South Prairie School District - Home of the Royals

Don't forget - Booster Club clothing orders are due on October 29th! https://royalsapparel2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/?fbclid=IwdGRjcANrSFFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHou0zphlG1uYDyX8zratQV3H_8WBFPENsmUQX4wO2VzBQt0u6oxeMlQhCtFr_aem_TYxSeRTUNcDxCX4ABcKiUw

South Prairie PTO's Halloween Event is TOMORROW, Saturday, October 25th!

🍬Truck-or-Treat from 6:00-7:30 p.m.
☕️Coffee and Hot Chocolate bar provided Magic Bean Brewing Co.
👻Haunted Maze 6:00-9:30 p.m. for $5 per person or $20 per family.

📍South Prairie Elementary School

📸 Picture retakes for PreK-12th grade will be TOMORROW!

Just a reminder that tonight is the Esports student/parent meeting at 6:00 p.m. in room 218. We will discuss expectations and information about the season.

If you can't attend, please send a Rooms message or email to Coach Bickel (kayla.bickel@k12.nd.us).

📣🍊 South Prairie FFA Fruit Fundraiser is LIVE! 🍎🌽
It’s that time of year! Support your local FFA chapter by stocking up on fresh, high-quality fruits and delicious treats — just in time for the holidays! 🎁✨

What’s available?
✅ Juicy oranges & crisp apples
✅ Assorted gift boxes
✅ Meats, cheeses, snacks & more!

💰 All proceeds go directly to support South Prairie FFA members through leadership events, community projects, and career building opportunities!

🗓️ Order Deadline: November 7th
📦 Delivery/Pickup: Approximately December 9th
📲 Contact any FFA member to place your order!

Thank you for supporting the future of agriculture! 🌾

Click here to view the FFA Fall Newsletter! 🍁 https://aptg.co/0RrvC8

The South Prairie Bio Girls Diaper Drive was a huge success 🎉 The girls filed the bus and brought the 859 donated baby items to Dakota Hope & the Diaper Pantry 👶🏼 That's over $7,000 in value & will help so many families 🩷💙
We are very proud of our South Prairie community 👑

🎄Mark your calendars for December 13th because the Senior Class of 2026 is hosting their annual vendor show at South Prairie!

If you are interested in being a vendor, please fill out the link below.
https://forms.gle/nMXKrfwKJnMJEvbZ9

The 9th & 10th graders will be attending the Minot Career Expo at the State Fair Center on October 29th. We will be stopping for lunch after the event, so please have your student bring lunch money. If your student will NOT be attending, please contact the office.

💉Flu shots will be given at the school tomorrow! If you would like your child to receive a flu shot, please fill out the following form. There are also paper copies available in the offices!

https://fdhu.org/school-flu-vaccinations/

You can also look at clinic dates on the fdhu.org website.

🎉If you are interested in cheering for the 2025-2026 basketball season, please complete the form by clicking on the link below. This is for anyone in grades 6 through 12 from South Prairie and Max. Grades 6, 7, & 8 will cheer for 7th & 8th grade boys basketball, and 9-12 will cheer for high school boys and girls basketball. We will cheer at all home games, with some travel possible if the away school is nearby. Please have this completed by October 24, 2025! https://forms.gle/cMzFWjAY8FqEmkpeA

Congratulations to the South Prairie students that we selected to perform in the NW Music Festival this year at Minot State! Briella Hanson, Malachi Pixler, Brekken Neshem and Joseph Berg were selected to sing in the Nova Choir while Graham Bale was selected to play in the Symphonic Band. Great job Royals!

Roy made his own T-Shirts to promote PAWsitivity and help fundraise for his upcoming training, trip to the 2025 Dockdogs World Championship in November, and Roy’s Closet (necessities for students in need at South Prairie). Please fill out this form if you would like to order a shirt! https://forms.gle/gKEzLMPQ7YJqrdwH6 The next order will be placed November 1st Thanks for helping spread PAWsitivity like Roy 💙

💻 On Wednesday, students from 15 area high schools competed at the 25th annual SRT Tech Day in various business and technology related competitions.

Each school can have one student compete in each of the business/tech categories.

South Prairie had 3 students place in the top 3!
Deirdre Schmidt - 🥇1st place in Personal Finance
John McGrath - 🥇1st place in Business Law
Emma Marten - 🥈2nd place in Presentation Software

Olivia Jansen competed in Cybersecurity and Angelina Casucci competed in Accounting.

In addition to the competitive events, students participated in sessions with Thomas Blade from Arctic Wolf regarding steps to take after being hacked, and interactive activities with Jazmine Schultz, co-owner of Prairie Sky Breads, entrepreneur, educator, and energized life coach.

Thank you SRT Communications for your continued support of technology-related careers and for investing in local opportunities.

The booster club has a new online clothing order! Orders due on October 29th! https://royalsapparel2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Yearbook Cover Contest!

The Yearbook committee is holding a contest for the cover of the yearbook. Submissions can be made either online or on paper. Both the front and the back cover must be submitted for your design to be considered. The cutoff date is October 31 at 3:20. Designs can be submitted to Mrs. McRae hand drawn or digitally.

ONE DAY left to donate for the diaper drive! Tomorrow is the last day! Dakota Hope Clinic is going to supply pizza to go with the root-beer floats for the winning class!  😊 It's currently a heated race! Great job everyone, and thank you for donating to a great cause!

💗 Monday was a great turn out for pink out night and the chili cook-off! We were able to raise over $1000 to donate to Trinity Cancer Care thanks to your generous donations!

Thank you to the Booster Club for hosting the chili cook-off and great job to student council on planning the event and selling italian sodas!

🎮There will be a student/parent meeting for any students interested in joining Esports on Thursday, October 23rd at 6:00 p.m. in Room 218 (Mrs. Bickel's classroom).

We will discuss information and expectations for the upcoming season (Regular Season: November 10th-February 6th and State tournament is February 27th and 28th for those who qualify).

Students, if you're interested in esports and not in the Esports Teams group, please let coach Bickel know. This is where you can view the season information/calendar and how we will communicate during the season.

📚The last day of the Book Fair is Thursday, October 16! The Book Fair will be open during Parent Teacher Conferences until 7:30 pm. Students and teachers have created Wish Lists that are available in the library.

Link for the South Prairie Book Fair: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/southprairieschool
Preorder books are also available for preorder in the library!