It was a great turn out today for the 5th grade fundraiser to Eagle Bluff. Thank you to all who came and supported with their awesome spirit and costumes.
Lanesboro students had a great day learning about different occupations at the Mayo Clinic career fair.
The end of the 1st Quarter is October 31st.
Congratulations to our Cross Country teams on their performances today at the section meet in Rochester. The boys placed 6th and the girls placed 4th! Autumn Rakosnik placed first overall in the girls race with a time of 19:06 and will advance to the state meet! Way to go L/FC!
Mrs. Knutson's Biology class got to watch the MN DNR shock fish and learned how they estimate fish populations in our local trout streams.
Good luck to our varsity boys and girls cross country athletes who will compete in the section meet on Thursday at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester! The meet begins at 3:00 this year - Go L/FC!
The football team received the 8 seed in the section tournament and will travel to 1 seed Mabel on Tuesday, October 21 at 7pm. Good luck boys!
The volleyball team received the 11 seed in the section tournament and will travel to 6 seed Lewiston next Thursday, October 23rd at 7:00pm for the opening round of the section tournament. Good luck ladies!
It was a great night for our cross country teams. We hosted the 3 Rivers Conference meet at the Harmony golf course. The boys had a great showing and took 5th place as a team with Andy Brown earning individual all-conference honors! The girls won the meet as a team with Charity Kingsley, Lillyan Kiehne, and Autumn Rakosnik (who took first overall!) earning all-conference honors! Congratulations to all of our runners and coaches on a great night and a great regular season. Now on to to the section meet next Thursday!
Thank you to the Harmony Golf Course, the Harmony Bank, and the coaches and workers who made the night so successful!
See the attached flyer for more information regarding Hiawatha Valley Education District's Special Education Advisory Council.
The first FFA Region 8 Career Development Events, Dairy, Horse & Livestock, were held on Friday with the following results:
Horse - 3rd of 26 teams, Bryndle 7th of 102 and qualified for state in April!
Dairy - 14th of 27 teams, missed going to state on a tie breaker.
Livestock- 4th of 33 teams, Hailey 6th of 152 and qualified for state!
Also, at the U of M Invitationals our Best Informed Greenhand team placed 2nd with McKenna 1st and Kylie 6th!
The teams also attended contests in Stewartville with our horse team winning and at the University of Minnesota. In total 25 kids attended practices and contests to make the region team of 5.
Thanks to help from Justin Blumer, Brandon Freiheit, and Stacy Leiding for prepping our teams!
The elementary kids got to learn about fire safety today. Thank you to the local fire department for keeping us informed and safe from fires.
Saturday at 1:00pm the SC/LA/L boys soccer team travels to Stewartville to participate in the sub section semifinals. Good luck boys!
It's been a great year for our cross country teams and we are wrapping up the regular season in an exciting way this year by hosting the 3 Rivers conference meet! Join us at the Harmony Golf Course on Tuesday, October 14th - the boys race at 4:00 and the girls at 4:45. Good luck to our L/FC runners!
This Friday night is the final home football game of the season and it is also Parents Night! Parents please gather at the southeast corner of the field by 6:45. Thank you!
A reminder there is no school on October 15, 16, and 17. Enjoy the break!
Cancer Night t-shirts have arrived for those who ordered. They can be picked up tonight (Tuesday) or tomorrow (Wednesday) night from 3:30-5:30 in the main gym or at the VB game on Thursday night.
Thank you to our local 4-H group for coming in over the weekend to clean up the flower beds around the school. They also painted 58 posts in Sylvan Park, so they had a very busy day!
NOTICE OF REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. Independent School District No. 229 Lanesboro Schools Forum 100 Kirkwood St E, Lanesboro, MN 55949
Carly and Mike McNeilus have set out to donate the proceeds of 20 sales of their book "Fish of the Root River" during their Capstone Event at Paddle On Coffee. The books are regularly $125 but they are offering them at $80, with 100% of the proceeds being donated to Lanesboro Schools to directly fund the 5th Grade Eagle Bluff trip this year. Once the 20 books are sold, the fundraiser is complete, raising a total of $1,600 for the trip!
The event is Saturday, October 4th at Paddle On Coffee. Thank you to the McNeilus family for their support of the class trip!
The event is Saturday, October 4th at Paddle On Coffee. Thank you to the McNeilus family for their support of the class trip!
