Kaitlyn will be featured on Dakota News Now during the 6:00PM news on Monday, October 6 and again on the Dakota News Now morning news on Tuesday, October 7 between 6:00AM and 7:00AM.
- Scholar
- Kaitlyn Mueller
- Date
- October 5, 2025 - October 11, 2025
- School
- Leola High School
- GPA
- 4
- Activities
- Kaitlyn Mueller is active in both her school and community. She has taken course work in school to pursue higher education through taking dual credit course work starting her junior year. She plans to attend post secondary school to pursue Business and Sports Marketing. Outside of academics, Kaitlyn has been an active member in Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), Educators Rising, and Student Council. These clubs host and help with community events such as Light-up Leola and the Chili Cookoff for FBLA, tailgating and Title 1 night for EdRising, and donations through our Student Council. She qualified this past year in both FBLA and Educators Rising to attend the national conventions. She also participates in band, choir (All State Choir member for 3 years), volleyball, basketball, and track. She has volunteered to assist during elementary physical education classes to teach young students techniques to play the sports she is involved in. Kaitlyn also has been a student coach during the summer basketball camps for grades K-5 the past two years. Kaitlyn is involved with her local 4-H club. Her volunteer activities include delivering goods to the elderly in the community during seasonal holidays and working the concession stands during events like our local 4-H Achievement Days. Kaitlyn keeps herself busy in the summer by lifeguarding at the local pool for the past three years.
- Cooperative
- Kaitlyn Mueller is from Leola, SD, located within FEM Electric Association, a Touchstone Energy Cooperative.