Webster Area School District

The Webster Area High School Band and Choir will be performing at the Region 3 Large Group Music Contest at Watertown High School on April 24. **9:20am: WAHS Mixed Choir Performs in the Auditorium **10:00am: WAHS Women’s Choir Performs in the Auditorium **11:00am: WAHS Band Performs in the Arena All are welcome to come and watch the performances!

Design the Elementary Yearbook Cover Page – Contest is open to students in grades preschool – 5th grade. The cover should have Webster Area Elementary School and 2023-24 on it somewhere. Use your imagination to create a yearbook cover page. Use 8.5 x 11 white paper. Students can use, computer design, crayon, marker, pencil sketch or a combination. Once completed, please turn in at the elementary office. Entries are due April 25th. Winner will receive a prize. Sponsored by the elementary/middle school Student Council.

Thank you to everyone who supported the Sophomore Soiree Event on Saturday, April 13 at Roots! We had a fantastic turnout and the sophomores did a fantastic job of working their event.

Thank you to all that contributed to the Hat Day Fundraiser for Rowan Richie and Ethan Thompson, infant children in our area with medical needs. A total of $584.00 was raised!

Congratulations to the March Middle School and High School Students of the Month, Xander Rencounter, Dylan Carlson, Tevin Howder, Alyssa Zacher, Jaden Lorensberg, Claire Halvorson and Tucker Wickre!

Battle of the Books - The team of Kru Johnson, Kason Konradi, and Decker Huggett placed 2nd in the 3rd-4th grade division. Tucker Wickre, Hunter Sinner, and Cooper Gangle placed 3rd in the 5th/6th grade division. Congratulations on a job well done !

Congratulations to 4th grader Penny Rencountre. Her artwork was selected as the statewide winner for the Safety in the Work Zone Contest sponsored by the Associated General Contractors of SD. Her artwork will be displayed on a billboard along Hwy 12 beginning in mid-May. She will be presented with $25 award and Mrs. Block's classroom will win $100 for a class project. The ACG will come to the 4th grade classroom later in April for the presentation. The class voted to have a root beer float party and donate the remaining to the playground fund. Congratulations Penny! Please drive safely especially when in a roadway work zone.

Webster Area Battle of the Books Teams competed in Watertown this week. Team members are Holly Lone, Cooper Gangle, Kason Konradi, Decker Huggett, Grant Sinner, Luke Sichmeller and back row: Harrison Wagner, Vance Tolifson, Kason Garduno, Tucker Wickre, Hunter sinner, Kru Johnson, Lyric Cyrus. Each team member started in November reading about 12 books. At the competition teams of three answered questions about specific details in each book, with only 30 seconds to respond to each question. The team of Kru Johnson, Kason Konradi, and Decker Huggett placed 2nd in the 3rd-4th grade division. Tucker Wickre, Hunter Sinner, and Cooper Gangle placed 3rd in the 5th/6th grade division. Congratulations on a job well done !

Congratulations to the March Elementary Students of the Month: Lawson Vander Linden, Eliza Bloom, Zane Hubsch, Hayes Zubke, Isabella Treece and Embry Duenwald.

Box Tops for Education - For over 25 years, Box Tops for Education has given families an easy way to earn cash for schools — with products they already buy! Today, you can find hundreds of participating products throughout the store. Scan your receipt with the Box Tops app and you’ll earn for your school with every Box Tops product you buy. ________________________________________ Our Family Labels Save your labels to help our school! By buying Our Family brand products – and saving the UPC barcodes from those cans, boxes and bottles – store guests can help schools, faith-based and other community organizations earn money for textbooks, art supplies and more. For each bundle of 500 Our Family UPC barcodes collected, Webster Area School can earn $25.

The Webster Area School District would like to thank Frank James for his generous donation of beef to the students of Webster Area School!!!

Farm to School The Webster Area School District is excited to announce that we are joining many other school districts in South Dakota in joining the Farm to School Program. We are doing this program with the goal of providing 100% locally grown and processed beef in our school lunch program. To help make this possible, the Webster Area School District is looking for donations of beef cattle for the 2023-2024 school year. We anticipate needing 5 head annually processed at different times throughout the year. Monetary donations to this program will be used to offset the cost of processing. We would like to say “Thank You” to the Jake and Karli Zimmerman family for providing the first cow that was processed at The Meathouse in Andover, South Dakota. If you are interested in donating to the Webster Area School District Local Beef program, please contact Lori O'Farrell at 605-345-3548 or lori.ofarrell@k12.sd.us.

Driver Education class (June 3-6), will be offered for Webster 8th grade students or older, and 7th grade students turning 14 before September 30, 2024. Deadline to register with payment is April 12. We have space for 30 (first come first serve basis). Students not attending Webster Area School will be able to register starting April 22, only if there is space available. Registration forms were handed out today during lunch. Forms are available in the middle school office. Questions, contact Craig Case.

Chronic absenteeism is a serious problem in SD. But what is it? It is when a student misses 10% or more of the school year. That’s only 2 days a month – and it adds up. Since the 2018-19 school year, the rate of chronic absenteeism has nearly doubled in SD. That's bad, as chronic absenteeism is proven to increase drop-out rates, hurt student grades and can lead to juvenile delinquency. Research also shows that students who don’t graduate from high school(HS) miss out on lifetime earnings – making approximately $10,000 less per yr than those who receive a HS diploma. That adds up. Students’ futures start today. And they start in class. https://doe.sd.gov/attendance/

Reminder from Sheyenne Transportation: Parents should drop their children off on the north side of the Elementary, not where the buses unload. Thank you!