Monday's spotlight shines on our middle school English teacher! Mrs. Knodel is in her 26th year as part of the Menno School District, and she entered education in part because her mom and aunt told her she would make a great teacher. Should she ever find the time, she’d like to write a book titled, “Help! I’m in Middle School and I Can’t Get Out.” If Mrs. Knodel had her own TED Talk, the focus would be on autism – specifically how having a person with autism in your family can change the dreams you had for them, but in a positive way. Thank you for your commitment and dedication to our students and school, Mrs. Knodel. We appreciate all you do!
Congratulations to Lauren Schoenfish, Will Stokes, Ervin Schrock, and Brooks Schoenfish on their participation in the 2025 SDSU Honor Band this weekend! Ervin and Brooks were members of the Festival Band and Lauren and Will were members of the Honor Winds. These students worked hard along side other selected students from South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota to put on a fantastic finale performance!
BBB game report from 605Sports.com from the Great Plains Conference Classic game on 2/22.
Scotland/Menno 53, Sioux Falls Lutheran 51
ARMOUR — Ashton Dennis netted 22 points as Scotland/Menno clipped Sioux Falls Lutheran Saturday at the Great Plains Conference Classic.
Dennis finished with 22 points and four rebounds while Trent Guthmiller and Kory Keppen each tallied eight rebounds in the win.
SFL’s Sam Borg tallied 12 points, Kade Matthies had 11 points while Owen Gilster collected 10 points in the loss.
GBB Region 5A Tourney at Menno—#3 Scotland/Menno vs #6 Bon Homme on
Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 7:00 pm. SDHSAA admission prices of $6 adults/$4 students. No passes accepted. Go Trappers!
Penny Wars is Next Week! The proceeds will be given to Eloise Hora and her family. Eloise has close family ties to Menno and was born with heart defects, has had numerous surgeries already and has a long road ahead of her. She is a beautiful, strong little girl that could really use the financial support. Buckets will be placed in the following classrooms and there will be a set at Total Stop. The class with the most positive and the most negative points will receive a breakfast pizza party. Coins count positively towards a class total and dollars count negatively towards the total.
PreK-5th - In classrooms
6th - Mrs. Knodel
7th - Mrs. Stokes
8th - Ms. Lehr
9th - Ms. Sternhagen
10th - Mr. Schmuck
11th- Mrs. Sherard
12th- Mr. Schlimgen
Today’s spotlight shines on one of our amazing Administrative Assistants! Mrs. Sayler is in her third year in the office, and amazingly, has lived to talk about it. She would like to travel to Europe one day to visit some of the places her father was stationed during World War II. Mrs. Sayler’s #1 rule in life is the Golden Rule, her favorite homemade meal is hamburger rolls and sweet rice, and she likes to collect dust bunnies under her furniture. We’re grateful for Mrs. Sayler and want to thank her for all she does for the office staff, our students, and the Menno school!
Tomorrow is a 1:00pm dismissal for teacher In-Service.
Just in time for spring, the Scotland/Menno Trappers Softball store is now open! Be sure to check out all the cool items and new logos. Orders ship directly to you and will be here in time for the start of the season!
Don't forget to join us next week Tuesday February 25th for the Girls Region Pep Rally in Menno or Tuesday March 4th for the Boys Region Pep Rally in Scotland! These events are open to the public.
Today the Scotland/Menno Trappers head to Freeman Academy to take on the Freeman Academy/Marion Bearcats in the final double header of the season! They will be playing in one gym. C Team Boys will start at 4:00pm and JV Girls at 4:45pm - both games will play two 16 minute halves. JV Boys starts at 5:30pm, Varsity Girls at 6:30pm, and Varsity Boys at 7:45pm. Good luck tonight Trappers with your final double header of this season!
Watch live at: https://marion.liveticket.tv/
Post accredited to journalism student Bryce S.
Kindergarten and 4th Grade had a great time doing rainbow crafts at the Care Center today!
We are having a rootin' tootin' good time during Cowboy Day of FFA Week!
Thank you to the several (hundred) folks who caught the spelling error in our last Business "Manager" ad. It's probably important to note at this time that the graphic designer was a history teacher by trade. 😉
There will be a Papa Murphy's pizza fundraiser at the basketball games at Freeman Academy on Thursday, Feb. 20. The junior class is selling a jumbo slice of pizza for $4.00.
BBB game report from the Yankton P&D
Viborg-Hurley 69, Scotland-Menno 21
HURLEY — The Viborg-Hurley Cougars cruised past the Scotland-Menno Trappers, 69-21, in boys’ basketball action on Tuesday night in Hurley.
The Cougars were led by Owen Niederbaumer with 16 points and eight rebounds, while Nick Hanson added 16 points and seven rebounds of his own in the win. Braydyn Morrison tallied 12 points to secure the win.
Scotland-Menno’s Izayah Ulmer had a team-high nine points in the loss for the Trappers.
The Cougars improved to 17-2 and will host Howard on Thursday, while the Trappers fell to 3-15 and will head to Freeman on Thursday.
GBB game report from the Yankton P&D
HURLEY — The Viborg-Hurley Cougars defeated the Scotland-Menno Trappers, 51-43, in girls’ basketball action on Tuesday night in Hurley.
Charley Nelson led the Cougars with 21 points, six rebounds, eight steals, and three assists. Kendra Gilbert followed with 16 points, eight rebounds, three steals and one assist. Aubree Schwartz added seven points, four rebounds and three steals in the win.
Scotland-Menno’s Ellyana Ulmer recorded a team-high 11 points in the loss for the Trappers.
Viborg-Hurley moved to 13-6 and will host Howard on Thursday, while the Trappers fell to 8-11 and will head to Freeman Academy-Marion on Thursday.
On this chilly day, we’re shining a spotlight on our high school math teacher, Ms. Sternhagen! She’s in her 4th year in Menno, and her #1 rule in life is, “work hard, study well, eat and sleep plenty.” Ms. Sternhagen doesn’t believe she has what it takes to survive a zombie apocalypse, but she is confident she’d be able to give a very educational lecture on Czech Days. She also collects quarters and has a hidden talent for picking out good restaurants. Thank you for all you do for the Menno school, Ms. Sternhagen!
Our FINAL Senior Spotlight of the year is William Stokes!
Updates for the basketball games at Hurley tonight: Games will be adjusted as follows--
C & JV girls can start as soon as 3:55. C boys will play three 5-minute periods
JV girls and boys will play three 6-minute periods. NO HALFTIME in any of the sub-varsity games. One minute break between each period.
Maximum of 3 time-outs per game. Two full and one 30-second.
Warm-up time for JV boys 7 minutes.
Warm-up time on the main floor for each varsity game 10 minutes. The small gym is available for extra warm-up. We will plan on the girls varsity game starting by 5:30 pm.
BBB game report from the Yankton P&D
SCOTLAND — Ben Weber posted 40 points and 20 rebounds to lead Bridgewater-Emery past Scotland-Menno 75-65 in overtime in boys’ basketball action on Monday.
Holden Wollmann finished with 12 points, nine rebounds and four assists for Bridgweater-Emery, which outscored the Trappers 15-5 in the extra period. Jason Zeeb scored 11 points. Weber also had four assists and four steals in the victory.
Izayah Ulmer led Scotland-Menno with 21 points, three assists and three steals. Ashton Dennis added 14 points and seven rebounds.
Bridgewater-Emery, 11-6, hosts Irene-Wakonda today (Tuesday). Scotland-Menno travels to Viborg-Hurley today.
Bridgewater-Emery won the JV game 38-32.