Friday – April 22, 2016
Blue Day
Happy Birthday July 23rd to
Gary Goudy!
Good Luck
to Teya Moody, Mason Moody, Tryce Slykhuis, Tater Moody, and Cayden Slykhuis as
they kick off the Junior High Rodeo Season in Rapid City this weekend.
Good Luck
to the JH track team as they travel to Howard today. The bus will leave here at 12:30 with Katie,
Samantha, Cassidy, and Aiden.
Good Luck
to Garrett Dean as he golfs at Springs today.
Good Luck
to the Hanson Ducks as they travel to McCook for games with McCook and
Garretson on Sunday.
HS Track
will practice at home today.
Ms.
Johnson will not be here today.
Poppy
Posters are due today.
Ethan 3 on
3 registration is due today.
Mitchell
Circus tickets are available in the office for anyone 6th grade and
younger.
Ms.
McClane is gone Monday, April 25th - no speech.
Seniors
– We must have parent permission for you to attend Senior Skip Day!!!!!
ACADEMICS
The MS
Updates for next week have been uploaded to our Google Drive.
Mrs. Miller adjusted April tutoring dates due to the Spring
Concert –no tutoring April 26th – MS/HS tutoring on April 28th.
Friday, April 29th is
our extra help day. We will run missing assignment reports for students
from Campus the morning of Wednesday, April 27th. We will
re-run the campus list Thursday, April 28th, and begin calling parents at 1:00. If
you are failing a class or have missing assignments you will need to be here at
8:00 am the morning of the 29th. Students - be sure to check out your portal and
get a head start on any missing assignments. Teachers be sure to use
the missing and turned in options in your grade book so the portal is
correct. Thank you!
Mrs. Johnson is excited to announce a free
ACT preparation course for anyone looking at taking their ACT! Feel free
to visit with her or find the details at
Awards
night is quickly approaching – May 9th. Seniors will bring Desserts, Juniors Salads,
Sophomores Main Dish, Freshman Main dish, 8th grade Salads, 7th
grade Desserts, and 6th grade Main Dishes. Staff may bring a salad or dessert.
ATHLETICS
The soccer games that were cancelled on Monday night are rescheduling in
Woonsocket for Thurs, April 28 for the U10 and U12 teams. U10 will play
at 5:30 and 6:30. U12 will play at 7:30. U10 please be to the field
at 5:15. U12 please be there at 7:00.
The gym is
closed April 27 thru May 1st (all day & day night) for bleacher
removal and installation.
Football
players in grades 6-8 – Saturday, April 23rd Blackhawk Jacob Fouberg
will be hosting a football camp at Woonsocket as part of his senior
project. The only cost would be your
lunch! Jacob will be assisted by our other football coaches. The
schedule has been changed (See Below). What a great way to pick up some excellent
training. Forms have been distributed -
more information as well as registration can be found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxqWDgwTHOqedmI2VGxEeXkzdVE/view?usp=sharing
DAILY SCHEDULE
9:00-9:15 Opening remarks
9:15-9:30 Football safety brief
9:30–10:00 O and D position knowledge
10:00-10:15 Warm up
10:15-11:15 O and D skill stations
11:15-11:20 Water break
11:20-12:00: 7v7 Draft and Games
12:00-12:25 Lunch
12:25-12:30 Closing Remarks and Awards
We will now be attending the track meet in Miller on May 3rd instead of
the Don Diede Relays in Freeman.
The JH golf meet at Fishlake has been moved to May 9
FFA
SC/W FFA Star Degree Applications due to Mr. Gross by next
Monday. Talk to Mr. Gross if you have questions.
Mr. Gross
is seeking a Letcher FFA Jacket for display in the Ag Room. Please
contact him at the school 495-4183 or shane.gross@k12.sd.us
If any
student or parent has pictures they think would be good for the FFA scrapbook,
please email them to Mr. Gross at shane.gross@k12.sd.us
MUSIC
Band
Rehearsal schedule for Tuesday, April 26th: 9:30-10:00 5th grade band,
10:00-10:10 6th thru 12th band, 10:10-10:30 6th/7th
Band, 11:30-12:25 8th-12th Band
Vocal
Rehearsal schedule for Tuesday, April 26th: 12:45-1:30 PK-4 (may not need the whole
time); 1:30-2:00 9-12; 2:00-2:15 7-12; 2:15-2:30 5-12; 2:30-2:45 5-8
COMMUNITY
Artesian Cemetery Clean Up
Saturday – April 23rd, 2016
1:00 pm
Hope to see you there!
Xtreme Cheer
wants to let everyone know about their upcoming camps for all ages! They will
be having Summer Classes Monday-Thurs, Mini Cheer Camps on Fridays, and our
Stunt Camp on June 29 & 30th! Summer Registration is on May 5th from
11:30-1pm & 5:30-7pm or you can register online at www.xtremecheerleading.net. More
information can be found at
WANTED
The Artesian-Letcher
baseball program is looking for a coach for the upcoming summer season.
Please contact Steve Larson at 770-9818 if you are interested or have
questions. Position is open until filled.
Help
Wanted for the 2016-2017 School Year: Route bus driver (CDL
required) w/wo mechanical skills (District pays for required physical
and CDL
tests)
7&8 BBB Coach Contact
Linda Whitney or Justin Siemsen if interested: linda.whitney@k12.sd.us or justin.siemsen@k12.sd.us
or call 605-495-4183.
Sal’s Drive Inn
(Letcher) is looking for summer help. If interested please contact Kim at
khsolarqueen@gmail.com or 605-553-7534. Who wouldn’t want to
work at an ice cream place?
Countryside
Living in Mitchell is looking for summer help. Check out their ad at
UPCOMING
Saturday –
April 23rd: State Shooting Sports
Sunday –
April 24th: Ducks @ McCook
Monday –
April 25th: U8 & U12 @ Springs 5:30
JH/HS Track @ Home
Act II @ 7:45
4th Grade Arbor
Day Presentation 2:30
No Speech – Shrine Circus
@ Mitchell 7:00pm
FFA Star Applications Due
Tuesday –
April 26th: Spring Concert 7:00pm
HS Golf @ DeSmet
JH/HS Track @ Home
Act I practice 7:45
No Tutoring
Shrine Circus 4:30 &
7:15
Wednesday
– April 27th: WWTS Artesian 1st
Lutheran
Sonshine Club Letcher
Joint Track @ SC
Act II 7:45
Gym Closed
Circus 4:30 & 7:15
Missing assignments due at
noon
Thursday
–April 28th: HS Track @ Menno – Bus ???
JH Track @ Hanson – Bus @
Noon
1:00 Parents Called for
Extra Help Day
ACT I 7:45
HS/MS Tutoring
Gym Closed
No PE
Soccer @ Woony U10 5:30 U12 7:30
Today’s
Menu: Cowboy Cavatini – CA Blend – Salad Bar – Whole Wheat Bread & Jelly
(9-12) – Royal Brownie – Fruit Choice – Milk Choice
"Most competitors never realize what their
true potential is. Don't sell yourself short."
Trevor Brazile