Monday, September 25th 2023-Blue Day

Congrats to the football players on their victory over TDA/ACDC on Friday. They will play Mobridge-Pollock this Friday at Mobridge-Kickoff at 7PM.

Reminder to all parents and students, parent teacher conferences will take place Thursday, September 28th from 1:00-7:00-Therefore we will have a 12:30 dismissal on the 28th and a no school day on the 29th.

Jenny Easton: SC 1:00-4:00 & Woonsocket 4:30-7:00

Jennifer Karlen: Woonsocket 1:00-4:00 & SC 4:30-7:00

Rick Olsen: Woonsocket 1:00 - 2:30 or until leave time for volleyball. Parents, please email Mr. Olsen for an update.

Kelly McClane will be at SC the entire conference, 1:00-7:00 and will be at Woonsocket for the spring conference.

The JH team will be hosting TDA/ACDC at Wessington Springs. The players will dismiss at 2:45.

JH Game is at 4:00 pm

There will not be a JV game today.  TDA/ACDC does not have enough healthy, eligible players for JV game. 

Varsity practice in Wessington Springs.

JH game is still a go and will start at 4:00 pm.

*Save the date, Wednesday, October 4th Horizon will be here from 8-9:30 to administer flu shots for both staff and students. Paperwork will be sent home during conferences.

Fifth and sixth b-ball will start this evening. Here is the UPDATED schedule for the year.
5th and 6th Grade Game Schedule
 Just Oct. 17 and Oct 20 are switched around.
Both the boys and girls will be at SC today from 3:45-5:30

Jostens will be here today to meet with the Seniors at 1:00 and the Sophomores at 11:25.

The (9-12) VB ladies will practice at Woony from 3:45-5:30 and the 7th and 8th ladies will be at Woony from 3:45-5:00

Homecoming Parade winners
Woonsocket Elementary – grades Pre-K through 6
    First Place – Pre-K – Flintstones – Yabba Dabba Doo for the Blackhawks
    Second Place – Fourth grade – Sonic – TDA/ACDC will have to run like Sonic to escape
    The Blackhawks
    Third Place – Second grade – Tom and Jerry – The Blackhawks will pounce the
    Blackhawks
Woonsocket High School – grades 7-12
    First Place – Sophomores – Flintstones – Yabba Dabba Doo, the Blackhawks are Gonna
    Beat You
    Second Place – Seniors – Scooby Doo – It’s no mystery – We’ll Beat the Thunderhawks
    Third Place – Juniors – Sponge Bob Squarepants – Blackhawks Victory – Are you ready,
    Kids? Aye, aye, captain!
Sanborn Central – grades Pre-K through 12
    First Place – First grade – Scooby Doo – Blackhawks are Unstoppable!
    Second Place – Third grade – Looney Toons – Shhhh, be vewy, vewy quiet, we are
    Hunting Thunderhawks!
    Third Place – Pre-School – Paw Patrol – Blackhawks, We’re on a Roll – No Game Too Big,
    No Blackhawks Too Small…
Businesses and Organizations
    First Place – Woonsocket Lakefront Cafeteria – Yogi Bear – Blackhawks, Running Away
    With the Victory!
    Second Place – Woonsocket Community Health Center – PowerPuff Girls –
    Professor Utonium says Beat the Thunderhawks!
    Third Place – Sand Creek Animal Clinic – Scooby Doo – It’s no mystery, Blackhawks are #1

MS Updates
MS Updates have been added for your viewing pleasure. These updates will explain to you what your students is learning in a particular class.
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade

FFA
National farm safety and health week will take place September 25-28th.
Monday, September 25 Animal Safety         Audra Scheel-SD Ag
Tuesday, September 26 General farm/Chemical      Jason White - Agtegra
Wednesday, September 27 Machinery Safety         Mr. Welch
Thursday, September 28  ATV Safety         Mr. Welch
Posted on the flyer is a schedule with times Farm Safety Week

Extra Curricular
Tuesday, September 26,  Wednesday, September 27 and Thursday, September 28 –
JH and HS practices in Wessington Springs – 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Woonsocket practice field not ready until following week. 
Friday, September 29 – Varsity game at Mobridge – 7:00 pm

Bus leave Sanborn Central at 12:30 pm – pick up Woonsocket at 12:45 pm and pick up Wessington Springs at 1:00 pm. 

