Hot Springs School District 23-2

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

Hello Bison Community- A kind reminder that we will not have school this coming Monday, September 2nd, in observance of Labor Day. Our students, at all levels, are doing a great job of getting into the swing of the school day and focusing on their academic tasks.

Our soccer team traveled to St. Thomas More this week. Although the final score was 0-2, it sounds like the team did amazing, holding STM scoreless through half time. Proud of our student athletes.

Thank you to Chelsea Carr and Salon 402 for 80 free haircut coupons to Hot Springs School District students. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

The first home football game is on Friday, August 30th vs. Miller/Highmore at 6:PM The first home Volleyball match is Thursday, August 29th vs. STM in the Case. Times 5:00, 6:00 and 7:00

Just a kind reminder that Hot Springs School District will be dismissing today at 1:30 due to the forecasted high temperatures. Thank you for your understanding.

Hello Secondary Families, Since tomorrow is an early release day due to the heat, we want to remind you that on early release days we begin with 6th period. For full details on our early release schedule please look at the Student/Parent Handbook on our website: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4640/HSSD/4689025/Hot_Springs_School_District_Handbook_24-25_Final_Draft.docx.pdf

Here is the updated practice schedule for tomorrow, Aug. 21st. Due to the heat related early release the following activities and sports have made some changes to their practice schedule. Some of the groups are practicing at their normal time. Practices will be held at the normal locations. Please contact your coach/advisor if you have any questions. High School Football – 4:00 PM Middle School Football – After School 1:45 PM High School X-Country – 6:00 PM Middle School X-Country – 6:00 PM High School Volleyball – After School 1:45 PM Middle School Volleyball – No Practices Soccer – After School 1:45 PM Golf – 4:00 PM Cheer/Dance – 5:30 PM Play Auditions – After School 1:45 PM

Please note the time change for auditions tomorrow, due to the early release Wednesday. If a student cannot make it, please contact Bo Bradley to make other arrangements. This is a great opportunity for students to get involved and meet others.

Hello Bison Community, It has been a fantastic start to the school year and our students and staff are troopers for tolerating the heat. School attendance is so very important and I would state even more important for schools that have limited days on the school calendar compared to those that attend Monday through Friday. We are doing amazing with attendance so far... thank you to our families for having your students here. Our elementary is rocking it with 98% attendance. High Schoolers are doing just as great being role models with an attendance rate of 96%. And although our Middle Schoolers are at 95%, that is the school goal for every school day. Individually, we do not want students to miss more than eight days of school. Tomorrow's forecast is going to be the hottest this week. We will plan to dismiss students at 1:30 on Wednesday, August 21st. For students grades PK-8 that depend on parent pick up, we will have supervision and structured activities until 3:45. Thank you for understanding our efforts to balance needing our students at school and working with Mother Nature when it seems she is not done with summer. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me either by phone or school email. Dr. Kyley Cumbow Hot Springs School Superintendent 605.745.4159 kyley.cumbow@k12.sd.us

Athletic events this week: Golf Monday, Aug 19, 2024 Boulder Canyon, Soccer Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024 STM (Rapid City-Dakota Fields), Football Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 Winner

Welcome back to our MS and HSers. Mr. Klinkhammer, Mr. Reynolds, and staff took time this morning to greet both groups and introduce themselves.

The Bison Football team practices Thursday night "under the lights."

Bison supporting Bison. Some of our football players came to the soccer team's first game.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to our school community. What a great turn out last night for our welcome back to school event. It was awesome to see so many students excited to see their teachers, their classrooms, and their friends. The Hot Springs School District staff is equally excited to begin this school year. Monday is going to be a great day. If families were not able to attend, do not worry whatsoever. We will get all students where they need to go and ready on a positive note Monday when we see them. Make this last official weekend of summer a good one.