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Families of incoming seventh through twelfth grade students are invited to attend the Round Lake-Brewster High School Open House on Thursday, August 16th, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. | |
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Families of incoming seventh through twelfth grade students are invited to attend the Round Lake-Brewster High School Open House on Thursday, August 16th, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. The night is designed to give students and parents an opportunity to "take care of business" prior to the start of school including picking up a class schedule, meeting teachers, paying for lunches and more.
The Round Lake-Brewster High School will start on Monday, August 20. RLB Elementary will begin school on Tuesday, August 21. An open house and before school conferences will be held at the elementary, 12:00 noon until 9:00 p.m., on Monday, August 20. Students will be able to meet their teacher, bring in their school supplies and tour the building. Parents will be able to pay for school lunches and fill out student information forms.
With this new school year comes several changes in teaching assignments.
At the elementary school, Beth Baumgard will change positions. Samantha Randle will be teaching kindergarten.
Stacie Winkler will be teaching special education and preschool.
Tami Bohn moves to the sixth grade teaching position, while Leroy Vetsch will assume a position at the high school, teaching social studies, science and English classes for the seventh and eighth grades.
Kari Fransen, who taught in a half-time position last year at the high school, will now be full time English teacher.
Jared Bourquin will be teaching History, while Amy Konradi will be the science and agriculture instructor.
This week, we feature Kari Fransen and Amy Konradi among the new teachers for the district. Watch for articles about the other new teachers in the RLB Schools in next week’s issue.
Kari Fransen
Moving from a half-time position to a full-time position is Kari Fransen. “I’ve been spending lots of time in the classroom this summer,” she said. She is anxious to begin her second year of teaching. “I was so lucky to get a job here last year, and now I have a full-time position. It worked out perfect,” she added.
A graduate of Southwest Minnesota State University with literature and creative writing degrees, Fransen finished her education blocks at Bemidji State University.
“I wanted to be a writer, but the kids came before the novels, so I went into teaching,” she explained. A mother of two, Fransen and her husband Colton live near Fulda. Colton is a farmer in the area. They have two children, four-year-old daughter Johnnie and two-year-old Christian.
Johnnie will be attending the four-year-old preschool program at Brewster this fall. It is an all day, every day program.
Fransen will be teaching speech and ninth through twelfth grade English, including technical writing and college writing classes. Last year, Fransen taught speech, college writing and remedial English classes.
“I created the college writing class curriculum last year,” Fransen said. “And I’m so glad to be able to teach that again.” She’s also looking forward to teaching American Literature this year.
“I like to change things up,” Fransen said, pointing out that she had repainted the classroom and will be putting up bulletin boards during workshop week. She plans to change those every season, as she has “a closet full of them.”
Fransen will be the prom advisor, and has already started planning and fundraising with the junior class. “We hope to make it as good as it was last year,” she added. She may also be involved with the drama and speech programs as extra curricular activities.
In her spare time, Fransen spends time with her family. In addition to her husband and children, she has a large extended family. She also enjoys reading.
Amy Konradi
A 2003 graduate of Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster High School, Amy Konradi has returned to the high school to teach life science and agriculture.
As school is about to begin, Konradi is looking forward to the coming year. She said the school has a “different feel to it,” than it did when she attended as a student. “I’m not sure if it’s the years gone by or if it’s because I’m older,” she added.
For the remainder of the story, please see our print edition or check out our electronic edition website at http://eedition.tricountynewsmn.net. Call 507-793-2327 or email tcnews@roundlk.net for more information. |
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