Congratulations to just a few of our elementary stars from this past month! Yesterday awards were handed out for Character Counts, Super Readers, and Student of the Month for September. The Character Counts winners all did awesome exhibiting the trait of Responsibility. Our Student of the Month was Taralyn G., and she displayed positive leadership and helped to set good examples in the elementary. Congrats, everyone!
Great way to end the regular season! Ashton broke the school record with a time of 19:50(2nd) and Zoe ran a personal best of 21:45 (10th). Emma (8th) and Egan (16th) ran JH.
Menno School District will not have school on Friday, October 6 due to teacher in-service.
Good afternoon. Rooms is in the process of updating their app. If you have any problems accessing Rooms after the update, you may need to delete it from your phone and reinstall the app. Call the school if you have any questions: (605) 387-5161. Thank you.
Go Wolves CC team today as they are running in the meet at the Irene Golf Course in the I-W Invite. This is the last regular season meet before Region 4B next Wed.
Krispy Kreme Donuts will be delivered to the school on Friday morning. Junior students will be picking them up for delivery, but if you are coming to town for Band Day, contact them and you can pick it up when you’re in town. Thank you.
The South Dakota Services for the Deaf are conducting a free hearing screening for students in grades: PreK, K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 11th on Thursday, October 5th. If you do NOT want your child to participate in the screening, please contact the office by Thursday morning.
Menno School District will not have school on Friday, October 6 due to teacher in-service.
The seventh grade English students tried their hand at Spelling Battleship. They plan to challenge some of their parents tonight.
The sixth grade class played Spelling Battleship today. Some even decided to challenge their parents tonight.
Menno Band Day is this week Friday October 6th! The parade starts at 10am. Come on out and support our Menno band!
Post Accredited to Journalism student Madison S.
The Menno Volleyball Team travels to Canistota tonight! The C Match starts at 5:15 with JV and Varsity to follow.
Post Accredited to Journalism student Carol M.
The high school volleyball team had fun eating brownies and tie dying socks for their Pink Out Night.
Activities for the week:
Today
• VB @ Canistota – MS/”C” team leaves at 2:45; JV/Varsity leaves at 4:45
o Old gym - 8th - 4:00; 7th/6th to follow
o New gym - “C” team – 5:15; JV – 6:15; Varsity – 7:30
Wednesday
• All-State Chorus workshop @ USD
• CC – Irene-Wakonda Invite @ Glenridge Golf Course (Irene) – 3:00 – Leave at 1:30
• FCA – 7:30
Thursday
• Hearing Screening – Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, & 11th grades
• VB vs Gayville-Volin – “Pink Out Night”
o JV – 6:15; Varsity – 7:30
o Ticket Takers – Ken Bruckner & Carly Sternhagen
Friday
• No School
• Band Day! Parade begins at 10:05
• FB - TDA/AC/DC @ Armour – 7:00 – Bus leaves for Scotland at 3:45; from Scotland to Armour at 4:05
Saturday
• Oral Interp @ Harrisburg High School – Time TBA
Next week is National School Lunch Week!! All parents/grandparents of ELEMENTARY students are invited to come either Thursday, Oct 12 or Friday, Oct 13 to eat with their child(ren). Slips will be sent home with each elementary student. Please return them by Monday, Oct 9th!!
The fall blood drive is in Menno on Monday, October 9, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Peace Christian Reformed Church. Please contact Janelle Bender if you would like a donation appointment or more information.
Permission slips are being sent home with all 5th through 8th grade students regarding the annual Halloween Dance. Please return slips to the office by October 13th.
Having troubles accessing your student’s picture information? Contact Digital Solutions directly at (402)844-0004. Picture retake day is Wed, Oct 25.
Congratulations to Zoe (18th V) and Briley (20th Jv) on their placing runs yesterday at a windy and hot Howard meet!
Get to know our tremendous Administrative Assistant, Mrs. Sayler!
The Menno Oral Interp team will be attending the Talking Tiger in Harrisburg on Saturday, October 7.
The schedule for the Talking Tiger meet is:
Leave Menno at 6:00 AM
Final Registration: 7:00 AM - 7:30 AM
General Meeting: 7:30 AM
1st Round: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
2nd Round: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
3rd Round: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Lunch Break: 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Final Rounds: 1:30 PM
Awards Ceremony: To follow ASAP
Return time TBD
Bring money for lunch as we will be going out for lunch.
Good luck to the Wolves Cross Country team as they head to Howard this afternoon to compete! Races start at 2:00. #GOWOLVES
Sophomores and Seniors: – All Jostens online orders need to be submitted by Oct 4th! If you missed them when they were here, stop in the office for a packet!