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4-H youth from Waseca County participated in the Minnesota 4-H State Horse show Sept. 15-18, 2023. This year, 608 youth from across the state took part in the annual event at the Minnesota State Fair. 4-H members demonstrate their skills and knowledge in hippology (showing knowledge and understanding of equine science and husbandry), horse judging (study of an animal, measuring it against an accepted ideal), horse training and achievement, speech and demonstrations about interest in horses or the horse industry, showmanship and drill team skills.
Youth who participate in the Minnesota 4-H horse project learn about show, trail, and endurance riding; test their horse knowledge at quiz bowls or on judging teams, and study horse science. Youth may participate if they own or lease a horse. There are even options for youth who are interested in horses, but don’t have access to one in their community.
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Bailie Thom set to teach business education
By MELISSA DUNN
Staff Writer
The NRHEG school district has employed a person of royalty as the new business education teacher; Miss Waseca County Sleigh and Cutter 2023 Bailie Thom has been settling in and getting ready for her classes. Thom, originally from St. Clair, says this will be her first full year of teaching. “I was hired by my fall student teaching placement to teach a few of their spring courses in La Crescent.”
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By MELISSA DUNN
Staff Writer
New mathematics teacher Jacob Weber says he applied to the district because “there were numerous people who had told me that they would have chosen NRHEG to work at as they have always heard really good things about the school.” Weber graduated from MSU Mankato in the spring of 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in teaching mathematics and a minor in mathematics . He currently resides in Owatonna with Gigi the Tortico cat (he doesn’t know if she’s a tortoiseshell or a calico), though his hometown is Pine City. “Not to be confused with Pine Island,” he jokes. “Pine City is about 1 hour north of the Twin Cities and you need to pass through it on your way to Duluth.” Weber has five older siblings, is an uncle to eleven nieces and nephews, and is newly engaged.
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Seberson to teach kindergarten
By MELISSA DUNN
Staff Writer
New kindergarten teacher Nicole Seberson is a Waseca native who spent her first few years teaching in Wisconsin after graduating from Winona State University in May of 2022 with a major in early childhood and elementary education and a minor in child advocacy studies (CAST).
Seberson says that teaching has not always been her dream. "For a long time I hoped to be a vet or something with nature. However, in high school I got a job at Grace Garden Daycare Center that changed everything. I loved watching how kids explored the world, found everything interesting and had such wild imaginations. I decided then that I wanted to be a teacher. I wanted to help grow that fascination about the world and be a part of that ever-growing imagination.”
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Tyler Macha to teach physics and chemistry
By MELISSA DUNN
Staff Writer
Physics and chemistry teacher Tyler Macha comes to the district with prior experience; two years in Victoria, Texas, and five years in La Grange, Texas. Macha also taught college-level microbiology labs for two years during grad school at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi, where he received both his BS in Biology and Life Science Education and his MS in Biology.
“I didn't initially want to be a teacher until I was in college,” Macha says, “but I knew of the impact teachers had in my life growing up, and I wanted to help the next generation in the same way.”