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423 administrator accepts Granite City job offer

District 423 Assistant Superintendent Allen Stoeckman has accepted a job offer from Yellow Medicine East School District for the superintendent position.

Stoeckman was offered a three-year contract, to begin July 1.

“There’s some opportunity there,” he said. “They would like to develop a long-range plan for their school district, and it’s exciting to be a part of that.”

(Lesley Christianson is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader.)
christianson@hutchinsonleader.com


May 9, 2008 - 4:00am
Students learn how county is run

Forty-three high school students from six area schools attended McLeod County Student Government Day Tuesday. Twenty-three local residents, 20 visiting foreign-exchange students and one foreign-exchange teacher were invited to attend. The students observed part of a County Board meeting, then toured the Law Enforcement Center and Court Administration. Later, they met with District Court officials.



District 423 leader takes Granite Falls post

By LESLEY CHRISTIANSON
Staff Writer

District 423 Assistant Superintendent Allen Stoeckman has accepted the superintendent’s position at Yellow Medicine-East schools.

Among the 24 applicants, Stoeckman was one of the four chosen to interview and the first choice of the YME school board and administration. Stoeckman has signed a three-year contract with the Granite Falls district and is in the process of negotiating pay.

Before giving the offer, a group of YME staff and administration visited Stoeckman in Hutchinson to observe his job at the local district.


Student makes last prom extra special

By LESLEY CHRISTIANSON
Staff Writer

For most 17-year-olds, prom is the acme of the high school year. For Hutchinson High School junior Michael Massmann, it was his last chance to share the experience with his classmates.

By this time next year, while area juniors and seniors will be preparing for the special occasion, Massmann will be training at Fort Benning, Ga., as a soldier in the U.S. Army.


School Soup: Check out film 'Across the Universe'

By LIZ MARCUS
Special to the Leader

Before I begin my recommendation of the film “Across the Universe,” I should point out that it is for a mature high school audience. That said, I adore this movie. It is an incredibly accurate depiction of America in the 1970s.

Starring Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess, it follows the lives of a group of teens/young adults growing up in the midst of the confusion and hatred of war, civil rights violence and drugs. The story is told with the help of songs by the Beatles, which are redone very well.


School Soup: New York choir trip proves eventful

By LEAH OLINGER
Special to the Leader

I went on a trip to New York recently, with 120 Hutchinson High School band and choir students. At first, my apprehensions were high. I could not possibly imagine 120 students together for a week, and among sillier things, going to a hot dog stand together. Who knew if this was even possible?


School Soup: Using feng shui

By LUKE JENSEN
Special to the Leader

Feng shui can be used for many different things. For example, external environment surrounding homes and offices, planning interior space, designing, etc.

Making your house have “good” Chi:
* Have bright lights to lift energy.
* Place water in the southwest area of your home.
* Metallic wind-chimes in the northwest for luck.
* Put dragons or potted plants in the east to bring wealth.
* Have a pair of phoenixes, or a pair of Mandarin ducks to bring success.

What not to do:
* Never have your door facing your bed.


St. Anastasia School principal moving on

For nearly two decades, Karla Cross has worked for St. Anastasia School in Hutchinson. Now, she’s moving on.

Beginning July 1, she’ll be the director of schools and continuing education for the Diocese of New Ulm. “I’ll still be serving the school,” she said, “just in a different capacity.”

Cross will be responsible for coordinating and supporting 16 Catholic elementary schools and three high schools. She’ll also coordinate and direct continuing education for clergy and lay ecclesiastical ministers.

For more on this story, see the Leader's May 6 print edition.


May 2, 2008 - 4:00am
Illustrating with an expert

Park Elementary second-graders made up their own story and learned there is no wrong way to draw a bunny from children’s book author and illustrator Joni Oeltjenbruns this week. An Owatonna native, Oeltjenbruns travels to schools across the state sharing her passion for illustrating with students.



Hiebert in running for Southland Public Schools superintendent

The Austin Post-Bulletin reports Tom Hiebert is one of six candidates selected from a pool of 13 for first-round interviews for the superintendent’s position at Southland Public Schools.

Hiebert is superintendent of McLeod West Schools, but his contract expires June 30. Southland Public Schools will have a vacancy when its superintendent, Gary Kuphal, leaves June 30 for a job at Plainview-Elgin-Millville school district.

First-round interviews will take place May 6 and 7. Two or three finalists will be selected for a second round of interviews, which has not yet been scheduled.


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