Newell School District

REMINDER of the fundraiser going on in the Austin Auditorium today. If you want to donate money or baked goods, please let Luaine Shaykett know. Text her at: 605 210 0825 .

Preschool screening coming up! Ages 0-6 are welcome!

Reminder of the fundraiser going on in the Austin Auditorium this week. If you want to donate money or baked goods, please let Luaine Shaykett know. Text her at: 605 210 0825 .

Here are the two LiveTicket links for tonight's first-round games of the West River Tournament. Good luck to all teams! Newell Vs. Moorcroft: https://www.youtube.com/live/sOgOkNa6MP8?si=obZHMW3U16exeFkv Faith Vs. New Underwood: https://www.youtube.com/live/ZAJrcUZOBB0?si=vpMcHLNUaFnO9H4s

Honor Roll for the 2nd Quarter! Great work students! https://www.newell.k12.sd.us/page/honor-roll-2022-2023-copy

Technical difficulties! We are now live on Facebook using the link below instead of the YouTube link. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18cEVkXgYs/

Here is the link for the January School Board meeting. It will go live at 5:55 PM tonight, January 13, 2025. https://youtube.com/live/WADS4krpzuo

If you want to donate money or baked goods, please let Luaine Shaykett know. Text her at: 605 210 0825 .

Newell Wrestlers went to the largest tournament they have attended yet in Presho. The Mid-Dakota Monster has 30 teams from across the state. It was a great preview of who they may face later at regions and state. Most brackets contained over 26 wrestlers each. Our wrestlers put up a tremendous fight. Will, Joe, and Dyson were short of reaching the placing rounds despite their best efforts. Bodie was able to advance his way into 8th place. Our Newell Wrestlers represented themselves and our school well. They showed great sportsmanship even when matches didn’t go their way and were always supporting one another.

December 2024 Special School Board Meeting Minutes: https://5il.co/34onc

January 2025 Proposed School Board Agenda: https://5il.co/34oin

The 43rd annual boys' and 34th annual girls' West River Tournament basketball brackets are here! Come support our Irrigators next week!

If you want to donate money or baked goods, please let Luaine Shaykett know. Text her at: 605 210 0825 . Also we are in need of soups and supplies for taco supper. Thank you.

There will be a two-hour late start today, January 9th, 2025. Be safe! Hi

Schedule change, there will only be a Varsity girls' basketball game with Tiospaye Topa on Friday at 5:30 pm. Thank you.

The high school Snowball Dance scheduled for tonight, January 4th is canceled due to the weather. Stay safe!

TODAY: Boys' Basketball is at 1 p.m., and Girls' Basketball follows. IF Lemmon streams the games today, you can find them on this link: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/sd/lemmon/organization/80905/lemmon-high-school/teams

We are Newell 2025!

The Newell Wrestling team went to Harding County today. It was a boys only tournament. Lots of great matches. Dyson was injured during his first match which he was still able to win, but had to stop after that. We hope he is back to normal soon. Bodie and Joe had many see-saw battles that ended in both wins and losses for them. Will had a great day and muscled his way into 4th where he lost by 1 point.

The last few coach interviews are scheduled over the next couple of days. Here’s a feature you will enjoy! Thank you Football coaches! Head Coach Wyatt Vander Vorst: I chose to become a coach because I enjoy helping people and coaching creates unique opportunities to get to know people and build relationships. I have always loved sports and enjoyed sharing that passion with others. Coaching football also appealed to me because of the strategic challenges and special bonds coaches and players develop throughout the season. I started coaching youth baseball when I was in high school and then in 2017-2018, I coached high school basketball for a year. In the Fall of 2018, I started coaching football at the high school level in Wilmot, SD as part of the Dakota Hills co-op. I continued coaching when I arrived in Newell in the Fall of 2020 and I have been involved ever since. My dad was the most influential coach in my life. Even though he never coached me at the high school level, he volunteered his time when I was in youth sports and made sure I never missed a practice or a game. My dad was also present as often as he could be, regardless of what sport or event was going on. He piqued my initial interest in football taught me the basics at a young age and motivated me through my years of playing the sport. Our main goals for this season were to build up our players and establish a foundation to build the team on. We had a lot of new faces and different levels of experience, so we were able to see a lot of growth from start to finish this year. I believe there is cause for a lot of excitement going into next year! I began playing organized football in first grade and played through my senior year of high school. I graduated in 2013 from Herreid and I played for the Herreid/Selby Area Wolverines. I am married to my wife (my much, better half) Roni and we have two boys: Garret (3) and Waylon (1) Assistant Coach Tyrel Bonnet There were so many coaches that helped me along the way through high school and college, I wanted to do the same for others so I got involved in coaching. I think I took over coaching in 2017 but had helped for several years before that at the middle school level. Steve Schoenfish, inspired me the most as a coach. He supported his athletes and pushed them to reach their potential. My goals for the season were to continue to grow and build our program and the experience level of our athletes. I played high school football and wrestled as well. I had collegiate offers for both sports but chose to accept a Collegiate Rodeo scholarship. I graduated from Newell High School and obtained an Associates from Sheridan College and then a bachelor’s from Chadron State College. I have three children, two sons and one daughter. Roan (4) Rhett (2) and Cedar (1).