Groton Area School Patrons,
Official ballots are ready for the upcoming April 11th MS/HS
Bond Election. As a result you may begin voting absentee in
person until 5:00 pm the day before the election at the MS/HS Business
Office located at 406 North 2nd Street in Groton. Any application for a
ballot by authorized messenger must be received by School Business
Manager, Mike Weber, before 3:00 pm on election day. Voters who can use
an authorized messenger are those who are confined due to sickness or
disability.
All voters who wish to vote absentee by mail or want to take their
ballot with them from the Business Office to vote at home will first
have to complete and submit an absentee ballot application. Voters may
contact the School Business Office at (605) 397-2351 for a copy of the
application or the form can be printed from the website of the South
Dakota Secretary of State at https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/voting/absentee-voting.aspx
With any of the aforementioned voting options, you will be required
to provide valid photo identification before receiving your ballot.
Eligible voters not yet registered must do so prior to 5:00 pm, Monday,
March 27th.
Mike Weber
Election Superintendent
Groton Area Schools
All 3rd quarter incompletes must be complete by Monday, March 27.
Prom attendees - The grand march will begin this year at 7:00,
followed by pictures. There will not be a second walk-through this year.
Sign up for your time slot for the professional prom pictures will be Thursday morning in the library starting at 8:00 a.m.
Junior High Boys and Girls track will start on Tuesday March 28th right after school in the old gym.
No printing to the main computer lab during testing!
Talks on Wednesday.
Summer registration for dual credit is now open. Applications are on
the counter in the office. Please see Dr. Schwan for questions.
Testing 2017:
Students Grades 6-7-8- 11 will be taking the Smarter Balanced and SD Science test in the next few weeks. Please
make plans to be here during testing as it must be made up. All
students will need headsets – please bring these to school.
All backpacks and cell phones must be put away during testing. Cell
phones can not be accessed during testing. All computers must be
charged – you will test on your computer!
Bring other work to do after you are finished testing.
Schedule by Date
March 21-22 6th ELA Mary Johnson (computer lab)
March 21-22 8th ELA Diane Kurtz (conference room)
March 23-24 7th ELA Jan Seibel (computer lab)
March 23-24 11th ELA Sarah Hanten (conference room)
March 27-28 6th Math Lance Hawkins (computer lab)
March 27-28 8th Math Jordan Kjellsen (conference room)
April 5th 8th Grade Science Lance Hawkins and Travis Kurth
Computer lab and conference room
April 6th 11th Grade Science Kristin Gonsoir and Travis Kurth
Computer lab and conference room
There will be two groups of students for ELA and Math – one will test
in the morning and one in the afternoon. Testing groups will be read
to you during English classes and will be posted outside the conference
room/computer lab and Mrs. Sternhagen’s room.
Grades 6, 8, and 11 will test periods 1-3 and periods 5-7. Grade 7 ELA
will test periods 1-2 and 5-6 on Day 1 and periods 1-3 and 5-7 on Day
2. Grade 7 Math will test periods 1-3 and 5-7 on both days.
The testing schedule will look like this:
ELA and Math
Day 1: CAT (Non-performance)
Morning
Group 1 Test in conference/computer room
Group 2 Go to class as usual
Afternoon
Group 1 Go to class as usual
Group 2 Test in conference/computer room
Day 2: Performance (PT)
Morning
Group 1 Go to class as usual
Group 2 Test in conference/computer room
Afternoon
Group 1 Test in conference/computer room
Group 2 Go to class as usual
Grade 11: Lake Area Tech Junior Day is March 30. Mitchell Tech has several visit days – March 30, and July 13. NSU junior visit day is Feb. 17. USD Junior Days are April 1 and 22.
Grade 12: Scholarships and Awards
March 24 NSU Howard Wood http://www.northern.edu/financialaid/Pages/otherscholarships.aspx
March 28 Web Water http://www.webwater.org/web-water-scholarship-info
March 30 Marlin L. Johnson Memorial Aberdeen Gun Club (emailed 1/20/17)
March 31 Robert Knickrehm and Karst Memorial (emailed on 1/31/17)
March 31 IHELP drawing https://www.slfc.com/
March 31 Scottish Rite Book Grant (emailed 1/18/17)
April 1 SD STE (Information Technology) – emailed to you 3/7/17
April 1 SD Cattlemen’s Foundation -interest and involvement in beef industry
May 1 Day County Crop Improvement
April 1 Tom and Barbara Paepke Fine Arts and Ag (local)
April 1 Groton Hopps Dow Scholarship http://www.sfacf.org/ScholarshipDetails.aspx?CategoryID=8
Reminder that this goes to two Groton students. Online application
April 1 Jean Conley Brokaw – Day County student
Groton Area Anthony O Brokaw – Groton student
Bristol Jerald W. Peterson – student who attended Bristol
April 1 SE Tech
April 3 James Valley Telecommunications (emailed 1/12/17)
April 11 SD Street Master’s Car Club (emailed on 2/28/17)
April 14 Crazy Horse Summer University Program http://www.usd.edu/summer-school/crazy-horse
April 15 Full circle Ag Careers in Agriculture Scholarship (emailed 1/30/17)
April 15 InsuringBrighter Future.Farmers Union Ins. www.sdfufoundation.org
http://www.fuiagency.com/scholarships
April 15 Horatio Alger SD scholars.horatioalger.org (emailed 3/19/17)
April 21 NSU Deanna Mauck E-learning http://northern.edu/academics/elearning
May SD Opportunity Scholarship (we will fill this out in class)
May 1 Plains Commerce Bank – student to attend SD school, member of bank
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