~ WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF 4TH GRADE ~

My name is Mrs. Connie Hesse, and I'm thrilled to begin a new school year at Heron Lake-Okabena Elementary!

I believe to work with students is to be involved in the most rewarding occupation in the world!!

Whether we're addressing a student's academic, emotional, social, or personal well being,

it truly does take a village to raise a child.

"Many things in life can wait. The child cannot.

Now is the time his bones are being formed, his blood is being made, and his mind is being developed.

To him we cannot say tomorrow, for his name is today."