Friday, March 7, 2025

Friday, March 7 2025-Blue Day-1:45 Dismissal

 Information for the week of March 3rd
The Blackhawk ladies are headed to S-T-A-T-E!! Congratulations on a victory over Corsica-Stickney last night with a barn burner of a game with a final score of 43-45! The ladies will play Lyman at 7:45 on March 13th!
If you would like to order a Blackhawks basketball shirt orders need to be online with a cut off of Saturday March 8th BEFORE midnight.
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It's great to see all of the Blackhawk buddies in the building. From mom's and dad's to grandparents and aunt's and uncles. Thanks for taking time out of your busy day to have a bite to eat with these excited kids!

The boys will play at 6:00 in Woonsocket vs. Colman-Egan on Friday for the first Round Region game. If they win they will place again on Saturday at 1PM with the site to be determined. The winner will play at 1:00 in Chester.

The Wellness Committee challenges you  to get up and get a move on. March is a fantastic time to utilize the outdoors and try a new activity!
Friday-eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables
Saturday-Try a Healthy recipe
Sunday-30 minutes of stretching or yoga 

In celebration of PBIS we will highlight the success of staff and students on Friday, March 7th with a movie in the gym starting at 11:45. The kitchen ladies will make a sack lunch for all PreK-12th grade students, including an Uncrustable PB&J sandwich, carrots, apple wedges, string cheese, and capri suns. Students will still have the option to get a milk if they would like one. The PBIS team members will have the sack lunches on a cart and will pass out the lunches to students before the movie begins.


Save the dates


This Friday, we dismiss at 1:45 for a statewide family engagement center training from 2:00-3:30.

Friday, March 14th-NO SCHOOL DAY

Parent teacher conference are Wednesday, March 19th from 1-7 with a 12:30 early dismissal.
No School on Thursday March 20th or Friday, March 21st.

Extra Curricular
There will be an informational golf meeting on March 17th. at 11:15.
The golf apparel order forms will be due on March 17th.
The first day of practice for spring golf will be on March 31st.

Here is your schedule of 5th and 6th volleyball practices
Due to the boys region basketball game and the weather there is NO volleyball ball practice tomorrow!
3-10-25 Practice @ Woony 3:30-5:00 (tentative)
3-11-25 Practice @ Woony 3:30-5:00
3-13-25 Practice @ SC 3:30-5:00 (tentative)
3-18-25 Scrimmage @ Woonsocket 6:00-7:30
Please add to the below schedule March 31st game at Iroquois
Spring 5-6th grade Volleyball Schedule 2025
Music News
Blackhawks Got Talent music contest will be held on Thursday, March 13th.  Schedule to follow.

Important Band Dates:
March 26th: Region V Large Group Contest in Chamberlain: All Day
April 1st: Mitchell Beginning Band Festival All-Day
May 1st: Sanborn Central Spring Concert @ 6:30pm 
May 17th : Graduation: 5-10 Band arrive by 3:30 for tuning; in place by 3:45

Graduation for 5-12 Band:
Woonsocket Graduation on May 16th, please arrive by 6:30 for tuning; in place by 6:45 pm
Sanborn Central Graduation on May 17th, please arrive by 3:30 for tuning; in place by 3:45pm
FFA
Here is the list of dates for 2025 CDE's
Monday, March 10th-Howard-Leave SC at 8:30
Monday, March 17th-Tri-Valley W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds-Sioux Falls-Leave SC 7:45
Tuesday, March 25th Districts-4 Locations TBA (Top 4 teams go to state)
April 3-5 FFA State Brookings

Here is a tentative list of students participating
Agricultural Mechanics
1. Gage Hines
2. Evan Easton
3. Benton Eden
4. Teagen Moody
5. Alex Anderson
6. Riley Kneen
7. Cody Berscheid

Floriculture
1. Brinley Fuller
2. Emilie Lindgren
3. McKenzie Baruth
4. Temperance Salathe
5. Olivia Conrad
6. McKenzie Uecker

Milk Quality and Products
1. Raily Martinez
2. Morgan Eggleston
3. Greta Bott
4. Yuli Garcia

Natural Resources
1. Bryce Larson
2. Grant Edwards
3. McCoy Schulz
4. Clay Moody
5. Payton Uecker
6. Caleb Kneen

Nursery landscaping
1. Cameron Edwards
2. Tori Hoffman
3. Miley Adams
4. Luci Applegarth
5. Madilyn Morris

