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Mid-Prairie High School will advance 11 students and Highland will send four to the state individual speech contest after receiving Division 1 ratings for their district performances on Saturday. Both schools hired a certified Iowa High School Speech Association (IHSSA) judge to come to their school and rate the performances. Mid-Prairie students performed in 17 categories with every performance earning a Division 1 rating. Advancing to state are Diego Ayala and Gavin Frascht for spontaneous speaking, Haydon Bailey for reviewing and solo acting, Olivia Caskey and Kyra Helmuth for solo musical...

Thirteen Mid-Prairie High School students performing in six categories received top ratings during the state large group speech contest Saturday. Students performed for three certified Iowa High School Speech Association (IHSSA) judges who came to Wellman. Mid-Prairie’s improv, readers theatre, two ensemble, and two theatre musical groups all earned overall 1 or superior state ratings making them eligible for all-state nominations. Those groups included Alexander Burnham, Christopher Burnham, Olivia Caskey, Gavin Frascht, Avery Frede, Kelby Gingerich, Magnolia Graber, Samuel Harris, Kyra He...

Mid-Prairie presents 27th annual Madrigal Dinner with special singing masks Terra Richardson opens the madrigal dinner with a monologue as the jester with jokes directed at the audience. Collette McClellen directs an all-student song during the madrigal dinner on Saturday, Dec. 12. McClellen performed in the first Mid-Prairie madrigal dinner 27 years ago. Posted By Molly Roberts Mid-Prairie has presented a madrigal dinner for 27 years in a row — director and vocal music teacher Collette McClellen performed in the first annual madrigal dinner in 1993, ...