Platte-Geddes School District

Zoom Link for tonight's February Board Meeting:T
Time: Feb 9, 2026 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://sdk12.zoom.us/j/94446865940?pwd=ocerlXMAFjCios9blOtct4Z2msxnDA.1

Meeting ID: 944 4686 5940
Passcode: 936669

Attention Panthers fans! There’s been a change to tomorrow’s girls and boys basketball doubleheader in Miller:

Game Time/Locations (first game starts at listed time; following times are approximate)

C Boys – CANCELLED

Girls JV – 12:15 PM (Armory)

Boys JV – 1:30 PM (Armory)

Girls Varsity – 2:45 PM (Armory)

Boys Varsity – 4:30 PM (Armory)

Friendly Reminder: https://www.platte-geddes.k12.sd.us/article/2637472

The district will also be offering tours of the high school building at 5 p.m., prior to the Online Safety Presentation.

NOTICE OF DEADLINE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION
https://www.platte-geddes.k12.sd.us/article/2684190
Thank you.

Facility Square Footage Comparison: Current and Proposed Middle/High School: https://plattegeddessd.sites.thrillshare.com/article/2677549

Understanding the Proposed School Bond and Its Tax Impact:https://www.platte-geddes.k12.sd.us/article/2676161

Congratulations to Owen Erickson, Brock Holleman, Bria Walstad, Mila Duffy, Jemma Severson, Jax Reiser, Tessa VandenHoek, An Tran, and Dominic Dyk! These students successfully completed the 100-Day Homework Challenge and get to celebrate with donuts and bowling!

PGES Winter Newsletter: https://app.smore.com/n/97p6w

Attn: Junior Class Parents-There will be an After Prom Party Meeting on Wednesday, January 28 in the high school library at 6:30 p.m. All junior parents are encouraged to attend.

Platte-Geddes Schools will have a 10 a.m. start on Friday, January 23. There is no school for Half-Day Kindergarten. The junior high games at Lyman will be rescheduled. The Geddes bus will leave promptly at 9:15. Saturday's basketball games remain as scheduled.

Please join our wrestling team in wearing green to the Winner Wrestling Quad on Friday, Jan. 23 in memory of John Lenz.

State wrestling tickets are on sale now! At this time, only All-Session tickets can be purchased. There will be no refunds on any ticket orders. An All-Session Adult Ticket cost $50, and an All-Session Student Ticket cost $30. Orders can be placed by stopping in the high school office, by emailing Melanie Sondgeroth at Melanie.Sondgeroth@k12.sd.us , or by calling 605-337-3391. All orders are due by NOON on Friday, January 23rd.

Lunch Menu Change: Wed., Jan. 21 - Chicken Noodle Soup and Garlic Bread

Platte-Geddes School District Public Meetings and Bond Vote Information: https://www.platte-geddes.k12.sd.us/article/2638180

Parents-Community Invited to Public Presentation on Youth Online Safety Presentation: https://www.platte-geddes.k12.sd.us/article/2637472

Good luck to our Panthers competing today! 🐾

The wrestling team heads to Wessington Springs, and the boys and girls basketball teams travel to Armour to take on the Nighthawks.

Basketball schedule:
4:00 — JV Girls
5:00 — JV Boys
6:15 — Varsity Girls
7:30 — Varsity Boys

Go Panthers!

Mark Leinweaver Why Character Counts Presentation: https://www.platte-geddes.k12.sd.us/article/2636289

Before Christmas Break, the school was notified that we had one student who received a perfect score on the Smarter Balance Testing in Science. Congratulations to Alec VanDerWerff for being 1 of 33 students in the entire state to receive this honor. Also thank you to all of our Science Teachers who have helped Alec along the way! Again, congrats Alec for this accomplishment!

Schedule for today's doubleheader at Parkston:
C Boys-Armory-4:00
JV Boys-Armory-5:00
JV Girls-MPR-5:00
Varsity Girls-Armory-6:30
Varsity Boys-Armory-8:00