We had record-setting attendance at Parent-Teacher Conferences last night. We love to connect with and get to know our families! A couple of special thank yous to our custodians who set up our Becker Center for conferences and to all the parents and the PTA who provided snacks and meals to teachers. We appreciate it!

On Saturday, the Oral Interp team competed at the Speaking Lynx Invitational in Brandon. With 350 entrants in attendance, the team came away with a 3rd place finish in the Sweepstakes Category! BreAnn Heider earned a 1st in varsity Poetry. Readers Theater of Stone Loof, Mason Kennedy, Taylor Cain, Andie Ingalls, BreAnn Heider and Sophia Prostrollo took 2nd. Sophia Prostrollo took 2nd in Varsity Drama. Stone Loof and Austin Skrovig took 2nd in Dramatic Duo. Andie Ingalls took 4th in Non- Original Oratory. Liam Murphy—2nd in Varsity Humor Avaya Carlson took 5th in Varsity Humor Avery Jurgensen took 6th in Varsity Humor In Novice Humor—Kinley Skots took 4th in Novice Humor Jackson Crittenden took 6th in Novice Humor.

Residential Construction students enjoyed a visit to Central States Manufacturing during Manufacturing Week. Thank you, Central States, for hosting our students!

Students had fun painting pumpkins to celebrate reading. These are on display in the HS/MS library.

We hope to see you Monday, October 21st during Parent/Teacher Conferences!

Middle School Football vs. Dakota Valley 8th Grade won 34-20 (7 Wins in a Row), 7th Grade Lost 6-28

What is Destination Imagination (DI)? Academic program where student teams solve open-ended challenges and present their solutions at tournaments. It is aimed to inspire and equip students to become the next generation of innovators and leaders. DI offers seven standards-based challenges in STEAM, Improv, Service Learning, and Early Learning. Interested in taking part? Register today using the link below. The coordinator will be in touch after registration closes on October 27. Registration - https://forms.gle/Tt6Tvey6Hwhjeh1e8

Hartford Elementary students showed their best dance moves today at our Glow in the Dark Dance-a-thon!

The West Central Elementary fundraiser what a HUGE success! Today at Humboldt Elementary, we celebrated our fundraising efforts with a Movement Marathon. Thank you to all who donated! It is a great time to be a Trojan!

Note the necessary route change to get to the football game at Dakota Valley.

Congratulations to the Marching Trojans last Saturday! Sioux Falls: 1st Place Class AA Parade; 3rd Place Class AA Field; Outstanding Drum Majors

It's Fire Prevention Week! This morning the Hartford Fire Department visited Hartford Elementary. The firefighters brought a smoke house, fire trucks, gear and other tools to teach students about fire safety. Thank you, Hartford Fire Department!

Semi-Final Soccer - Saturday 10/12 - 2:00pm @ SF Christian

Students have been working hard on prepositions/prepositional phrases and today, to review for our quiz, students are playing prepositional "Uno"....like regular Uno but better 😄 (before they can play a card they have to identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence).

Fire Prevention Week is October 6-12. Students at Humboldt Elementary welcomed volunteers from the Humboldt Fire Department to school yesterday. They educated us on fire safety strategies and reminded us to check our fire alarms at home. Thank you, Humboldt Fire Department!

Volleyball today will begin at 5:00 instead of 4:30.

State A Boys Golf is off and rolling. Good luck to Anthony, Kamden, and Aiden

Siblings Ava, Aiden, and Adley grew and sold pumpkins to help the District's Project 22 fund. The Project 22 fund helps fund school lunches for students. We are extremely appreciative of their thoughtfulness! Thank you.

This afternoon, three Hartford Elementary 2nd graders had lunch with Dr. Knight. As part of a PBIS reward the three chose lunch with Dr. Knight. We had a great time, keep making great choices!

Join us tonight for a public open house at Hartford Elementary. Please enter the school off 2nd Street at the Gymnasium entrance. The open house will start at 5:30 with an overview of the project. Please take a look at the attached flyer for more details.