Newell School District continues to welcome new staff for 2025/2026. Welcome Ms. Hayes to the 1st grade.
Emma Hayes will be joining the Newell School District as the first-grade teacher. She will graduate in May 2025 from Black Hills State University with a bachelor's in Elementary Education. Ms. Hayes completed her student teaching at Sturgis Elementary and was a paraprofessional for the Whitewood After School program.
Ms. Hayes has completed various professional development workshops, including the Computational Thinking Workshop and STEM Ed Conference, Early Literacy for Providers and Families training, and the Making Thinking Visible workshop. As a paraprofessional for three years, she has developed skills in differentiation, classroom management, and lesson planning.
Welcome to the Newell School District, Emma Hayes!
Congratulations MS and HS track teams and coaches! WE ARE NEWELL!
April 2025 Unofficial Board Minutes: https://5il.co/3fk9p
Newell School District continues to welcome new staff for 2025/2026. Welcome Ms. Svodoba to the Title l teacher position.
Courtney Svoboda will be filling the role of Title I teacher for the 2025-2026 school year. Mrs. Svobada has a degree in Elementary Education, Master's in Curriculum and Instruction and Education Administration. She has filled the role of Elementary teacher, Behavior Strategist, and Title I teacher.
Courtney Svoboda brings the Newell School District experience in student progress monitoring and the ability to utilize data to adjust instruction. She creates and promotes a positive learning atmosphere, ensuring that the needs of the individual child are met in terms of social, emotional, and intellectual development.
Welcome to Newell School District, Mrs. Svoboda!
REMINDER: Athletic Banquet. Parents if you can contribute to the POTLUCK that would be very much appreciated. See you there!
SHARK! Mr. Engel's 3rd Graders did a science unit on life cycles. "We started with chickens and hatched some chickens as well as ducks. Then we moved on to the life cycle of a butterfly...and the grand finale was the life cycle of a shark. After researching, we invited 5th grade into our classroom and dissected 2 dogfish sharks!! The students were actively engaged, and through discovery and research, they had an absolute blast!!" Mr. Engel.
Newell School District continues to welcome new staff for 2025/2026. Welcome Ms. Coffield to 4th grade.
Ms. Coffield will be the fourth-grade teacher for the 2025-2026 school year. She graduated from Black Hills State University in December with a Bachelor of Science in Education. Jayden did her student teaching at Sundance Elementary and is currently a paraprofessional at Whitewood Elementary.
During Ms. Coffield’s academic journey, she has developed lesson planning skills that align with state educational standards, ensuring they are engaging and age-appropriate. She also strives to implement lessons that inspire creativity and critical thinking among students. Through her teaching experience and work as a paraprofessional, she has a background in group and individual instruction that has equipped her to effectively assess and monitor student progress. This allows her to provide each student with the feedback they need to thrive academically.
Welcome Jayden Coffield to the Newell School District!
Newell School District begins to welcome the new staff for 2025/2026- Welcome Mrs. Pesicka, Kindergarten.
Dear Parents and Students:
I am excited to meet all of you at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year! My name is Sunny Pesicka, and I’ll be your Kindergarten teacher. I’m really excited to get to know each of you and to help my students to grow, learn, and have a successful and enjoyable time in our classroom.
A little about me:
I am currently completing my Master’s Degree in Elementary Education. After my prior job experience of working in a school, I found that I truly love working in education! My background in education includes:
● Observational experiences in Kindergarten and 1st grade
● Hands-on student observational experiences in 2nd and 3rd-grade classrooms in Faith School District
● Working as a para-professionaI in special education and working summer school in Takini School District
In the classroom, I enjoy making learning engaging, interactive, and meaningful. My goal is to create a classroom environment where the students feel safe, respected, and motivated to do their best. This goal will be accomplished through activities that incorporate a mixture of learning, movement, multi-media and center activities.
It is exciting for me to return to my hometown of Newell to reconnect with those of you that I know from my past and meet those of you that I don’t yet know. Because I believe that communication is essential, once I get settled into my classroom, I will be communicating with you all via classroom DoJo and newsletters. This next year, we’ll be exploring many exciting topics, working together on projects, and challenging ourselves to think in new ways. I hope to make this a memorable and rewarding experience for all of my students and I will support them every step of the way.
Let’s make this next year a great year together!
Warmly, Sunny Pesicka
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week. We are grateful for our educators!
Great job to the MS team members and coaches at the Jeff Smit Invite!
UPDATED CORRECTION to recent post per ANNA ERK. Thanks for the new information noted in red that is still just great! Congrats students! We are Newell!
UPDATED CORRECTION Thank you Anna Erk for providing the updated info in red . Here you go! Test Scores are in. WE ARE NEWELL! Newell School District teachers have worked extremely hard to enhance the education of our students. The Newell School District is proud to announce some great accomplishments with our Smarter Balance test scores for this school year. Congratulations to the students and teachers!
Coming up Monday Night, May 5th. We are excited to honor our Fine Arts Students who have worked so hard this year.
Thank you Valley Irrigator for the wonderful coverage of the Spring Concert. The children worked so hard to bring a fun evening to the entire audience. Their smiles on stage said it all! Thank you to our music mentors, stagehands, art submissions and deco, maintenance crew, and the entire community for supporting our students in the Fine Arts. Read more here: https://www.bellefourchebeacon.com/
Earlier this week ---Courtesy video Black Hills TV. Watch here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14HiLgk2VFP/?mibextid=wwXIfr
The Newell High School Track and Field team thrived under perfect weather conditions at the Belle Fouche Invite. The warm temperatures were ideal for record-setting performances. Clint Winkler led the team, winning the two-mile race with a personal record (PR) of 10:34, a 10-second improvement, and taking first in the mile, just one second shy of his PR. He also earned third place in the 800 meters, see the exciting close finish to that race. Malachi Whitacre talks reaching a personal best in the 800 meters, dropping nine seconds to finish at 2:30. Sarah Erk shares her success in the field events while also setting a PR in the 100-meter dash. Bethany Mahaffy talks about setting two season bests in the mile and 800. Assistant coach Garrett Winkler and head coach Anna Erk praised the team's standout efforts, noting that several performances could qualify athletes for the state meet.
The FFA Banquet was a huge success. Congratulations to all our FFA students and Mrs. Geppert. Thank you to everyone who contributed auction items and helped with the event.
REMINDER: The annual Play Day is coming up! Fun for all!
Thank you Newell School Principals. Elementary Mr. Paul Clark. High School Dr. Pandi Pittman
And now we enjoy the Golf Season at Newell School District! Congratulations to all.
Congratulations! Northern Hills Invitational. Newell’s Eirelyn Bender won the discus with a toss of 109-2 and teammate Sara Erk won the high jump (4-9). Erk also placed third in the triple jump (30-10) See all results here: https://605sports.com/Timber-Lake-boys-win-three-relays-at-Northern-Hills-Invitational-?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR67Mz64KKb4NKO9B_EMTb79zMQd6Ik_YdRKV3lzyr_wL936Vt56lPRVJbS87g_aem_XOyNntkC6lOU3_x9h5-bwg
