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Bouncing in your seat is the point in the classroom of Miller Middle School literature teacher Shea Hill. Hill received a Donors Choose grant of $380 to purchase yoga stability balls to use as seating in her classroom. The balls … Continue reading →

Teams from the Marshalltown Community School District participated in the FIRST Lego League competition on December 3. Two teams competed at Marshalltown Community College while one competed in Council Bluffs. Miller Middle School’s team, the Robocats, earned an honorable mention in … Continue reading →

Marshalltown High School will present the annual holiday concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 11 in the MHS/Community Auditorium. It will feature performances by the combined high school choir, holiday singers, treble choir, concert choir, symphonic band and wind … Continue reading →

Marshalltown High School art instructor Kirk Niehouse has been selected to receive the Western Region Secondary Art Educator Award from the National Art Educators Association. Niehouse was nominated for the regional award after receiving the Outstanding Secondary Art Educator award … Continue reading →

Families in the Marshalltown Community School District are invited to an event titled “Teach Your Parents to Code” night from 5 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, December 7 at Miller Middle School, 125 S. 11th St. The free event will … Continue reading →

Representatives from JBS and the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1149 delivered $1,000 checks to each of the six elementary schools in the Marshalltown Community School District on November 30 and December 1. The money comes from a multicultural … Continue reading →

A group of 30 Marshalltown High School students representing Student Senate and the National Honor Society attended the Jostens Leadership Conference in Ankeny on November 29. MHS staff members Meri Edel, Val Hunt and Emily Hunt went with the group … Continue reading →

Marshalltown Community School District Board of Education President Bea Niblock was recognized with a Basics of Boardsmanship Award and a Better Boardsmanship Award at the recent Iowa Association of School Boards Convention in Des Moines. IASB has developed an awards … Continue reading →

The 18-foot metal sculpture Drills arrived at the entrance to the Marshalltown High School Roundhouse on November 28. In a matter of hours crews were able to install the sculpture depicting three basketball players from artist Gail Folwell of Colorado, … Continue reading →

  As a reward for having a highly-successful canned food drive, Miller Middle School hosted a Hunger Games themed competition and assembly on November 22. The school collected 3,762 food items during the recent drive, which will be donated to … Continue reading →