Erick is bringing home the 18th place medal!!  Congrats Erick!!

Thank you to the administration, school board, and FFA for the thoughtful gifts and delicious food during Teacher Appreciation Week. Your kindness and support are truly appreciated by the staff. Thank you for making us feel valued and appreciated!

Enjoy the last Library Lines of the school year. Keep reading over the summer!

Track report from the Yankton P&D online. Track & Field: Nine Records Fall At Erv Ptak Relays MENNO — Freeman ran away with the boys’ title and Canistota edged Scotland-Menno for girls’ honors at the Erv Ptak Relays track and field meet, Thursday in Menno. Freeman racked up 144 points, beating out Avon (112) and Hanson (110). Sioux Falls Lutheran (97) and Scotland-Menno (89) rounded out the top five. Five meet records fell on the boys’ side, with Freeman’s Luke Peters having a hand in two of them. Peters ran 51.17 to break the old 400-meter dash mark (51.47, Sutton Dewald, Hanson, 2025) and ran on the Flyers’ record-setting 800 relay. Peters was joined by Luke Miller, Brody Sorensen and Tate Sorensen as the Flyers finished in1:32.22, beating the old mark of 1:34.86 set by Viborg-Hurley in 2019. Freeman’s Alaric Knittel set the meet standard in the javelin (146-0), breaking the mark of Menno’s Hunter Yosten from 2025 (142-7). Scotland-Menno’s Micah Goehring won the triple jump with a meet-record mark of 41-7 3/4, beating Daaron Tronvold’s (Andes Central) mark of 41-5 1/2 from 2018. Sioux Falls Lutheran’s Owen Gilster won the 800 in a meet-record 1:58.39, beating Holden Wollmann’s (Bridgewater-Emery) mark of 2:00.29 from last year. Also for Freeman, the quartet of Peters, Miller, Tate and Brody Sorensen won the medley relay (3:49.85). Lane McCune was a double-winner, claiming the 1600 (4:46.03) and 3020 (10:31.16). Avon’s Al Gunter was a double-winner in the throws, claiming the shot put (47-7 1/2) and discus (139-10 1/2). The Pirates also won the 3200 relay, with Easton Sees, Brenson Ratzlaff, Zander Fathke and Cale Cooper finishing in 8:49.12. The Canistota girls finished with 113 points, just ahead of Scotland-Menno (108), Freeman (106.5) and Irene-Wakonda (103). Four records fell in the girls’ division, with the Flyers setting meet standards in both the 400 (51.31) and 800 (1:48.33) relays. Makenzie Scharberg, Landrei Baker and Vaida Ammann ran on both record-setting relays. Cadence Hofer completed the 400 relay, while Rylee Peters ran on the winning 800 relay. Both previous marks had been set in 2019, by the Viborg-Hurley girls in the 400 relay (52.81) and the Avon girls in the 800 relay (1:51.79). Scotland-Menno’s Kylie Guthmiller broke an old teammate’s record in the javelin, posting a winning toss of 106-8 to beat Trinity Bietz’s 2025 mark of 105-6. Sioux Falls Lutheran set the meet record in the 3200 relay in 10:17.00. The quartet of Evie Jesch, Bridget Miller, Reese Becker and Clara Pederson broke the old mark of 10:24.57, set by Hanson in 2019. Scotland-Menno had three other wins on the day, Elle Hlavac in the 1600 (5:41.23), Zoe Schaeffer in the 3200 (13:10.81) and Lexie McNinch in the high jump (4-4). Baker, Peters, Ammann and Hofer also won the medley relay (4:38.97) for the Freeman girls. Ammann won the 100 (13.12), Peters won the 300 hurdles (47.10), Hofer won the triple jump (33-4 1/4) and Penny Schultz won the 400 (1:02.96) for Freeman. Irene-Wakonda earned three titles on the day: Maryn Lyngstad in the 100 hurdles (16.23), Callie Peterson in the pole vault (8-6) and Lanie Van Beek in the shot put (33-3). Avon’s quartet of Rilyn Thury, Hadlee Kracht, Emersyn Haenfler and Raegan Brandt won the 1600 relay (4:42.44). The Pirates’ Lexi Vanderlei won the discus (104-8 1/2).

Varsity Golf heads to the Platte-Geddes/Burke Invite today! The Girls play in Platte and the Boys play in Burke. Tee off is at 10am. Good luck golfers!

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Results from the Erv Ptak Relays held today in Menno. It was a beautiful day for a meet and many records were broken. Good job Trappers! Thanks to everyone for working and attending the meet.
https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/636795/results

Our Scotland/Menno Trappers are ready for their "Anything but a Baton" Thrower's Relay!