
And We're off! Good Luck to these girls as they head to state golf! Practice Round today and tourney starts tomorrow. Special Thanks to the parents for our team State T-Shirts and our bags of snacks! They sent us off in style!


ATTENTION BASKETBALL PLAYERS AND PARENTS!! We are excited to announce that we have organized WILBS Basketball Workouts here in Parkston for this summer. These will be held on Thursday afternoons for 6 weeks this summer. This is a GREAT opportunity to work on your basketball skills and we would love to have all of our basketball players coming into grades 3-12 signup! The first workout is on JUNE 15th so get signed up today! I HIGHLY recommend signing up your player for this opportunity. For more information, take a look at the attached flier, contact wilbsbasketball@gmail.com, or Coach Knippling or Coach Bruening!


Thirsty? Need a sweet treat? Go visit Fir & Bismark for flavored lemonade and baked goods. FCCLA members are fundraising for National Competition in Denver, Co!




Meeting tonight in the Elementary Library to learn about potential Advertising/Sponsorship opportunities to help add new video board to the armory and update existing scoreboard. All are welcome--meeting starts at 4:30.


Day 3 of State Track:
-Lauren Ziebart 3rd in the 100m Dash 12.47
-Boys 4x200 6th: Cael Ryther, James Deckert, Connor Prunty, Kolter Kramer
-Kolter Kramer 7th in the 400m Dash 51.43
-James Deckert 4th in Long Jump 20' 9 3/4"
-Lauren Ziebart 2nd Long Jump 16' 8 3/4"
-Girls 4x400 5th and New School Record 4:10.11: Lauren Ziebart, Ella Pollreisz, Marissa Storm, Morgan Maxwell
-Boys 4x400 8th 3:36.28: Cael Ryther, Evan Bartelt, Gage Hohn, Kolter Kramer
Girls Team Placed 10th
Boys Team Placed 12th




State Track Day 2
-Ashlyn Tapio 4th in Discus, New School Record 125' 5"
-Boys 4x200 made Finals: Cael Ryther, James Deckert, Connor Prunty, Kolter Kramer
-Kolter Kramer made Finals in the 400m Dash
-Girls 4x400 made Finals, New School Record 4:11.02: Lauren Zeibart, Ella Pollreisz, Marissa Storm, Morgan Maxwell
-Boys 4x400 made Finals: Cael Ryther, Evan Bartelt, Gage Hohn, Kolter Kramer




State Track Day 1
-Gage Hohn tied for 4th in High Jump
-Lauren Ziebart made finals in 100m dash and brock school record 12.40
-Boys Medley Placed 3rd: Cael Ryther, James Deckert, Kolter Kramer, Evan Bartelt




Congrats to the Girls Golf Team on qualifying for the state tournament in Rapid City! The team finished third in the region, Top individual placers were Gracie Oakley in 6th, Kayla Neugebauer in 12th, and Finley Bogenreif in 13th!


Congrats to Lauren Ziebart, Ella Pollreisz, Marissa Storm, and Morgan Maxwell! These four ladies broke the school record in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 4:11.62!

E/P competing at Region Track in Hanson today!! Last chance to compete before State next week.



Feeding South Dakota food truck will be here Friday May 19th from 9-10
Salem Lutheran Church
301 S First,
Parkston, SD
May 19 | 9:00am - 10:00am
Jun 16 | 9:00am - 10:00am

High school Art 1 class wrapped up the semester with a self portrait charcoal drawing! I wish I could show all the amazing work we did this year! SO much goes on in the art room everyday. This year we had over 300 students come into the art room and over 3000 pieces of artwork downloaded from the year!





Becca Jo Summer Art Camp is officially full!! If you have already talked with Mrs. Mette about getting in forms please get those in today or the spot goes to someone on the waiting list. If you missed out on sign ups please contact Mrs. Mette about options!

On this, the last day of school, we want to give a HUGE shout-out to all of our substitute teachers! THANK YOU for your commitment and for helping us out all year long! We APPRECIATE you!


Junior Parkston students 2023-2024 had a first meeting with Mrs. Mette today about what all happens next year for fundraising, prom etc. They were sent home with a letter of details, and asked to put down a parent/guardian email.
If you did not get an email from Mrs. Mette your student did not write one down, or it was not legible!
Either way, if you would like to be added to the Junior class email distribution list to stay on top of what needs done for next year please email Mrs. Mette
colleen.mette@k12.sd.us

• The Parkston Elementary students grades 3-5 state testing results are being sent home with them today, so please be on the lookout for them! If you have any questions, please contact Miss Kinghorn (shelbee.kinghorn@k12.sd.us).

South Dakota HOSA is looking for ONE MORE TEAM for the 2nd Annual Golf Classic held June 1 in Sioux Falls to raise money to help SD HOSA students pursue their dreams of being future health professionals. I can't speak highly enough of the support that SD HOSA gives our local members. Please consider filling this last spot. Thanks to all of our community members for your continued support of HOSA!


The EP Track and Field team is excited to announce, for the first time ever, our school record holders in the Javelin! Congrats to TAYLOR FINK and ELLIOTT LEISCHNER!

FIY: A new process for gift and card distribution for graduation. There will be a tote for every senior with their name on it that will be in the lobby for anyone wishing to distribute cards or gifts for seniors if you are unable to attend the graduation celebration in person.


A huge THANK YOU to all community members who volunteered to work at the Buck Timmins Memorial Track Meet yesterday!