Platte-Geddes School District

The Platte-Geddes Cross Country Team will have their home meet on Saturday, September 23. Due to the current issues at Lake Platte Golf Club, the meet will be held at the Corsica Golf Course (Dakota Trails). The first race is scheduled for 10 a.m. and the meet typically ends around 12:30. Mr. Cutler and Coach Maxon are asking for volunteers to help ensure the meet runs smoothly. If you are interested in helping, please contact Mr. Cutler (605-207-0066) or Coach Maxon (605-680-1207). Thank You!

Platte-Geddes School District has an immediate opening for a paraprofessional at Platte Colony Elementary: https://www.platte-geddes.k12.sd.us/page/job-opportunities

Platte-Geddes School District Expectations: Parent/Community Survey https://www.platte-geddes.k12.sd.us/article/1243696

Dear Parents/Guardians, We appreciate the support at all Platte-Geddes extra-curricular activities. We love seeing our future student-athletes and musicians in attendance at sporting events and concerts. However, we are writing to ask for your help. The district has one administrator on duty during school events. Student supervision is one of the responsibilities of the administrator on duty. We are fortunate to have large facilities, but it is nearly impossible to supervise every student during these events. Thus, we are asking for your help in keeping our students out from under the bleachers and swinging on the beams at the athletic complex. We are also asking for your help in keeping the students out of the foyer by the northeast entrance at the elementary and multipurpose room gym when it is not being used. This message has been relayed to the students on several occasions, but it doesn’t seem to stick. We understand how hard it is for young students to sit in the bleachers for an entire game or concert, but we cannot have them running around unsupervised. The last thing we want is for a student to get hurt during a school event. As we have said many times, we are at our best when we are working together. The safety of our students during extra-curricular activities is a team effort and your assistance in greatly appreciated. Respectfully, Platte-Geddes Administration

Attention: the High School Choir Floats and Folk Songs Concert will be held in the High School gym this evening at 6:30 pm due to the weather.

Come enjoy the annual Powderpuff event to welcome in Homecoming week. This year the high school students will be playing volleyball again. If that is not enough, the staff has assembled a squad to challenge the student body. This will be held Sunday, September 24 @ 6:30 in the Main Gym.

Attention Black Panther Nation. These seniors are doing a project in class to help support our very own Jon Fuerst as he prepares to battle cancer. Please see the flyer and contact Hadley Hanson if you would like to participate. Jon has been apart of many Platte-Geddes battles in his time with the school, and we are here to battle this with Jon. This just shows the impact one person has made on many young students in his time.

Joel Bailey is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Platte-Geddes School District September Board Meeting Time: Sep 12, 2023 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://sdk12.zoom.us/j/92744637545?pwd=bHhyd1ZXOWdQRE1xdkxyY3hUU3Q3Zz09 Meeting ID: 927 4463 7545 Passcode: 611525

The "Good News Call" this week goes out to our SENIORS! This OUTSTANDING group of seniors comes over to the elementary school several times each week during our lunchtime and recess. The seniors either PLAY with our kids, which they LOVE, or they eat with our kids. When I told the seniors that I was giving them the "Good News Call", but not calling all their parents; they told me they wanted me to make the calls! Ha Ha! Thanks for being AWESOME role models for our elementary school children! They LOVE having you play and eat with them!

Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the 9-11 attack on America. We honored the memory of the day with a Patriot Day Program at our flag poles. Thank you to our Elementary Student Council Members for leading the program. Thank you to Liv Houdeshell for leading the singing of our National Anthem. Thank you to Mr. Patzlaff for playing TAPS. Thank you to Sydney Neuman and Aspen Strand for playing the drum cadence.

Greetings Students and Parents; On Monday, September 11 we will host a "Patriot Day Program" at the flag poles in front of the elementary school to begin our school day. The program will be entirely student led by our "Elementary Student Council" members. The program will include a drum cadence, singing of the National Anthem led by our Elementary Student Council members, a few readings about September 11, 2001, and a moment of silence. We are asking students and staff members to wear Red, White, and/or Blue for the program. Thank You!

