Garretson School District

Wednesday, February 21, 2024, there will be a Pep Rally to honor our State Wrestling Participants at 1:00 pm in the New Gym. This is open to the public and we encourage you to come out and cheer on the Blue Dragon Wrestlers!

Congratulations to Carsten Rozeboom, Caleb Westerbur and Tanner Baatz who qualified for the State B Wrestling Tournament February 22-24 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, SD. First Round Matches begin at 10:00 am Thursday February 22.

Tuesday February 20, 2024, Region 3A Girls Basketball Quarter-Final Game...#7 Madison at #2 Garretson...7:00 pm. The Winner of this Game advances to the Region 3A Semi-finals where they will face #3 Tri-Valley or #6 Dell Rapids at the High Seed Thursday February 22, 2024...7:00 pm. Region 3A Ticket Prices: Adults $6.00 & Students $4.00 (Grade 1-12). No Local or Big East Conference Passes Accepted, No Activity Tickets Accepted, No Senior Citizen Discount.

Monday February 19, 2024 Boys Basketball... Garretson at Dell Rapids. Please note the following start times: 4:00…”C” Boys. 5:00…JV Boys. 6:15…Varsity Boys.

Our own Ms. Kientopf was featured in the February 2024 edition of the SD FFA's newsletter, FFA's New Era! Earlier this year, she was recognized Nationally with the Early Career Teacher Award. We are proud of our FFA and Ms. K's leadership in the program!

Thursday February 15, 2024 Garretson at Sioux Valley... GBB/BBB Doubleheader. Please note the following start times: 4:00…”C” Boys. 4:00…JV Girls. 5:00…JV Boys. 6:15…Varsity Girls. 7:30…Varsity Boys.

The Garretson PTO will sponsor a supper on Tuesday February 13th, 2024, at the school before the Garretson Girls/Boys Basketball Doubleheader. The supper will start at 4:00 pm, serving until they run out! The Menu Includes a pulled pork sandwich, chips, and cookie for $7.00…a sandwich alone may be purchased for $5.00. All proceeds will go towards continued playground improvements. Bring the family out and support our Garretson PTO.

Saturday February 17, 2024 the Region 2B Wrestling Tournament will be held at Canton High School starting at 9:30 am. Admission: All Day Pass…Adults = $7.00 and Students = $4.00.

Tuesday February 13, 2024 Garretson hosts Parker in a GBB/BBB Doubleheader. Please note the following start times: 3:45…”C” Boys. 3:45…JV Girls. 4:45…JV Boys. 6:00…Varsity Girls. 7:30…Varsity Boys.

Earlier this week the Blue Dragons competed in the Science Fair. Big thank you to the judges for their time and Ms. Stallman for her leadership and a big congratulations to all the young scientists showcasing their work and research!

The speech class got some "Real World" experience as they are the DJs for the day on Dells Empire Country today (can be streamed online). They sound great! Good work sophomores!

The Garretson PTO will sponsor a supper on Tuesday February 13th, 2024, at the school before the Garretson Girls/Boys Basketball Doubleheader. The supper will start at 4:00 pm, serving until they run out! The Menu Includes a pulled pork sandwich, chips, and cookie for $7.00…a sandwich alone may be purchased for $5.00. All proceed will go towards continued playground improvements. Bring the family out and support our Garretson PTO and Garretson Blue Dragon Basketball Teams.

There will be a Parents meeting for the HS Trap Team on Monday February 12th at 6:30 PM at the Garretson Sportsmen's Club. Please come with any questions you may have. Team is open for 6th grade through 12th grade boys and girls. You must have your Hunter’s Safety certificate to participate. You may also reach out to Andy Hermanson at 605-310-8168.

If you are interested in playing 14 & Under Teener Baseball this Summer for Garretson please stop by the High School office, there is an informational form that needs to be filled out, and turned in before February 16th so coaches can start putting together the numbers. Additional information will be sent out in March including when the parent/player meeting will be held.

MS/HS Parent-Teacher Conferences are Wednesday Feb. 7 from 2-6pm and Wednesday Feb. 14 from 4-6pm. You can sign up using the link below! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YVEqwUVu5mm1ByQvLrH6jcJSogH6M_McyNW35FAWT4Y/edit?usp=sharing

The Garretson Girls Basketball Team travels to Beresford Saturday January 27, 2024 where they'll face Beresford at 3:00 pm in the 3rd Place Game of the Big East Conference Girls Basketball Tournament.

If you are interested in playing 18 & Under Legion or 16 & Under Teener Baseball this Summer for Garretson there will be an Informational Meeting for those boys Monday January 29, 2024 at 6:00 pm in the Garretson School Library.

4th grade has been busy working on their writing skills and researched how different countries celebrate Christmas! They showed what they learned by making a suitcase that represents their countries Christmas.

Friday January 26, 2024...JH BBB at Dell Rapids...4:00 pm. Location – Dell Rapids Elementary School – 309 West 15th Street

Garretson is hosting the first two rounds of the Girls Basketball Big East Conference Tournament Thursday January 25 and Friday January 26, with games starting at 6:00 pm each night. Thursday January 25 Game 1…Parker vs Flandreau. Game 2…McCook Central Montrose vs Garretson. Because this is a Big East Conference Tournament Event Activity Tickets will not be accepted and Admission is $6.00 for all adults & $4.00 for K-12 students.