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Attention High School Sophomores and Juniors
Win a Trip to Washington D.C.
Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative will once again sponsor high school students that will be juniors and seniors for the 2025-2026 school year, on an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. Each June, over 1,800 high school juniors and seniors travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in the Rural Electric Youth Tour. Throughout the week, participants will explore about Washington, D.C., learning about government, cooperative philosophy and rural electrification. The students are selected and sponsored by their local rural electric cooperatives with the South Dakota Rural Electric Association (SDREA) coordinating the trip for South Dakota students.
Tour highlights include the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, U.S. Capitol, Ford’s Theatre, Arlington National Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Iwo Jima Statue, National Archives, U.S Supreme Court, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial among other exciting sites. Students will also participate in a briefing with the South Dakota Congressional Delegation and a river boat cruise across the Potomac River.
Who is Eligible? All area high school juniors and seniors for the 2025-2026 school year, whose parents are members of Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative.
What Does It Cost? Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, along with the other participating local electric cooperatives fully fund the tour. The tour covers each participant’s transportation, accommodations, meals, entertainment, and sightseeing events. Students are required to provide their spending money (for snacks, souvenirs, etc.).
When is it Held? The weeklong trip will take place from June 15-21, 2025. Participants will meet for an orientation meeting on Sunday, June 15 at the Brandon Golf Course. The group will bus to Minneapolis and then fly the next morning to D.C. on Monday, June 16, and return to South Dakota on Saturday, June 21. A commercial bus will be used for transportation while in D.C.
How do I Qualify? Each Entrant must submit an essay, not to exceed 500 words, on the following topic: “What are the primary energy challenges facing the American Government today?” All essays must be typed and include a cover sheet that states the title of the essay, the entrant’s name and address, name of parent or guardian, and the name of your school.”
Information may be picked up from Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative, 1101 East 4th Ave, Milbank, SD 57252.
These 7th graders picked a novel and painted tiles for Miss Dockter's ceiling!
Wilmot Volleyball participated in a tournament in Clark today. They played some tough teams and ended up consolation champs!
Fifth and Sixth Grade Basketball starts in October! Practices will be set up soon, and sportsYou is the place to be for more information on when practices will begin. If your child plans on participating on the 5/6 grade boys or girls basketball teams, sign up online or get the app and use the information attached. Let Mr. Hanson know if you have questions!
What an awesome morning earlier this week! We were blown away by how many grandparents great grandparents and others showed up for their kids! A total of 67 guests joined our students for grandparents day on Monday morning.
The link included in this post is for Lake Area Technical College career camps and visit days. If you see something here that catches your eye for connect
with Mrs. Ronke to work the details out to attend. Some include:
ABC Construction Camp October 9 grades 9-12
Drone Camp October 25 grades 9-12
Weld Off December 4 grades 10-12
Camp Med February 6 grade 8
Stem Camp March 17 grade 8
Youth Drone Camp May 30 grades 3-8
Senior Tech Day October 30
Junior Tech Day April 2
https://www.lakeareatech.edu/getting-started/admissions/camps/
Home Volleyball tonight v Clark-Willow Lake! See you there at 6:15! If you can't make it, check it out at one of the following links:
http://youtube.com/@wilmotactivities
http://wilmot.liveticket.tv
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/wilmot-high-school-wilmot-sd
Adjustment to the junior high volleyball game tonight in Browns Valley- starts at 4:30 now instead of 4:00. Thanks for your flexibility!
One of our students is proud of her "deformed breadstick!" She thinks it looks like a chicken wing. What do YOU think it looks like?
Junior High Volleyball schedule!
Update: note Browns valley times for both games have been updated.
Junior High Football Schedule Sorry for this being so late!
The deadline has been extended for the Washington SC, New York City and Gettysburg trip with discount. Reach out to Mrs. Ronke for more information.
Yesterday was deemed 988 day. Please know to all as the Wilmot School District your Journey Matters. September is National Suicide Awareness Month, and we encourage all to look at the following page https://sdsuicideprevention.org/be-the-1-sd/. If you or someone you know needs mental health services or someone to talk to call or text 988. There is also a link on the above link that you can chat with someone. Look for more things to come this month in school with our students.
Wilmot School District is excited to announce the Build Dakota Roadshow coming to our school October 30, 2024. We would like to invite anyone interested in learning more from students/parents to potential industry partners/HR teams.
Football tonight for all levels in Waverly v Waverly South Shore! Junior High starts soon and the high school game is at 7:00. Find the games live at the link.
https://fan.hudl.com/usa/sd/waverly/organization/5948/waverlysouth-shore-high-school
A huge welcome to our new staff! They are already doing an incredible job and we are glad to have them! Say hi and learn a bit more about them here!
Here's what it's all about! Check out the video and article from Dakota News Now!
https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2024/09/03/wilmot-wolves-football-team-wins-new-safer-football-helmets/
What's going on here?! Check Dakota News Now this evening for the story and also take a look at the Grant County Review and Watertown Public Opinion this week for more info! BIG news for our football program!
Senior banner pictures are tomorrow. If you are involved in any activity and you would like to wear your uniform, jersey, jacket, hold an instrument, etc. you are welcome to get your picture taken tomorrow afternoon. Tara will be here at 1:30 to start pictures and we don't expect them to last more than 5 or 10 minutes per student.
Banners will be $35 and they can be kept after we take them down later in the year. Bring money tomorrow or by the end of the week to ensure you get a banner.
Let Mr. Hanson know if you need any specific items for the picture tomorrow.
We are celebrating Grandparents Day on Monday, September 9th! There will be a free breakfast to grandparents from 7:45 – 8:30. The free breakfast will only be available to grandparents who have grandchildren Preschool – 5th grade. The kitchen staff was so gracious to allow this to happen so thank you!
