The Annual State of the Schools luncheon offered an update on several levels of education in Mitchell.
Mitchell School Superintendent Joe Childs led off the program with a few words regarding the new high school. “This is what’s happening right now and you’ve seen a lot of the academic programs,” said Childs. “But this is just really a good insight as to what things look like and how we started and where we’re at today.”
Todd Tegethoff from Mitchell Christian School spoke about its theme for this year which is “rooted”. “And it kind of goes with Colossians 2, 6-7,” He shared. “Therefore, as you have received Jesus Christ, the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him, and established in the faith, just as you were taught.”
Sarah Timmer is Principal at Saint John Paul Two Elementary School. “We strive to create a community that promotes values, academic excellence, and stewardship,” Timmer said. “Which allows each child to achieve their highest potential and become a lifelong disciple of Christ.”
Scott Fossum summed up Mitchell Technical College’s mission. “We provide skills for success for our students,” Fossum explained. “We provide them the skills they need to graduate and to go out and get a great job in the workforce with all that too.”
Dakota Wesleyan University president Dan Kittle shared the breadth of the school’s offerings. “We have certificate degrees, bachelor’s degrees, associate degrees, online programs, graduate programs, master’s programs, just a lot of corporate education,” Kittle said. “There’s just a lot of ways in which we seek to serve students.”
The Mitchell Area Chamber of Commerce Governmental Affairs Committee sponsors the annual gathering usually held in February at Dakota Wesleyan University.