Good news call for Jameson Antonsen! The "Good News Call" on Friday went out to Jameson Antonsen. Jameson was nominated for the "Good News Call" by Mrs. Kristen Konechne. Mrs. Konechne stated, "Jameson has been such a great helper for some students who have been adjusting to the new school year. She has been a great friend by encouraging her friends to play with her and holding their hand when they are unsure about a new situation." We appreciate Jameson's willingness to be a leader in and outside of her classroom . Thank you to Jameson for following the Panther Way expectation of kindness. And, thank you for sharing your caring heart with others! We are proud of you! 🙂 (How sweet is this beautiful little face making her "Good News Call to her Mom, Liz! She was sooo excited!!) Jennifer Knecht Elementary Principal/SPED Director Platte-Geddes School District

The Platte-Geddes Football Parents are hosting a free-will donation Tailgate Party tonight, beginning at 5:30. Proceeds will go towards compensating the volunteer coaches. The menu includes sloppy joes (taverns), macaroni salad, baked beans, and water.

The Platte-Geddes Area Youth Football Teams are hosting Kimball-White Lake today at 4 o'clock at the Athletic Complex. We will livestream the game. However, the camera is automated and goes where the most action is taking place. With games going on at both ends of the field, we cannot promise that the coverage will be great. Here is the link:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtQOfAWIAB3GS9s5-NxtM_g

Football Camp Skyler Hanten’s Senior Project 3rd-6th grade Details • When: September 23, 2023; 2-4 P.M. • Where: Platte football field • Free • No helmets or pads • Stretching • Drills to teach kids about the basics of football • Game of ultimate football • Treats at the end What to Bring • Tennis shoes/football cleats • Water will be provided, but you can bring your own

The rain is glorious, but makes for a soggy dismissal. We will keep the elementary students who walk home at school a little longer, until things have let up.

Check out these kids! State champions - FFA Farm Safety quiz bowl They beat Wolsey-Wessington in the semi finals, and then Kimball in the final round! Congratulations ladies and gentleman! And congratulations to our entire FFA chapter.

September Greetings ~ September has arrived! We are happy and excited to be back in school for the 2023-2024 school year. We are looking forward to a great year. Thanks for sending us GREAT kiddos to teach and work with every day! Our kids at Platte-Geddes Elementary are simply the BEST! *Our "Shout Out" focus this year is "Seven Mindsets". Our desire is that the Seven Mindsets Program will help kids and (even) adults to live full, happy, and successful lives. Our September "Seven Mindsets" focus is "EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE". We are asking our students to dare to "Dream Big"! When you focus on a goal or try to do something you have never done before, you are dreaming big! Dreaming big means, you try your absolute hardest to reach a goal that you might even think is out of reach. Remember, the bigger your dream, the more you can do! *On September 11 we will have a student led "9-11 or Patriot Day Program" at 8:05 am at the flag poles in front of the elementary school building. We will have a short program honoring the events of September 11, 2001. *On September 12 we will be co-sponsoring the "CORE Birth to age 5 Developmental Screenings" at Trinity Lutheran Church in Platte. Please share the word with families of young children so we are able to screen all children. If a parent would like their child to be screened, please call the school at 605-337-2468 to schedule an appointment. *Parent Advisory Committee ~ I would like to re-start the Parent Advisory Committee. If you are interested in assisting me by being a part of this important committee, please reply to this email or call me at the school at 605-337-2468. We will meet quarterly, or four times this year. We stopped meeting in 2020-2021 due to the Covid Pandemic and have not re-started the committee. I'm excited to have the committee start back up again. *Homecoming has been set for Friday, September 29. All students will walk in the Homecoming Parade @ 10:30 am. Students will be dismissed immediately following the parade that day. Your child's classroom teacher will be providing costume and parade details as the date becomes closer. The theme this year is Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes. Have a wonderful month of September. Please reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns that I can assist you with. Thank you! Jennifer

Our kiddos have been extremely fortunate to have had OUTSTANDING lunches every day this year! They LOVED the French Toast and sausage served yesterday. Everybody loves breakfast for lunch! Today we had a donation of sweet corn given by Vance and Wanda Qualm. Thank you to Vance and Wanda for this gift to our students. Thank you to the 8th graders for helping us shuck the corn, and to the cooks for the preparation. Fresh, home-grown sweet corn; what a treat!

The Good News Call today goes out to Roslyn Konechne, Bianca Nepodal, and Elle Houdeshell. The three girls volunteered to help clean up trash following the varsity FB game on Friday evening. They noticed trash was left everywhere and they helped Mr. Bailey clean up, without being asked or told! Thank you, Bianca, Roslyn, and Elle, for seeing what needed to be done and chipping in to keep our facilities looking great! Thanks for following the Panther Way Expectation of Responsibility!