Education

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Two South Dakota elementary schools have been recognized as 2022 National ESEA Distinguished Schools. In a release from the South Dakota Dept. of Ed., it was announced that Lake Preston and Whitewood Elementary schools were being recognized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for exceptional student performance.

LEAD — The new director of the Boys and Girls Club of Lead-Deadwood is very familiar with Digger expectations, and he plans to carry over the same school rules into the Club. That’s because before Greg Watson became the director of the local Boys and Girls Club, he worked...

STURGIS, S.D. – The Sturgis Scoopers football team snapped a three-game losing streak on Friday with big win over Belle Fourche, 49-14. Both teams are now 3-4 on the season. The Scoopers will host Douglas on Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. Meanwhile, the Broncs will look to bounce back...

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Check out our favorite football photos from Sturgis, St. Thomas More and Rapid City Stevens. Plus, photos from the final day of the the State ‘AA’ girls tennis tournament. Our favorite photos from Friday night football and State ‘AA’ girls tennis tournament...

STURGIS — Meade School District enrollment is down slightly from a year ago. The count, taken on Friday, Sept. 30, at schools throughout the district, showed 3,071 students this year as compared to 3,081 last year at the same time.

TEA — The Sturgis Brown high school football team lost to the undefeated Tea Titans, 57-7, Friday at Titan Field in Tea. “They are a great team with everything going for them right now, they have some talented kids, they buy in and you can see it in their size and athleticism,” said Chris Koletzky, Sturgis Brown’s footballl coach. “We just have to be more consistent in the weight room and what we ask of our athletes,, as this is a team that you face and if one guy out of 10 makes a mistake, boom, big plays, and they make you pay and that is what we saw tonight.”

SPEARFISH — Boys’ golfers from Spearfish, Lead-Deadwood, Belle Fourche, and Sturgis Brown completed the first day of the state tournaments in eastern South Dakota. Spearfish and Sturgis Brown are playing at the state Class AA tournament in Mitchell. Lead-Deadwood and Belle Fourche are part of the state Class A field in Aberdeen.

The cross country season moved along on Thursday as a handful of Wyoming schools competed in the Sturgis, South Dakota meet. The Natrona girls had a very good day taking first place with 23 points. Campbell County was 5th with 125, Kelly Walsh 6th with 139, and Thunder Basin was 10th with 230. NC's Ally Wheeler was the individual champion covering the 5000 meters in 20.35.94. Her teammate Ashley Gross was 4th in 21.14.31 with Kelly Walsh's Bethany Strand 5th in 21.17.95. Natrona also had 2 more runners finish in the top 10 as Nichole Clark took 6th with Abby Robberson taking 8th.

DEADWOOD — Belle Fourche’s football team defeated Lakota Tech 51-20 in Friday’s first game of the Prospector Bowl held at Ferguson Field and improved to 3-3 on the season. “The number 1 thing we were able to do was establish that run game,” Broncs’ head coach Justin...

RAPID CITY — The Sturgis Brown Scooper girls’ soccer team ended ended its regular season with a 5-0 shutout of Douglas/Rapid City Christian, Monday in Rapid City. “We got a goal in the first half by Cali Ewing and had a couple other opportunities that we didn’t capitalize on. This took a little pressure off of us and allowed us to fall back into our game, and what we were trying to do, to possess the ball, move the ball and get good looks,” said Adam Fitzpatrick, Sturgis Brown’s head coach. “In the second half we came out and executed and did a great job.”

BOX ELDER, SD — The Douglas Patriots beat the Sturgis Scoopers in four sets, 25-11, 26-28, 25-14, 25-20 at Douglas High School on Thursday night. Faith King and Norah Iverson each had 10 kills for the Scoopers, who fell to 2-16 on the season. Douglas (5-9) was led by...

The Lead-School District has seen a continuous decline in student enrollment for many years and is now finishing up renovations at all of its schools. To prepare for projected growth, the Pennington County Board of Commissioners buy a building. 12-year-old visiting all 50 states to hug police officers makes it...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Deadwood leans into its historical roots, even using the tagline “Entertaining guests since 1876.” Twin-city Lead prides itself in being a community where mining brought families there for 100 years. Just as both cities have reimagined themselves, the schools have had to adapt as well.

STURGIS — The Sturgis Brown Lady Scoopers soccer team battled back after being down 4-2 in the first half to defeat Belle Fourche 6-5, in a high school soccer match, Sept. 15, in Sturgis. It was also Senior recognition Night for the Lady Scooper seniors.

Members of the Lead-Deadwood School Board were presented with a Gold Level ALL award by the Associated School Boards of South Dakota (ASBSD) at their September board meeting. The Gold Level award plaque was attained through a point system, honoring the Digger Board of Education for their dedicated participation in activities, board development and training and demonstrated leadership at various areas and levels. More than 500 points must be earned in three categories – act, learn, lead, collectively referred to as ALL, in order to earn the Gold Level. The act category encompasses participation at various board functions; the learn category demonstrates training completed; and the lead category focuses on leadership events and activities. Pictured, left to right, is: School District Superintendent Dr. Erik Person and Board of Education members Suzanne Rogers, Tessa Allen, Amber Diers, and Tim Madsen. Not pictured: Amber Vogt.

LEAD—Lead-Deadwood School District Superintendent Dr. Erik Person had a bit of preliminarily positive news to share with the Board of Education Sept. 13 in regard to enrollment. “Across the board – I can’t say at each grade level – but in each building, enrollment is up,” Person said....

STURGIS — Spearfish High School’s varsity boys’ soccer team defeated Sturgis Brown 4-1, Tuesday, in Sturgis to extend its unbeaten string to five games. “Our thoughtfulness in what we were trying to do, and how we’re trying to do it, was better tonight,” Spearfish head coach James Hill said in comparing this contest to the game last week in which the Spartans downed the Scoopers 7-1.

Monday night marked the beginning of homecoming week festivities for Lead-Deadwood, themed “Blast From the Past,” with the student body crowning Allison Mollman and Ryan Rantapaa high school homecoming queen and king. Mollman is the daughter of Troy and Shannon Mollman and Rantapaa is the son of Mandee and Justin Rantapaa. Crowned Freshman king and queen were Maeve Campbell and Brady Rantapaa. Campbell is the daughter of Stephenie and Jason Campbell.

The cross country season moved along on Thursday as a handful of Wyoming schools competed in the Sturgis, South Dakota meet. The Natrona girls had a very good day taking first place with 23 points. Campbell County was 5th with 125, Kelly Walsh 6th with 139, and Thunder Basin was 10th with 230. NC's Ally Wheeler was the individual champion covering the 5000 meters in 20.35.94. Her teammate Ashley Gross was 4th in 21.14.31 with Kelly Walsh's Bethany Strand 5th in 21.17.95. Natrona also had 2 more runners finish in the top 10 as Nichole Clark took 6th with Abby Robberson taking 8th.