📢The Scoop from the Sup'📢
Summer is a Time to Refresh and Prepare
School is closed for the summer and everyone goes home to relax and refresh. Much of this true for our nine, ten, and twelve month employees. Staff uses this time to recharge the battery for the coming excitement of a new school year in August. In reality many of the staff use the summer to prepare for next year.
The months of June and July are quite busy especially for our maintenance and custodial crews. These two months they are waxing, painting, fixing and maintaining our buildings focusing on all the items we can only do when students are on summer break. There are eleven school sites that need attention and this is a considerable task to complete in a couple of months. We appreciate their dedication to our students and the tasks that often go unseen.
Administration is busy hiring staff for next year, while working on finalizing schedules to make next year run even better. Teachers are working on curriculum or professional development in order to grow and support student success while recharging their battery, too. The logistics, communications, technology, supplies and the preparation for each fall takes a team of counselors, secretaries, principals and the central office to pull all of this together. Many people are working to make the start of next year look easy.
We will continue working behind the scenes making sure everything is ready to go. I hope your summer is one of fun and we look forward to seeing everyone back in the fall.
A school board meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 12. Executive Session is scheduled to follow. Some important topics that will be discussed and approved include:
- Budget Hearing
- School Board Vacancy Applications
- Back to School Plan Revisions
- School Board Policy Reviews
- Review 2024-25 Rural Calendar
*Patrons who wish to speak during Open Forum are asked to contact the superintendent's office prior to the meeting by emailing Wayne Wormstadt or Tanya Ludwick.
KWIK Mart/KBHB Radio Athlete of the Week
Check out all of the awesome past and present Athletes of the Week that have been awarded a $10 gift card and FREE sub or mac n’ cheese from Kwik Mart/Sturgis Subs and a certificate.
-Sawyer Dennis and Avery Marler both placed in the 400, Dennis fourth and Marler seventh.
-The girls 4x200 took eighth place honors with team members, Cali Ewing, Kyasia Jones, Lily Aga, and Charlotte Fjelstad.
-The girls 4x400 relay was seventh place, with a time of 4:05.32, with Sawyer Dennis, Hannah Killinger, Iris Zylstra, and Avery Marler.
-The girls medley relay took sixth place with Sawyer Dennis, Cali Ewing, Avery Marler, and Iris Zylstra and now holds the school record!
-In the 3200, Deron Graf, a senior ran a PR clocking in at 9:49, taking seventh and Ty Petrocco ran a 9:51 for eight place .
-Aidan Hedderman won the 110 hurdles as a junior and set a new PR at 14.47 seconds. Also overall gold medalist.
-Hedderman also placed fourth in the 300 hurdles
-The boys 4x800 captured sixth place with a time of 8:15, team members included Deron Graf, Ty Ferguson, Ty Petrocco, and Owen Koontz.
-Aidan Hedderman tied for fifth place in the pole vault reaching a height of 13 feet.
To view all the results, click here.
Photo credit to Scott Peterson
These 3 became the first in Sturgis School History to all break the 10:00 3200 in the same race at the State Meet Friday in Sioux Falls. Congratulations Ty Petrocco, Deron Graf, and Quinn Bruch
Monument Health is offering sports physical examinations free of charge to school-age athletes at all Monument Health clinic locations.
Patients seen at Monument Health Sturgis clinic are required to make an appointment with a primary care provider which can be a doctor, a nurse practitioner, or a physician assistant. These physicals are not done in urgent care at this location to prevent long wait times. Call 605-720-2600.
The free physical examinations are offered year-round as a courtesy to all local athletes, from grade school to college. Families are invited to schedule an appointment at a local clinic.
Athletic physical forms and the pre-participation history forms (with parental signature) must be completed prior to the athletic physical being performed.
Job Opportunities
We have several certified, support staff and extra-curricular activity positions available for 2023-24 school year. Here are just a few, please go to the link to see all positions.
The district is always looking for substitute teachers and volunteers!
COVID-19 Quick Tests Available
If you have a student that attends the Meade School District 46-1, and would like to receive a QuickVue At-Home OTC COVID-19 Test Kit for a family member, please let your building principal know that you would like to receive one as we have them available for you. They are fast, easy and you can receive rapid results in 10 minutes. Each kit comes with two (2) tests and instructions.
Sturgis Elementary
June 5 - June 29
Monday -Thursday
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Piedmont Valley Elementary
June 5 - June 29
Monday - Thursday
Session 1: 8:00 am - 9:45 am
Session 2: 10:00 am - 11:45 am
Whitewood Elementary
June 5 - June 30
Sturgis Williams Middle School
May 30 - June 22
Monday - Thursday
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Session 1: 8:00 am - 10:00 am (Eng & Reading)
Session 2: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (math)
Central Meade Co. School
May 30 - June 27
8:00 am - 9:30 am
Sturgis Brown High School
May 30 - June 29
Monday - Virtual Days
Tuesday - Thursday
7:00 am - 11:00 am
Free & Reduced Meals
Parents or guardians, you can deposit money directly into your child's meal account and can receive emails at Titan Family Portal and set up your account(s). You can also apply for Free and Reduced meals by filling out the Application.
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