Middle school

The New Richmond Middle School held its annual Loudmouth competition, which pits each grade against the others in a series of events to win the coveted Spirit Jug. The competition has been around so long that even staff advisors for the games April Hamdorf and Karen Stellrecht don’t...

For New Richmond Middle School art teacher Allison Johnson, teaching her students about art and helping them create their own masterpieces is what she loves to do. So it only made sense to create a club in which the students could take more time to paint, draw and create their own...

Whether it is physical, verbal, social, or online, middle school students see bullying and harassment more than any other age group. Most of them know that it’s wrong. But why would they choose not to take action? CLIMB Theatre’s play “Lockdown” explores this question, and...

Area schools started back up again on Tuesday, Sept. 2, including New Richmond, Somerset and St. Croix Central.

At the beginning of last school year, the New Richmond School District started to refocus its efforts on the subjects of math and reading. Even though the work the district did to meet its goals was good, District Administrator Jeff Moberg said the district is looking to keep math...

A handful of New Richmond Middle School students showed off their many talents during the middle school's talent show on Friday, May 30, in the middle school gym.

Before taking part in the National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo) challenge last November, New Richmond Middle School eighthgrader Aubrey Berning didn’t have much interest in writing of any kind. However, after completing the challenge and receiving her five free printed copies...

The New Richmond sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders performed their spring concerts on Thursday, May 8, at the middle school (sixth-graders) and high school (seventh- and eighth-grade).

New Richmond Middle School held a Model United Nations conference Friday, April 25. More than 50 students from the New Richmond and Hudson middle schools representing 25 countries gathered to develop resolutions to solve the problem of disabilities in countries of poverty. “The...

On Friday, April 11, and Saturday, April 12, New Richmond Middle School drama students performed “Sleeping Beauty” by Stacey Lane for their parents and classmates. “The tradition is that we usually do fairy tales just because so many of our audience members know them and...

Over the last few years, the New Richmond Middle School and Community Education have been trying to put together a program to allow older generations to share their knowledge with the students of the New Richmond School District. “We have had the concept and idea for the program...

The New Richmond Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade bands performed for their parents and friends during a concert on Tuesday, March 18, in the high school auditorium.

The New Richmond Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade choirs performed a wide variety of music at its March concert on Tuesday March 11, at the high school. Songs included the Scottish folk songs “Wild Mountain Thyme,” “Flight of the Grackles,” the Korean folk song “Doraji”...

On Wednesday, March 5, a group of middle school stu­dents gathered in the New Richmond Middle School media center to give presen­tations for the school’s annu­al History Fair. The projects were judged and awarded marks in a variety of cate­gories, including Group...