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Growing up on a farm near Lake Wilson, Lauren Stoel always wanted to be a part of FFA and joined her 8th grade year when a group of friends started a parliamentary procedure team and needed another member.

With the end of the year approaching, the fourth grade team at Murray County Central would like to extend the deepest thank you to the forty- four community members who took time out of their days every other week to build a relationship with their fourth grade “buddy”. Words can’t express how much our fourth graders enjoyed the time they spent together, the conversations that they had, and the books they read. For anyone who isn’t familiar with the Lunch Buddy program, it began back in 2001 by Sharon Henderson. Her goal was for students to have someone to read and discuss a novel with. Beyond reading with them, our volunteers also have real life conversations with the students while eating lunch which is a learning experience for many of them as well. If you have interest in volunteering to be a “Lunch Buddy” (October through April) twice a month, please contact the fourth grade team at MCC elementary as they will be in need of another ten to fifteen volunteers.

There were over 250 students from over a dozen schools competing against each other as individuals and teams. The competition consisted of one round of math fact drills, 3 individual rounds of mathematical story problems, and 3 team rounds of more math problems.

Coming to the United States has always been a dream of Francesca Bet, a 17-year-old foreign exchange student from Fiume Veneto, a province of Pordenone, Italy. “I’m enjoying this beautiful experience,” said Bet, who is currently living with host parents, Tim and Shannon Rhodes of Slayton.

We are very excited to introduce to you a new member of the MCC staff, Murray! Murray was donated to the school by a very generous family. He is a Cavapoo, and he is going to be an essential part of our school community.

Murray County Central students have a new educational space to enhance their classroom experience. The opportunity comes in the form of a hydroponics Grow Shed, an 8 foot by 12 foot insulated building.

The Murray County Central One Act Play members are gearing up to perform “The Last Illusion” for subsection competition on Saturday, Jan. 27 at noon at Redwood Valley High School and for a public presentation at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2 in the MCC auditorium.

The Murray County Central Rebels opened the Subsection playoffs this past Saturday in Worthington. The Rebels played the Hills Beaver Creek Patriots for the third time this season.

With the theme “Music is All of Us,” March is Music in Our Schools Month, and Murray County Central is participating in the celebration. The program has a multitude of events scheduled for the month of March and the best part is that each performance is free to the public.