After Prom Donations – Everyone Welcome!
Prom is April 18, and Parkston PTO is excited to sponsor a fun and safe After Prom for our students! While we’re in good shape with planning, we never want anyone in our community to feel left out—especially those who enjoy supporting our kids.
We would love to highlight and include our amazing small businesses, organizations, churches, families, and homemakers who may want to contribute a prize or donation. It’s a great way to be part of something special for our students!
Donation Deadline: April 14
Please drop off donations to Mrs. Mette or Mrs. Andera
Questions or want to coordinate a donation? Contact:
• heather.andrea@k12.sd.us (PTO President)
• kristie.bueber@k12.sd.us (Vice President)
• colleen.mette@k12.sd.us (Board Member)
Thank you for being such a supportive community—we appreciate you!
Prom is April 18, and Parkston PTO is excited to sponsor a fun and safe After Prom for our students! While we’re in good shape with planning, we never want anyone in our community to feel left out—especially those who enjoy supporting our kids.
We would love to highlight and include our amazing small businesses, organizations, churches, families, and homemakers who may want to contribute a prize or donation. It’s a great way to be part of something special for our students!
Donation Deadline: April 14
Please drop off donations to Mrs. Mette or Mrs. Andera
Questions or want to coordinate a donation? Contact:
• heather.andrea@k12.sd.us (PTO President)
• kristie.bueber@k12.sd.us (Vice President)
• colleen.mette@k12.sd.us (Board Member)
Thank you for being such a supportive community—we appreciate you!
The staff from Avera St. Benedict's were in the building today to run a "Med Camp" for our 6th - 8th grade students. Be sure to ask them about the cool learning experience tonight when they get home! Thank You to Ember Dale and all of the Avera Staff that made such a fun learning experience possible for the students!!
Parkston HOSA is proud to announce that 🫏🏀DAIRYLAND DONKEY BASKETBALL SHOW🏀🫏 is back! This fun-filled show will be held on Thursday, April 30th at 7:00 PM in the Parkston Armory! All proceeds from this event will go toward providing all students, grades 9-12, a sudden cardiac death heart screening through Screening America. Did you know the most common cause of sudden death in our young people are congenital abnormalities of the heart and blood vessels that are present at birth, but that usually produce no symptoms? Help us make our goal a reality! Advance tickets will be available for purchase starting next week. Watch for future posts!
Due to cold temperatures and gusty winds, the E/P track meet scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled.
The Parkston Commercial Club Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be on Saturday, April 4th at 1:00pm at the Parkston School Armory.
Congratulations to Brycen Bruening on being named to Class B All-State 2nd team! Go Trojans!
Reminder that school dismisses at 1 PM today for teacher in-service and Easter break. Buses will run normal routes at that time. Please make appropriate transportation arrangements for your child(ren). Have a HAPPY EASTER!
The school is full of visitors today!! We are hosting the District FFA competition for the second year in a row. Good Luck to all the Parkston FFA participants and thank you to all of the community members that volunteer to make today a success! also a HUGE Thank You goes out to Ms. Ackerman and the FFA members for all the prep and planning to make today happen!! Great Job!!!!
The Parkston Concert Choir and Concert Band performed at the Region 5 Large Group Contest in Mitchell, SD on Wednesday. Both ensembles did an outstanding job performing for the judges and audience members!
Concert Choir: 2 Superior ratings, 1 Excellent
Concert Band: 2 Superior ratings, 1 Excellent
Concert Choir: 2 Superior ratings, 1 Excellent
Concert Band: 2 Superior ratings, 1 Excellent
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary stopped by the school today to present a certificate and check to the winners of the Americanism Essay contest that all of the 6th graders participated in for Mr. Huber's Social Studies Class.
Congrats to our winners -
Louie Knippling -1st Place
Maelee Kaufman - 2nd place
and Thank You to Bernice Bialas and Mona Geidel and all of the American Legion Auxiliary for their support of our students!!
Three USD medical students who are on rotation in Parkston came to the school today to talk to students in grades 6-12 who were interested in hearing about their journey through college and medical school. Thank you, Morgan, Elle, and Kathryn for joining us!
The Honors and Accolades keep piling up for these two!! Hard-Earned and Well-Deserved!
Congrats to Berkley Ziebart and Keeara Oakley on both being named to the All-State 3rd Team!!
✅Class BAll-State 3rd Team
✅Class B All-Tournament Team
✅SESD 1st Team All-Conference
✅Scored 1000th point of Career as Juniors!
https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/sports/prep/full-listing-of-the-2026-south-dakota-girls-basketball-all-state-teams
The 2026 Parkston football schedule has arrived!
The HOSA Public Service Announcement (PSA) Team needs your help! Please watch the following PSA they created with an overarching topic of “Brain Health is Public Health”. Their video, entitled "Awareness Starts With You" makes viewers aware of the dangers of consuming energy drinks and the effects it has on brain health. Please like and share the video! Leave comments, too! We appreciate you!
Awareness Starts With You - Parkston HOSA PSA
The Accounting students have balanced the brackets. Sweet 16 is all set!
Ethan Parkston Track and Field
A couple reminders!
Today is the last day to order EP gear! The link ends tonight!
https://stores.inksoft.com/ethan_parkston_track/shop/home
** Middle School track practice starts tomorrow at 4:00!
🎨 Attention Artists!!! 🎨
We are still collecting plastic caps—and we need your help!
All colors, all sizes are welcome! Please wash and dry them, then send them to school in a baggie with your student.
We’ve been collecting for a while, but we truly need THOUSANDS to make this project happen! 😊
Thank you so much for supporting our art program—every cap counts!
Please help spread the word that the parking designation in the TFC parking lot needs to be honored. Three spaces face south, clearly marked Avera PT Therapy only. Avera has patients scheduled from 12:30 to 5 PM on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Please do not park in these spaces. Thank you.
Our Senior Telethon is tonight from 7 PM - 9 PM!! Tune on on Santel 101 or trojansportslive on YouTube!
If you're looking for some E/P softball gear, click the link below.
https://stores.inksoft.com/ethan_parkston_softball/shop/home
https://stores.inksoft.com/ethan_parkston_softball/shop/home
