South Prairie School District - Home of the Royals

Congrats to the 11 students who qualified and made the trek to Bismarck yesterday for the Know Your State Competition. A special congrats to Alan Joslin who took home 2nd place and a $1,500 scholarship! You all made North Dakota proud!

In case you missed the 7-12 choir concert last night. Here is a link so you can still watch it. https://youtu.be/h0WldFi37_s

Rick and Mick, a Christian comedy and music duo, will be speaking/performing for the 6-12th grade today during SRB. This evening, at 7:00 p.m., they will be speaking and showing the movie, Woodlawn, for any students and families who want to attend in the high school gym. There will be free popcorn!

🥎 There will be no softball practice today.

☔️ Activity Updates: -JH Track today at Nedrose is canceled, but they are looking for a new date. -JH/JV golf today at Harvey was postponed to tomorrow. -Softball today at Stanley is canceled. -Baseball today at Velva is postponed to tomorrow. They will play one game starting at 3:30. There is still practice after school for all activities except softball.

Activity banquet forms are due tomorrow! Reminder! The 2023-2024 Activity Banquet is Wednesday, May 8th at 6:00 p.m. Please fill out the attached form to the high school office by May 1st. You can also pick up a form in the high school office. https://5il.co/2is4f *This is for all 9-12th grade athletes or any junior high athletes who played varsity sports.

📚 Thank you to everyone who shopped at the recent Buy One Get One Free Scholastic Book Fair. Total sales were $5000 which means our students purchased $10,000 worth of books to read. The library sure appreciates our South Prairie Community!

7-12 Concert Information: 7-12 Choir will be performing tomorrow (4/30) @ 7:00pm in front of the elementary gym. The 7-12 Band will be performing on Wednesday (5/1) @ 2:30pm in the high school gym. Both concerts are open to the public. The band concert will be live-streamed on the school's Youtube channel as well!

The JH Track meet today in Bottineau has been canceled.

📆Events this week!

Trap Team April Cash Calendar Winners April 22- $100 Ticket # 119 Brad Beckedahl Sherwood ND Sold by Connor Beckedahl April 23 - $100 Ticket # 368 Eric Jaeger Parshall ND Sold by Tobin Jaeger April 24 - $100 Ticket # 227 Sara Marske Andover SD Sold by Teagan Strilcov April 25 - $1,000 Ticket # 126 Dana Piesik Surrey ND Sold by Connor Beckedahl April 26 - $100 Ticket #411 David Hase Minot ND Sold by Connor Johnson April 27 - $100 Ticket # 814 Scot Hrichena Minot ND Sold by Aiden Tofteland April 28 - $100 Ticket # 549 Chad Hjelmsted Towner ND Sold by Layne Korgel

The 5/6th grade boys basketball game will be played at South Prairie today, not in Kenmare. First game still starts at 4:00.

State Speech was held at Mandan High on April 27th. Nine qualified speech team members competed their hearts out, with six progressing to finals. In Humorous Duo, Emma Marten and Karl Behm placed 6th! Josh Lindbo and Gracie Rauschenberger placed 1st to be crowned State Champions in Humorous Duo. In Humorous Interp, Josh Lindbo placed 2nd! Maddie Hogue placed 8th! In Speech to Inform, Brylee Beeter placed 5th!   In Impromptu, Calen Rohrbach placed 4th! State is a challenging contest and our kids represented our schools with class and with competitive grace. In the history of the Max-South Prairie Speech team and in the South Prairie School, Josh Lindbo and Gracie Rauschenberger's win is historic. Their first place win at the NDHSAA Class B State Speech Tournament is the team's and school's first NDHSAA 1st place championship. This is only the beginning. Each year, there are prizes for the top 6 teams. In team totals points, we placed 5th out of 117 schools! Our All State winners were also recognized and are Josh Lindbo, Karl Behm, Maddie Hogue, Skylar Beck, Gracie Rauschenberger, Emma Marten, and Natalee Becker.

Reminder! The 2023-2024 Activity Banquet is Wednesday, May 8th at 6:00 p.m. Please fill out the attached form to the high school office by May 1st. You can also pick up a form in the high school office. https://5il.co/2is4f *This is for all 9-12th grade athletes or any junior high athletes who played varsity sports.

The baseball game scheduled for today has been postponed. There will be no baseball or softball practice today.

Good luck to the speech team state qualifiers this weekend! They will compete tomorrow at Mandan High School against over 100 class B schools represented in 14 different categories. Here are the South Prairie/Max state qualifiers and the categories they will be competing in: Brylee Beeter- Poetry and Inform Maddie Hogue- Humorous Interp Natalee Becker- Entertain Josh Lindbo- Humorous Interp Calen Rohrbach- Storytelling and Impromptu Skylar Beck- Impromptu Emma Marten/Skylar Beck- Serious Duo Emma Marten/Karl Behm-Humorous Duo Karl Behm/ Gracie Rauschenberger-Serious Duo Gracie Rauschenberger/Josh Lindbo- Humorous Duo

Trap Team April Cash Calendar Winners April 15- $100 Ticket # 808 Melanie Kavados Minot ND Sold by Kaesin Timm April 16 - $100 Ticket # 615 Tom Braaten Andale KS Sold by Rachel Privatsky April 17 - $100 Ticket # 77 Wayne Stanley Minot ND Sold by Emma Asmundson April 18 - $100 Ticket # 333 Brooks Heer Douglas ND Sold by Tate Heer April 19 - $100 Ticket #139 Daren Zuck Minot ND Sold by Karl Behm April 20 - $100 Ticket # 808 Melanie Kavados (our 1st double winner) Minot ND Sold by Kaesin Timm April 21 - $100 Ticket # 885 Marcie Newman Sawyer ND Sold by Layne Korgel

The Buy One Get One Free Bookfair goes until Friday! Don't miss out on your chance to shop for some books! 📚 Extended hours are today and Thursday until 7:00 p.m.! Otherwise, you can shop any day during school!

📆Events for the week of April 22-27!

South Prairie is Looking for a Special Education Teacher. Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of students with diverse learning needs? Do you thrive in a supportive and collaborative environment dedicated to student success? If so, we invite you to join South Prairie as a Special Education Teacher! Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Special Education Valid ND teaching License/certified in Special Education. Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. Commitment to equity, inclusion, and meeting the needs of every student. Ready to join our team and make a difference in the lives of students? Please submit your resume, cover letter, and references to Wayne Stanley at wayne.stanley@k12.nd.us