South Prairie School District - Home of the Royals

Tomorrow's football game vs. Tioga starts at 7:00 p.m., and it's the last regular season home game and senior night! People’s State Bank of Velva is sponsoring tailgating tomorrow starting at 6:00 p.m.! They will have BBQ beef, macaroni salad, pickles, and scotcheroos for a free will donation.

Congratulations to Bryleigh McBride, Brooke Leiss, and Katelyn Leiss for being selected to the NW Music Festival Honors bands and choirs! They will get the opportunity to perform with other students selected from around the state at MSU on November 2nd.

🩷🏐The high school volleyball team plays Our Redeemer's tonight at 5:00, 6:00, and 7:00! It's pink out night, so wear pink to school and to the games! (The varsity game will also be broadcast on PSP Network psp.network) 🌶️The chili cook-off is also tonight and that goes from 5:00-7:00 pm. Student council will have free breast cancer awareness stickers, beads, and tattoos at the door for the games and they will be selling pink Italian sodas. All money raised tonight will be donated to the Mineke for medical expenses as they battle cancer. There are also 5/6th GBB games vs Bottineau starting at 4:30!

The varsity volleyball team plays in the Laker Invite this weekend! Here is the pool and bracket info!

You still have time to sign up for the chili cook-off on October 8th! 🌶️ Call the high school office if you're interested! Here is some more info if you are entering a chili! -Please have chili to the school commons area no later than 4:45p.m. Tasting will begin at 5:00 -Please have any condiments you would like served with your chili available. -School will provide bowls and spoons for tasting. -Please do not have any participant/family name visible on your containers -Voting will close at 7:00 p.m. Winner will be announced that evening during the varsity volleyball game. Winner will have name engraved on annual cook-off plaque which is displayed in the school commons area along with a customized apron and wooden spoon.

Due to facility issues in Plaza on Oct. 8th the Junior High volleyball games that day have been moved to Friday, October 11 in Plaza. Game times are 4:00 & 5:00 on October 11th.

The Glenburn Lions Club will have hot dogs and chili before the football game tomorrow! Tailgating starts at 5:30 and the game starts at 7:00!

📚 The Scholastic Book Fair starts next week! October 7-11 and 14-17 you can shop during school hours and then on October 17th, during conferences, you can shop until conferences end at 7:30 p.m.! Click here to read the flyer with more info: https://5il.co/2y4z9

Tuesday, October 8th's high school volleyball games vs. ORCS will be our annual pink-out night to promote breast cancer awareness. 💗 That night is also the Booster Club's Chili Cook-Off! If you want to enter the cook-off, contact the high school office by Friday, October 4th! 🌶️

Good luck to Addison Herzig at the state golf tournament today and tomorrow at the Fargo Country Club! ⛳️ It's a 9:30 shotgun start today due to the wind conditions, and tomorrow will be tee times.

The JV volleyball team took 1st place at the ORCS tournament yesterday! The c squad took 3rd in the Kenmare tournament. Nice work, Royals! 🏐 Their next game is Tuesday at Bishop Ryan and the c squad game starts at 4:30!

Reminder: Annual Parent Title I meeting is tonight at 6:45 pm in the elementary lunchroom. Click the link for more details: https://5il.co/2wuz1

Early Out Oct. 17: We want to inform you that South Prairie will have an early dismissal on Oct. 17th, for Parent teacher conferences. School will be dismissed at 1:00 and buses will pull out at 1:10. Parent Teacher Conferences will be scheduled to start at 1:30 and run until 7:30 that day. Elementary online sign-up information for conferences will be sent out closer to the date, Middle school and High school conferences will be open for parents to rotate through teachers.

South Prairie School is going to start an Esports team this school year. If you are in grades 7-12 and interested in being on the team, please fill out the interest survey so we can see which games students would be interested in competing in. This is just to learn about interest and start purchasing the correct equipment, you can always change your mind on games later. 

