Parkston School District 33-3

FFA Parents and Families Reminder: Please don't forget to RSVP for our annual FFA Banquet scheduled for Wednesday, May 11th by TOMORROW so we can get accurate numbers for the caterer. Link is posted here (https://forms.gle/6HRupczmtpwwayrs6), is posted on Google Classroom, and was sent home with students at the FFA meeting last week. Let me know if you need help completing the RSVP!

State FFA Convention is all wrapped up and our competition season is over for the year. Over the past three days there was lots of fun and excitement. See below for full results. Congratulations everyone, you represented us well competitively and we're proud of you for that!! State Degree Recipients. The state degree is the highest degree and honor a member can earn from their state association. Members earn it based on their SAE projects and FFA involvement. Congratulations to Joshua Polreis, Baylee Schoenfelder, and Kellie Ripp! Dairy Cattle Evaluation, 6th Place Team out of 19 -Preston Mattheis, 13th Place Ind. out of 70 -Cade Thuringer, 20th Place Ind. -Porter Neugebauer, 37th Place Ind. -Baylee Schoenfelder, 47th Place Ind. Floriculture, 21st Place Team out of 50 -Emily Walz, 21st Place Ind. out of 166 -Kellie Ripp, 94th Place Ind. -Alyssa Weisz, 97th Place Ind. -Icis Muilenburg, 156th Place Ind. Horse Evaluation, 6th Place Team out of 45 -Ashlyn Tapio, 11th Place Ind. out of 139 -Alivia Royston, 16th Place Ind. -Lindsey Roth, 70th Place -Shelby Hohn, 78th Place Milk Quality and Products, 19th Place Team out of 45 -Troy Norden, 49th Place Ind. out of 125 -Jesse Newton, 55th Place Ind. -Carter Sommer, 83rd Place Ind. -Wes Bigge, 93rd Place Ind. Natural Resources, 11th Place Team out of 58 -Joshua Polreis, 19th Place Ind. out of 203 -Caleb Titze, 22nd Place Ind. -Hilary Polreis, 85th Place Ind. -Jayden Digmann, 87th Place Ind. Nursery Landscape, 2nd Place Team out of 25 and recognized on Stage!! -Drew Braley, 3rd Place Ind. out of 88 and recognized on stage!! -Kaden Holzbauer, 6th Place Ind. and recognized on stage!! -Kash Neugebauer, 22nd Place Ind. -Kolter Kramer, 23rd Place Ind. Poultry Evaluation, 2nd Place Team out of 30 and recognized on stage!! - Ty Fink, 4th Place Ind. out of 101 and recognized on stage!! -Reid Leischner, 5th Place Ind. and recognized on stage!! -Elliott Leischner, 31st Place Ind. -Gage Reichert, 49th Place Ind. Vet Science, 11th Place Team our of 56 -Taylor Fink, 23rd Place Ind. out of 201 -Grace Lindeman, 27th Place Ind. -Kacy Goehring, 90th Place Ind. -Taryn Bialas, 162nd Place Ind.

Want to watch FFA CDE results live? Check out this link to stream the last session! https://youtu.be/34fOQ64SkMU Full results will also be posted later today.

Parkston FCCLA Chapter Awards Night - Monday, May 2nd - 7PM in the Armory. ALL FCCLA members and families are encouraged to attend! Refreshments will be served following the awards ceremony.

CONGRATS to our two golfers-- Gracie and Kayla on medaling in their first tourney of the year!!!

Girls' Golf competing in Mitchell today!! It was a fun day of competition.

The April 28th Heart Screening date has filled up, but wait! A second date has been added. Screening America will be here again on Tuesday, May 3rd to conduct heart screenings. There are only 15 spots left! Please contact Carmen Bartells at carmen.bartells@k12.sd.us or by calling the school (605-928-3368) if you have questions or want to sign your child up (ages 11-19).

Join us Friday evening to see "The March Hare's Tale" in the MPR! This group has worked hard and are looking forward to building our drama department back up over the next few years! Please come and show your support to this young cast and crew! One night only!

Reminder to 5th and 6th grade parents and students. We will be having an informational meeting on the middle school move tomorrow (Thursday 4/21) in the Armory at 6:30. Hope to see you all there!!

Due to anctipated wind and cold-- the track meet scheduled for tomorrow in Bon Homme has been cancelled.

Happy Monday! Here's hoping you all had a blessed Easter! The Cheerleaders have some pies left! Cost is $16 per pie. * Cherry -1 * Berry Medley - 4 * Blueberry - 3 HOSA has some Christian Kropf items left. Cost is discounted to $5 per jar. * Monkey Butter (Banana w/ Pineapple) - 1 * Mango Jam - 1 * Apple Pecan Butter - 1 * Muscadine Jam - 1 * Bacon Salsa - 3 * Key Lime Jelly - 4 * Cherry Jam - 2 * Four Pepper Salsa (Med) - 2 * Salsa Verde (Med) - 2 * GATOR (Grape, Apple, Tangerine, Orange, Raspberry) Jam - 2 Email carmen.bartells@k12.sd.us. First come, first serve! Thank you for all of your support through the school year!