Cheer the Cross Country athletes on as they roll through the 2023 season.
Sept 27th Colman/Egan 1:00
October 2nd Howard 2:00
October 5th Ethan/Parkston
October 12 Region-Canton 1:00
October 21st State Sioux Falls 1:00
Have a great season jeff boschee, carter hitchcock, sam baruth, mccoy schulz, mathias lindgren,
emilie lindgren, shiloh terkildsen  

Friday- Sept. 29-  We will depart for Mobridge at 12:30PM from Sanborn Central, then to Woonsocket, and then to W. Springs

Friday- Oct. 6------We will depart for Lead-Deadwood at 9AM from Sanborn Central, then to Woonsocket, and then to W. Springs.

Reminder that the volleyball game in Iroquois on Oct. 10 will begin at 5:00 with a C game, followed by JV and V.

There is no junior high on that night as Iroquois/Lake Preston has a middle school music festival

The October 13 football game with Rapid City Christian at Wessington Springs will begin at 6:00 pm and not 7:00 pm.  

Here is the updated JH VB Schedule

Oral Interpretation, Debate, Speech, and All-State Chorus dates have been added to the calendar! Jot over to our website at https://sanborncentralenews.blogspot.com/ and visit the full-month calendar for the additions or view below information.
All State-Chorus
Oct. 4: NSU Choral Leadership Day
Oct. 10: DWU All-State Day
Oct. 12: SDSU All-State Chorus Prep Day
Oct. 26-29: All-State Chorus in Rapid City (Concert on Oct. 28)

Oral Interp
October 10th CBH Conference, Mitchell
October 14th, Blackhawk Invite-Woonsocket
October 20th-Warrior Invite-Sioux Falls
October 21st-Karl Mundt Invite-Madison
October 23rd-Brookings Fall Festival-Brookings
November 8th-Districts-Mitchell
November 14th-Regions-Mitchell
December 1-2-State-Harrisburg

Speech & Debate-more information to come
November 3-4th-Aberdeen
December 9th-Lennox
December 15-16-Brookings

Lunchroom News: 

Available at the touch of the screen: My School Menus Mobile App in the iTunes Store or the Google Play store. Follow this link for more information: https://5il.co/24nft. The Food Service Department is excited to offer My School Menus Mobile App as a valuable nutrition resource. You can access the web version by visiting out website at https://www.myschoolmenus.com/organizations/1329.  

Please let Laura Conrad in the kitchen know if you need any additional information on how to use this information to support your student’s specific nutrition needs. 

Notes from Ms. Amundson    
Looking ahead; Ms. Amundson and Mrs. Wilson will be taking the juniors and seniors to Madison, SD via Gary Goudy's bus for the college and career fair and tour of Dakota State University on Tuesday, September 26. Students are signed up and ready to go and just need to bring a water bottle and $14 for the buffet at Pizza Ranch for lunch. Please reach out to Ms. Amundson with any questions or concerns. Students will be back by the end of the day in time for after-school activities.

"I am reaching out to you to inform you about the opportunity for Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors to take the ACT (American College Test) here at Sanborn Central, during the regular school day.

I am completing the contracts and information necessary to administer the ACT test to students here at the school. My hope is that more students will take the ACT if it is here at the school during the regular school day, and they do not have to travel to a testing center on a Saturday. Taking the ACT in a comfortable learning environment that they are used to testing and learning in is also a benefit of ACT District Testing.

The date is not confirmed yet, but as of right now it will be on Tuesday, October 17 in the morning. The cost will be around $51.75 per student to take all 4 sections of the ACT, which is a discounted price.

The ACT is comprised of 4 subjects; math, reading, english, and science. The ACT is "superscored," which means that no matter how many times a student takes the ACT, they will always take the student's best score in each subject. This is very helpful in improving overall ACT composite scores. I encourage students to aim for a 24 overall score as the SD Opportunity Scholarship requires a 24.

Students are not required to take the ACT test here at the school, but I do encourage students to do so as it is a great opportunity. 

