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12930 E. Hwy 34 Sturgis, South Dakota
57785-6400 (605) 347-4487
Fax: (605) 720-0513 STURGIS BROWN HIGH SCHOOL
SUBJECT: Administrative Report DATE: December 14, 2015 FROM: Mike Paris, Activities Director All of the High School Winter activities are now underway. Girl’s/Boy’s Basketball, Wrestling, One Act Play and Debate/Oral Interpretation are all in high gear, along with Middle School Girl’s Basketball and Wrestling. The JV Wrestling team opened their season on December 1st with the Sturgis Junior Varsity Dual Tournament. The Varsity Wrestling team opened their season in fine fashion on Thursday, December 3rd with a dual win against the Belle Fourche Broncs, 75-6. The varsity then traveled to the high-powered Mandan Lions Invitational Tournament, in Mandan, ND where they finished third (3rd). The Junior Varsity team also competed at the Custer Varsity Invitational on the same weekend. The number of athletes participating this year is slightly smaller than last year with approximately 33 athletes participating. The Girl’s Basketball season began on November 30th under second year head coach Jordan Proefrock. We will be fairly young with only 2 seniors and 3 juniors on the varsity roster. The Girl’s Basketball team will open their season against the Aberdeen Central Golden Eagles (@ Aberdeen) on December 11th.
The Boy’s Basketball team began practicing on November 30th under second year Head Coach Colin McCamp bell. The boy’s will open their season at home against the Aberdeen Central Golden Eagles on Friday, December 11th. Very similar to the Scooper Girls Basketball team, the boys team with be loaded with a lot of sophomores, but very few juniors and seniors. One Act Play auditions are now underway. They will be performing at the Sturgis Community Center on January 26th and January 28th, beginning at 7:00 PM. The State One Act competition will be held at Sioux Falls O’Gorman High School on February 4th, 5th and 6th. The SBHS Band Department hosted their customary Winter Concert on Monday, December 8th at the Sturgis Community Center under first-year band instructor-Ms. Rebecca Fahey.. The SBHS Choir Department will host their Winter Concert on Monday, December 21st at the Sturgis Community Center beginning at 7:00 PM under long-time chorus instructor-Mr. Bart Torbert..
Sturgis Brown High hosted the SDHSAA State Oral Interpretation Festival at SBHS on December 4th and 5th. Approximately 90 high schools and between 500-600 high school students competed. It was a big success and many compliments were received concerning the facilities and the over-all festival in general.
S Meade School District 46-1
Mike R. Paris, Activities Director
“To Build Knowledge and Skills for Success Today and Tomorrow”
Meade School District 46-1 Buildings & Grounds Department
Cody King
SUPERVISOR OF BUILDINGS & GROUNDS
12940 E. HIGHWAY 34
STURGIS, SD 57785
Phone: 605-347-2649
Fax: 605-347-3363
E-mail: [email protected]
Jim Adams— Maintenance
Todd Battles—Lead Maintenance
Doug Draine—Safety & Environmental
Randy Gross—Maintenance
June Guy—Head Administrative Assistant
Bob Kaiser—Maintenance
Dede Long—Administrative Assistant
Cody Timm—Maintenance
It’s hard to believe that in two weeks it will be Christmas and 2015 will just about
be gone. When one starts to look back on 2015, they start to think about all the different
projects and over 1400 work orders that were completed by the crew this past year. The
amount of time that our crew of 7 puts in every year is amazing,14,560 hours a year we
work and that was done with no lost time due to accidents. We want to keep that record go-
ing into 2016. As for the central coping office, they will have done 4.8 million copies for
the school district in 2015, and that’s with two copiers that are six years old.
Meade School District has made some big improvement over the last three years,
and we hope to continue making improvement in 2016. With a school as large as ours,
there is always challenges and problems that will arise. The crew has done a gre4at job in
keeping everything running and also building new things to our district. Have a safe and
Merry Christmas from the Buildings &Grounds crew of Meade Schools District 46-1.
