Komensky School

Komensky School The official page of the historic Komensky School, located in the unincorporated community of Komensky, Minnesota

The association of Bohemian Cemetery thanks Paul Radtke for his recent donation to the Komensky School Restoration Proje...
06/13/2026

The association of Bohemian Cemetery thanks Paul Radtke for his recent donation to the Komensky School Restoration Project!

A graduate of Silver Lake High School Class of '49, Paul joined the Navy, earned a Math degree on the GI Bill at Boston College and went on to do well in the business world. He now lives with his wife Barbara in the Boston, Massachussets area.

He has been a great contributor to Pavucina Corner (Pavučina Corner), our sister page, which features the history of the area surrounding Silver Lake, MN. Here are some photos from his memoir, 'My Town' in which he reminisced about the good old days of growing up in this part of McLeod County...

Thank you Paul!

Bohemian Cemetery & Komensky School sends a big note of thanks to our neighbors Dave & Dawson Sundblad, who are currentl...
06/13/2026

Bohemian Cemetery & Komensky School sends a big note of thanks to our neighbors Dave & Dawson Sundblad, who are currently working on this beautiful summer morning to cut down and clear out the dead trees on our property!!

06/09/2026

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Over the past several decades of decreasing use and unregulated environmental conditions within the school, our old pian...
06/08/2026

Over the past several decades of decreasing use and unregulated environmental conditions within the school, our old piano became increasingly untunable, unplayable, and ultimately unrestorable.

This past week we worked out an equitable horse trade/donation with a Twin Cities organization who appreciated our goal of reopening the school as a community meeting hub and was motivated to help us bring live music back to Komensky School.

This Friday afternoon we received a very nice, low-mileage Schiller piano, which now graces our North classroom and faces the old stage curtain of the old Bohemian Hall, as pictured below.

What sort of musical/performance events would you be interested to take in at Komensky School?

This weekend we received a very generous donation of $1,000 from a repeat donor who wishes to remain anonymous, but want...
06/07/2026

This weekend we received a very generous donation of $1,000 from a repeat donor who wishes to remain anonymous, but wanted to thank us for all of the work we are doing for Komensky School, an institution which is near and dear to the heart of their family.

Pictured is the charming little village of Řečice (Žďár nad Sázavou District) where our donor's family lived before emigrating to rural Hutchinson Township, McLeod County, MN in the late 19th century.

Back in the summer of 2008 members of my family and I had the pleasure of visiting this village to break bread and enjoy a traditional Czech meal (and pivo!) with our mutual relatives--very gracious people with whom I remain in contact with on Facebook, to this day...

Děkuju !!

It was hot and humid outside today, but cool as a cucumber down in the Komensky School basement, clearing the last of th...
06/07/2026

It was hot and humid outside today, but cool as a cucumber down in the Komensky School basement, clearing the last of the major unwanted basement refuse items, to get ready for demoing our failed concrete floor slab and getting the gravel base to grade.

We are pleased to announce that we will be teaming up with the student athletes of ISD #423 Hutchinson MN High School, otherwise known as H POWER, who have volunteered to haul the hundreds upon hundreds of pails of concrete & gravel out of the basement to be recycled!!

To be sure, Bohemian Reading & Educational Society members Vaclav and Jan Marvan Sr were proudly smiling down on their d...
06/07/2026

To be sure, Bohemian Reading & Educational Society members Vaclav and Jan Marvan Sr were proudly smiling down on their descendant John Marvan Jr this weekend as he cleared out the accumulated brush piles in the Komensky School grove of trees this weekend!

Thank you John for volunteering your time and use of your bobcat to make it happen!

This past week we received the testing results and the good news that our acoustic ceiling tiles in our south classroom ...
06/07/2026

This past week we received the testing results and the good news that our acoustic ceiling tiles in our south classroom are free of asbestos! Now we need to carefully remove a ceiling tile to figure out if we have a nice tin ceiling (as we do in the north classroom) hiding underneath this one...

Today work wrapped up on our project to upgrade our electrical service panel to power our future endeavors at historic K...
06/06/2026

Today work wrapped up on our project to upgrade our electrical service panel to power our future endeavors at historic Komensky School ...

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19981 Major Avenue
Hutchinson, MN
55350

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