The “Good News Call” for this week goes out to Trey Mushitz. Trey noticed a parent in the hallway this morning looking for her child. He immediately went to her and took the items she had brought in. He happily assisted the parent and gave the items to the child they belonged to. The parent was so impressed with his helpfulness that she reached out to me to report the event. Thanks for being an AWESOME and HELPFUL kiddo, Trey! Thank you for being kind and helpful to our guests. We appreciate your daily smile and your thoughtfulness in helping others.
The District 4B Oral Interpretation Contest was held in Mitchell November 3rd with the following students advancing to Region 2B Competition: Leah DeHaan in Poetry, Joey and Lu Kuipers in Duet, and Alternate in Comedy was Brooklyn Nepodal.
On Tuesday, November 16th Leah DeHaan advanced onto State B Oral Interpretation Contest held Saturday, December 4th at 9 a.m. at Huron High School.
Shout out to Joey and Lu Kuipers for a strong, wonderful piece at Regions but missed State B by 2 points.
Congratulations to the Chapter Conduct of Meetings team who took home 2nd place at the District IV LDE in Mitchell on Monday. They will be advancing to the state competition on December 5th and 6th.
Pictured: Bane VanZee, Coy Bultsma, Kalli Summerville, Sydney Neuman, Rylen Kramp, Josie Muilenburg, Rehme Dibbet
Football Championship Celebration
Monday, November 15 at 7:30 pm
Platte-Geddes Elementary Gym
Next stop, Dakota DOME in Vermillion. Go PANTHERS!!
See you at the DOME, Panthers!!
Let's GO PANTHERS!!
It is a special time to be a PANTHER; and today we had a VERY special guest at lunch. Thank you to Jackson Neuman for taking the time to eat lunch with his PAL on such an important day! Good Luck to the entire Platte Geddes Black Panther Football Team at the DOME tonight! We will all be cheering for the PANTHERS!!
Veterans Day Program
A Veteran's Day Program was held at the Platte Geddes Schools to honor our Veterans. Thank you to the junior class, the high school band, the honors choir students, our high school choir, and to Mr. Corey Rabenberg for an outstanding program. Thank you to the junior high students for the home baked goodies given to each Veteran in attendance.
A pep rally/send off is planned for today starting at 1:30 on the east side of the high school. The community is encouraged to attend to help line the street from the high school to the elementary along 4th street. Bring along noise makers and signs. The bus will depart from the elementary at 2:30 and drive through Geddes Main St.
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 and will be broadcasted on SDPBTV. The game will be played at the Lyric Theatre.
A "Good News Call" today went out to Cade Block. Cade was observed in the lunchroom showing extreme kindness to a younger child. A small girl was unable to get the lunchroom doors open to go outside for recess. Cade noticed her struggle and quietly got up from his lunch table and opened the door for the child. It was a heavy door for a small child and due to a strong wind, she would not have been able to open the door without his assistance. Thank you, Cade for noticing a child that needed help and for kindly assisting her without drawing any attention to yourself. Thank you for modeling The Panther Way expectation of KINDNESS to our young students!
Change in School Calendar:
There will be no school on Thursday, November 18, or Friday, November 19 due to state volleyball. A couple of other reminders, there will be no school on Friday, November 12 due to state football. K-5 elementary students will not have school on Tuesday, November 16 due to the Region 5 Music Festival being held in the elementary building.
ATTENTION: Change in School Calendar
There will no be school on Friday, November 12.
Zoom link to tonight's Platte-Geddes School Board November Meeting:
Joel Bailey is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Platte-Geddes School Board November Board Meeting
Time: Nov 8, 2021 08:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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Veterans Day Program Information:
The Platte-Geddes School District will be hosting a Veterans Day Program at 8:15 a.m. on Thursday, November 11. The program will be held in the elementary gym. Everyone is welcome to attend.
NDS Celebration .....
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!!
National Distinguished School "Ice Cream" Celebration!!
We had our National Distinguished School Celebration on Friday, November 5. SD Secretary of Education, Tiffany Sanderson told our students that we are consistently in the top 5% of SD elementary schools, or top 16 out of 320 schools. She told us that this year we were in the top 2 out of 320 schools! Our students walked the red carpet, stated their positive affirmations, and listened to submitted videos. The event ended with a pep rally for our football team.
