For Jalissa Beachy, teaching music to elementary students during a pandemic is just the latest in a line of non-traditional educational experiences. It all goes back to her own early school years. As a fifth-grader…

Michelle Griffin, kindergarten teacher at McKinley Elementary School, asks Gaelle Blanc to complete a series of tasks to determine if she is ready to enter school. Blanc will attend in-person classes when the fall semester…

McKinley Elementary School students were decked out in Red Friday, to cheer on the Kansas City Chiefs, who are vying for a trip to the Super Bowl this weekend in the AFC championship game. Students…

The McKinley Elementary School Christmas program Tuesday featured preschoolers, above, doing the ?Reindeer Hokey Pokey.? The final USD 257 Christmas show is a Pre-K concert tonight at 6 o?clock at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.   …

The libraries at Iola’s elementary schools probably don’t sound like the libraries from generations past. You won’t find a stern librarian admonishing children with a hushed “Shhhh!” or students afraid to speak above a whisper.…