The Hot Springs Legion Family came to school today and delivered a check that will pay off ALL outstanding lunch balances, regardless of income and current enrollment status. We thank the Legion Family for making today ZERO day.... where all lunch balances are zero.
A reminder for our invitation tonight (Tuesday, April 1st) to celebrate our students who achieved a 4.0 GPA third quarter. This event will begin at 6:00pm In The Case and is open to family, friends, and the community. We will be recognizing 63 of our middle and high schoolers.
Kiwanis Club of Hot Springs is sponsoring a Family Movie Night this Thursday.
April is Month of the Military Child
The Hot Springs School District will take part in this recognition on Thursday, April 10th.
Are you interested in the teaching profession, the BEST profession around? 😊 We are looking for current sophomores and juniors that are interested in exploring what it means to be a classroom teacher. In partnership with several grants, we have started our own Educator Rising Chapter. We will continue this into next year and hope to attend the state conference as a Chapter. The program’s funding allows for reimbursement of the dual enrollment Teacher Pathway Certificate which includes two education classes, one communications class, and one history class. If you are interested in this dual enrollment opportunity, please email Ms. Foshee (amber.foshee@k12.sd.us) and/or Dr. Cumbow (Kyley.cumbow@k12.sd.us) no later than May 1, 2025.
STEAM Camp available for our elementary students.
What some of our students were doing today. 2nd place for both the Elementary and Middle School archers at state.
Our 7th & 8th grade band students walked down to the Black Hills Special Services Center on March 25 to have our 8th grade band students perform their contest solos for the clients. The clients enjoyed hearing and seeing the students perform. The students were scared and nervous, but they powered through their fears and anxiety to perform in front of an audience once again. A standard of the performing arts curriculum. Great job Bison musicians!!
Thank you Mrs. Vande Stroet for providing this opportunity for our students. It is a win -win.
The Hot Springs Kiwanis Club will be hosting a free family movie night for our families with elementary aged students. Please see the flyer and make plans for family time next Thursday, April 3rd.
Elem Lunch: https://5il.co/3boi2
MS and HS Lunch: https://5il.co/3boi5
Breakfast: https://5il.co/3boi6
2025 All Class Reunion Info
Please support our PTA who always goes above and beyond for our staff and students.
Seniors: New scholarship opportunity
theexchangesd.com/apply-now-for-sdta-scholarships/
Is anyone questioning the number of school buses parked on Lincoln Ave? We are hosting the District 5 FFA CDE contest. Roughly 270 middle school and high school students are our guests today for this contest. . Good luck to all students, but a extra plug for all of our Hot Springs students.
The US Attorney’s Office-SD will be hosting its 2nd (now annual) Summer Law Camp in Sioux Falls this June 23-25. Attached is the press release for the camp last summer, the application, and the link for more information.
Please check it out using the link below for more information.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sd/usao-academy-summer-law-camp
On Thursday, March 27, students in the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th grade will receive their course selection form for the 2025-2026 school year. It will be sent through their school email. They will select the classes that they would like to take for next school year. They may edit their response until Monday, April 7, at which time the forms will be locked. We encourage parents/guardians to discuss this process with their students. Please consider graduation requirements, courses already taken, and student aspirations after graduation when making selections. School administrators are available for any discussions that need to take place. Please note that course selection does not guarantee placement. Numbers and teacher schedules will ultimately determine a student's schedule.
