As the students left for the summer and the teachers entered their final grades and finished up those last few tasks of the 2023/24 school year, a very important group of people was getting ready for a very busy and important part of the year.  

School custodians, summer staff, maintenance workers and more have been busy the last couple of months cleaning, painting and organizing ALL of our area schools in preparation for the upcoming school year.  To all those staff, we say THANK YOU!  You are the unsung heroes that make sure our students and teachers have a clean and safe building to come back to this August to start the new school year off on the right!

Pictured Above:  Custodians of Hiawatha USD 415 - Dutch, Debbie, Ryan, Joe and Alyssa (not pictured).

The Onaga Historical Society held it's Annual Lego Building Workshop for Kids . What a great day for Legos and all who participated! Thanks to Lisa and Deb and others who helped today.

Three youngsters in Hiawatha have spent part of their summer raising, picking and then selling corn, only to then turn around and give that away to three different local charities or non-profit organizations in their community!

Kamrie, Rory and Landrie Wilson, the children of Paige and TJ Wilson of Hiawatha recently sold their home raised corn at their lemonade stand raising over $600 for local organizations.  

Each kid donated $201 to an organization of their choosing.

Kamrie chose the Brown County Ministerial Alliance.
Rory chose Brown County Developmental Services (BCDS) in Hiawatha.
And Landrie chose the Brown County Sheriff's Department.

All three kids delivered their donations on Tuesday the July 9th and they all agreed that it was the best day of the summer!  Great job kids!