Seventh grade students were creating timelines for the book Esperanza Rising as a project for understanding the highs and lows of the novel.
Congratulations to the JH Boys Basketball team on their exciting comeback win over Irene-Wakonda last night.
JH Boys basketball practice will be at 6:15 Friday morning.
Congratulations to William Stokes for his winning entry in the Voice of Democracy contest. Congratulations to Bailey Neuharth, Emmalyn Heckenlaible, Justin Gerlach, Lillian Love, and Evie Foss for their winning essays in the Patriotic Pen contest.
Middle School Basketball schedule change:
Due to Freeman playing in the State B Girls VB Tourney next week, the middle school basketball games vs. Freeman have been postponed on Nov. 17.
The games will now be played on Friday, Dec. 2 at Freeman. All games in the main gym.
Schedule:
4:00 – 6th/7th girls
4:45 – 8th girls
5:30 –6th/7th boys
6:15 – 8th boys
More door decor headed your way.
You are invited to join us on Friday November 11th at 2pm in the Menno New Gym for our Veteran's Day Program! Coffee and bars will be served in the Old Gym following the program. All are welcome!
MS Boys game report—The Wolves come from behind and beat I-W 25-23. Good job boys!!
8th grade Wolves defeated by I-W 20-15.
6th/7th GBB Wolves were defeated 13-18 by the I-W Eagles. Keep working hard girls.
Good luck to the MS bball teams today as they host Irene- Wakonda today in the new gym. All games will be on Wolves Live Ticket https://wolves.liveticket.tv/
4:00 start—6th/7th girl’s game; 4:45—7th/8th girl’s game; 5:45-7th-8th boy’s game and we will have one quarter of a game after the boys with some of the 6th graders.
Here are some more photos from our door decorating contest. Stay tuned for more photos and later in the week our winners.
The Menno Wolves MS basketball teams open their season today when they take on the Viborg-Hurley Cougars in Hurley. Games start with 6th/7th girls @ 4:00 and follow in order 8th girls, 6th/7th boys, and 8th boys. If you can't be there, the games will be streamed free on the Cougars NFHS Network page. Just visit nfhsnetwork.com and enter "Viborg-Hurley." Go Wolves!
Pastry Puffins will be arriving at the school around 3:30p.m. this Wednesday. Teachers & students can plan to pick up your purchased items in the shop after 3:30p.m. If you are unable to pick up at the school, the student you purchased from will be delivering them.
C & B Operations (John Deere) in Freeman is hosting a Career Exploration Night tonight. The free event starts at 5:30p.m. and a meal will be provided at no cost. You will hear about tuition programs and the variety of job opportunities all over South Dakota. All are welcome to attend. Please RSVP by texting Jay @ (605)769-4492 or calling (605)925-4241.
There will be a short volleyball meeting after school today to vote on awards. Please come to Mrs. Stokes room, thanks!
High School volleyball players: Uniforms, kneepads and skids need to be turned in ASAP!
Good luck to the middle school basketball teams today as they travel to Hurley to open the season. The Wolves take on Viborg-Hurley. Schedule for today: 4:00 6th/7th girls game, 5:00 8th girls, 6:00 6th & 7th boys, and last game will be the 8th grade boys. The games are streamed online at NFHS.com for free.
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/
This week we are promoting Post-Secondary Education with a door decorating contest. Here are just a few of the fun doors. Thanks to the staff for participating. Stay tuned for more doors and then the winners later this week.
The Menno Robotics Teams will not be competing at Mitchell, tomorrow.
Second chance to order Jim River Trappers middle school football and cheer pics. Contact Nicole Suurmeier.
Just a reminder that MHS Senior, Allison Lehr, is having a volleyball camp for grades 5-8 tomorrow (Saturday, Nov. 5) at the gym. If you didn’t sign up already, you can just show up at the gym tomorrow morning from 8 to noon. This is a project for her senior experience.