Wednesday, September 20th-Orange Day

It's homecoming week! We want to see you show your school spirit by making this week a fun one, join in on the excitement by dressing up!
Thursday-Flintstone-Throw Back
Friday-Spirit Day-Show off your Blackhawk Pride
Homecoming Week

Yesterday'sToyStory Western Cartoon winners were Lawson Z, Scarlett R, Ayden B, Kelly W, Teagen M, and Izabella B, Allie A, and Lucia C with Mrs. Jones winning for the staff. They each received a treat provided by the booster club. Venture on over to our Facebook page to see yesterday's photo.

FB practice JH & HS @ WS 4-6
9-12 VB practice @ Woony 3:45-5:30
No JH VB practice today

Here is schedule for upcoming week for Blackhawk Football
Thursday, September 21
JH and HS practice in Wessington Springs – 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Eligibility will be ran today.

Homecoming Pep Rally Friday, September 22nd at 8:30
Parent, staff, and students, lets rally together to win a pie in the face for your favorite teacher and Support the Student Council. Do you have any loose change you would like to send with your child? The four staff members with the most money total in their bags at the end of the week will get “pied” at the pep Rally!!  All proceeds go to student council to help fund the state convention cost in March in Rapid City. 
1st- Mr. Steel $100
2nd- Mrs. Vermeulen $5.86
3rd- Mr. Flatten $6
4th- Mrs. Moore $5
5th- Ms. Larson $2
Tied for 6th- Mrs. Sanderson, Mrs. D. Moody, Tina and Mrs. Schmit $1

SCW band will have joint practice Thursday, Sept. 21st in Woonsocket. The bus will leave at 9:30 and return by 11:00. 
The following students will be participating:
Temperance Salathe (9th) 
8th Grade
Sophie Kelly
Evie Olson
McKenzie Uecker
Sean Bitterman
Jason Moran
Hector Melendez
Westen White
Ledoux Bracha

Friday, September 22nd is Homecoming Day. Attendance will not be taken on that day for high school students; however, they are strongly encouraged to attend and participate in the Homecoming festivities. Here is the itinerary for Friday. The parade will start at 1:00
8:20 Pep Rally PreK-12
9:15 Float Decorating and HS Volleyball
10:30 Pre-K-5 eat, Grades 4 and 5 will be first and will eat in their classrooms
11:10 6-12 eat
11:20- The marching band will leave in the mini bus (Mr. Flatten will drive)
11:35-11:40-PK-8 students load the bus
12:30 Parade line-up
1:00 Parade
2:15 route busses load *Please note that your child will get home before their "normal" drop-off time because of this early departure!

Enjoy a hamburger or hot dog, chips, water and dessert for $8 per plate provided by the SC/W FFA on Friday, September 22nd at 6:30-halftime.
Homecoming BBQ

*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.

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

Mrs. Olson-VanWinkle's Environmental Science class is entering Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow contest, where students are asked to create a sustainable solution for a problem in their community using STEM. Our students are researching farm equipment fires in our community, and need your help collecting data. Please click the link below to fill out this survey to help our students create a sustainable solution to this problem in our community.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyEwwwOlbN2Pt0qqht13lav-AHQ0Id45wlgGEcUwkuPC3XLA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

Extra Curricular
Friday, September 22
Varsity game vs TDA/ACDC in Wessington Springs – 7:00 pm

Practice in Wessington Springs all week as old game field in Woonsocket is wore down from practices and unsuitable for practice and the new practice field in Woonsocket is not ready. 

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  

On September 25 the JH/JV teams will be hosting TDA/ACDC.  

JH Game is at 4:00 pm

JV game is at 5:30 pm and not 3:30 pm

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

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.

Here is the updated JH VB Schedule

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    
Yesterday, Ms. Amundson and Mrs. Wilson took the freshmen class to Alexandria, SD for the Freshmen Impact event hosted by Hanson High School and local law enforcement. Topics included safe social media usage, healthy relationships, addiction, mental health, seatbelt safety, boat safety, and really emphasized the importance of finding a safe ride home. Overall, the event focused on making good choices and how even one bad choice can negatively impact the rest of one's life. It was a full, fun day and we hope it was an "impactful" experience for our freshmen! We will plan on taking students to this event again next year.

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

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

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 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

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

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
Friday, September 22nd-Orange Day
FB vs. TDA/ACDC 7PM @ Springs (homecoming game)
No VB Practice

Monday, September 25th-Blue Day
JH/JV FB vs. TDA/ACDC @ Springs JH4:00 JV 5:30

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 30
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

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