These high school students have fun applying their knowledge of geometric constructions by creating artistic designs. "Is this really math?" they ask,--YES! It's GEOMETRY!

Screening America will be here Thursday, April 28 to perform heart screenings on any young person ages 11-34. Each heart screening includes: a heart ultrasound, 12 Lead EKG, Bilateral Blood Pressure, Health History Evaluation, Evaluation for Marfan Syndrome, and a Board-Certified Cardiologist Review. Please contact Carmen Bartells at carmen.bartells@k12.sd.us or by calling the school (605-928-3368) to sign up. Please know that when times fill up for the April 28th date, a second date will scheduled to accomodate interested indidivuals. Parkston HOSA would like to help cover the cost of this screening ($89) for our Parkston students. The cost to the family for this screening will be determined after sign-ups are done and the schedule is made.

CONGRATULATIONS to Allison Ziebart on signing her letter of intent to compete in Track and Field for SDSU!!!

With cold temperatures and high winds forecasted for Thursday, the Corn Palace Relays have been cancelled.

FCCLA State Meeting Results! Well done to the Parkston FCCLA Chapter, you represented our school very well! National Qualifiers: Food Innovations: Amber Hoff, Kiauna Hargens, Kenna Konfrst Professional Presentation: Elle Goehring, Elyssa Bartelt Chapter Service Project: Amedea Luikens Teach & Train: Taryn Lentsch Chapter Website: Jackie Braley, Abby Hohn Top Superiors Scores: National Programs in Action: Alivia Royston, Alivia Stirling, Rory Juhnke, Alyssa Weisz Repurpose & Redesign: Jayden Digmann, Hayden Mette, Joseph Hopkins Professional Presentation: Keeara Oakley, Carlie Hobbick, Allison Ostrander, Isabel Leischner Chapter in Review: Kennedy Heidinger, Faith Oakley Job Interview: Kacy Goehring Career Investigation: Cadence Juhnke Gold Scores: Professional Presentation: Grady Bower, Reco Muilenburg, Lizzy Schoenfelder, Morgan Maxwell, Berkley Ziebart Silver Scores: Professional Presentation: Karlie Konfrst, Trinity Luikens, Brycen Bruening, Trey Boettcher, Gage Jodozi, Mason Jervik, Alexis Holzbauer, Kendall Herrmann, Gavin Weber, Alex Ganley Repurpose & Redesign: Allie Hobbick, MacKenzie Titze Bronze Scores: Professional Presentation: Sergio Brakie Leadership Team Selection: Cadence Juhnke, Current Trends Team Spirit of Advising Award: Mrs. Kafka Merit Chapter Award: Parkston Chapter Region III Top Honors: Parkston Chapter

Prom picture order link is now open until friday!! get your orders in before it closes Online Ordering Open Tuesday, April 12th through Friday, April 15th Ordering Site: www.twistedwiredesign.com/proofing Password: parkstonprom Portraits will be delivered to the school 2 weeks after ordering. Thank you! Twisted Wire Design - 605-990-4101 - info@twistedwiredesign.com

Here is the link for the Grade 3-5 Spring Concert. (Playing on Channel 101) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-33PKuGW4A Here is the link to the Grand March. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQsqbejOIjM It will be uploaded to Channel 101 later this week.

Happy Monday! Today's the last day to get your tickets in advance for $7 for the Dairyland Donkeyball show tomorrow night at the Parkston Armory at 7:00 PM! Tickets are available at both school offices, Parkston Food Center and Parkston's Farmers State Bank. Tickets will also be available at the door for $10. Come support the HOSA members in their quest to raise money to help pay for heart screenings for our youth, ages 11-19. Come join the fun! A huge shout out to our sponsors! Parkston-Kaylor Grain & Feed GF Advertising Maxwell & Bowar Parkston Food Center Kramer Chiropractic Avera St. Benedict Health Center Agland Coop Statewide Ag Parkston Dental Center Wolf's Auto/Truck Repair MDS Manufacturing Parktson Drug Kenzie's DBA Fronteir Agri-business Dimock Dairy Farmers State Bank Tracy's Paint & Body, Inc Dynamic Chiropractic Wenzel Insurance Muth Electric Parkston Properties

We will start broadcasting at 2:30 PM when they start taking pictures in the National Guard Armory. Watch on Channel 101 or at www.trojansportslive.com