Buildings & Grounds Central Supply
“To Build Knowledge and Skills for Success Today and Tomorrow” Jeff Ward-Curriculum/Technology
1230 Douglas Street, Sturgis, SD 57785 Phone: (605) 347-4454 - Fax: (605) 347-4433 – Web: http://www.meade.k12.sd.us
Re: December 2015 Meade 46-1 School Board Report From: Jeff Ward, Curriculum and Technology Director Subject: Rural Internet and Network Connectivity Through careful analysis of the existing frame relay system in place in 2007, it was determined that the district would benefit greatly by going to a point-to-point fiber connection between Whitewood, Piedmont and the Sturgis schools. This change would allow scalable increases for bandwidth usage as the District’s needs increased. This network allowed for remote access to computers and the ability for end users to access data stored on District servers. This option was not available for the remote schools throughout the rest of the District. In an effort to make the network resources available to the rural schools, a virtual private network (VPN) was implemented two years ago. The South Dakota Bureau of Information and Telecommunications (SD BIT) recommends the use of VPNs for schools that have remote locations. This VPN allows teachers in the rural the ability to access the media server which houses our audio books as well as allowing the techs to manage and provide support to devices in the rural over the VPN which would avoid having to drive to the rural school for many of the day to day technology issues. Golden West provides the digital subscriber line (DSL) at the rural schools that brings the Internet into the schools over copper phone lines, and they have done testing to make sure their equipment is set up and functioning correctly. SD BIT has set up and monitored the VPN and states that it is functional, and they have also stated that a fast Ethernet connection would help solve the problem. A further analysis of our network’s current content filter shows that traffic levels are at a level higher than the device is rated to handle. This could be contributing to the issues in the rural by causing the Internet connection to be slow or interrupted. Options at this point are to get a larger capacity content filter, find a provider of fast Ethernet to the rural schools and/or stop using the VPN.
MEADE SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE To: School Board Member From: Joseph Schaffer (Joe.Schaffer@ k12.sd.us) Subject: December Board Meeting Date: December 14, 2015 The School Nutrition Association is waiting for Congress to approve the Reauthorization Bill. The Bill was due in October but congress voted on delaying it until December. SNA is asking for congress to not lower the sodium from currently 1230mg to 935mg in school year 2017-2018. SNA is also asking for the 100% Whole Grain to go back to 51% along with a $0.35 cent increase per meal for reimbursement. Food Service served 29,963 lunches and 7,396 breakfasts for the month of November 2015 compared to 26,941 lunches and 6,148 breakfasts for November 2014.
Piedmont Valley Elementary
16159 Second Street.
“To Build Knowledge and skills for success today and tomorrow”
PHONE: 605-.787.5295
FAX: 605.787.5954
Piedmont, SD 57769
605.787.5295
To: Mr. Kirkegaard
From: Ethan Dschaak
Re: Board Report
Date: 12.1.2015
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Report Cards: On Thursday, Dec. 3rd report cards will be sent home with students. Students who are in
Kindergarten through 5th grade receive Standards Based Report Cards. Our 6th grade students receive the
traditional letter grade report cards. This has proven to be an effective way to communicate the progress
our students continue to make.
Peace Poster Winners:
On Friday, Nov. 20th the Lions Club Peace Poster Winners were announced. This art project that also en-
courages peace and good will has been a successful endeavor in our building for a number of years. The
winners are below:
5th Grade: 3rd: Tiana Williamson 2nd: Makenzi Kaski 1st: Cali Ewing
6th Grade: 3rd: Rose Miles 2nd: Mikayla Kullbom 1st: Carlie Schlosser
Holiday Music Program:
On Dec. 18th Music Teacher Becky Fischer will be direction our Kindergarten-2nd grade students during
the annual Holiday Music Program. The program will consist of popular Christmas and winter holiday sea-
son songs. The sixth grade band will also be featured during the morning presentation. There will be a pro-
gram held on the morning of the 18th as well as in the afternoon. I would welcome all of you to attend this
great event!
Students of the Month:
2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Madelyne Grimes Mason Oster Ethan Hendrix Krystyna Fontenot Slade Kierleber
Jessa Griswold Natalie Alsup Zoe Herringer Marissa Hoeke Shane Curtis
Cole Litzen Hannah Brandner Rheanna Page Annie Cuny Elizabeth Ogden
Malayha Nalley Gabe Reeve Elliot Hendrix Layne Septka Hannah Robertson-
Noah Walker Avery Marler Trux Williamson
Grayden Juve Quintyn Hallmark Landon Wilson
Jacob Keech
Elizabeth Storm Lilly Hatzenbuhler Madison Soyland
Paige Gorczewski
December 14, 2015 School Board Meeting 5:30 PM
CONGRATS STUDENTS OF THE MONTH FOR November
Senior: Josh Exner Junior: Seth Papenfuss
Sophomore: Abigail Anderson Freshman: Kordell Kuenzel
Staff: Holly Kopplin
In the news:
We had an outstanding band concert on December 8, directed by Ms.
Rebecca Fahey and Mr. Gary Nelson. On December 21 we will have a choir
concert at the Community Center starting at 7:00 directed by Mr. Bart Torbert.
Senior projects for the first semester are wrapping up and the seniors had a
project night on November 19 to showcase their projects. Many adults from the
community came to the high school commons to look at the projects. On
November 23& 24 seniors presented their projects to a panel for their final
evaluation on the project.
