Parkston School District 33-3

CAN DRIVE! We want your CANS! A trailer will be parked at Parkston Food Center March 17-24th collecting cans. Proceeds will go toward purchasing hygiene products for the Food Pantry and Trojan Den. Sponsored by Parkston FCCLA Chapter.

The Parkston FFA Chapter attended their first competition of the season on Monday and did very well! See below for full results! Ag Mechanics: 17th Place Team • Riley Neugebauer 9th Place Ind. • Kaden Stokes 73rd Place Ind. • Breckin Culbert 98th Place Ind. Agronomy 11th Place Team • Carter Konrad 25th Place Ind. • Josiah Tapio 45th Place Ind. • Brooklyn Wagner 49th Place Ind. • Angel Pietz 56th Place Ind. Floriculture 6th Place Team • Emily Walz 8th Place Ind • Alyssa Weisz 24th Place Ind. • Izzy Leischner 26th Place Ind. • Hilary Polreis 70th Place Ind. Horse Evaluation 2nd Place Team • Kenley Henke 3rd Place Ind. • Elle Goehring 7th Place Ind. • Kahris Tapio 16th Place Ind. Livestock Evaluation 10th Place Team • Gage Reichert 20th Place Ind. • Mason Jervik 29th Place Ind. • Carson Bueber 54th Place Ind. • Cale Weber 68th Place Ind. Meats Evaluation 7th Place Team • Kelby Neugebauer 23rd Place Ind. • Quayden Culbert 31st Place Ind. • Aiden Overby 41st Place Ind. • Isaac Soulek 53rd Place Ind. Nursery Landscape 2nd Place Team • Drew Braley 1st Place Ind. • Kyle Walz 9th Place Ind. • Taylor Fink 24th Place Ind.

BUTTER BRAIDS for SALE! Did you miss the FCCLA Butter Braid Sale? We have a few products left for sale! $15 per braid. 2- Cinnamon 3- Blueberry Cream Cheese 3- Strawberry Cream Cheese 3- Apple 3- Cherry 3- Raspberry 4- Caramel Rolls 1- Four Cheese & Herb First come, first serve. Contact Carrie Kafka (carrie.kafka@k12.sd.us) to purchase.

Invitations go out tomorrow but for all those wondering about times of all the events for the day... here you go! :) Remember the armory fills up very quickly, but Mr. Kinneberg will be streaming the grand march!

Ethan Parkston Track and Field 2024 First practice is tomorrow, March 11th, at 4:00! You can still sign up at - www.ethanparkstontf.weebly.com

Congratulations to Emily Walz on being selected as a finalist in the FFA Proficiency Award area of Nursery Operations, Entrepreneurship for her SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience) Project. This means she is one of the top three individuals in the state who applied for her award area. We will find out her final placing at State Convention later in April.

National Honor Society Induction will be held March 26th at 6:30 pm! We apologize for the late notice. We look forward to recognizing our students' academic achievements!

ATTENTION PARENTS: PRESCHOOL SCREENING-- The Parkston School District, in conjunction with Head Start will be offering a free screening for those children who will be between the ages of 3 and 4 by September 1, 2024. Children will have screenings for vision and hearing, as well as all areas of development and cognitive skills. This is available whether you intend to send your child to preschool or not. Who: Any child age 3 to 4 by September 1, 2024 When: Wednesday & Thursday, March 13th & 14th for Preschool Screening 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the 13th 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the 14th NO PRESCHOOL MARCH 13th & 14TH Please call Kristy or Julie at 928.3368 for an appointment. Please plan at least one hour of your time to complete the screening.

Ethan Parkston Track and Field - 2024 First practice is Monday, March 11th. 4:00pm. Sign-up on our team website - www.ethanparkstontf.weebly.com Grades 6-12

We have completed our seventh month of school! Read about the fun things that ended the month of February by clicking the link below: https://www.smore.com/n/vrsu1 GO TROJANS!!!

Educators Rising State Conference at Northern State Univeristy was a huge success for PHS! Congrats to Elyssa Bartelt as she finished her reign as a State Officer. Parkston brought home many golds, one silver, and several national quailifiers for state competitions. These are our future teachers! We are growing our own at PHS! 🤩📚✏️🍎

Today the Parkston High School Band travelled to Gregory for Region 5 Solo/Ensemble Contest. We brought six events in total and returned with 3 scoring Superior (I) and 3 scoring Excellent (II)! Superior: Evan Bartelt - Trumpet Solo Elliott Leischner - Trumpet Solo Grace Lindeman & Evan Bartelt - Clarinet Duet Excellent: Mackenzie Titze - Alto Saxophone Solo Liz Schoenfelder - Baritone Saxophone Solo Karlie Konfrst, Ty Kummer, Carter Konrad, Mason Travis - Low Brass Quartet

Want to take some stress out of Easter? Or have the Easter Bunny surprise the kids? The Parkston International Travelers have an opportunity for you! Let us fill the eggs and hide them for you! Reserve your spot today with this link: https://forms.gle/us4KEBx7YTvgnhESA See attachment for full details, ALL proceeds support the students going to Greece and Italy in 2025! Contact Miss Ackerman with any questions at morgan.ackerman@k12.sd.us

We had a fun week at PES-- there was a Penny War, a petting zoo, and more. . . Read all about it here: https://www.smore.com/udxcy GO TROJANS!!

Today, the PHS choir traveled to Sioux Falls for a clinic at Augustana. They worked with Dr. Russ Svenningsen, Dr. David Chin, and Professor Natalie Campbell on their contest set. They have made some incredible progress. Thank you Augie staff! Come hear our contest set in person at our 6-12 Spring Concert on March 12th at 7:00pm in the Armory.

Heather Andera, 1 hour ago Play Practice has changed this week! Today we will have practice for the Hansel and Gretel AND Snow White Cast. There is NO PRACTICE Thursday. Thank you for understanding. If you or your child is in the play and you have not joined the band, please contact Mrs. Andera at heather.andera@k12.sd.us

$5 per item! Email carmen.bartells@k12.sd.us if you're interested! 🍅🫐🍐 Fine Chopped Salsa (Medium) = 1 Cinnamon Pear Jam - 1 Bacon Habanero Salsa (Hot) = 3 Raspberry Jalapeno Jam = 3 Sweet Bourbon Glaze = 3 Honey BBQ Sauce = 1 Blueberry Jam = 1

Congratulations to the wrestling team on a great showing at Regions!! 120- Javin Kniffen 5th 132- Gage Reichert 5th 138- Kaden Holzbauer 4th 150- Carter Sommer 1st 157- Wyatt Anderson 1st 165- Kash Neugebauer 4th 175- Kolter Kramer 1st HWT- Breckin Culbert 4th

We had a "lovely" week at PES. Read about the week in review in the attached newsletter. https://www.smore.com/g07df GO TROJANS!

ATTENTION PARENTS PRE-SCHOOL SCREENING The Parkston School District, in conjunction with Head Start will be offering a free screening for those children who will be between the ages of 3 and 4 by September 1, 2024. Children will have screenings for vision and hearing, as well as all areas of development and cognitive skills. This is available whether you intend to send your child to preschool or not. Who: Any child age 3 to 4 by September 1, 2024 When: Wednesday & Thursday, March 13th & 14th for Preschool Screening 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the 13th 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the 14th NO PRESCHOOL MARCH 13th & 14TH Please call Kristy or Julie at 928.3368 for an appointment. Please plan at least one hour of your time to complete the screening.