The 2021 Spring Cornbelt Freshman Impact program is coming up Monday, April 12th. We are looking for donations to be able to take our 19 freshman students. If you would like to sponsor a student or donate whatever you would like please contact Jerry Norton for more information at 605-227-4211 or jerry.norton@k12.sd.us.
For more information see link: https://www.freshmanimpact.com/
Ethan/Parkston Track is quickly approaching! If you or your student would like to get signed up please do so at the following website. https://ethanparkstontf.weebly.com/sign-up.html
The first practice is on March 15th!!
The first golf practice is scheduled for March 29th weather pending and I will be having the sign up meeting in the coming weeks!
Both track and golf schedules have been posted but they are of course subject to change!
The Ethan National Honor Society and CHS are partnering to gather unexpired/non-perishable food items to donate to the Mitchell Safehouse and the Mitchell Food Pantry. Students can donate the items to their homerooms. The winning classes (PreK to 6th and 7th to 12th) will receive a pizza party and be first in the lunch order (7 to 12). The elementary class who gets second place will get a donut party. The contest will be held through March 18. Take your contributions to your homeroom/classroom. Thank you. Ethan NHS.
A couple items of note as we all gear up for the tournament this week! For the Girls State Basketball Tournament, masks are REQUIRED for those in attendance! The SDHSAA has reiterated this point to the participating schools.
Theme Nights are as follows: Thursday-Flannel Friday-Green/St. Pattys Saturday-Maroon and Gold.
Good Morning!
A big CONGRATULATIONS to our girls basketball team and coaches on their victory last night over the Faulkton Area Trojans! With the win, the girls have qualifies for the state tournament for the 7th year in a row.
The Rustlers will take the court at the Huron Arena on Thursday, March 11th at 2:00 PM. They will be taking on our nearby rivals, the Hanson Lady Beavers. Due to the fact that we will be playing so early in the afternoon, we will not be having classes next Thursday, March 11th. Our teaching staff will still report in the morning for a Teacher In-service. It is my hope that everyone will take the opportunity to travel to Huron and support the Lady Rustlers as they make another run at a state championship!
Go Rustlers!!!!!!!
Mr. Hawkins
Good Luck to the CBH Academic Festival students today!! We know you'll make Ethan proud!
Breakfast Change Thursday, March 4th. Pancakes will be served instead of Breakfast Pizza.
Some info on the boys basketball game tonight and our girls SoDak 16 game on Thursday. For the boys game tonight in Elkton @7:00pm. Masks are encouraged but not required. The game will be broadcast on the Elkton youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbiqoJPvjZotpcqUfZnfMgg
For the girls game at the Corn Palace on Thursday@7:45pm. Masks are required to enter the Corn Palace. No fans will be allowed to be on the floor after the conclusion of the game. 1 Person, who I have to designate, will be allowed to take team pictures on the floor after the game. The game will be livestreamed@ https://www.mitchellkernels.com/WatchGamesLive
A very busy but exciting week for the basketball programs! The coaches and players are grateful for your support all year long!
IMPORTANT INFO TO PARENTS! Ethan's annual student assessments will take place April 6 - May 7. This involves students in grades 3-8 and Juniors. Ethan School is accountable to make sure every student takes their assessments. This is the only time we are able to conduct the testing and strongly encourage families to plan appointments and vacations around these dates. Contact Mr. Norton or Mr. Hawkins with any questions.
On Thursday, the Girls BBall team takes on Colman-Egan @7:30pm in the Huron Arena. There are Covid restrictions for the game. Masks are REQUIRED, but attendance is not limited. All Ethan students should sit behind the Ethan Girls' bench. We hope to see you all there, and please respect/follow Huron Arena's guidelines. Thanks!
Change in Breakfast Menu tomorrow morning:
Apple cinnamon breakfast cookie, chocolate filled crescents and cinnamon toast crunch bars.
We are excited to host our Girls BBall region game Tuesday night @7:00. Passes will not be accepted and the cost is Adult:$6, Student:$4. The game will be live streamed on our Ethan Rustlers Live youtube channel and available through the NFHS network.
Attention all parents of potential softball/baseball players! If your daughter/son is interested in playing this summer, please fill out the enrollment form. It is $45 for baseball and $30 for softball. If you need another form, email Jennifer.Klumb@k12.sd.us. Return forms and payment to Mrs. Klumb in the preschool room by March 1 at the latest! Thanks!
We have contacted our website provider and made some updates to our calling list. It seems that many people were not contacted on Monday evening when I announced our late start for Tuesday morning. I will be sending out a phone message this evening at 7:00 PM to check and see if our updates have taken effect. We have also corrected the Caller ID so it should show the call coming from Ethan, SD. If you do not receive this phone message, please contact the school so we make changes to your profile, if necessary.
Thank you!
Mr. Hawkins
For the Basketball Doubleheader in the Corn Palace tomorrow, both JV games will be played @5:15, with the girls in the armory and the boys on the main floor. Masks are encouraged and there is plenty of space to spread out. Ethan Rustlers Live will not be live streaming, but TDA will be on their YouTube channel.
Menu Change for this Thursday, Feb 18th and next week, Tuesday through Thursday. See image for details or go to our website and click on Dining!
We have had several people contact us to let us know that they did not receive a phone call from the school last night for this mornings' late start. Our calling system grabs phone numbers directly from the Infinite Campus portal when calling to deliver a message. If your home number or cell number is not in our system, you will not receive a phone call from the school. If you did not receive a phone call and would like a phone number added to our Infinite Campus system, please call the school so we can add your number. You could email that information to us as well.
In the future, you will not receive a call from Arkansas, sorry about the confusion! Our website host has changed the Caller ID to reflect Ethan School. And one more piece of information, if we need to start late again, due to inclement weather, we will begin classes at 10:00 AM, not 10:15 AM.
Thank You!
Mr. Hawkins
School and busses will run two hours late, tomorrow, February 16th.
For tonight's BBALL doubleheader in Plankinton. Attendance is not limited and masks are strongly encouraged, but not mandatory. Ethan fans are to sit on the East side of the gym. We look forward to seeing great fan support again tonight for our student athletes!
A reminder to all parents, please get signed up for a zoom time if you need to for Parent Teacher conferences tomorrow. There are links on our school website as well as in each of your students' google classroom. If you are unable to zoom, please get in contact with your students' teachers via email!