We hosted state Oral interp on December 4. Mike Paris has more on this.
First year teacher, Mr. Cyle Miller has added 3 new lathes and 1 new mill for his
machining class out in the Incubator building.
YLT (Youth Leadership Team) is comprised of about 70-75 high school students
and they are very active in the school. They help run the Destructive Decision
Simulation that was held on November 17 & 18, one night for parents and one
day for students. They have also started a pep club to support the activities that
go on in the building. On Sundays, a group of students come out to the high
school to make signs to support the activities and the students in the building.
The YLT team wants to continue this and reach out to the community as well for
support.
The FFA is wrapping up their fruit sales shortly and had competed in different
competitions lately. In Lemmon on November 16, Bridger Gordon and Shealyn
Bunch were elected as District 5 Office positions, Reported and Student Advisor
respectively. Three teams, Senior Parliamentarian Procedure, Marking Plan and
Agriculture Communications all qualified for State in Career Development
Events (CDE). The Agriculture Communications team placed 2nd in Pierre on
December 7.
S T U R G I S E L E M E N T A R Y
Chantal Ligtenberg - Principal
E-mail - [email protected]
Dave Olson- Assistant Principal
E-mail - [email protected]
1121 Ball Park Road
Sturgis, SD 57785
Phone: 605-347-2386
Fax: 605-347-3769
“To Build Knowledge and Skills for Success Today and Tomorrow”
Meade 46-1 School District
To: Mr. Don Kirkegaard
From: Chantal Ligtenberg
RE: December 2015 School Board Report
Educational Spotlights:
New Rock Wall: A new horizontal rock wall was assembled in the gym earlier this month. A portion of our fundraiser
funds were utilized to purchase the new equipment. Students will use this during their physical education time as well as
other class times.
World Kindness Day: The KC (Kindness and Compassion) club recognized World Kindness day on November 13th.
The group decorated a bulletin board in the front lobby. Special notes showing appreciation were shared with various
staff members.
Food Drive: Student Council members held a food drive to collect items for the local food pantry during the month of
November . The students raised 1,132 lbs. of food. Mrs. Monahan’s class raised the largest amount with 166 cans of
food.
December Events:
Third and fourth grade music program: Dec. 1st
5th grade in-school Star Base activities: November 23-December 11
5th grade field trip to Star Base (Ellsworth): December 15
Mustangs of the Month: The selection criterion for Student of the Month is not to be based on any one characteristic
of a student. The nominators consider all “Character Count” traits the student is exhibiting when submitting their
nominations.
Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade
Avery Anderson Arina Haugen Tori Williams
Kobi Millar Auburn Treloar Rodrig Mendez
Cyrus Sundberg Devin Ross Jude Legner
Mataya Janis Nate Kuenzel Brody Roger
Kenlee King Danica Dschaak Miles Voigt
Natalie Huber Sully Jost
Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade
Ava Droppers Marah Ellis Elizabeth Brand
Cooper Hanks Walter Moore Carlie Johnson
Carter Williams Kayden Vasknetz Zoieie Meister
Josh Karrels Landon Hemenway Carson Oedekoven
Chloe Kizer Lil’ Gene Limpy Angelina Hobbs
To: Supt. Don Kirkegaard From: Ann Nonnast Subject: December Board Report Date: December 8, 2015 Sturgis Williams Middle School took the opportunity to educate our students about our military branches during the month of November. On the 10th, our students took a field trip to Fort Meade for the day. The students were divided into groups and assigned a platoon. Their platoon learned how to march and one student was appointed the platoon leader. Each of the platoons rotated through a variety of activities such as an obstacle coarse, MRE, strategic planning, and touring the museum. We continued our Veteran’s Day activities with a program on November 11th. We gave special recognition to the local Sturgis volunteer Honor Guard. The TAG group made a presentation on the history and duties of the Honor Guard. Cindy Ferguson, a paraprofessional at SWMS, was awarded the American Legion Educator of the Year award for her dedicated and positive efforts to our students in and out of school. Ms. Novak, the 6th grade science teacher, has created an exciting Exploratory class. During the six weeks in the class the students will take a variety of materials and create their own Ecosystem. The students will learn how things in our environment work together to create a balanced ecosystem. The November Character Trait of the Month was “Citizenship”. The Students of the Month for November were: 6th grade Devon DuBray, Jessica Matthew, Cora Burnett, Sidney Peterson and Sawyer Holzer. 7th grade Megan Petrocco, Hunter Rosten, Savannah Burton, Brody Brink, Dani Master, Grace Cooper, Jordan Kitzmiller, Payton Henderson and Jarrod Duran and 8th grade Courtney Hobbs, Lukas Weidmann, Mazie Hoffman, Abbey Steele, Avery Bunch, Ryan Conover and Kiara Brown. The December character trait is “Compassion.” The Art class was involved in “Paint the Plow” project. Each grade level developed a design and painted those on four of the city plows. The students worked cooperatively to complete the project just in time for the city to put them back on their trucks for the snow. The staff at SWMS continues to focus on the implementation of the MacBook computers at in-service. We will be joining forces with the high school for the December In-service. We will begin with departmental meeting and presentations on implementation of the MacBook into instructional units. In the afternoon we will have a presentation on Drugs in our School and School Law. The choir students at SWMS kicked off their holiday season with their annual holiday concert on December 7th. The students did an outstanding job of capturing the holiday spirit. “Congrats!” Ann Nonnast Principal Sturgis Williams Middle School
Phone: 605-269-2264 Fax: 605-269-2099
603 Garfield Whitewood SD 57793
RURAL/WHITEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
To : Don Kirkegaard, Superintendent
From: Bev Rosenboom, Rural/Whitewood Principal
RE: Board Report
December 2015
Wranglers of the Month from Whitewood for the month of November are as follows: Eric Schneller,
kindergarten; Ryan Hale, first grade; Ethan Graf, second grade; Virgil Brown, third grade; Sydney
Underhill, fourth grade; Aaron Werlinger, fifth grade; and, Dustin Alan, sixth grade.
