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 5/6th 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 21st.
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 7th G, 6:45 8th
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
A revised schedule for Basketball
practice and all games has been uploaded to our Google Drive – Forms &
Publications – Athletics – Basketball Folder
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 23rd 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 2nd.
UPCOMING
Saturday –
December 12th: G/B @ SBA 12:30 JHG, 1:45 JVG, 3:00 VB, 4:30 VG – Bus
from SC @ 11:00
3rd/4th
Boys @ SC 10:00 3/4th Girls
@ Woony 10:00
Winterguard Camp 12:00-5:00
Woonsocket
Monday –
December 14th: Health Screenings 9th Grade 8:30, 9:15 5th
girls, 11:35 7th girls, 6th vision; 1:00 3rd,
1:45 8th
JHG/JHB @ Howard – 6:00 7th
G, 6:45 8th G, 7:30 JHB Bus @
5:00 from SC
GB @ W BB @ SC Winterguard 6:00 Woony
Board Meeting 7:00 am
Tuesday –
December 15th: HSG and HSB @ SC
Basketball Pictures
Athletic Trainer
Wednesday
– December 16th: G @ W B @ SC
Upland Christmas Concert 7:30
Thursday –
December 17th: 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 18th: 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