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Did you hear about the first restaurant to open on the moon?

answer: It had great food, but no atmosphere

The last day of the 3rd quarter is Friday, March 15.

New Flex classes will begin on Monday, March 18.

The SWMS Dodgeball Tournament prelims will take place Wednesday, March 27th (tba) with the finals being held Thursday, March 28th during 8th hour. The rules and sign up sheet are in the office.

Congratulations to the choir students who received a superior rating at solo and ensemble contest a couple of weeks ago:

Kaylee Michael, Remington Heidrich, Mary Helen Hlucny, Vivian Anderson, Mersadies Wilt, Haiden Culver, Payton Ross, Sydney Lowe, Bella Willuweit, Ruby Lawrence, Jody Loomis, Eric Schneller, Abby Smith, Emma LaRiviere, Alex Weingartner, Ian Schneller, Brewer Simon, Tanner Smiley, Khloe Hodgins, Lily Meunier, Willow Nikkila, Chloe Oshanick, Noah Bergstrom, Aiden Snyder, Oliver Voight, Anastie Allen, Lizzy Hamman, Jasmine Miller, Tory Bestgen, Scarlet Audiss, Megan Christians, Amora Jenson, Julia Mahaffy, Miriam Kruse

Any 6th grade through Junior girl that would like to play soccer for Sturgis Brown High School next year there will be a meeting out at the High School on Thursday, March 14th in Room 100 at 5:30 pm.

Talent Showcase Auditions will be held next Wednesday, March 20 during 7th and 8th hours.

SWMS Track

Track is open to any 7th or 8th grade student and 6th grade students who competed in cross country. The first day of practice is Monday, March 18th. You must have a physical and all paperwork filled out in order to participate. If you have questions please contact Mrs. Dirksen or Mr. Whidby.

The March Madness basketball tournament contest is on. Take a minute to fill out the bracket to enter the contest:

Anyone interested in signing up for Competitive Dance for next fall, please sign-up using the QR codes found on the fliers outside the lunchroom. By signing up you are not committing to do dance but expressing an interest. We will have a parent meeting with those interested sometime the week of March 18th, 2024.

Meade School District's Special Olympics Basketball and Cheer teams are participating in Spearfish's Unified Event on March 19th at 5:30 pm. Good Luck to all our athletes.

Order your yearbook now at ybpay.com. All orders will be placed online. The cost is $18 and the yearbook id code is 8121624. Yearbooks will be delivered to the school and handed out before the end of the school year. No extra yearbooks will be ordered. Order deadline is April 8th. Order forms will go home with students this week.

Tues. March 19th, 3:30pm - Wonder Math with Richard Moeller

Tues. March 12th & 26th, 3-5pm - Power Players! Nintendo Switch Gaming (ages 8+)

Wed. March 13th thru May 1st, 3:30pm - Quantum Coding "Join us for 8 weeks of intermediate coding for ages 10+"

Thurs. March 14th & 22nd, 3:30pm - Code Critters "Join us for beginners coding for ages 6+, every 2nd Thursday and 4th Friday of the month."

Mon. March 18th, 4pm - Mega Monday S.T.E.A.M. Team "Rainbows and Penguins, oh my! S.T.E.A.M. activity for ages 6+, every 3rd Monday of the month."

Thurs. March 21st, 5:30pm - MusicSpeaks The Green Dolphin Jazz Quartet is returning to play an informal concert at the library.

Library CLOSED Friday and Saturday, March 29th & 30th for Easter.

Meade County is hosting an art contest for National County Government Month which is in April. They would like to invite grades K -12 to participate. This year's theme is "design your own barn". The following are the project guidelines: The media can include pencil or ink sketch, paint, or digital media such as graphic art or photographs. The size of the piece can be between 8 1/2 x 11 and 11 x 17. Please put the student's name, grade, school and teacher on the back of each piece of work. The deadline to submit the artwork is Friday, March 29, 2024. The artwork can either be mailed in or county employees will be available to pick up the artwork from the participating schools. All work will be displayed during the month of April at the Meade County Erskine Building and the Meade County Courthouse. The art will be returned to students.

Contests:

Do you know a staff member that goes above and beyond to be kind and helpful? Please, nominate them for the PTSA staff member of the month. Nomination forms can be found in the office.

Absolutely no medication on your person, over the counter or otherwise. All medication must be given through the nurse's office.

Backpacks are to be left in your lockers. Our classrooms are very small and backpacks clutter the aisle. It is a safety thing. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Katy Jutting, Assistant Principal

Cindy Ferguson, Administrative Assistant

Hadlee Denett, Attendance Secretary

Website: https://www.meade.k12.sd.us/sturgis-williams/

Location: 1425 Cedar Street, Sturgis, SD, USA
Phone: 605-347-5232