Garretson School District

What an awesome opportunity to recognize all the accomplishments and wonderful students we have here at Garretson. Our first quarter recognition featured BLAZE and FIRE awards, recognition of activities, clubs, and athletics, as well as ACE awards.

Check out the Book Fair Tonight during conferences, located in the Library.

Reminder that there is no Preschool on Monday November 4 due to parent-teacher conferences. Have a great weekend!

Reminder that parent-teacher conferences are on Monday (Nov. 4) starting at 2:30. Students are dismissed at 1:30. The Garretson PTO will be selling apparel, tumbler mugs, and Papa Murphy's coupon cards during conferences. There is also no school on Friday Nov. 8. Happy Halloween!

Life Skills classes from Garretson and Baltic joining together for activities at Morningside Community Center.

Field Trip Day to The Resort by SDK! Students from both Garretson and Baltic life skills classes enjoyed interacting with each other and reading to dogs, dogs, and more dogs!

Garretson Volleyball earned a 1st Round Bye for the Region 3A Tourney and will play Thursday Nov. 7 at Sioux Falls Christian. 6:00 SFC vs Tri-Valley/West Central Winner 20 minutes following this Match: Garretson vs Baltic/Dell Rapids Winner The Winners of these 2 Matches advance to the Class A Volleyball SoDak 16 on November 12 Location TBA Region 3A Ticket Prices: Adults $6, Students (1-12)$4 NO LOCAL PASSES ACCEPTED

Attention any students and/or parents who will be attending the All-State Chorus and Orchestra concert at the Premier Center on Saturday. Denny Sanford Premier Center has a new Bag Policy at their venue. Here is a link to their website that clearly defines the policy: http://www.dennysanfordpremiercenter.com/center-info/policies-procedures/bag-policy/ And here is an Additional link to Bag Policy FAQS: http://www.dennysanfordpremiercenter.com/center-info/policies-procedures/bag-policy-faqs/ They also have a policy that prohibits patrons from carrying cameras with lenses longer than 4 inches into the Premier Center.

Red Ribbon Week 2019 Did you know that nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs? Quitting is hard. Don't start! Today's Red Ribbon Week PSA is brought to you by GHS Teens Against Tobacco Use

Alissa with South Dakota School for the Deaf visited Mrs. HV’s Kindergarten class today! She is teaching us how to communicate with a classmate who is deaf. We loved learning days of the week, and classroom objects!

Gettin up and moving this morning in both senior periods. Novel teaching and journey quizzes.

Volleyball will be at Colman tonight for their match against Colman-Egan! This is the last regular season game for the Lady Dragon Squad before Regions begin.

Lady Dragons are at Sioux Valley tonight!

Join us today @ 3:00 p.m. for a pep rally/send off for the State Bound Cross Country team in the Dragons' Lair (new gym). They run in Huron tomorrow...Preston Bohl runs at noon and the girls team runs at 1:30 at the Broadland Creek Golf Course!

Garretson football game is being aired on liveticket.tv as well!

I love watching our students share their passions and knowledge with others...demonstration speeches have been fantastic!

Nail that chemistry lab, but don’t let your body be a chemistry experiment. Don’t vape, smoke or chew. GHS Teens Against Tobacco Use is in training mode.

GHS at SDANG Career Day Is there a pilot among them? Other careers we learned about: Security Forces, Cyber Ops, Medical, Firefighting, Weapons maintenance, Finance, Civil Engineering and more!

The elementary students chose to help spread out the new wood chips during recess today. They were very innovative in their techniques and extremely hardworking!

Tonight's Football game will be aired through he NFHS Network. Click the link to check out the video: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/sdhsaa/gamdfa2d5da1a You will need to subscribe to view.