
On Monday, March 22, 2021, we ask your children to join us in celebrating World Down Syndrome Day. The day is actually celebrated on Sunday, March 21 (always on 3-21 for 3 copies of the 21st chromosome....). On that day, we celebrate our uniqueness and our differences that make us all wonderful individuals. We will honor the day by "Rocking our Socks". Kids can wear colorful, mismatched, or their favorite socks that day.


The snow fun continues for one more day......



More fun in the snow at recess.......

Kids LOVE snow and kids LOVE recess. This snow was perfect for a snowman!


Platte-Geddes SD Community Engagement Survey
https://www.platte-geddes.k12.sd.us/article/421481?org=pgsd

There will be NO SCHOOL TODAY, Monday, March 15 at Platte Geddes Schools.

Platte-Geddes Schools will open at 10 am on Monday, March 15. There will be no Half-Day Kindergarten and the Geddes bus will leave promptly at 9:15

Platte Geddes Schools will have a 10 AM start today, Thursday, March 11 due to poor road conditions in some areas of the school district.
Please drive safely.

Platte-Geddes Schools will be closing at 2:45 today (Tuesday, March 10)

Reece Burket, Oakley DuFrain, and Briggs Veurink spoke on behalf of the second-grade class at the Geddes City Council meeting on Monday, March 8th. Their class would like to add a park bench, life size jenga game, and a fire pit to the Geddes Park. All of the projects were researched and voted on in their PBL (Problem-Based Learning) classroom. Problem-Based Learning is a classroom, designed around Social Studies and Science standards, that looks for problems in the community and incorporates a project around that problem. This class knows that Geddes is short on city workers and a small community of helpers, so they approach the city council yearly with their project and help. They are funded, through Modern Woodman, to pay for some of the materials they need to spruce up the park and materials for their new project. The second-graders will go to Geddes early May, along with some of their parents, to bring the park alive. Mrs. DuFrain and Mrs. Frandsen believe it is a great experience to show how to help others, learn about local government, and many other standards along the way.



Platte Geddes Elementary Teachers and Parents,
Our High School FFA is partnering with CHS ~ Cenex Harves States for a community non-perishable food drive. Each classroom has a box for the collection of food items. Students are encouraged to bring any non-perishable food items for donation. You can send these food items to school now through Tuesday, March 16, 2021.
Thank you for your support of this community food drive!

Update: You will not be able to access the basketball live stream link through Black Panthers Live.
Tonight's SoDak 16 game against Aberdeen Christian will be live-streamed by Hub City Radio from Aberdeen. You can access the live-stream here: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/hubcityaberdeenchristian/

Tonight's SoDak 16 game against Aberdeen Christian will be live-streamed by Hub City Radio from Aberdeen. You can access the live-stream via Black Panthers Live or by clicking the link below:
https://portal.stretchinternet.com/hubcityaberdeenchristian/

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The 5th graders measured their shadows during science class last week. We LOVE being outside, enjoying the beautiful weather!!




The Legion Auxiliary donated dictionaries to all of our 3rd grade students. We presented the dictionaries to each child today. Thank you to the Legion Auxiliary for the wonderful donation of dictionaries. The kids were excited to receive the gift.





A few more photos from our Reading Celebration.....





Our February Reading Challenge this year focused on being a part of a "college/university team". The kids chose to be on Team SDSU, Team USD, Team DWU, Team NSU, or Team MTI. Wow did we READ!! Here are a few photos from our Reading Celebration Party held on Friday, March 5. We had ice cream bars, sunshine, and recess! We had a great deal to celebrate, 98,500 overall reading minutes!! Thank you to everyone who listened to their children read, encouraged their children to read, or read to their children!





A few more photos from our "What I want to be when I grow up day"... at Platte Geddes Elementary.

The future is in good hands!! We have BIG dreams! In celebration of "Read Across America" we dressed up as "What we want to be when we grow up".... I'm sharing a few......Teachers, Doctors and Nurses, Veterinarians, Farmers and Construction Workers, Dancers, and even a Navy Seal. What a great week at PG Elementary.....