Thursday, January 24, 2013

January 24, 2013

SANBORN CENTRAL E-NEWS
 
Logan Moody’s February Caring Project is to send valentines to the Veteran’s Hospital and local nursing homes. Elementary students will be making valentines. If you would care to donate for postage or make some valentines, please contact Mary at mary.ackman@k12.sd.us.
 
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TODAY - THURSDAY:
 
Basketball practice: Boys at Woonsocket
 
Eligibility and Homework Club will be calculated today.
 
The Lady Blackhawks have basketball games at Wessington Springs tonight. The JH girls play at 5:15 p.m., JV girls at 6:30 p.m., and Varsity following. The player bus will leave from Sanborn Central at 4:15 p.m. and Woonsocket at 4:30 p.m.
 
Sanborn Central FFA t-shirt orders are due today (the date has been extended from January 15 as stated on the order form). These shirts aren’t just for FFA members. Prices start at $18.00.
 

Any student or parent that would like to donate blood (bonus points will be issued) is welcome to do so at the Woonsocket Blood Drive today from 1:30 – 6:00 p.m. at the Woonsocket Community Center. Walk-ins are welcome.
 
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FRIDAY:
 
Friday is a School Pride Day. Everyone should dress accordingly.
 
Basketball practice: Girls at Woonsocket
 
Grade 7 will be having Guidance on Friday afternoon.
 
The Blackhawks have boys’ basketball games against Wessington Springs at Woonsocket on Friday night. The JH game starts at 5:15 p.m., the JV game at 6:30 p.m., and the Varsity game around 8:00 p.m.
 
The pep band is scheduled to play Friday night. They should be ready to go by 7:00 p.m.
 
The Woonsocket National Honor Society and the journalism students will have a loaded potato meal during the basketball games. The potatoes have been donated by the Peterson family at Twin Lakes Resort, ham has been donated by the Davis family, and toppings have been donated by Darin's Market.
The price of the loaded potato meal (consisting of a loaded potato, which the customer will load, and glass of cola) is $3.50. All money earned will be given back to the Woonsocket School.
 
From the Woonsocket School Announcements: It’s Dakotaland Night with the Blackhawks on Friday starting at 5:15 p.m. Dakotaland will be sponsoring a WEPC’s Basketball Toss. Everyone can sign up through the evening for a chance to throw a basketball into a bucket held by Mr. Rodriguez. Funds raised will be used to purchase new gym equipment. Dakotaland will also have information and a table set up in the commons for everyone to sign up for a chance to win some prizes, including beef bucks, movie tickets and much more.
 
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SATURDAY:
 
The JH girls will be participating in a CBH JH Basketball Tournament at Plankinton School on Saturday. SCW’s first game will be at 9:00 a.m. on the south court against Mt. Vernon/Plankinton.
 
 
The JV boys will be playing in a JV Basketball Jamboree at Mt. Vernon on Saturday. Games start at 9:00 a.m. SCW’s first game will be at 9:35 a.m. against Corsica/Stickney in Mt. Vernon’s old gym (on Main Street).
 

The Local Purr-N-Ruff Kids Club will be hosting a bake sale on Saturday at the Davison Feed Supply store in Mitchell.  Stop in to buy some goodies (donations are welcome) and meet the kids involved.
 
The annual Dave Olson Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament will be held on Saturday in the Artesian Community Center. Registration will begin at 6:00 p.m. with dealing to commence between 6:30 and 7:00 p.m. Soup will be available and a 31 game will be played. Beneficiaries will be the Artesian Fire Department and The Ronald McDonald House.
 
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MONDAY:
 
The girls and boys have basketball games against Ethan at Sanborn Central on Monday.
 
4:00 p.m. – Girls JV
5:00 p.m. – Boys JV
6:30 p.m. – Girls Varsity
8:00 p.m. – Boys Varsity
 
Booster Club concession stand workers for Monday night are Dennis and Donna Morgan, Clayton and Lanette Dean, and Brett and Kelly Selland.
 
The Booster Club will be selling Caramel Apple Slices with toppings during the games.
 
The Pep Band will be performing on Monday. Band members should be ready to play by 5:30 p.m.
 
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TUESDAY:
 
Basketball practice: Girls at Sanborn Central, Boys at Woonsocket
 
Cheer practice: 3:45 p.m. at Sanborn Central
 
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WEDNESDAY:
 
Basketball practice: Girls at Sanborn Central, Boys at Woonsocket
 
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REMINDERS:
 
Seniors: Applications for the 2013 Ashley and Amanda Loban Memorial Scholarship are now open. Two scholarships will be awarded in remembrance of Ashley and Amanda Loban, whose young lives were cut short by a fatal automobile accident in May 2006 in Brookings County. Scholarships will be awarded to one Brookings High School student and to one student enrolled in another South Dakota High School. For complete details and an application, please visit www.aaloban.com.
 
WANTED: Sanborn Central is in need of someone to organize and supervise the spring soccer league for our students. The league is Woonsocket, Wessington Springs, and Sanborn Central. It involves lining up coaches for each age group and coaching/supervising all the practices and games. Please contact Mrs. Whitney ASAP at 605-495-4183 or linda.whitney@k12.sd.us if you might be interested.  The pay is $800 for the season.
 
Here’s a link to more information and the necessary forms for the upcoming Young Hearts Screening in March:
 
More information on Sanborn Central’s mobile app can be found at www.sanborncentral.com.
 
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
 
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
 
- Bertrand Russell
 
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DAILY WORKOUT:
(The links below lead to many of the items that were contained in last year’s e-News, plus a few more worthwhile sites.)
 
ASK’s Question of the Day: http://www.ask.com/questionoftheday
 
NASA’s Image of the Day: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD
 
(after 30 second ad)
 
The New York Times Learning Network: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com
 
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day: http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day
 
Math Buddy’s Question of the Day: http://www.mathbuddyonline.com/common/mbqad.html
 
 
National Geographic’s Daily GeoBee: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/quiz/today
 
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CONTACT:
 
Questions, comments, additions: Sherri at stekl@santel.net or to sanborncentral@gmail.com.
 
Sanborn Central e-News blog/archives: http://sanborncentralenews.blogspot.com