South Prairie School District - Home of the Royals

Tomorrow is the 3rd and 4th grade spring music program at 9:00 a.m. in the High School gym. It will be streamed on our Hudl fan page. 🎶

Congratulations to Alyssa Korgel and Alan Joslin for getting 2nd place at the Know Your State competition yesterday at BSC. They each received $1500! The Know Your State contest has been designed with the intent to encourage North Dakota students to gain a greater interest in North Dakota and through this knowledge become a better educated citizen, voter and leader for the state.

North Dakota State Folkstyle Wrestling is in the books! Over the March 28th weekend, several South Prairie athletes, wrestling with the Dakota Rattlers, proudly represented South Prairie School at the North Dakota State Tournament and Duals — bringing home individual and dual state placements against the best in the state! ND State Youth Dual Tournament Highlights: Pre-K to 3rd Grade Dual Team: Croix Lockrem & Nash Lozensky – Helped their team earn an impressive 4th place finish. K-6th Large Dual Team: Brenley Sandstrom, Finn Lockrem, & Easton Lockrem – Contributed to a hard-fought 3rd place team finish. ND State Individual Tournament Results: Croix Lockrem – 6th Place in 8U 49lbs Brenley Sandstrom – 1st Place in 10U Girls 53lbs Easton Lockrem – 4th Place in 12U 82lbs Additionally, Finnley Lockrem, Nash Lozensky, and Maddox Braaten had strong performances, competing well and just shy of placing. Also, Brenley and Landon Sandstrom had the honor of representing Team North Dakota in April at the national duals! Both wrestled exceptionally to help each of their teams with an outstanding 4th place finish among some of the best elementary youth dual teams across the nation. Congratulations to both of them for representing North Dakota! Interested? Never tried it before? No problem. Many of our wrestlers were brand new not long ago. We’d love to see more South Prairie kids step onto the mat and discover what they’re capable of! Reach out to Coach Lockrem or Coach Sandstrom to learn more about the Dakota Rattlers and the 2026 season. Coach Tim Sandstrom 701-471-2399 Coach Kerry Lockrem 701-340-2438

Congratulations to 7th grader, Emma Erickson, on being named a 2025-2026 Middle School State Student Council Representative. She ran against 19 other middle school students from across the state at the state conference today and yesterday! Her platform of finding ways for schools to help students in need was very positive and inspirational. We can't wait to see what she accomplishes as a state rep throughout the next year! The middle school state convention is held yearly and brings students together to learn more about leadership, make positive connections, and elect new board members. Great job to all of the awesome middle school class officers who attended and were great representatives of South Prairie School!

Thank you for making our Book Fair amazing and creating memories that will last a lifetime! Total sales at the Buy One Get One Free fair were $3916. Happy Reading, South Prairie ROYALS! Mrs. Hiltner

Reminder: RSVP due this Thursday -- The 2025 Athletic Banquet will be held on May 7th at 6:00 p.m. This is for all 9-12 and varsity athletes. If you plan to attend, please fill out the form and pay the office. You can pay on efunds, but still fill out and turn in the form! Link to form: https://5il.co/3e1qj

April Trap Team Cash Calendar Winners 22nd - $100 Joel Hauf 23rd - $100 Adam Job 24th - $100 Dekken Irmen 25th - $1000 Bob Roberts 26th - $100 Stuart Severson 27th - $100 Jen Cooper 28th - $100 Matt Nelson

Sports updates: -Varsity boys golf in Garrison scheduled for today is moved to tomorrow! -The softball game in Garrison that got moved to today will start at 4:00 instead of 4:30! -A JH/JV boys golf meet was added for Thursday, May 1st at Minot Air Force Base. *please check the events calendar and/athletic section on the school website and app for updated schedules!

The Royals Speech Team went out in true Royals style today at the STATE B Speech meet in Mandan by placing third out of 69 teams. Individual winners were Josh Lindbo and Karl Behm-State Champions in Humorous Duo, Brylee Beeter-2nd Inform, Maddie Hogue-3rd Inform, Maddie Hogue and Natalee Becker-3rd Humorous Duo, Gracie Rauschenberger- 5th Dramatic and 8th Poetry, Alan Joslin-5th Persuade, Brylee Beeter and Natalee Becker-6th Serious Duo, Karl Behm and Josh Lindbo-Superior Medals in Impromptu and Humorous Interp. Maddie Hogue, Karl Behm, Natalee Becker, Skylar Beck, Josh Lindbo, Emma Marten, Gracie Rauschenberger, Brylee Beeter and Alan Joslin were all honored as members of the CSTAND All-State Speech and Drama Team. Congratulations to all on a Fantastic Season!

Good Luck to our Speech Team today as they compete at the ND Class B State Speech Meet in Mandan. Here are 3 of our dapper speakers! Go Royals!

The Region 8 Champion Royals Speech Team will hold a “Showcase of Speakers” this Thursday at 7:00 pm in the South Prairie Commons. Our eleven State Qualified speakers will be performing the events they will compete in this weekend in Mandan at the State B Speech Meet. There is no admission to come and watch!

The 2025 Athletic Banquet will be held on May 7th at 6:00 p.m. This is for all 9-12 and varsity athletes. If you plan to attend, please fill out the form and pay the office. You can pay on efunds, but still fill out and turn in the form! Link to form: https://5il.co/3e1qj

April Trap Team Cash Calendar Winners 15th - $100 Jennifer Malmend 16th - $100 Jim Hamilton 17th - $100 Steph Schneekloth 18th - $100 Lauren Murphy 19th - $100 Steph Schneekloth 20th - $100 Scott Estvold 21st - $100 Larry Widdel

Reminder to check out the Scholastic Book Fair in the library! 📚 South Prairie School is having a BUY ONE GET ONE FREE Scholastic Book Fair in the Library! 📆 April 14-17 and 22-25: Open daily from 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Extended Hours: April 24 until 7:00 p.m. 💻Access the homepage online: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/southprairieschool2 Here is the link to the flyer from Mrs. Hiltner with more details: https://5il.co/3cx0i

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝟗-𝟏𝟐 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 South Prairie School has an opening for a full-time language arts teacher. Classes will include sections of high school language arts. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply by submitting a cover letter, resume, and credentials to hr.southprairie@k12.nd.us

Schedule Update – Softball Game Postponed 🥎 Due to field conditions from the recent rain, today’s softball game in Max has been postponed to Thursday, May 1st. 🎉 This will be their last home game of the season and also Senior Night.

📆 After teacher negotiations, this is the calendar for 2025-2026 that was approved by the school board.

April Trap Team Cash Calendar Winners 8th - $100 Glen Alber 9th - $100 Stuart Severson 10th - $100 Anna Marquart 11th - $100 Ralph Yester 12th - $100 Joanna Davis 13th - $100 Jason Dammen 14th - $100 Josh Coonrod

Just a reminder that this Thursday, April 17th, we will have an early dismissal at 2:00 p.m. Buses will run at 2:10 p.m.

It's prom day at South Prairie! 🕺💃🏻 Grand March will start at 7:00 pm in the high school gym. Admission is $2.