Hills-Beaver Creek
By Mavis FodnessJanuary 03, 2024Members of the Hills-Beaver Creek High School mock trial team are preparing for the season that opens next week. The 15-member team is working on this year’s case, State of Minnesota vs. Smiley Inc., and the first two meets will be Jan. 9 in Slayton against Luverne and Jan. 17 in Ivanhoe against Murray County Central. Rounds 3 and 4 will be completed virtually. They will be matched against two…
By Mavis FodnessJanuary 03, 2024The Luverne High School Mock Trial team will compete in Slayton Jan. 9 under the direction of new coach Zoe DeBates. The 2019 LHS graduate formerly worked as the child guide in Luverne Elementary School and stepped forward this fall to take over the successful team that was 4-1 over the past two seasons. “While working at LPS, I was made aware that the season was quickly approaching with no…- By Mavis FodnessDecember 27, 2023More than 30 contractors gathered in the Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School media center Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 19, in Hills for the bid opening to construct a new elementary school in Beaver Creek. A total of 82 bids were received for the 33 identified construction projects necessary for the new elementary school. Overall, bids ranged from $68,250 for the sealing of joints to $4.596 million…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 27, 2023The Hills-Beaver Creek School District personnel received praise Monday night, Dec. 11, when auditor Matt Taubert with Meulebroeck, Taubert & Co. presented the annual financial report from the 2022-2023 school year. The district ended the year on June 30 with a balance of $4.3 million in the reserved and unreserved accounts. “The district has a policy of trying to maintain a fund balance of…
- By Mavis FodnessNovember 26, 2023Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School ranked as one of the Top 10 high schools in the Sioux Falls area. The ranking is according to Niche.com, a website that connects colleges and schools with students and families. Niche ranks school by combining ratings from students, parents and alumni from quantitative data to decide its 2024 rankings. Brandon Valley High School was the top high school with…
By Mavis FodnessNovember 15, 2023Students from Hills-Beaver Creek elementary, secondary and Hills Christian schools gathered Friday morning at the secondary school gymnasium in Hills to thank local veterans for their military service. The public was also invited to attend the service along with local veterans. Dan LaRock of Hills emceed the event. “Veterans Day began as a day to reflect upon the heroism of those who perished…
November 01, 2023Students at Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary celebrate the more winter-like temperatures outside with inside activities in the school gymnasium Friday afternoon. The elementary and secondary student councils hosted the annual Fall Festival, two hours of fun where students collect candy, tattoos and prizes. The various grade levels rotated through eight fall festival stations including an obstacle…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 25, 2023The Hills-Beaver Creek School Board moved forward with the district’s facility improvement projects Monday night by approving plans to build a new bus garage in Hills instead of remodeling the existing vehicle facilities. The board also approved investigating the sale of the existing 31,500-square-foot bus garage. “We did our due diligence to see what would be the best use of taxpayer dollars…
October 04, 2023Hills-Beaver Creek students in preschool through twelfth grade took to the streets of Hills for the annual homecoming parade Friday afternoon. Students and staff were encouraged to dress in the school colors of red, white and blue and create signs for the evening’s football game against the Renville County West Jaguars. The Patriots won the game 45-14.
By Mavis FodnessSeptember 27, 2023Hills-Beaver Creek High School kicked off its homecoming festivities Monday with the coronation of the homecoming queen and king in an evening ceremony. Grace Anderson and Riley Tatge were crowned the 2023 homecoming royalty. Other members of the royal court were classmates Taylor Gehrke, Avril Susie, Sylvia Fick, Logan Susie, Cooper Gehrke and Justin Roelfs. Seniors Tahliya Kruger and Alex…- By Mavis FodnessSeptember 27, 2023The Hills-Beaver Creek School Board is proposing a $2.5 million increase in the district’s levy to start paying on its latest bond referendum. The state Department of Education determined the local levy, increasing the amount 179.49 percent over 2023. H-BC School Board members approved the maximum amount for the preliminary levy during their Monday, Sept. 25, evening meeting. The district’s…
September 06, 2023Students at Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary School were greeted for the first day of the 2023-24 school year Tuesday morning by several students and staff dressed as Mario and Luigi, brothers from the popular video game. In the school’s morning assembly in the gymnasium, each staff member was introduced to cheers from the students with Principal Todd Holthaus encouraging students to remember the…
By Mavis FodnessSeptember 01, 2023Hills-Beaver Creek School District will have four new teachers on staff when the 2023-24 school year opens Tuesday, Sept. 5. Three of the four teachers will be familiar to students and other staff members. April Prohl will teach special education at the secondary school. She currently lives in Beaver Creek with her spouse, Troy, and daughters, Sarah (an H-BC sophomore) and Grace (a fifth-…
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