Floats are looking good. Powder Puff Football is taking place right now. The pep rally was incredible this morning. Kudos to our high school students for their school spirit and making this day fun.
https://youtu.be/CwbFLot5uKM
So proud of our choir students that were at the 9/11 Grand Stair Challenge at 6:30 this morning. What a great way to represent our school along with supporting our community in remembering 9/11.
https://youtu.be/ZFMnC1ibk7E?si=b96QRRztdMTVUr-L
Thank you to our cheerleaders for their leadership in our school spirit at the coronation and the burning of the H.
Here are the results from the Douglas Golf Meet held on the Prairie Ridge Golf Course in Box Elder on 9/3/24.
Schools entered-Custer, Sturgis, ST. Thomas More, RC Stevens, Lead/Deadwood, Spearfish, RC Central, Hot Springs, RC Christian, Douglas, Little Wound & Lakota Tech.
Custer took the team title with a 4 person 18 hole score of 315, 2nd Sturgis-322, 3rd STM-332, 4th RC Stevens-335 & 5th L/D-357.
Hot Springs was 8th with 372.
Spearfish’s Parker Reed won the medalist honors with a 18 hole score of 73, 2nd Sturgis’s Jaxon Dodson-77, 3rd Custer’s Curtis Sorenson-77, 4th STM’s Hayden Heig-77 & 5th-Custer’s Jackson Wiles-79.
Hot Springs was led by Austin Heinert-16th-84, Teegan Lucey-35th-96, Sammy Waldner-36th-96, Brock Schroeder-37th-96, Noah Weiseler-39th, 97 & Winston Preuss-42nd-101.
We play next in Rapid City on the Elks Golf Course on 9-10-24 starting at 4pm.
I would encourage you to go to our soccer team's home game this week this Friday at 2pm. Our student athletes played AWESOME against Douglas.
Congrats to those XC runners that competed in Sioux Falls last Friday. It was a HUGE meet with over 600 runners in each race. What an experience!
Great opportunity for our HS juniors and seniors to consider.
https://5il.co/2w8cs
Happy Homecoming Week! We take time this week to promote a spirit of unity and pride for the Hot Springs School District. There are many activities that students are going to have fun with and create memories. Homecoming goes beyond our athletic and activity event. Homecoming is for every single student in our district, past and present. We welcome back all alumni and a special welcome back to the Class of 1974 for their 50th reunion.
Next week is our Homecoming week!
Monday, 9/9/24, is Coronation and Burning of the H at the football field starting at 7pm.
Wednesday, 9/11/24, the kids will be decorating floats for the homecoming parade starting at 2:30pm.
Thursday, 9/12/24, we will be having Mock Olympics at the Case Auditorium during 1st, 2nd, and 3rd hours.
Friday is the Homecoming football game at 6pm against Lead-Deadwood with the Homecoming Dance to follow starting 30 minutes after the game. The dance will go until 11pm.
Have a great weekend!
A message from Love and Logic (The World Leader in Practical Resources for Parents and Teachers- An unparalleled solution to build healthy relationships with kids while setting firm, loving limits that turn problem behaviors around)
Technology is a wonderful tool when used appropriately. It is amazing to me that I can use my phone to conference with coworkers and clients from almost anywhere in the world. I am also extremely thankful for the GPS system that guides me turn by turn to where I need to go. Without this high-tech resource, I’d be lost. Technology is awesome and I am a great fan of it.
However, technology can be terrible when misused. There is much evidence suggesting that heavy tech usage, such as with phones, internet, social media, video games, can increase the risk of anxiety, depression, impulsivity, substance abuse, and more. This is an especially worrisome problem with many of our kids today.
Although the basics of parenting remain the same, rapidly evolving technology involving cell phones and the Internet have left many parents wondering what limits are appropriate, how to hold their children accountable for misuse of technology, and how to help kids learn the decision-making skills required to make healthy technology choices when they leave home.
There is good news! Even though these modern issues can be very challenging, we can achieve positive outcomes by applying some age-old parenting truths:
• Kids need limits
• Limits are best set through actions instead of hollow threats
• When kids make poor decisions, they need to experience natural or logical consequences
• Consequences are always more effective when loving empathy is provided first
• Our kids will learn how to live their lives by watching us
Listed below are a few examples of essential limits related to devices and technology:
• You may have your tablet only if there is no arguing when I ask you to shut it off.
• Feel free to have a cell phone when you can pay for the entire cost.
• We allow kids to have their internet-connectable devices only if they check them in with us each night. We’ll return them in the morning only if there are no problems.
• I’ve met plenty of good people who’ve ended up doing bad things on the Internet. That’s why your mom has all my passwords and is free to see my history. You may have this device only if you do the same. Everyone needs someone to hold them accountable.
• I’m shutting my phone off so that I can give you 100% of my attention. Thanks for doing the same.
