Hills-Beaver Creek
By Mavis FodnessApril 30, 2025Nine Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary teachers and staff stepped up April 17 for the “Pie Your Teacher in the Face” fundraiser. Secondary students spent the prior week placing money into different buckets designating the seven teachers and two paraprofessionals who agreed to the challenge. The three buckets with the most money would be “pied.” Willing to have a pan full of whipped cream to their…- April 23, 2025H-BC A Honor Roll Quarter 3 Seniors: Cameron Allen, Beau Bakken, Sawyer Bosch, Gracie Fagerness, Lukas Hubbard, Augustus Jacobson, Michael Martinyuk, Jack Moser, Harli Rozeboom, Kadence Rozeboom, Ashton Taubert, Johnathan Tiesler, Lexxus Wessels, Amber Wiersema, Gracie Wilhelmi. Juniors: Micah Bush, Caidence Ellis, Mya Erickson, Claire Knobloch, Abigayl Olson, Austyn Pap, Sarah Prohl, Ella…
By Mavis FodnessApril 09, 2025A Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School teacher will receive a special surprise April 17 as part of the middle school robotics team’s “Pie Your Teacher in the Face” fundraiser. The middle school robotics program is raising money for a team of 10 students to compete at the national WAFFLE (Worchester Annual First Lego League Event) June 13-15 in Worchester, Massachusetts at the Worchester…
By Mavis FodnessFebruary 19, 2025A fundraiser to supply Hills-Beaver Creek sixth-grader Sophie Gehrke with a new Slinky every day for 12 months ended Feb. 13 with a supply that will last the 12-year-old for almost 18 months. The H-BC Student Council organized the Slinky donation event, offering attendees a free bag of popcorn for each Slinky brought to the girls’ basketball game. The council’s goal was to collect 365 Slinkys…- By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 19, 2025The Patriot boys went 1-1 over the past week to bring their season record to 20-2 with three regular season games left. Southwest Christian handed the Patriots their second loss of the season so far with the 83-65 road loss Tuesday, Feb. 11. H-BC beat Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 69-47 on the road Friday, Feb. 14. The Patriots were scheduled to host Edgerton Public Tuesday, Feb. 18, and they’ll…
By Greg HoogeveenFebruary 12, 2025The Hills-Beaver Creek boys’ basketball team won two games, beating Murray County Central 70-68 at home Tuesday, Feb. 4, and Westbrook Walnut Grove 58-39 on the road Thursday, Feb.6. The Patriots are now 19-1 for the season and were scheduled to host Southwest Christian Tuesday, Feb 11. They will travel to play Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Friday, Feb. 14. H-BC 70, MCC 68 The Patriots hung on for…- February 05, 2025Semester 1 H-BC A Honor Roll Seniors: Cameron Allen, Beau Bakken, Sawyer Bosch, Isabella DeBoer, Gracie Fagerness, Lukas Hubbard, Michael Martinyuk, Harli Rozeboom, Kadence Rozeboom, Johnathan Tiesler, Amber Wiersema, Gracie Wilhelmi. Juniors: Micah Bush, Mya Erickson, Claire Knobloch, Jamin Metzger, Abigayl Olson, Austyn Pap, Sarah Prohl, Ella Sammons. Sophomores: Brynn Bakken, Katelyn…
- By Mavis FodnessDecember 18, 2024Hills-Beaver Creek School Board members approved hiring a director for the planned day care inside the new elementary school currently under construction in Beaver Creek. The director will work with Superintendent Todd Holthaus to develop programming and oversee the hiring and training of staff for the facility’s planned opening in September 2025. “Large parts have to get planned out yet,”…
- November 26, 2024H-BC A Honor Roll Quarter 1 Seniors: Cameron Allen, Beau Bakken, Sawyer Bosch, Isabella DeBoer, Gracie Fagerness, Jackson Gacke, Lukas Hubbard, Michael Martinyuk, Jack Moser, Harli Rozeboom, Kadence Rozeboom, Johnathan Tiesler, Lexxus Wessels, Amber Wiersema, Gracie Wilhelmi. Juniors: Micah Bush, Mya Erickson, Claire Knobloch, Jamin Metzger, Abigayl Olson, Austyn Pap, Sarah Prohl, Ella Sammons…
By Lori SorensonNovember 20, 2024A two-person acting team from CLIMB Theatre spent all day Monday in each Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary classroom talking to students about brain health. “Brain health,” they said, is defined as “how the brain affects how we think, feel and act.” They illustrated through skits how to see the difference between a healthy brain (smiling, happy body language) and a brain that’s suffering (slumped…
November 13, 2024More than 100 local veterans were honored in a slideshow titled “Local Heroes” Monday morning during the Veterans Day program at Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School in Hills. The annual event also featured H-BC students at all grade levels reading, singing and playing instruments in recognition of sacrifices made by current and former members of the armed forces.- By Mavis FodnessOctober 30, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek School District had a more favorable bid opening for the second construction phase. Bids were received at or below estimates to remodel the Hugo Goehle gymnasium in Hills and were accepted Monday night by the Hills-Beaver Creek School Board. The total was $2.8 million and included accepting three alternate bids. Accepted bids also included $448,000 to demolish the three-…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 30, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek Secondary School student council visited Patriots elementary school students Friday afternoon for the annual Fall Festival at the elementary school in Beaver Creek. Nineteen secondary students helped at the various booths and stations set up in the elementary gym for the kindergarten through fifth-grade students to complete. Elementary teacher Shelly Fischer said the…
October 16, 2024The Hills-Beaver Creek elementary through secondary student body took to the streets of Hills Friday morning as they wound down Homecoming Week with a parade followed by volleyball games and the evening football game. The Patriots are undefeated in football play this season, and the parade provided encouragement to win against the Mountain Lake Wolverines. The annual parade allowed the public to…- By Mavis FodnessOctober 09, 2024Hills-Beaver Creek School District’s levy will decrease .37 percent in 2025, according to action school board members took Sept. 23. In the preliminary setting of the 2025 levy, the state-tabulated amount will total $4.010 million, down $15,080 from the prior year. The state earmarks three areas — general fund, debt service and community service — for which the H-BC district can use the local…
By Mavis FodnessOctober 09, 2024At Monday night’s Homecoming coronation ceremony at Hills-Beaver Creek, Emma Deelstra and Lukas Hubbard were selected to reign over Homecoming as queen and king. Completing the Homecoming royalty court are seniors Gracie Fagerness, Bailey Spykerboer, Harli Rozeboom, Cameron Allen, Gate Lacey and Talon Steensma. Class attendants include freshmen AnnMarie Wiersema and Garrett Blank, sophomores…
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