The season goes from December 2nd through March (depending on how far you make it in the post-season). There are weekly competitions you will compete in and other practices scheduled to prepare for your competitions. In order to compete, students will have to be academically eligible and attend practices as scheduled. The fee to be on the Esports team is $100 and it covers costs for games, accounts, equipment, and tournament fees. Students please wait to fill out this form until you have talked to your parents about being a part of the team and understand the expectations mentioned above. Once we are finished with the set-up process, we will have a player/parent meeting to discuss the season. Please fill out the following survey by October 2nd: https://forms.office.com/r/Th2VWkUBqr

Make plans to attend the football game at Berthold this Friday - Hay & Harvest Bowl! They celebrate the farmers, ranchers, & the community that supports them with football, a free will supper, farm equipment, mutton busting at halftime, games & more! Gates open at 5 with kickoff at 7pm

It's almost time for the homecoming dance! If you're attending, remember that doors open at 7:30 and the dance goes from 8:00-11:00. Once you leave the dance, you can't return. Parents will be contacted if students leave early. Please enter through the commons doors and check in when you get there!

The girls golf team traveled to Bottineau for regionals today. The team ended in 4th place, one place shy of qualifying for state. Addison Herzig got 5th place and qualified individually for the state tournament in Fargo on September 30th and October 1st! Addison is the first girls golfer to qualify for state from South Prairie!

The winner of the second annual Royal School Spirit Battle was the SENIOR CLASS! Congrats on your back-to-back wins! Here is the breakdown of the top 4 places for each category this week! Poster Competition in the Gym: 4th place- 11th grade 3rd place- 7th grade 2nd place- 9th grade 1st place- 12th grade Dress-Up Participation: 4th place- 12th grade 3rd place- 10th grade 2nd place- 9th grade 1st place- 11th grade School Spirit (all week long, at the pep rally, and at games) 4th place- 9th grade 3rd place- 10th grade 2nd place- 11th grade 1st place- 12th grade Float- 4th place- 8th grade 3rd place- 9th grade Tied for 1st- 7th and 12th grade Overall: 3rd place- 9th grade 2nd place- 11th grade 1st place- SENIORS Great job to everyone for all of your hard work and school spirit you showed this week! Now, let's cheer hard at the football game and have fun at the dance tomorrow!

Congratulations to the volleyball team on their win last night and to everyone who dressed up and donated for Pediatric Cancer Awareness Night. 💛 Today's dress-up day: blue and white! 🤍💙 -Girls golf regionals at Bottineau -Cross Country at Beulah -Parade in Max at 1:00 -Tailgating 6:00 -Football vs Dunseith 7:00 -Bonfire by the old school house with food and smores after the game. The players will be introduced at the bonfire as well. The booster club will be giving out spirit awards to students who are dressed up, cheering, and showing their school spirit! Congratulations to the following students who won at the game last night: 3rd- Madelyn Hogue 2nd- Junior Nichols 3rd- Hayden Bohl

It's day 4 of homecoming week, and it will be a fun one! Dress-up day: 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓! 12th/5th: Black 11th/4th: Blue 10th/3rd: White 9th/2nd: Pink 8th/1st: Green 7th/K: Gray 6th/Pre: Red -Pep rally: 2:15 for K-12 students and Max 7-12 -5/6th GBB vs. Washburn 4:00 & 5:00 -JH Volleyball @ Nedrose 4:00 & 5:00 -C volleyball vs. Minot North 5:00 -JV & varsity volleyball vs. Glenburn 6:00 & 7:00 -Please join the volleyball team and fans and wear gold or your favorite superhero outfit in honor of Pediatric Cancer Awareness month. #IsaacStrong Various fundraisers will take place and all of the money raised will be donated to The Cure Starts Now in Isaac's name. 💛 📣 The booster club will be handing out spirit awards to students who are dressed up, cheering, and showing good school spirit at Thursday's volleyball game and Friday's football game!