Parkston School District 33-3

Congratulations to Emily Walz on being selected as a finalist in the FFA Proficiency Award area of Nursery Operations, Entrepreneurship for her SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience) Project. This means she is one of the top three individuals in the state who applied for her award area. We will find out her final placing at State Convention later in April.

National Honor Society Induction will be held March 26th at 6:30 pm! We apologize for the late notice. We look forward to recognizing our students' academic achievements!

ATTENTION PARENTS: PRESCHOOL SCREENING-- The Parkston School District, in conjunction with Head Start will be offering a free screening for those children who will be between the ages of 3 and 4 by September 1, 2024. Children will have screenings for vision and hearing, as well as all areas of development and cognitive skills. This is available whether you intend to send your child to preschool or not. Who: Any child age 3 to 4 by September 1, 2024 When: Wednesday & Thursday, March 13th & 14th for Preschool Screening 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the 13th 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the 14th NO PRESCHOOL MARCH 13th & 14TH Please call Kristy or Julie at 928.3368 for an appointment. Please plan at least one hour of your time to complete the screening.

Ethan Parkston Track and Field - 2024 First practice is Monday, March 11th. 4:00pm. Sign-up on our team website - www.ethanparkstontf.weebly.com Grades 6-12

We have completed our seventh month of school! Read about the fun things that ended the month of February by clicking the link below: https://www.smore.com/n/vrsu1 GO TROJANS!!!

Educators Rising State Conference at Northern State Univeristy was a huge success for PHS! Congrats to Elyssa Bartelt as she finished her reign as a State Officer. Parkston brought home many golds, one silver, and several national quailifiers for state competitions. These are our future teachers! We are growing our own at PHS! 🤩📚✏️🍎

Today the Parkston High School Band travelled to Gregory for Region 5 Solo/Ensemble Contest. We brought six events in total and returned with 3 scoring Superior (I) and 3 scoring Excellent (II)! Superior: Evan Bartelt - Trumpet Solo Elliott Leischner - Trumpet Solo Grace Lindeman & Evan Bartelt - Clarinet Duet Excellent: Mackenzie Titze - Alto Saxophone Solo Liz Schoenfelder - Baritone Saxophone Solo Karlie Konfrst, Ty Kummer, Carter Konrad, Mason Travis - Low Brass Quartet

Want to take some stress out of Easter? Or have the Easter Bunny surprise the kids? The Parkston International Travelers have an opportunity for you! Let us fill the eggs and hide them for you! Reserve your spot today with this link: https://forms.gle/us4KEBx7YTvgnhESA See attachment for full details, ALL proceeds support the students going to Greece and Italy in 2025! Contact Miss Ackerman with any questions at morgan.ackerman@k12.sd.us

We had a fun week at PES-- there was a Penny War, a petting zoo, and more. . . Read all about it here: https://www.smore.com/udxcy GO TROJANS!!

Today, the PHS choir traveled to Sioux Falls for a clinic at Augustana. They worked with Dr. Russ Svenningsen, Dr. David Chin, and Professor Natalie Campbell on their contest set. They have made some incredible progress. Thank you Augie staff! Come hear our contest set in person at our 6-12 Spring Concert on March 12th at 7:00pm in the Armory.

Heather Andera, 1 hour ago Play Practice has changed this week! Today we will have practice for the Hansel and Gretel AND Snow White Cast. There is NO PRACTICE Thursday. Thank you for understanding. If you or your child is in the play and you have not joined the band, please contact Mrs. Andera at heather.andera@k12.sd.us

$5 per item! Email carmen.bartells@k12.sd.us if you're interested! 🍅🫐🍐 Fine Chopped Salsa (Medium) = 1 Cinnamon Pear Jam - 1 Bacon Habanero Salsa (Hot) = 3 Raspberry Jalapeno Jam = 3 Sweet Bourbon Glaze = 3 Honey BBQ Sauce = 1 Blueberry Jam = 1

Congratulations to the wrestling team on a great showing at Regions!! 120- Javin Kniffen 5th 132- Gage Reichert 5th 138- Kaden Holzbauer 4th 150- Carter Sommer 1st 157- Wyatt Anderson 1st 165- Kash Neugebauer 4th 175- Kolter Kramer 1st HWT- Breckin Culbert 4th

We had a "lovely" week at PES. Read about the week in review in the attached newsletter. https://www.smore.com/g07df GO TROJANS!

ATTENTION PARENTS PRE-SCHOOL SCREENING The Parkston School District, in conjunction with Head Start will be offering a free screening for those children who will be between the ages of 3 and 4 by September 1, 2024. Children will have screenings for vision and hearing, as well as all areas of development and cognitive skills. This is available whether you intend to send your child to preschool or not. Who: Any child age 3 to 4 by September 1, 2024 When: Wednesday & Thursday, March 13th & 14th for Preschool Screening 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the 13th 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the 14th NO PRESCHOOL MARCH 13th & 14TH Please call Kristy or Julie at 928.3368 for an appointment. Please plan at least one hour of your time to complete the screening.

Parkston FFA is kicking off National FFA Week tomorrow morning with a Pancake Breakfast! Everyone is the community is welcome to join us from 7:00-9:00am for a great meal and conversation! Free Will Donation. Make sure you don't miss it!

Friday February 9th five of our PHS students headed to Vermillion SD to compete in art wars! Each Student chose 2 mediums to compete in. They were given 90 minutes from start to finish in the area they chose (painting, drawing, clay, photography) to complete a piece with a given prompt. It was an amazing day hanging out with over 200 other artists in our region!

WEAR RED DAY - Wednesday, February 14th. Help the Parkston FCCLA chapter celebrate FCCLA week!

IT'S ALMOST HERE!!!! Get your tickets before they are gone! Parkston Elementary Playground Fundraiser! 100% of proceeds to help build a new inclusive playground that will be used by hundreds of Parkston youth every day!!! Saturday February 24th! JUST DUET - DUELING PIANOS! Legion hall - Main Street Parkston. Social hour 7-8, Show starts at 8 p.m. - SNACKS PROVIDED ALL NIGHT! Single tickets, and table of 8 tables available! Buy a table for friends, or a business! Help us bring an inclusive dream playground to our school! Tickets can be bought in the school offices, or at Parkston Dental Email colleen.mette@k12.sd.us or message Jeni Schipper 605-682-1228 with questions or to buy

Hello! In an effort to evaluate our Career and Technical Education programs at PHS we are asking parents to complete a quick survey. If you have a student(s) enrolled in CTE course(s) please complete the following survey by Thursday, February 15th. Note: Any student(s) who has taken/taking a course(s) with Ms. Ackerman, Mr. Hockett, Mr. Kinneberg, or Mrs. Kafka is enrolled in a CTE course. We have posted it on the website live feed as well if you would rather use a computer. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLhUJ1HyYaG2L1wC9LwwlP6x2x-5Vpnq_CRNZ3ZeybTlwinw/viewform We thank you for your time and dedication to PHS CTE Programs!