Parkston School District 33-3

FFA Members, Parents, and Invited Guests: Please do not forget to RSVP for our chapter banquet scheduled for 6:00pm on Wednesday, May 10th. Invitations were sent home with students at the April Meeting. There is a catered meal and we recognize all of our members accomplishments. Please submit your RSVP by this Friday, April 28th at this link: https://forms.gle/NHmoRv5BJj1bF91j7

FCCLA AWARDS NIGHTS - May 1st @ 6PM. ALL FCCLA members and families are invited to attend this special recognition night. Awards from local, region, and state level will be presented to members. Chapter officers for the 2023-2024 school year will be inducted. Please come and share in this special recognition night. Refreshments will be served.

Great Job to the cast and crew tonight! They did a fantastic job and made me one proud director!

"Miss Nelson Is Missing!!" come check out the play tonight at 7 in the MPR! Passes work and Parkston students attend for free! $5 for adults and $3 for out of town students.

Need a new Parkston Trojan hat, tank top, windbreaker, or quarter zip? Click on the link below! Orders are due May 1st and will be delivered to school on May 12th. https://https-sungoldsports-com.printavo.com/merch/parkston-apparel

The Parkston FFA Chapter had a GREAT time and very successful State FFA Convention this week! See below for full CDE Competiton Results and other accomplishments! We are SO PROUD of them!!!! Proficiency Finalist-Emily Walz, 2nd Place in Nursery Operations Agriscience Fair Finalists- Kacy and Elle Goehring, 2nd Place in Social Systems Division 6 for their project titled The Effects of Cattle Prices on Producers. State Degree Recipients: Reid Leischner, Preston Mattheis, Kacy Goehring, Ashlyn Tapio, Cade Thuringer, Wes Bigge Scholarship Recipient: Ashlyn Tapio Ag Business Management: 24th Place Team -Quayden Culbert, 55th Place Ind. -Landon Weber, 73rd Place Ind. -Cale Weber, 75th Place Ind. Ag Mechanics: Riley Neugebauer, 65th Place Ind. Agronomy: 24th Place Team -Josiah Tapio, 64th Place Ind. -Carter Konrad, 75th Place Ind. -Ty Kummer, 103rd Place Ind. -Aiden Overby, 151st Place Ind. Floriculture: Emily Walz, 78th Place Ind. Food Science: 13th Place Team -Reese Reichert, 7th Place Ind. and recognized on stage! -Amber Hoff, 32nd Place Ind. -Angel Pietz, 72nd Place Ind. -Shelby Hohn, 76th Place Ind. Horse Evaluation: 6th Place Team -Elle Goehring, 2nd Place Ind. and recognized on stage! -Kacy Goehring, 45th Place Ind. -Kahris Tapio, 68th Place Ind. -Brooklyn Wagner, 123rd Place Ind. Livestock Evaluation: 13th Place Team -Gage Reichert, 28th Place Ind. -Brycen Bruening, 67th Place Ind. -Carson Bueber, 74th Place Ind. -Mason Jervik, 170th Place Ind. Meats Evaluation: 10th Place Team -Preston Mattheis, 30th Place Ind. -Cade Thuringer, 43rd Place Ind. -Carter Sommer, 59th Place Ind. Milk Quality and Products: Lizzy Schoenfelder, 35th Place Ind. Natural Resources: 22nd Place Team -Kyle Walz, 47th Place Ind. -Jesse Newton, 94th Place Ind. -Wes Bigge, 133rd Place Ind. -Bryce Neugebauer, 152nd Place Ind. Nursery Landscape: 4th Place Team -Drew Braley, 4th Place Ind. and recognized on stage! -Kaden Holzbauer, 12th Place Ind. -Kash Neugebauer, 14th Place Ind. Poultry Evaluation: 3rd Place Team and recognized on stage! -Elliott Leischner, 4th Place Ind. and recognized on stage! -Ty Fink, 8th Place Ind. and recognized on stage! -Reid Leischner, 12th Place Ind. -Isabel Leischner, 72nd Place Ind. Vet Science: 1st Place Team, Recognized on Stage, and ADVANCED TO NATIONALS!! -Grace Lindeman, 8th Place Ind. and recognized on stage! -Kiauna Hargens, 15th Place Ind. -Taylor Fink, 30th Place Ind. -Ashlyn Tapio, 33rd Place Ind.

Due to cell service and internet issues in the new session facility used at State FFA Convention, I will be unable to post live student competition and scholarship results this year. If you would like to watch the full session live with us please use these links! Newscenter1.tv/ffa Connectcenter1.tv/ffa

Due to cell service and internet issues in the new session facility used at State FFA Convention, I will be unable to post live student competition and scholarship results this year. If you would like to watch the full session live with us please use these links! Newscenter1.tv/ffa Connectcenter1.tv/ffa

The Parkston School District is excited to announce Cole Knippling as our new Head Girls' Basketball Coach!!! Congratulations Coach Knippling and Family!!

