Stallion Times

❗❗If you are dropping your student off after 8:00 AM, they must be accompanied by a parent and signed in through the main office. If your student is leaving prior to dismissal time, a parent must sign them out through the office. ID may be requested at secretaries discretion.

☎️If you are picking up your child early for an appointment and would like us to have them ready for you, please call the office when you leave home/work and we will call them down for you! ☎️

Grades K-4: Bell rings at 7:35 - Students will be marked Tardy after 7:40 AM and absent after 8:00 AM.

LUNCH

K: 10:50-11:20

2: 11:15-11:45

1: 11:40-12:10

3: 12:05-12:35

4: 12:30-1:00

If you come in to have school lunch with your child, the cost is $5.50. Please have exact change as Food Service/Office does not keep change on site.

Dismissal

K: 2:35 - Dismiss through North doors

1st: 2:40 - Dismiss through Main doors

2nd: 2:40 - Dismiss through North doors

3rd: 2:45 - Dismiss through Main doors

4th: 2:45 - Dismiss through Main doors

Upon dismissal from school, students must leave the building and playground and are to go directly home, except bus students who will be going to their respective buses. Students should not be sent to the office to wait for parent pick-up after dismissal time.

It's that time of year, and as we move into November, winter will become more prevalent. Please make sure your kiddos are dressed appropriately for the elements when they arrive at school. Per district policy, students will go outside for recess as long as the wind chill is above zero. You are welcome to send snow boots or snow pants with your kids to school.

This week Sturgis Lions Clubs gave $250 to the Piedmont Valley Elementary PTA for book coupons to their book fair. Lion Jenny had the joy of spending the morning shopping with the kids!

A BIG SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU TO THE SCOOPER BASKETBALL CLUB FOR DONATING TWO BASKETBALL HOOPS FOR OUR PVE OLD GYM. WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH!

If you ordered pictures and are taking retakes, please give the original packet to the photographer on October 30th when you have your picture taken. The same picture package will be re-ordered for you. If you missed picture day and need a packet, have your kiddo stop in the office, or use the information below to order online!

32-32-6. Amber or red signal--Motorist duty to slow or stop--Exception--Penalty.

The operator of a motor vehicle on a highway that has less than two lanes of travel in each direction, or on a private road, when approaching a school bus that has its amber warning lights flashing, shall reduce the speed of the vehicle to fifteen miles per hour or less and proceed past the school bus with caution. The operator of a motor vehicle approaching a school bus that has its red signal lights flashing shall make a complete stop. The stopped vehicle must be at least fifteen feet from the school bus and must remain stopped until the flashing red signal lights are extinguished. A lane that is designated solely for the purpose of turning is not considered a lane of travel for purposes of this section.

The operator of a motor vehicle on a highway providing two or more lanes of travel in each direction does not need to reduce the speed of the vehicle when approaching a school bus that is traveling in the opposite direction if the school bus has its amber warning lights flashing. The operator of a motor vehicle on a highway providing two or more lanes of travel in each direction does not need to stop when approaching a school bus that is traveling in the opposite direction even though the school bus is stopped and has its red signal lights flashing.

The operator of a motor vehicle on a highway providing two or more lanes of travel in each direction, when approaching a school bus that is traveling in the same direction and has its amber warning lights flashing, shall reduce the speed of the vehicle to fifteen miles per hour or less and proceed past the school bus with caution. The operator of a motor vehicle on a highway providing two or more lanes of travel in each direction must make a complete stop when approaching a school bus traveling in the same direction if the school bus is stopped and its red signal lights are flashing.

A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 1963, ch 255, §§ 2, 3; SDCL § 32-32-5; SL 1970, ch 175, § 33; SL 1974, ch 228, § 2; SL 1975, ch 211, § 2; SL 1982, ch 250; SL 1989, ch 255, § 219; SL 1989, ch 277; SL 2017, ch 144, § 1; SL 2025, ch 131, § 1.