Kindergarten Roundup
Attention Parents:
Who: Any child age 5 by September 1st, 2024
When: April 29th and 30th
Where: Parkston Elementary
The purpose of screening is to help guide your decision of sending your child to begindergarten or kindergarten.
This year we will be screening kids during their preschool class time on either Monday (29th) or Tuesday (30th) depending on what day they are in school.
However, if your child does not currently attend Parkston pre-school, but would like to attend kindergarten in Parkston for the 24-25 school year, please call Kristy Ziebart or Julie Wolf at 928-3368 for an appointment.
Congratulations to our rockstar K-12 art teacher Mrs. Colleen Mette!!! It was announced yesterday that she is the South Dakota Middle School Art Teacher of the Year!! Congratulations and THANK YOU Mrs. Mette for all of your contributions to our school and community!
Today's softball game vs. Lennox has been postponed. Stay tuned for a new date.
Day 2 of the 2024 State FBLA Conference. Students have been competing in events, attending workshops, and breakout sessions. Most importantly, they have added some great experiences to their future's. #PreparingForSuccess #FutureLeaders
The Parkston FFA members traveled to Lennox today for one last practice competition before State Convention next week, and they did very well!!
Ag Mechanics 12th Place Overall
o Riley Neugebauer 19th Place Ind.
o Alex Schelske 27th Place Ind.
o Breckin Culbert 84th Place Ind.
o Kaden Stokes 105th Place Ind.
Agronomy
o Brooklyn Wagner 11th Place Ind.
o Carter Konrad 22nd Place Ind.
Floriculture
o Emily Walz 29th Place Ind.
o Isabel Leischner 41st Place Ind.
Horse Evaluation 1st Place Team
o Elle Goehring 1st Place Ind.
o Kenley Henke 4th Place Ind.
o Kahris Tapio 9th Place Ind.
Livestock Evaluation 7th Place Team
o Carson Bueber 6th Place Ind.
o Gage Reichert 25th Place Ind.
o Cale Weber 74th Place Ind.
Meats Evaluation
o Aiden Overby 46th Place Ind.
o Isaac Soulek 70th Place Ind.
Nursery Landscape 2nd Place Team
o Drew Braley 1st Place Ind.
o Taylor Fink 6th Place Ind.
o Kyle Walz 9th Place Ind.
o Elliott Leischner 15th Place Ind.
Poultry Evaluation
o Lizzy Schoenfelder 18th Place Ind.
This week's edition of the PES newsletter celebrates the Student Council's efforts with Live to Give!!
Read all about it by clicking here: https://www.smore.com/n/kn5za
GO TROJANS!!!
Tonight is the night! 7pm in the MPR!
Tomorrow night is the play "The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon"! You don't want to miss it! 7:00 PM in the MPR
Parkston FFA Members have had an excellent week!!
Congratulations to Elle Goehring on being selected as a finalist on Wednesday in her Agriscience Fair Project titled “Public Perceptions of Rodeo Livestock”. She is a finalist in Division 3 of the Social Category and this means she has placed top three, final placing will be announced on stage at state convention.
Yesterday, the Scotland FFA Invitational CDE was the District 4 State Qualifier. They had to place 4th place out of our District Chapters as a team or be a top 4 individual NOT already on a qualifying team. 7 out of 8 teams qualified!! Full results below:
State Qualifiers
Ag Mechanics 5th Place Team Overall (3rd in District)
o Alex Schelske 4th Place Ind.
o Riley Neugebauer 26th Place Ind.
o Kaden Stokes 44th Place Ind.
o Breckin Culbert 74th Place Ind.
Agronomy 3rd Place Team Overall (2nd in District)
o Brooklyn Wagner 3rd Place Ind.
o Josiah Tapio 10th Place Ind.
o Carter Konrad 16th Place Ind.
o Angel Pietz 19th Place Ind.
Floriculture 3rd Place Team Overall (1st Place in District)
o Emily Walz 4th Place Ind.
o Hilary Polreis 9th Place Ind.
o Izzy Leischner 13th Place Ind.
o Alyssa Weisz 18th Place Ind.
Horse Evaluation 3rd Place Team Overall (2nd Place in District)
o Elle Goehring 1st Place Ind.
o Kenley Henke 17th Place Ind.
o Kahris Tapio 19th Place Ind.
Livestock Evaluation 3rd Place Team Overall and in District
o Mason Jervik 7th Place Ind.
o Gage Reichert 11th Place Ind.
o Carson Bueber 13th Place Ind.
o Cale Weber 56th Place Ind.
Nursery Landscape 1st Place Team Overall and in District
o Drew Braley 1st Place Ind.
o Kyle Walz 3rd Place Ind.
o Elliott Leischner 6th Place Ind.
o Taylor Fink 8th Place Ind.
Poultry Evaluation
o Lizzy Schoenfelder 7th Place Ind.
Other Participants
Meats Evaluation 8th Place Overall (5th Place in District)
o Quayden Culbert 21st Place Ind.
o AidenOverby 30th Place Ind.
o Isaac Soulek 31st Place Ind.
It was a historic day in Parkston today as the Ethan/Parkston softball team played the first game in school history!!
The play is this Saturday at 7:00 in the MPR! It's sure to be a good laugh for all! Bring the family!
The players are beyond excited to make their own HERSTORY! Wish them luck!! 💙🥎💙
Avera Health Professionals and the DWU Nursing Department were in the school today to put on our annual "Med Camp". Our students were provided with 11 different stations to help them learn more about all of the different options in the nursing field and local healthcare. A big thank you to Ember Dale, Lindsay Weber, and all of the healthcare professionals from Avera St. Benedict's and DWU Nursing for putting on a great learning event for our students!
Need a new Trojans Hat?? We have these FlexFit Hats available in the HS and Elementary offices. Limited number available. $25 gets you a new lid! L/XL and S/M sizes available. Contact Mr. Knippling or Mr. Fischer if you would like to speak for one.
🎉 Congratulations to our 2024 competitive cheer team! lots of amazing things to come with this young athletic group!
💙🧡PUT YOUR POM POMS TOGETHER AND GIVE A BIG CHEER & CONGRATS TO THESE GIRLS!!! MEET OUR CLAN FOR FOOTBALL & BASKETBALL SIDELINE CHEER🧡💙
Just a reminder there is NO PLAY PRACTICE tomorrow. There is play practice Monday at 4:00 pm.
NHS Induction Rescheduling Date!
Due to the limited amount of nights available from now until summer, we have decided to host National Honor Society Induction on April 17th at 1pm. All middle school and high school students will be able to attend as it will be during SRB. We encourage all parents of NHS students to join and help celebrate our new inductees! Pictures of individual students and groups is highly encouraged! The induction ceremony will be live and recorded for later viewing.
Current and new NHS members are required to wear "formal wear" (no jeans) for the ceremony!
The April 2nd Track and Field Meet in Parkston has been cancelled.
Good Afternoon. We have a couple of updates. School for tomorrow will be on time. Rural patrons, please communicate with your route driver about your area's road conditions. Buses will run where possible. Due to not being face-to-face learning the last two days we will NOT be having an early out tomorrow for teacher in-service. Please plan for a FULL DAY of school. Lastly, the NHS induction ceremony scheduled for tonight has been postponed. The date has yet to be determined. Thanks for everyone's cooperation over the last two days. While it will never replace face-to-face learning, it does provide options for student engagement that are better than what we could provide in June.
