Garretson School District

Getting ready for tonight! Can you say new tradition!?!?

The Lady Dragons are moving on to the BEC Championship Game tonight at Parker, Game time 5:00! Go Big Blue!

Important info regarding tomorrow's volleyball game vs. Chester Area starting at 10:00 a.m. Every participant is allowed ONLY 6 people to attend (6 people per player, coach, managers, and stats) Admission is $6/Adults, $4/ Students. All K-12 students are allowed to attend and do not count as 6 person limit but must show a valid ID. All staff members are allowed to attend with ID and Big East Conference passes are allowed.

Congratulations to our 2020-2021 student Council Officers: 8th Riley Lafferty Mack 7th Brooklyn Trudeau 6th Aiden Johnson Their first official business was to decide the dress up days for Homecoming Week in the Middle School. We are following the themes set up by our GHS Student Council: A Year to Remember! Monday is Color Day! 6th Grade = RED 7th Grade = WHITE 8th Grade = BLACK Tuesday is Decade Day! The entire middle school is going to be 90's! Wednesdays is Holiday Day! The entire middle school is going to be Mother's Day and Father's Day. Dress up like the mom's and dad's that you have in your life or famous mom's and dad's. Thursday is Destination Day! The entire middle school is going to dress like you are going to a Sports Event. Wear your favorite team - jersey's, t-shirts, hats and even those team socks! Friday is Spirit Day! Wear your Blue Dragon Blue and White! Have fun with all the dress up days! Go Blue Dragons!

Saturday September 12, 2020 BEC VB Garretson at Chester Area - 10:00 am *All K-12 Students admitted/Rostered Team Members 6 Pass limit Saturday September 12, 2020 BEC VB 5:00 TBA Garretson at MCM (Montrose) or Garretson at Parker

Episode 2 of the Blue Dragon Buzz is out now! Check it out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or other Podcast platforms.

Volleyball Tuesday September 15, 2020 Garretson at Flandreau Below is Flandreau's COVID-19 Event Protocol: *JH Games = 4:00 pm start in the HS Gym with the 7th grade at 4:00 pm and the 8th grade to follow. *C-B-A = 5:00 pm start in our Elementary gym. There will be a rolling schedule so the JV match will start 15 mins after the ‘C’ match has been completed. Flandreau’s ‘Fan Attendance’ info. This includes: • These rules are for both Flandreau and Garretson • Masks are REQUIRED in our facility. This includes bench players and coaches – both JH and HS matches. When a coach is standing up by the court, they can take their mask off. Players and coaches sitting on the bench will need their masks on. When players are warming-up, masks can be off. • Every participant (for the HS team) will get ONLY 4 ‘vouchers’ (4 vouchers per player, coach, managers, and stats). We do not have limits on the JH match but people will not be able to go from the HS gym to the Elem gym without a voucher. • Only those people with vouchers will be allowed to attend – they will still need to pay admission ($5 for adults and $3 for students) Kids under 5 years old do not need a ticket or need to pay. • All HIGH SCHOOL students do not need a voucher – they need to show some sort of school ID when they pay admission. MS and Elem students MUST have a voucher to attend and then pay admission. • Any person under age of 5 can attend without a voucher • All staff members do not need a voucher but will need to show some sort of school ID to gain admittance. Note: o Big East Conference Passes accepted

Election Day! We have many excellent candidates for our GMS Student Council. No matter who gets the most votes, they are all positively impressive!

Blue Dragons: Dakota Sports heard that the gator masks ordered ran small and want to help. If you ordered a gator intended for an adult, please complete this form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlZXGDt66wlogstwqUux1s0ZOzU0lTtB--YHvc-SK_FuBsUQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Garretson Multimedia has a new Podcast! It is out on Spotify now. Search for “Blue Dragon Buzz” wherever you get your Podcasts. https://open.spotify.com/show/1zYLAdNYxJiYi1pPbsMQST

Because of COVID-19...changes have been made to the Big East Conference Volleyball Tournament Schedule: Thursday September 10 Top 4 Seeds host 1st Round Games (all 1st Round Games: 7:00) #8 Baltic at #1 Chester Area #5 Beresford at #4 Garretson #7 Sioux Valley at #2 Parker #6 Flandreau at #3 MCM Saturday September 12 each team will play 2 matches with the High Seed hosting each Match 10:00 am TBA Garretson at Chester Area or Baltic at Garretson 5:00 pm TBA

Friday September 4, 2020 Football Garretson at Beresford 7:00 Game can be seen on the following link: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/beresford-high-school-beresford-sd/gam7d5ecda860

5th graders completed a collaborative Welcome poster for the lunchroom.

Thursday September 3, 2020 Soccer Garretson at Mitchell MITCHELL SCHOOL DISTRICT COVID GUIDELINES *High School Students of participating schools will be allowed to attend – valid student ID MUST be presented. *High School Staff Members of participating schools will be allowed to attend – valid school ID MUST be presented. * Each participant will be issued 4 vouchers to be distributed at their discretion School ID or fan voucher MUST BE PRESENTED to allow for admission, no exceptions School ID or fan voucher will allow for admittance but admission will be required through the purchase of a ticket or use of a district/booster club pass. *Masks will be required for all attendees at all Mitchell School District events. *Fans are asked to sit with their household and maintain proper social distancing. *At the conclusion of the contest, fans will be asked to remain seated while players and officials leave the playing area. Once that has been completed, all fans must leave the facility. Participants will not be allowed to mingle with fans following contests

The Junior High Football Game scheduled for Monday September 7 in Garretson has been moved to Tuesday September 8, and will be played in Beresford at 4:30.

Tuesday September 1 Volleyball Viborg-Hurley at Garretson No "C" Game 6:15 JV 7:30 Varsity Thursday, September 3 VB: Garretson at Baltic Note Time Changes 3:45 7th Grade 4:30 8th Grade 5:15 "C" Match 6:15 JV Match-Varsity to follow

Reminder: Tomorrow (8/28) is Picture Day! Don't forget your picture packets or you can order online at mylifetouch.com. Picture Day ID is EVTSMFQG7

Masks are in! We will try to disburse the masks to the student population to reduce the amount of foot traffic in the building. Thank you for your patience. #BlueDragons

2nd grade music moved to Leroy Anderson’s “The Syncopated Clock” to review staccato and legato. Scarves make music so colorful! 🎶❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🎶

We are excited to get started with our home volleyball and football schedules this week! For those who plan to attend, please take a minute to read through our expectations for fans at our events this fall: https://rb.gy/obvuao