Parkston School District 33-3

Yesterday the Parkston FFA Chapter traveled to the Bridgewater-Emery CDE and competed in our first competition of the season! We had a great day and full results are posted below: Ag Business Management: 11th Place Team Gage Reichert-13th Place Ind., Carson Bueber-14th Place Ind., Quayden Culbert-51st Place Ind. Agronomy: 4th Place Team Brooklyn Wagner-5th Place Ind., Carter Konrad-16th Place Ind., Aiden Overby-25th Place Ind., Josiah Tapio- 57th Place Ind., Emma Wagner- 96th Place Ind. Floriculture: 1st Place Team Emily Walz- 2nd Place Ind., Alyssa Weisz-6th Place Ind., Izzy Leischner-10th Place Ind., Hilary Polreis-14th Place Ind., Claire Sommer- 36th Place Ind., Lexis Fleshner-117th Place Ind. Horse Evaluation: 1st Place Team Kahris Tapio-2nd Place Ind., Kenley Henke- 4th Place Ind., Emelia Tapio-11th Place Ind., Abby Goehring- 18th Place Ind., Tayah Smith- 74th Place Ind. Meats Evaluation: 10th Place Team Elle Goehring- 19th Place Ind., Ben Bialas 40th Place Ind., Isaac Soulek- 51st Place Ind., Killian Kummer-54th Place Ind., Mato LeRoy 68th Place Ind. Milk Quality and Products: 18th Place Team Radley Konrad-78th Place Ind., Kiptyn Shaefers 81st Place Ind., Wyatt Anderson 99th Place Ind. Natural Resources: 30th Place Team Levi Sprecher-104th Place Ind., Collin Thury-121st Place Ind., Jaxson Roth 136th Place Ind., Owen Weisz 144th Place Ind. Nursery Landscape: 2nd Place Team Drew Braley-3rd Place Ind., Elliott Leischner-6th Place Ind., Kyle Walz 7th Place Ind., Taylor Fink- 20th Ind. Poultry Evaluation: Andrew Weisz, 57th Place Ind.

Lots of amazing and fun singing happening today in Mitchell! Come support our students that are participating in the SDMEA Elementary Festival Choir this afternoon at the Mitchell Performing Arts Center. Doors open at 3:45pm, and the concert begins at 4:00pm!

Reminder: Pre-school Screening is taking place on Wednesday and Thursday this week. If you have a child between the ages of 3 and 4 by September 1st, 2025, please call in to the elementary office to schedule a screening time. March 5th 8:30-2:30 March 6th 8:30-12:00 Thanks!

Ethan Parkston Track and Field - 2025 -Sign-up on our team website - www.ethanparkstontf.weebly.com (Click on the Sign-Up link and fill out the info.) -Grades 6-12 -First practice is Monday, March 17th. 4:00 in the Armory If you have questions, contact the following- Coach Joe Shepardson - joe.shepardson@k12.sd.us Coach Jared Digmann - jared.digmann@k12.sd.us

There will be a welcome home event for the wrestlers today at 1:00 at the school! We will celebrate a great season that included a 5th place finish at team duals and the State Tournament as well as several individual successes!! GO TROJANS!

Good Luck to our Parkston wrestlers as they compete on the final day of the State Tournament!!!

Congratulations to the Trojans on their win tonight over Avon!! They advance to the SoDak 16 and will play Highmore-Harrold on Thursday night.

Your Bi-Weekly Newsletter is here!

Good luck to our all of our wrestlers who are competing in the State Tournament today!

Pottery Palooza is here! Get ready to get your hands dirty and unleash your creativity in our new after-school pottery class! Open to all 3rd–8th graders, with the option for younger siblings to join—just message to discuss details. Spots are limited, so don’t miss out on this awesome opportunity to sculpt, shape, and create! Questions? Contact Mrs. Mette at colleen.mette@k12.sd.us. Let’s get muddy and make some masterpieces! adult classes coming soon along with summmer art camp schedule!

Educators Rising Members had a successful State Conference! PHS is proud to be growing future educators!

Eleven PHS students attend the State Educators Rising Conference at Dakota State University. This conference allowed members who are passionate about education to attend workshops, break-out sessions, network, and compete in various competitions/contests. PHS is fortunate to have students who want to pursue the field of education at the post-secondary level. The following results were announced at state conference: Interactive Bulletin Board: Hilary Polreis – Gold *National Qualifier. Anna Weber & Aalehya Wilson – Gold *National Qualifier. Ava Laffey - Gold. Aida Mikkonen, Lexi Schonfelder – Gold. Myah Moege & Maggie Kabeisman – Gold. Icis Muilenburg – Silver Job Interview: Randi Norgaard – Silver Teacher Created Materials: Hilary Polreis & Icis Muilenburg – Gold *National Qualifier Lesson Plan Delivery: Mason Travis – Silver Ed Rising Moment: Myah Moege – Bronze, Aida Mikkonen – Bronze Special CONGRATUALTIONS to Hilary Polreis being named the NEW South Dakota Educators Rising STATE PRESIDENT! Hilary competed against nine other candidates to earn this title! So proud of you Hilary! Parkston should be proud of growing these future educators!

Sophomores, Juniors, & Seniors - If you are planning to take the A.C.T. in April, Parkston is now a test center and will host an A.C.T. in April. The sign up deadline for the April test is February 28th. The Test Center Code is below. If you want to take the A.C.T. in April, you MUST sign up this week! Test Center Code: 258520 Test Center: Parkston High School Test Date: April 5th Registration deadline: Feb.28

Art Wars: Where Creativity Meets Competition! Today, nine talented students from Parkston represented our school at Art Wars, a state-sanctioned event that challenges young artists to think fast, create boldly, and showcase their skills under pressure. With over 300 students competing at our regional event, each artist selected two mediums and had just 90 minutes to bring a concept to life—turning a week’s worth of artistic exploration into a stunning final piece. Our Parkston artists rose to the challenge, demonstrating incredible creativity, passion, and talent. Their innovative ideas and artistic execution were nothing short of inspiring. This event is a testament to the power of the arts in education—fostering critical thinking, problem-solving, and self-expression in ways no other subject can. Art is not just an elective. It’s a force. It’s a future. It’s a necessity. We are so proud of our students and can’t wait to see what they create next year! See you in 2026, Art Wars! *thanks Mrs. Kafka for making our new bags look professional! it was a very nice upgrade!

Below is the schedule for school today for grades 6-12. Block 1: 8:15 - 9:00 Block 2: 9:05 - 9:50 Block 3: 9:55 - 10:40 Block 4: 10:45 - 11:25 Guest Presenter: 11:30 - 12:25 12:30 - Lunch 1:00 Dismissal

Thank you Seniors for all you have done for our school, the community, and the basketball programs!!! GO TROJANS!!!

Lots going on tonight! Come out and show your support for our seniors, Shelby, and PHS basketball players! #GoTrojans

Congratulations to all of our wrestlers who participated at middle school state! The following athletes placed: Krey Culbert 2nd Sutton Leischner 4th Bently Roth 4th Alycia Stainbrook 4th

Congratulations to Kaden Holzbauer, and Kolter Kramer on being selected to participate in the South Dakota High School Football All-Star game in June! Congrats as well to Coach Grave who was selected to be an assistant coach on the Blue Team's Staff! GO TROJANS!!!

Hope Squad will be selling Crumbl Cookies with proceeds going towards the Shelby Hohn Scholarship Foundation!