National Guard Experience
Congratulations to these middle schoolers for earning Honor Roll of Excellence (3.5-3.99) and Honor Roll of Merit (3.0-3.49):
Middle School Roll of Excellence (3.5-3.99)
Hazel Adams 6
Isaac Ambuul 6
Lyric Busch 6
Eva Erickson 6
Junibelle Gilbert 6
Emmett Givler 6
Sophie Heidebrink 6
Caroline Hoffman 6
Casen Humbracht 6
Giovannina Mazzocchio 6
Eliza Nadeem 6
Lily Perez-Nitsche 6
Lyla Perez-Nitsche 6
Tate White 6
Brody Briese 7
Kaelyn Burchfield 7
Farrah Champine 7
Joshua Cristofano 7
Taven Crowley 7
Avery Davis 7
Tylee Fish 7
Bentley Hughes 7
Dalton Hunter 7
Tehlia Lucey 7
Whitten Luper 7
Gunner Parisien 7
Savannah Red Owl 7
Reagan Schultes 7
Elliott Sherrard 7
Lily Sigafoos 7
Colette Ambuul 8
Emmie Baker 8
Ella Haskvitz 8
Reona Kindred 8
Johnathon Mazzocchio 8
Dean Nathan 8
Lilly Parker 8
Gaige Sides 8
Abby Simons 8
Carter Walz 8
Ryder Weiss 8
Keenan White 8
Ashton Wilaby 8
Middle School Roll of Merit (3.0-3.49)
Nathanael Anderson 6
Zoren Aspinall 6
Tritiyan Boyd 6
Jasmin Crowley 6
Lukas Cupsa 6
Talyn Dodd 6
Evren Elliott 6
Talac Evans 6
Stanley Felder 6
Tynlee Fish 6
Louden Greenfield 6
Lauren Hawkins 6
Kye Kutz 6
Brylee Mello 6
Alivia Nathan 6
Tanner Naze 6
Peter Noteboom 6
Presley Ohrmund 6
Astrid Orback 6
Porter Orback 6
Leon Palyan 6
Zoe Schaffner 6
Jaidyn Schuh 6
Ryker Sides 6
Ian Thornton 6
Danielle White 6
Richard Anderson 7
Brylee Bilges 7
Sean Campbell 7
Jazmin Contreras 7
Amelia Decker 7
Kiya Marshall 7
Charis Ngaira 7
Alexis Pattee 7
Haven Ross 7
Zoey Uehling-Mason 7
Tessa Hammel 8
Rubilyn Johns 8
Toryn Johnson 8
Elizabeth Lauing 8
Cylus Rapp 8
Mercedes Rasberry 8
Layton Ringstmeyer 8
Holten Rutz 8
Alexis Uehling Mason 8
Congratulations to these high schoolers for earning Honor Roll of Excellence (3.5-3.99) and Honor Roll of Merit (3.0-3.49):
High School Roll of Excellence (3.5-3.99)
Tailor Cunningham 9
Emilia Cupsa 9
William Erickson 9
Thor Fish 9
Loki Joeckel 9
Elizabeth Jones 9
Westin Klippenstein 9
Brody Lout 9
Karlie Mathis 9
Jacob Merrill 9
Von Mogen-Frankfort 9
Shayna Morgan 9
William O'Neill 9
Mira Palyan 9
William Robinson 9
Ruby Russell 9
Oakley Sowers 9
Emma Torres 9
Konnor West 9
Azbayar Bayambanorov 10
Benjamin Black 10
Autumn Bloom 10
Sierra Bristow 10
Taylen DeBoer 10
Brynley Erickson 10
Austin Heinert 10
Hunter Kunz 10
Holden Luper 10
Savannah Marshall 10
Olivia Moffitt 10
Reese Naze 10
Pavarisa Nunthong 10
Braxton Watson 10
Johnathon Close 11
Francis Cunningham 11
Alaina Daily 11
Canton Gingrass 11
Lilly Kasper 11
Zetta Kuhl 11
Kiana Lewis 11
York Naze 11
Ellaina Nichols 11
Daniel Pellicotte 11
Robert Preuss 11
Brock Schroeder 11
Katie Snyder 11
Oliver Sowers 11
Bryson Venables 11
Noah Wieseler 11
Braden Yeager 11
Rose Burchfield 12
Kolton Hagen 12
Kaemyn Klippenstein 12
Kenadee Maciejewski 12
Ethan Nowak 12
Senay Pulscher 12
Nia Romero-Perez 12
Laurel Rush 12
High School Roll of Merit (3.0-3.49)
Journey Bashaw 9
Zachary Bell 9
Jada Berkley 9
Adysin Clasen 9
Cerah Duarte 9
Eli Jirsa 9
Nehemiah Lewis 9
Rowan Reineke 9
Nicholas Schaffner 9
Soleil Stone 9
Taya Amende 10
Gage Cumbow 10
Emma Davis 10
Nathaniel Horton 10
Alexander Madigan 10
Dakota McCulloch 10
Derek Mills 10
Sophia Nathan 10
Brant Person 10
Ray Sanders 10
Taysia Boehler 11
Sergio Cantu 11
Charli Christiansen 11
Cardar Halls 11
Duane Hannah 11
Jaydon Koffler 11
Connor Kramer 11
Wyatt Nellen 11
Taralynn Rudloff 11
Maximus Sam 11
Lakoda Shafer 11
Carl Stanton 11
Dylan Thompson 11
Owen White 11
Megan Wynia 11
Jayla Evans 12
Jacan Joeckel 12
Trenton Jordan 12
Adriana Red Cloud 12
Greyden VanDewater 12
Jace Watters 12
High School Band students performed solos for two music professors from BHSU - Dr Dave Berberick & Dr Skye Van Duuren on March 5, 2025. Due to the arctic temperatures in February, the Region 8 contest was cancelled. Our students got a chance to perform their solos and receive a rating from the judges. Shout out to the BHSU directors for driving down and sharing encouragement, support, & advice to our high school musicians. Great job to our high school band students for achieving this goal & completing the task at hand! Go Bison Musicians!!!