Rural students of the month are as follows: Jaysee Jones, grade 5, Enning/Union Center and Beau
Austin, grade 8, Enning/Union Center.
The month of November’s character trait is citizenship. I am very proud of the efforts of the staff
and students to participate in activities which show their concern for the betterment of their com-
munity and country; activities which show their concern for staying informed about issues and to
voice their opinion as participant citizens; and activities which demonstrate their respect for those
who serve and have served our country.
All the schools are busy preparing for their Christmas programs. Those programs are such a great
way to practice the skills of speaking, listening, singing, performing, and acting. It is amusing as
to how stressful it is in the preparation stages and how wonderful the performances end of being.
We couldn’t do it without dedicated staff.
The students of Whitewood are to be commended for encouraging 19 adults to donate blood in a
community blood drive held on December 1 in Whitewood. They also collected canned food for the
Whitewood Food Pantry and donated money to go to the food panty.
The Enning/Union Center students used their money to purchase gifts and food which was given to
the Sturgis Kiwanis Food Pantry, the Toys for Tots program in Sturgis, and children at the Chil-
dren’s Home Society near Rockerville.
Upcoming Events:
Dec. 14 Elm Springs Christmas Program, Elm Springs Hall, 6:00 PM
Dec. 15 Atall Christmas Program, Atall School, 6:30 PM
Dec. 17 Enning/Union Center Christmas Program, CMCCC, 6:30 PM
Dec. 18 Hereford Christmas Program, Hereford Hall, 6:00 PM
Dec. 18 Whitewood Christmas Program, Whitewood School, 7:00 PM
Dec. 21 Opal Christmas Program, Opal Hall, 6:30 PM
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Bev Rosenboom, Principal
To: School Board Members From: Chrissy Peterson Re: December Board Report 2015
Merry Christmas!!
The Special Services office has been extremely busy gathering needed information for the mandated “Child Count.” The state requires all types of information on students who have disabilities. As of December 1, the total number of students that are on active Individual Education Plans (IEP) is 440. This is approximately 16% of the total enrollment; the highest it has been. For each student on an IEP as of December 1, money is allocated per their disability. The less severe disabilities generate $4,800 per student and the severest of disabling categories generate $21,210 per student. The special education numbers continue to increase as well as the intensity of services. As per the table below, the number of students with disabilities has grown and remains steady.
2007 Child Count 342
2008 Child Count 343
2009 Child Count 343
2010 Child Count 361
2011 Child Count 366
2012 Child Count 389
2013 Child Count 400
2014 Child Count 410
2015 Child Count 422
The special education teachers and their students at the middle school are embracing the tools the new Mac Airs laptops have available. The special education teachers are teaching their students how to access and use the text-to-speech and speech-to-text program. These simple options have motivated the middle school students to read at grade level and complete assignments by speaking into the laptop to reduce the frustration of written expression disabilities. Students are driven by technology! The new devices have helped the students accommodate their disabilities and ignite a new passion for learning! This is success! The Ronald McDonald Dental Care Mobile did over $26,000 worth of dental care on forty-three students while at the middle school, November 16-20. The dental care included fillings, extractions, sealants, x-rays and cleanings on all students seen. The care mobile has two complete dental offices on wheels. The staff included a dentist, dental assistants, dental hygienists and a registered nurse. The Dental Care Mobile will be in the Piedmont area again on February 8-12, 2015.
