Congrats to Preston Kristensen, MVP girl's head basketball coach, on being awarded the Region 7 Head Basketball Coach of the Year! https://605sports.com/South-Dakota-Basketball-Coaches-Association-girls-basketball-region-coaches-of-the-year?fbclid=IwAR0pxoy_XlIYy8xHox-Zb-TGPSxJw7yGgTJXBbZeZ5kGtuIJTQ8vMaw1a4I_aem_Abk2tQGtsROleO3i_wjQ1ALRtrfNAuhUvbuoZP0z7BpC7L9HJOwMVy5Ap7tHsnVtRWU
We will be holding makeup parent teacher conferences on Wednesday, April 10th from 3:30 – 7:30. Parents will not have a scheduled time to attend conferences. It will be an open evening and come when you can. Elementary teachers will be in their rooms and 7- 12 teachers will be in the gym. If you do not have any concerns, then you would not need to attend. We realize that this is a Wednesday evening and we try to avoid school activities on this day. However, due to activity scheduling, there were no other viable options for dates that did not conflict with other events.
NHS banquet will be held on Tuesday, April 16th at 6:30pm in the commons. The cost of the meal is $15 dollars per person and needs to be paid by April 12th so we can get a head count to the caterer. New inductees will be notified by noon on Monday, April 8th.
5th-8th vocal contest is this Friday, April 5th. Below is a link to both the contest schedule, but also information regarding contest. Parents who are taking their students with them after they are done performing need to contact Mrs Stoebner. Please reach out to Mrs Stoebner if you have any questions, comments or concerns!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QKY5j2rmobNRexwnEvebuMpD8lBbMwuqd-_HTEiYopw/edit
There will be no MVP girl's softball game today, April 1, 2024.
Our team debut will have to be another day as weather has forced us to postpone the game. Spread the word.
Easter egg hunt sponsored by FCCLA tomorrow, March 30th, at 1:00!
Angela Kennecke, founder of Emily's Hope, will be speaking at the Plankinton School in the gym on Thursday, April 18th @ 10:00. The community is welcome to attend this event. To find out more about Emily's Hope, please visit https://emilyshope.charity/
🪽Meet Day!
The Titans travel to Mitchell for the DWU Open. Start time: 12:00. Results can be found on DakotaTiming.com. Good luck! 🪽
Please call or email Beth Victor to get your child signed up for Preschool Roundup on April 17th!
Good Morning,
Due to road conditions, Plankinton Schools will not have school today, March 26th.
Due to road conditions, forecasted additional snow and windy conditions overnight, which may cause drifting. Plankinton Schools will have a 2 hour late start on Tuesday, March 26th. No breakfast will be served.
Due to forecasted blizzard conditions, there will be NO SCHOOL & NO Parent Teacher Conferences on Monday, March 25th for Plankinton Schools. Information will be provided at a later date about possible make-up times for conferences.
The preschoolers love morning boxes! It is so fun to see their creativity!
**Canceled** The State Student Council Convention for next week has been canceled due to impending weather. Please spread the word.
The room buzzed with excitement as Plankinton fourth and fifth graders learned the fundamentals of electricity and electrical safety. Coops in the Classroom is an interactive program offered to area schools by Central Electric Cooperative and its wholesale power provider, East River Electric Power Cooperative. Protons, neutrons and electrons were a major topic of discussion as students took an educational journey into the exciting world of electricity.
Jennifer Gross, Education and Outreach Coordinator for East River Electric, engages students in hands-on demonstrations during the presentation. She teaches children about electrical safety, generation, conservation and economics.
A Van de Graaff generator demonstrates the movement of electrons with some hair-raising results. “Playing with static electricity can be fun and educational,” said Gross. “The Van de Graaff generator shows how electricity travels. Students get a kick out of seeing their hair stand up and shocking their friends.”
Another device that invokes a lot of excitement is the pedal-power bicycle generator. Students are asked to become power plants as they provide energy for lights and small household devices. "The pedal power turns the concept of electricity from something abstract into something tangible,” Gross said. “By providing the energy needed to turn on a light bulb, the students are able to quantify how much more energy an incandescent light bulb requires compared to an LED.”
Kids also learned about electrical safety on the farm and in town. By the end of the presentation, students developed a new understanding and appreciation for electricity.
Central Electric is a member-owned electric cooperative serving more than 4,900 mostly rural members in Aurora, Brule, Buffalo, Davison, Hanson, Jerauld, Miner and Sanborn Counties. To learn more about educational programs, please contact the cooperative office at 1-800-477-2892.
The fourth and fifth grade learned about electricity today with the help of Central Electric!
Thanks to all the families that attended Literacy Night tonight. Shout out to Plank'd Coffee and Tea, Roadside, and Ron's Market for their donations for the raffle drawing. Our lucky winners were: Trinity Tipton, Hanley Olsen, Xavier Schmidt, Ross Victor, Hazel Stange, Lux Gillen, and Izzy Briggs!
Easter Egg Hunt at the Plankinton School Commons on March 30th at 1 p.m.
The Plankinton Jr. and Sr. FCCLA chapters will be providing free babysitting for parents during conferences March 25th in the Plankinton Community Library.
REMINDER - Elementary Family Fun Night Plankinton Elementary is tonight! FOOD | FUN ACTIVITIES | GAMES Dinner: 5:00 - 6:00 PM Literacy Stations: After Dinner - 7:00 PM Event will be held in the Gymnasium. Even if you can't make it for dinner - please join us for some fun with ping pong vowels, bean bag vocabulary, scrabble, jenga sight words, swat the job, etc. Hope to see you here!
