Jefferson Elementary School first- and second-graders offered up a unique spin on the holidays with “Crazy Carols!” The school’s annual winter program featured variations of a number of popular Christmas songs, such as “They Test…

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.…

There’s much to be said about teaching a room full of first-graders, Emilea Peine noted. “I like seeing them get it,” she said. “I like it when you know they’ve learned something and their eyes…