On Monday, the HS choir students had a clinic session with Dr. Desmond from DWU. The students learned new singing techniques, different warmups, and worked on their concert music. It was a great experience for all of us!
The Welcome Home for the football team will take place today at 1:00 in the armory. All are welcome!!!
FALL FOOD DRIVE Update: 3rd, 4th, 5th take the lead! Final day to turn in donations is TOMORROW, November 10th. All collections stay local, and go to the food pantry. Thank you to all who have donated! We appreciate it!
If you would like to send a quick 10-15 second video to the Football Team to encourage them before the big game on Friday, you can send it to my email address Tony.Kinneberg@k12.sd.us These videos should be in standard type of video format so we can easily import all of them into one video. These videos need to be sent by Wednesday Evening 8:00 PM to get into the completed video.
Go Trojans!!!!
Yesterday 18 FFA members competed in the District 4 Leadership Event competition in Mitchell in eight different events. The students have worked hard all fall long preparing for their contests, and a lot of hard work paid off last night! Results are posted below.
Parliamentary Procedure (Ashlyn Tapio, Preston Mattheis, Ty Fink, Reese Reichert, Taylor Fink, Elliott Leischner) placed 4th.
Ag Issues (Shelby Hohn, Grace Lindeman, Emily Walz, Kacy Goehring, Elle Goehring) placed 3rd, and are alternates to state.
Conduct of Chapter Meetings/Junior Parliamentary Procedure (Gage Reichert, Hilary Polreis, Icis Muilenburg, Quayden Culbert, Brycen Bruening, Kahris Tapio, Elle Goehring) placed 2nd and Advanced to State!
Ag Sales (Landon Weber)
District Officer Candidate (Emily Walz)
Creed Speaking (Hilary Polreis) placed 9th.
Extemporaneous Speaking (Kacy Goehring) placed 1st and Advanced to State!
Employability Skills (Kacy Goehring) placed 3rd and Advanced to State!
Parkston Elementary glow dance was a huge success Sunday afternoon with over 80 students in attendance to dance, run and glow the afternoon away! Thank you to Parkston PTO for sponsoring the free family event. Please watch out for more events like this!
*If you would like to help create fun events for our students, please consider joining Parkston PTO. We are always looking for more ideas.
We will be hosting a Pep Rally for the Football Team on Thursday at 2:35 in the armory. All are welcome to attend!
The team bus will depart at 6:45am on Friday morning to play in the Championship Game at 10:30! The Dome will open at 9:30 for fans to enter. Please see attached picture for more seating detail. Parkston will be considered the visiting team.
A welcome home event is scheduled for Sunday at 1:00 in the armory to celebrate the football team's tremendous season!! All are welcome to attend!
GO TROJANS!!!!
4th Grade ecosystems are on display in the front Elementary display cases. Amazing projects with lots of details to look at. Great job to both classes, Mrs. Moke and Mrs. Meyer.
Today we kicked off the Fall Food Drive! Thanks to all who have brought in donations, we will collect items thru November 10th. GROUP 1 is in the lead for today!
If you'd like to order a Trojan Football T-shirt for the dome game, please complete the order form. Orders are due by 7:30 Tuesday morning. Shirts will be shipped to the school for pickup.
https://forms.gle/rHsYmmT2t1WyhcHMA
Tickets for the South Dakota High School Football Championships will go on-sale on Saturday, November 5th at 8:00 a.m. on GoYotes.com/Tickets. All tickets will be general admission.
GO TROJANS!!!
This year PHS has added a new Career and Technical Student Organization: Educators Rising. This is a student group focusing on students who are interested in a career in education. Today 10 members of the PHS Ed Rising chapter attending a Learning Expo @ DWU. Members were able to connect with other students who have a passion for education. A great day celebrating education!
HOSA is hosting a blood drive on Wednesday, November 7 during HOSA week! Parkston's HOSA Chapter has hosted two blood drives per year for several years and this year for the first time, International HOSA is recognizing chapters for their commitment to save lives and build the next generation of lifelong blood donors but only if we reach a certain number of blood donations per year!! We need your help!! Please support Parkston HOSA and sign up to give blood at our drive at the school next week from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM! See the attached flyer for information to sign up or contact Carmen Bartells (carmen.bartells@k12.sd.us) or Aaron Baumiller (ab4689@k12.sd.us) at the school (605-928-3368).
All elementary students and families! Make sure to schedule some time this Sunday to join us in the MPR to bust a move!
HOSA is selling jellies, jams, salsa, & sauces again from Christian Kropf! This is good stuff! See the order form attached for this year's selections. Find one of the 40 HOSA members to get your items. Sales close Friday, November 4! Contact Mrs. Bartells' with questions!
Last week seven FFA members had an EXCELLENT trip to Indianapolis for the National FFA Convention, where over 68,000 FFA members, advisors and guests gathered this year!! We made new friends with neighboring FFA chapters and met others from all over the country, talked with college and career experts, attended sessions, listened to incredible keynote speakers, and learned a lot of information about FFA as new members.
While traveling, we took some time to learn more about Ag and toured the John Deere Museum in Waterloo, IA, Ozark Fish Farms, and the Indianapolis Zoo.
Of course we took some time to have fun and tried lots of new local restaurants, did some shopping, made a Starbucks run, went all the way to the top of the Soldiers and Sailors monument, explored downtown Indy, went to a Lauren Alaina and Jimmie Allen concert, and even stopped at the World’s Largest Truck Stop.
Such a great trip for some awesome FFA members!
Congratulations on a great win 34-7
Good Afternoon,
We are excited to announce that we are starting a Tutoring Program that utilizes our National Honor Society students. We have several National Honor Society students that have volunteered to tutor students in need in grades 6-12. If you think your child could benefit from having a tutor in one or more classes, please contact Mr. Knippling (Cole.Knippling@k12.sd.us). He will work to set up a time before, during, or after school that works for both your child and the NHS tutor to meet on a weekly basis. We are excited to see if this can develop into a big part of our school success! Thanks and have a great day!
4th Grade has been talking more about symmetry in art, and today took it further with radial symmetry in nature. The students took a walk to the park to work on art with found natural objects. They also talked about what an installation in art is, and how nature influneces our art. We worked on our photography skills with our phones.
Parkston Elementary Art Department will be sending home houses this week! If you want to stop in and get your students from the case please ask for help, otherwise all houses will be going home starting today!
Thank you to all the parents/guardians who helped get this amazing project done, it really was a fantastic turn out and so many creative ideas.