We’ve recently introduced a new audio resource, Healthy Kids and Families in a Technology-Filled World, designed to support parents in managing their children’s tech usage. This audio features five key principles to help you maintain loving and respectful relationships while preventing unhealthy power struggles and sneaky behavior. These principles will equip you to navigate the complex challenges that technology can bring. Don’t miss out—listen now to start fostering a healthier family dynamic in a tech-driven world.
Thanks for reading!
If this is a benefit, forward it to a friend. Our goal is to help as many families as possible.
Dr. Charles Fay
Dear parents and guardians of students in grades 6-12,
The Hot Springs School District is utilizing a product called Deledao to provide content filtering on middle school and high school student computers. Deledao’s artificial intelligence technologies analyze text, images, and videos in real time to better keep your children safe while on their school issued computer.
Deledao also offers parents and guardian with tools to do the following outside school hours:
• Weekly web activity report sent via email (you will automatically receive this by simply signing up for the free service).
• View children’s web activity summary.
• Investigate detailed activity logs (see what websites your student is accessing or attempting to access).
• Configure additional at-home policy settings such as blocking specific websites or categories during non-school hours.
• Configure a Down Time policy to block all internet access at times such as bedtime.
• Receive student wellness notifications.
Parents of 6th-12th graders that are interested in this free tool to monitor your child’s computer use on their school issued device should email Mr. Orback at travis.orback@k12.sd.us and share the names of your student(s) in that grade span.
The parent will then receive an invitation email from Deledao (noreply@deledao.com) containing a sign-up URL link. Click the link to complete your account setup for Deledao Parent Portal if you wish to access and utilize the free service. Accepting the invitation is easy. Simply click on the link in the email and follow the instructions on the next following screens. You may wish to add noreply@deledao.com to your address book.
You will have the ability to access the portal through any web browser.
UPCOMING HEARING SCREENING NOTIFICATION
The South Dakota School for the Deaf will conduct free hearing screenings at our school for grades JK-4th, 6th, and 9th.
Screenings will take place on SEPTEMBER 10, 2024.
If you DO NOT want your child to participate in the hearing screening, please contact your child's school prior to the date listed above.
Thank you!
CTE Open House - September 13 from 4pm-5:30pm
We welcome our community to our CTE Building Open House! Come see Hot Springs School District's new building. Our open house will be part of our homecoming festivities, so before you go to the grill out, come see our new facilities. We hope to see you there!
MS/HS picture day is September 9th. Elem picture day is tomorrow, September 4th.
Hello Bison Community,
We want to let our parents know that our classrooms, except for one high school one, are not at the temperatures that they were when we released school early the first week. The one high school classroom will move the afternoon classes to a cooler room. Our rock star maintenance staff were in the buildings when all of us were sleeping opening windows and getting the buildings cooled off. Our portable AC units are working hard to keep up with the temperatures and we look forward to cooling temperatures for the remainder of the week.
Another Bison Golf Update:
The team is in action this week in Douglas on the Prairie Ridge Golf Course on Tuesday, 9-2-24 starting at 9am.
Here are the results from the Rapid City golf meet held on the Elks Golf Course on 8-26-24.
Schools entered-ST.Thomas More, Spearfish, Custer, HS, Sturgis, Belle Fourche, Rapid City Christian, Douglas, RC Central, RC Stevens, Lakota Tech, & Little Wound.
Spearfish took the team title with a 4 person 18 hole score of 304, 2nd-RC Central-327, 3rd -Custer-341, 4th -RC Stevens and 5th-Hot Springs-358.
Spearfish’s Charlie Rasmussen won the medalist honors with a 18 hole score of 66-(4 under par).
Hot Springs was led by Austin Heinert-79 (6th place), Brock Schroeder-83 (8th place), Noah Weiseler-94, Teegan Lucey-102, Sammy Waldner-104 and Hazen Rutz-116.
Update on Bison Golf:
The results from the Pre- Conference Golf Meet held on 8-29-24 on the Tomahawk Golf Course in Deadwood.
Schools entered-STM, HS, BF, Custer, Spearfish, Sturgis, RC Christian, Douglas & L/D.
Spearfish once again took the team title with a 4 person 18 hole score of 330, 2nd-STM-330, 3rd Custer-341, 4th Sturgis-347 & 5th-HS-360.
Spearfish’s Parker Reede won the medalist honors with a 18 hole score of 72, 2nd Spearfish’s Cade Larshied-75, 3rd STM’s Hayden Heig-79, 4th-Spearfish’s Charlie Rasmussen -79 & 5th-STM’s Andrew Levine-81.
Hot Springs was led by Brock Schroeder-87, Austin Heinert-93, Sammy Waldner-94, Teegan Lucey-96, Noah Weiseler-100 & Hazen Rutz-113.
How awesome is this?! Fourteen 6-9th grade band students that put in summer practice time had a fun outing.
Soccer
Hot Springs vs. Custer
Make sure that if you aren't able to cheer on the volleyball or football teams in person for their first home games that you tune into: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/hot-springs-high-school-hot-springs-sd
Volleyball tonight vs. St. Thomas More
Football tomorrow night vs. Miller