Desiree Yosten, Macee Haase, Lily Love, Fallon Rich, and Samantha Quiram attended the regional ART WARS Competition at USD in Vermillion on Friday, February 21st. Over 300 high school students from the eastern half of South Dakota competed in this event.
Students could choose two of the following categories to compete in, drawing, painting, clay, photography and digital art. Students were given one hour and 45 minutes to create an artwork based on a prompt given by the professor leading each category in the competition. No one knew the prompt ahead of time. Students wrote an artist's statement to explain the content of the artwork to the judges. Judges were chosen by the South Dakota High School Activities Association, only the top three students in each category advance to the State ART WARS Competition in Aberdeen. Menno students may not have made it to the State competition this year, but all of our students did very well and enjoyed the opportunity to attend this event.
I am proud of each and every one of them! Mrs. Kristi Schultz, ART
GBB game report from the Yankton P&D online.
Way to go Trappers!
Scotland-Menno 49, Bon Homme 42
MENNO — The Scotland-Menno Trappers claimed a 49-42 victory over the Bon Homme Cavaliers in the Region 5A prep girls’ basketball quarterfinal on Tuesday.
For the Trappers, Lexie McNinch totaled 14 points, 11 rebounds and four steals. Trinity Bitz finished with 11 points. Ellyana Ulmer tallied nine points and Nora Robb finished with five steals and four assists.
For the Cavaliers, Kenadee Kozak tallied 18 points. Addisyn Reynolds totaled eight points.
Scotland-Menno, 10-11, travels to face Mount Vernon-Plankinton in the Region 5A semifinal on Thursday. Bon Homme finishes its season with a record of 6-15.
Huge thanks to Pastor Grassmid and Lue Neuharth for sharing about sap collecting today with the elementary.
Trappers GBB pep rally today in Menno. Good luck ladies tonight vs Bon Homme in Region 5A. Game time at 7 pm.
The one act play shirts are in and we ordered a few extra to meet our quota. So, if you are interested, we have 2- small, 2- medium, 1 - large, and 1 - extra-large for $18.00 a piece. Email Mrs. Knodel if you want one.
Our Monday update on Penny Wars! So far, Preschool is in first place with $10.07 and 8th grade is in last place with -$3! Be sure to get your pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollars out and help out you class win a Breakfast Pizza Party!
Join us TODAY for the Girls Regions Pep Rally in Menno! The girls are seeded #3 and will host Bon Homme at 7pm tonight in Menno.
Tonight the #3 seeded Scotland/Menno Trappers take on the #6 seeded Bon Homme Cavaliers in the first round of the Girls Regions Tournament! This action packed night will tip-off at 7:00pm in Menno. Prices are set by the SDHSAA: Adults - $6 and Students - $4.
No passes are accepted. Good luck tonight ladies! Let's go Trappers!
Watch live at: http://wolves.liveticket.tv/
Post accredited to journalism student Brayden K.
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!
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. 😉
