Thursday – April 21, 2016
Orange Day – Elementary Tutoring Today
Happy Birthday Quentin Schmidt!
It’s our understanding that many of
our students have qualified for State Shooting Sports in Pierre this
weekend. We hope you have lots of fun,
make many memories, and get a bull’s eye or two!!!!
Senior
spotlights have been added to our Google Drive!!!! We have more to add, but for right now you
can read about, Logan Effling, Josh Feiner, Tom Hetland, Tamra Mann, Bailey
Moody and Dillon Moore. The spotlights
can be accessed by going to our Google Drive (Under Forms & Publications),
Miscellaneous Folder, and then the 2016 Senior Spotlight Folder.
JH &
HS Track practice at home today.
U6 &
U8 practice at 5:30 with U10 & U12 practicing at 6:30.
5th
grade will be testing today.
Mrs.
Easton is gone today – there will be no vocal!
At 1:53 6th grade will report to Mrs. Farmer for study hall,
at 2:39 7/8th will have study hall with Mrs. Vermeulen in the music
room. HS students will have study hall.
Ms.
McClane is gone Monday, April 25th - no speech.
The gym is
closed April 27 thru May 1st (all day & day night) for bleacher
removal and installation.
ACADEMICS
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. Miller adjusted April tutoring dates due to the Spring
Concert –no tutoring April 26th – MS/HS tutoring on April 28th.
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
Seniors – conservation scholarships are due tomorrow!
ATHLETICS
Football
players in grades 6-8 – Saturday, April 23rd Blackhawk Jacob Fouberg
will be hosting a football camp at Woonsocket from 9:00-3:00 as part of his
senior project. The only cost would be
your lunch! Jacob will be assisted by our other football coaches. 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
The JH
track meet at Howard on Friday has a 1:30 start time (not 3:00). The bus will leave at 12:30 with Aiden,
Katie, Samantha, and Cassidy on it. The
schedule can be found at
We will now be attending the track meet in Miller on May 3rd instead of
the Don Diede Relays in Freeman.
Have you
returned your Weber Roundball Camp registration? The deadline is this Friday, April 22nd!
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
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
Ethan 3 on
3 registration is due tomorrow
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
Friday –
April 22nd: JH track @ Howard – Bus at 12:30
HS track practice @ Home
Testing: Jr Math test
8:20, 3rd ELA,
Weber Camp Registration Due
Ethan 3 on 3 registration
due
Poppy Posters Due
State Shooting Sports
JH/JV Golf @ Springs Bus 12:30 Woony (Garrett)
Act I practice 7:45
Saturday –
April 23rd: State Shooting Sports
Sunday –
April 24th: Ducks @ McCook
Monday –
April 25th: U8 & U12 @ Springs 5:30
JH Golf @ Fish Lake
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
Today’s
Menu: Taco Burger on a Bun – Black Bean & Corn Salsa w/Whole Grain Tortilla
Chips (9-12) Salad Bar – Refried Beans – Carrots – Fruit Choice – Milk Choice
Tomorrow’s
Breakfast: Bagel – string cheese – Fruit Cup – Juice Choice – Milk Choice
Menu: Cowboy Cavatini – CA Blend – Salad
Bar – Whole Wheat Bread & Jelly (9-12) – Royal Brownie – Fruit Choice –
Milk Choice
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius
hits a target no one else can see.” ― Arthur
Schopenhauer
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