The fifth-grade class braved the rain and participated in a fun-filled day! We attended the Air and Space Museum at Ellsworth.
We had a fantastic tour guide that showed us many planes, jets, missiles, and helicopters, and informed us of all the history involved with each one.
Next stop, Cosmos! The students actively were a part of the phenomena and loved every minute of it!
There is still time to sign up for an enrichment program at Newell Elementary School this summer. Please use the QR code to access a Google form. If you have any questions please email Jada.Jones@k12.sd.us or Steven.Schoenfish@k12.sd.us
Newell School District will be having a silent auction for surplus shop machines. The auction will be located near the ag/science shop doors on the southwest end on Wednesday, May 17th from 4-5:00 pm. The items include a Delta Band Saw, Delta Table Saw, and a Victor pattern maker.
Fourth and fifth-grade students celebrated National Poetry Month in April in the Library with lessons on Black Out Poetry. Blackout poetry is the process of taking a piece of written text from a book, newspaper, or magazine and removing or marking out words in order to come up with your own poetry creation. The students practiced this technique and created their own pieces of work.
Books were received from the recent Book Blast Treasure Map book drive. We were able to provide 479 free books for summer reading to students from pre-school through 8th grade. Every student received at least one book. Thank you to the parents who helped their children with the treasure maps. Also, thank you to Dvorak Convenience Stores (BJ's Conoco) for your community donation. We look forward to more books for next year!
Busy day for the middle school! The girls went to BHSU Women’s Day on campus. Over 800 students were there! The boys hiked Bear Butte right away this morning and then toured Wonderland Cave. Thank you Mrs. Erk for setting up a fun day.
Please consider joining our coaching staff! The application is linked below. Please fill out and return it to Steve Schoenfish.
https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/56/District/2502991/Employment_application.pdf
The MS/HS LMC track meet scheduled for Thursday, May 11th has been postponed to May 15th.
Newell schools will host a Pacesetter Volleyball Camp for all players entering grades 3-12 Tuesday-Thursday, July 11-13 at the Austin Auditorium located in Newell.
All players entering grades 3-5 will meet from 8:30-10:00 a.m., all players entering grades 6-8 will meet from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and all players entering grades 9-12 will meet from 1:00-4:00 p.m. daily. Space is limited, so families are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Players registered by June 26 will receive a $5 discount.
https://www.pacesettersports.net/sd-vball-camps/
All players will receive a strong program of teaching. The Pacesetter “Fundamentals for Champions” program stresses a solid foundation of instruction, followed by drills to simulate game situations, and games to help develop the skills into a habit.
Pacesetter Sports is the Midwest leader in providing high-quality, low-cost programs. The Pacesetter staff is comprised of former state champions, college coaches, or highly successful high school coaches who love teaching volleyball to young people. Pacesetter focuses on teaching the most important skills to make the greatest possible improvement in a few days…for a cost, most families can afford. This summer marks Pacesetter’s 44th season.
If you have any questions please contact Cara Muckridge.
Cara.Muckridge@k12.sd.us , 605-456-2393
Middle school students will be attending field trips this Wednesday, May 10th. The ladies were invited to BHSU for a STEM day at the campus and many wanted to attend when they heard about it. The gentlemen are going to Wonderland Cave, lunch in Sturgis Park, and hiking Bear Butte. Parents are welcome to join the hike and lunch portion of the boys' trip. I do not know if there is enough room on the tours to add parents since we are trying to change the time we attend so we do not have rain during our hike. Permission slips went out today with the middle school students. The ladies' bus leaves at 7:35 and their itinerary is attached to their permission slip. The gentlemens' bus leaves at 8:00 and their itinerary will be sent out as soon as we receive word from Wonderland Cave.
The high school golf team traveled to Lemmon yesterday for the Lemmon Invite and the LMC. Results as followed:
Megan Jackson: 98, 4th in Lemmon Invite and 3rd in the LMC tourney
Kelsi Clements: 100, 4th in the LMC tourney
Braylee Freytag: 107
Bodie VanDerBoom: 100
Charlie Clements: 110
Jayden Tesch: 137
Brendt Tifft: 68 on 9 holes.
Girls team placed 3rd in Lemmon invite and 2nd in LMC tourney.
Congratulations!
24 PRs for the middle schoolers today. The meet ended before all the events were done. We had many races we never had a chance to compete at today.
Brilee Heath was invited to run in the special 400 invite race at the Jeff Smit track meet in Sturgis today. She had a PR and got 6th place out of 24 teams!
Awesome day for the Newell track kids in Kadoka. They went to compete and came home with 13 PRs (personal records)! One of those being from Rachel Erk who has a new school record in the long jump with the jump of 16'10"!
We have two meets left before state. Next week on Thursday we will be in Lemmon for Conference and the following Thursday will be in Timber Lake for regions.
You can see our current athletes here that are in the top 24 currently.
https://www.sdhsaa.com/tf-top-performances/
Here is the link to the 2023 Elementary Play Day photos! More will be added soon!
https://www.newell.k12.sd.us/page/elementary-play-day-2023
Yesterday, the freshman class traveled to Faith for freshman impact. It was a great day with a lot of learning! Here are a few images from the day.
May school board meeting agenda. Meeting will be Monday May 8th at 6:00 pm.
https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/56/District/3004556/May_agenda_2023.pdf
Newell School students (K-5) can sharpen their academic skills by participating in enrichment activities over the summer. Sign up using the QR code or by calling the Newell School at 456-0102. If you have any questions you may email: Jada.Jones@k12.sd.us or Steven.Schoenfish@k12.sd.us
Students who participated on a High School team this past year, please plan to attend as you are recognized for countless hours of work and effort into your sport.
Newell School District has the following openings for the 2023-2024 school year. Special education director, 1st-grade teacher, 4th-grade teacher, Title I teacher, 8th-12th math teacher. If interested, email Mr. Andrew Fergen at andrew.fergen@k12.sd.us a resume, cover letter, and three letters of recommendation.