I have talked to all students in 10th, 11th, and 12^th grade regarding this opportunity, and some students have already informed me that they would like to take the ACT test here at the school. If you would like your student to take the ACT, please discuss this with your child and either you or your child can let me know so I can add them to the list. Please let me know by this Thursday night if possible.

Please reach out with any questions or concerns!

Ms. Logan Amundson

Community
Students who will turn 12 by the end of the year are encouraged to partake in the hunter safety course. Classes will be October 3rd and 5th from 6PM-9PM and October 7th from 8AM-12 at the 4H Center. https://gfpga.sd.gov/outdoor-learning/hunter-education/ClassList.aspx

The next food giveaway is Wednesday, October 4th at 4:30 until gone at the Sanborn County Courthouse. October food pantry

The Letcher Community Church Bazaar & Supper is Sunday, October 15th from for 4-7PM. They are serving turkey and all the trimmings.
Adults $15
Children age 6-12 $7
Preschool-Free
Take out meals $15

They will also have a bake sale and crafts.
Letcher Church Bazaar

A few of our area students from Sanborn/Jerauld County are attending National 4-H congress in Atlanta, Georgia in November. Students attending are Aubrey Senska, Teagen Moody, Tori Hoffman, Miley Adams, Delaney Zoss, Cannon Zoss, Raylee Fagerhaug and Abby Kolousek.

Come help them support their trip on October 21st at the Letcher Community Center from 5:30-8:30 with a free will donation supper. Fun filled night with silent and live auction items. Free popcorn and fun! A community Pheasant Opener Breakfast will also be served Sunday morning from 8:30-12:30 at Letcher Community Center. Bring your hunters!

Sophie Kelly and Letcher Junior Post 93 Legion Auxiliary are collecting gently used shoes for Veterans again this year. A collection box is located outside the office.

Upcoming
Tuesday, September 26th-Orange Day
VB vs. Highmore-Harrold @ Woony (JH, JV, V) 4:00 start JH plays for 1 hour 7th-7th-8th
College Fair in Madison (Jr/Sr)

Wednesday, September 27th-Blue Day
VB 9-12 @ SC 3:45-5:30 7-8 @ Woony 3:45-5:30
CC @ Colman-Egan 1:00
WWTS in Artesian 3:50-5:30
Sonshine Club

Thursday, September 28-Orange Day
Parent Teacher Conf (1-7) 12:30 Dismissal
VB @ Huron vs. James Valley (JH, JV, V) 5:00 st. bus lvg @ 3:40 from SC

Friday, September 29th-No School
FB vs. Mobridge-Pollock (away) bus lvg SC at 12:30
VB 9-12 @ SC 3:45-5:30
VB 7-8 @ Woony 3:45-5:30

Saturday, September 30th
VB 281 Tourney @ Huron (V)

Monday, October 2nd-Blue Day
JH FB vs. Winner @ WS 4:30
JH FB vs. Winner @ WS 6:00
VB 9-12 @ Woony 3:45-5:30 7-8 @ SC 3:45-5:30
CC @ Huron 2:00 start

Tuesday, October 3rd-Orange Day
Sunshine Bible @ SBA (C.JV,V) 5:15 bus lvg SC @ 3:30

Wednesday, October 4th-Blue Day
VB 9-12 @ Woony 3:45-5:30 7-8 @ SC 3:45-5:30
WWTS 3:50-5:30
NSU Choral Leadership Day

Thursday, October 5th-Orange Day
VB vs. TDA @ Woony (7,8, JV,V)
CC Ethan/Parkston ??

Friday, October 6th-NO SCHOOL
FB vs. Lead-Deadwood 5PM-Bus lvg @ 9AM
VB 9-12 @ Woony 6:15-7:30 7-8 @ Woony 3:45-5:30

Monday, October 9th-Blue Day
School Bd. Meeting
VB vs. Howard @ Forestburg (7,8,C,JV,V) JH play for 1 hour starting with 7th 7th 8th

Tuesday, October 10th-Orange Day
VB vs. Iroquois/Lake Preston @ Iroquois (7,8,JV,V) 4:30 bus lvg at 3:00
DWU All-State Chorus
CBH Oral Interp-Mitchell

Wednesday, October 11th-Blue Day
No VB practice
Sonshine Club
Mrs. Amundson Career Rediness Exam
WWTS 3:50-5:30
Sonshine Club