Veterinary Science
1. Addyson Baruth
2. Tailynn Larson
3. Hudson Fouberg
4. Sophie Kelly
5. Evalynn Olson

Agronomy
1. Carter Edwards
2. Parker Ettswold
3. Eli White
4. Willam Simonds
5. Tanse Moody
6. Cordell Hines

Poultry Evaluation
1. Danielle Brooks
2. Waverly Hagman
3. Shiloh Senska
4. Ryan Eggleston
5. Jason Moran
6. Megan Kogel

Meat Evaluation and Technology
1. Samual Baruth
2. Michael Foos
3. Ian Octavo
4. Cole Wilson
5. Tyler Brueske
6. Landen Jensen

Horse Evaluation and Selection
1. Layton Zoss
2. Aubrey Moody
3. Westen White
4. Ledoux Bracha

Middle School Updates
Week of March 3rd
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade

A Note From Mrs. Gassman
middle school parents and guardians! I am writing to inform you about some exciting career exploration opportunities for our incoming 7th and 8th grade students!

With "Our Dakota Dreams Career Exploration Camps" students can take charge of their future and have a blast doing it. Incoming 7th and 8th graders can join our free, five-day career camp this summer. They’ll explore exciting careers, meet professionals and dive into hands-on activities that unleash creativity and ignite passion. With more camps than ever, there’s more reason to join. 


2025 Career Camps Dates and Locations:

June 15-19, 2025 | University of South Dakota + Southeast Technical College

July 6-10, 2025 | Black Hills State University + South Dakota Mines + Western Dakota Technical College

July 13-17, 2025 | Black Hills State University + South Dakota Mines + Western Dakota Technical College

July 13-17, 2025 | Dakota State University + Mitchell Technical College

July 13-17, 2025 | Northern State University + Lake Area Technical College

July 13-17, 2025 | South Dakota State University + Lake Area Technical College

Find the application form here. Each camp will accept roughly 100 participants. The deadline to apply is March 31. Students are expected to be notified of acceptance via email by the middle to end of April 2025. If availability is limited at a particular site, preference will be given to students from school districts categorized as Title I or as having high absenteeism during COVID.  

 

The Dakota Dreams Career Exploration Summer Camps are a partnership of the South Dakota Board of Regents, South Dakota Technical Colleges, South Dakota businesses and industry, and the South Dakota Department of Education (DOE). The camps are funded with federal dollars available to DOE through the American Rescue Plan Act.

Please email me with any questions or concerns you may have!

From the Kitchen
Find out what's on the menu at https://www.myschoolmenus.com/organizations/132

The lunch for Friday, March 7th is now an uncrustable PB&J sandwich, carrots, apple wedges, string cheese, and Juicy Juice. Students will also have the option of milk.
Community

Devoted Students
Devoted Students is open to all SC/W 7th through 12th grade students - we would love to see some new faces! Plan to attend on Monday, March 10th @ 6:00 p.m. We will meet in Mrs. Rodriguez’s room with a supper followed by a study. Please RSVP by letting either of us know, or by sending us a quick message, so we can plan an appropriate amount of food. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you there! 🙂

If there are any community members that would like to donate to our meals, please reach out to Mrs. Rodriguez (605-520-4544) or myself (605-770-4520).  
Mrs. Rodriguez and Mrs. Deinert

Saturday, April 19th Iroquois is hosting a 3-3 for various age groups. 
https://5il.co/381kk
 Upcoming

 

THIS WEEK

NEXT WEEK

MONDAY

CDE Howard-lvg at 8:30
VB practice at Woony 3:30-5:00 tentative
7 PM School Bd. Meeting

CDE Tri-Valley WH Lyn Fairground
-lvg at 7:45
Golf meeting in Woony-11:15
Golf apparel form due

TUESDAY

B Ball So-Dak16
Practice at Woony 3:30-5
VB Scrimmage at Woony 6-7:30

WEDNESDAY

End of the 3rd quarter
Eligibility
Blackhawks got talent
Girls State B-Huron
VB Practice at SC 3:30-5:00

PT Conferences 1-7 (12:30 Dismiss)

THURSDAY

Spring Break-No School
Girls State B-Huron-SCW vs. Lyman at 7:45
Eligibility
End of 3rd Quarter
Blackhawk's got talent AM Sanborn
VB practice at SC 3:30-5:00-tentitive

FRIDAY

Girls State B-Huron

Spring Break-No School

SATURDAY

Josh Wilson Gym 4-5:30