December 11, 2015

Friday – December 11, 2015

Orange Day

Happy Birthday tomorrow to Grant Edwards and Eric Ruml!   Sunday Riley Kneen and Mrs. Miller will celebrate!

Congratulations to Mrs. Easton, Mr. Kroeger, and all the students that provided everyone with an excellent Christmas music concert last night!  It was a great performance and certainly put us in the Christmas spirit.  Thanks to Joyce and all the kitchen staff for preparing the refreshments and to Tina and Wanda for serving them!  And, as always we would like to thank the Artesian Community Improvement Association (CIA) for inviting Santa Claus and providing the bags of treats for the children!  

Girls are at SC and Boys at Woonsocket today.

Winterguard will practice at SC tonight at 6:00.

Academics

To accommodate for lost time, December 22nd we will have a full day of school with Blue Semester Testing, December 21st will be Orange Semester Testing, December 23rd we will dismiss at 11:00 for Christmas Break. 

The MS Updates have been uploaded to our Google Drive for next week

Athletics

Bailey Moody is offering a 5/6^th grade volleyball camp consisting of the fundamentals and basic skills of the sport.  A great introduction for all upcoming athletes!  She would like to keep the camp size at approximately 20 participants.  Cost is $25.00 with money being donated to the Sanford Children’s Castle. Deadline for registration is December 21^st.   More information can be found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxqWDgwTHOqeeGJOdHRqVVdfTUk/view?usp=sharing  

Due to SBA not having enough Boys out for Basketball, the following schedule will be used next Saturday at SBA on Dec. 12.  Girls JH- 12:30, Girls JV 1:45, Boys Varsity- 3PM, Girls Varsity- 4:30PM

December 14th should show both GB and BB JH @ Howard.  The schedule will be – 6:00pm 7^th G, 6:45 8^th G, 7:30 JHB  Bus @ 5:00 from SC

A revised schedule for JH and JV Basketball has been uploaded to our Google Drive – Forms & Publications – Athletics - Basketball folder

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxqWDgwTHOqeNllhanRhaGEtT1E/view?usp=sharing

A revised schedule for Basketball practice and all games has been uploaded to our Google Drive – Forms & Publications – Athletics – Basketball Folder

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxqWDgwTHOqeNGU2UHlJaGp4WEU/view?usp=sharing

The 6th Girls travelling team has added some practices due to an upcoming tournament.

Sunday the 13th at SC 3:30PM                                    Monday the 14th at SC 6:15PM 

                                       Friday the 18th at Woony 6:15PM 

COMMUNITY

The Artesian Community Improvement Association will be holding their annual Ham drawing/Membership Drive on Friday, December 18th, 2015 at the Artesian Community Center. Supper will be served at 6:30. Drawings and a visit from Santa will follow! Membership dues are $20 a couple and go towards summer youth programs and community events.

Bountiful Baskets has contribution on Monday at 10am and goes until Tuesday 10pm. This will be the last drop for the 2015 year with the next contribution date for the new year of 2016 on Monday January 11 for pickup on the 16th! We would like to thank everyone that has participated in the year 2015 and hope to see many more of you during the 2016 year! Merry Christmas! From Dave Ruml family and the Mike Kasier family!   http://www.bountifulbaskets.org/

Junior Class Fund Raising

PARKING SPOT BID IS CURRENTLY AT $75.00 and $200.00!  Keep thinking about that long walk from the back of the parking lot when the wind is blowing 75 mph!

The junior class will be starting their annual fundraisers.

1.    We will be selling 20 spots for our Basketball Board.   The cost for a spot on the board is $20.  We will be awarding $25 to winning spots at half-time of every girls and boys Varsity game at Sanborn Central.

          2.  We will also have a silent auction for the 2 parking spots closest to the back doors.  You may start bidding today.  Bidders will be consistently notified of any changes.  Bidding will stop when we leave for Christmas Break – December 23^rd at 11:00 am.

To participate in either activity, please contact Tracy Moody at tracy.moody@k12.sd.us or contact a student in the junior class.  Registration for both will end by Christmas break as our first game at Sanborn Central is January 2^nd.

UPCOMING

Saturday – December 12^th: G/B @ SBA 12:30 JHG, 1:45 JVG, 3:00 VB, 4:30 VG – Bus from SC @ 11:00

                    3^rd/4^th Boys @ SC 10:00   3/4^th Girls @ Woony 10:00

                    Winterguard Camp 12:00-5:00 Woonsocket

Monday – December 14^th: Health Screenings 9^th Grade 8:30, 9:15 5^th girls, 11:35 7^th girls, 6^th vision; 1:00 3^rd, 1:45 8^th

                   JHG/JHB @ Howard – 6:00 7^th G, 6:45 8^th G, 7:30 JHB  Bus @ 5:00 from SC

                   GB @ W       BB @ SC                    Winterguard 6:00 Woony

                   Board Meeting 7:00 am  

Tuesday – December 15^th: HSG and HSB @ SC

                  Basketball Pictures

                  Athletic Trainer

Wednesday – December 16^th:  G @ W    B @ SC

                 Upland Christmas Concert 7:30

Thursday – December 17^th: Basketball vs. TDA @ Woony – GJV 4:00, BJV 5:00, TDA VG vs. Wol/Wess 6:30, BV vs. TDA 8:00

                  Varsity Girls @ SC

                  Eligibility & MS Updates due at noon

Friday – December 18^th:  G @ Woony    B @ SC

                  Winterguard Lock In – SC

Today’s Menu: Christmas Dinner and all the trimmings!

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.”       Washington Irving