Congratulations to the following students who participated in the Armour Music contest for grades 5-8 on Monday, April 10th. 5th Grade Solos I+ Tayah Smith I Kathryn Bialas Lexis Fleshner Piper Reichert Slade Tuntland Emma Wagner Hayle Weisz Crew Wilson I- Rylee Heinrich Duets I Mallory Rolf & Tayah Smith Kathryn Bialas & Averyonna Pollreisz Jake Kummer & Slade Tuntland Kynnedi Kiple & Piper Reichert Lexis Fleshner & Emma Wagner II Rylee Heinrich & Piper Reichert Trios I Rylee Heinrich, Kynnedi Kiple, Piper Reichert I- Kathryn Bialas, Averyonna Pollreisz, Hayle Weisz Small Ensemble I- Kathryn Bialas, Hadley Digmann, Lexis Fleshner, Rylee Heinrich, Piper Reichert, Mallory Rolf, Tayah Smith, Emma Wagner, Hayle Weisz Large Ensembles I 5th Mixed II+ 5th Girls II 5th Boys 6-7-8 Results Solos I Hadley Digmann Zoey Gyolai Jack Jodozi Emelia Tapio Kahris Tapio Aaleyah Wilson I- Trinity Luikens II Lizzy Schoenfelder Isaac Soulek Bella York Duets I Kahris & Emelia Tapio II Sidney Kniffen & Bella York Small Ensemble I Hadley Digmann, Wriglee Brissette, Abby Goehring, Zoey Gyolai, Kennedy Knipping, Emelia Tapio II Tyson Bartells, Jack Jodozi, Killian Kummer, Jaxson Leischner Large Ensemble I 6-7-8 Choir

SAVE the DATE-- Competitive Cheer Tryouts will take place on May 3rd at 5:00pm! Coach Muntefering will communicate out more details soon.

We broke two school records at the track meet in Wagner yesterday! Ashlyn Tapio in the discus and James Deckert in the triple jump! Congrats!

CONGRATULATIONS to Bridget Muntefering who has been hired to serve as the new Competitive Cheer Coach for the Parkston School District!!! Coach Muntefering is excited to get started and will be setting a date for tryouts very soon!

Kindergarten Roundup: Attention Parents of preschool age students not in the Parkston Preschool: We will be offering a kindergarten screening for any child who is age five by 9/1/22 on May 1st and 2nd. Please call Kristy Ziebart or Julie Wolf at 928-3368 for an appointment.

NO PLAY PRACTICE TONIGHT FROM 6:00-7:30. Please spread the word! We will more than likely have a night practice on a different night this week to make up for it! Sorry for the change in schedule!

Reminder of our early release at 1:00 today. No school tomorrow or Monday. Have a Happy Easter!

ACT PREP COURSE REMINDER - Next Monday will be the Science ACT Prep Course at 6:00 PM in Ms. Vanden Hoek's room. Look forward to seeing everyone there!

It's National Paraprofessional Appreciation Day 2023 The Trojan Den would like to send a huge shout out to all the Para professionals at the Parkston School District today. Today is your day to be celebrated and thanked, and all your volunteer hours in the Den, and your hard work at school do not go unnoticed. Thank you for all the thought, time and love you put into what you do!

Congratulations to the following FBLA members who placed at the 2023 South Dakota State Leadership Conference in Aberdeen!! Accounting 1 1st Place- Payton Koehn 2nd Place- Riley Koch 4th Place- Maddux Brissette 5th Place- Amber Hoff Advertising 1st Place- Reese Reichert 2nd Place- Kennedy Heidinger Business Calculations 4th Place - Wyatt Wuertzer Healthcare Administration 2nd Place- Kiauna Hargens Human Resource Management 5th Place- Riley Koch Impromptu Speaking 5th Place- Reagan Monson Insurance and Risk Management 3rd Place- Luke Bormann Intro to Parliamentary Procedure 1st Place- Hilary Polreis Networking Infrastructures 1st Place- Jaron Nesheim Parliamentary Procedure 2nd Place- Preston Mattheis, Kaleb Weber, Wyatt Wuertzer, Cade Thuringer, Reagan Monson Publication Design 2nd Place- Elyssa Bartels, Taryn Bialas, Hailey PetrasBorg Sales Presentation- 4th Place, Brody Boettcher, Riley Koch, Connor Prunty Securities and Investments 1st Place- Jesse Newton Supply Chain Management- 5th Place- Mason Neugebauer UX Design- 3rd place- Jaron Nesheim 2nd Place- Brayden Jervik

Good evening. Snow trends continue to decrease. The main concerns for Wednesday morning commute to school and work will be icy roads and winds. At this time we plan to remain on time. Any changes to that will be communicated by 6 AM tomorrow. Have a good night.