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Our girls head to Leola on Tuesday for their Region 1B GBB Tournament game! If you're heading that way, the game starts at 7:00pm in Leola and tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students. Check out the livestream at https://www.youtube.com/live/PQoNQas8weE?si=vLIzr03ie29nphNF

Good afternoon, Due to the weather and road conditions, school will be dismissed at 2:15pm. All activities including WASP tutoring are cancelled for the evening. Thanks, Grant Hanson, Principal/AD

Tri-State comes to Wilmot tonight for Boys Basketball. JH Game at 5:00, JV at 6:15, Varsity to follow. Tough Ag is sponsoring our popcorn this evening! Streaming options: http://wilmot.liveticket.tv http://youtube.com/@wilmotactivities https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/wilmot-high-school-wilmot-sd

Basketball tonight! Hankinson comes to Wilmot for Boys Basketball. C Game at 5:00, JV at 6:15, Varsity to follow. Hudson Bay Insurance is sponsoring our popcorn this evening! Streaming options: http://wilmot.liveticket.tv http://youtube.com/@wilmotactivities https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/wilmot-high-school-wilmot-sd

Check out this opportunity for a skills camp for our 4th through 6th graders interested in Volleyball! If your child doesn't bring home a form today, print this off or stop in and grab one! Registration Deadline is February 23.

Our Snow Queens are doing a candy gram fundraiser this week!

This week is "Random Act of Kindness Week!" Join along and participate throughout the week ahead!

Tomorrow night there is Boys Basketball v Hankinson in Wilmot, C Game 5, JV 6:15, Varsity follows. This is parents night for boys basketball and cheerleaders. Seniors and their parents will be announced immediately after the B game. Players, cheerleaders, and their parents will be admitted to the game and free ice cream will be served after the game.

Sorry, but the livestream from Sioux Falls doesn't appear to be on tonight! Wish our boys well vs Sioux Falls Lutheran with a safe ride back!

Addison Heinje broke the school record tonight for most points in a single game with 50 points to help lead the Wolves to a 59-42 win over the Ipswich Tigers! Addison topped the previous record held for 26 years by Jackie Vosberg (40), who was just ahead of previous record holder Kris Kay with 39. Congratulations on this accomplishment, Addison!

Girls Basketball v Ipswich at home tonight, just started! Streaming options: http://wilmot.liveticket.tv http://youtube.com/@wilmotactivities https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/wilmot-high-school-wilmot-sd

Football fundraiser by the cheerleaders! Reach out to Kadie Tekrony or swing by a basketball game to purchase!

NHS Valentines Day Send a Crush!

Good morning, Another reminder on Driver's Ed Forms! The forms and payment are due by the end of this week, Friday, February 9th. Dear parents of prospective Driver's Ed. Students, If your child will have reached the age of 14 by May 1st, 2024, they will be able to take Driver's Ed from Wilmot if they choose to do so. Mr. Cal Nygaard of Aberdeen will teach the class. This is a total of 30 hours which is the requirement. Mr. Nygaard will set the driving times during class meetings. Each student needs 6 hours of actual drive time. Driving times will be scheduled when the classroom instruction begins. Class dates are on the back side of this letter. Wilmot School charges $175 for Wilmot school students and $325 for out of district students. Students must register before Friday, February 9th. Students must pay before the first class. Checks should be payable to the Wilmot School. The class will be a pass/fail course not taken for credit. Forms were handed out to interested students in November. If this form has been lost, please have your child pick up a form in the high school office or stop by the school. Sincerely, Grant Hanson, PK-8 Principal & AD

The Boys Basketball team heads to Colman this afternoon to play the Hawks! Check out the stream here: https://www.youtube.com/@colmanegan5035/streams

We apologize for the calls on attendance this morning! Infinite Campus is down, so our attendance message is calling everyone who doesn't have an attendance mark down... So sorry for this inconvenience, we wish we could fix it!

Wilmot staff, students, and families thank Travis, Renee, Mason and Ashton Moran, owners of Shady Beach, for making a generous donation to our school. This donation will be used to purchase seconds cards for our students eating Wilmot School Lunches and to purchase supplies for the Wilmot School Daycare. The Moran family is grateful for the continued community support and patron participation in the weekly raffle which allows Shady Beach to give back to local projects. Thank you again to the Moran family and Shady Beach for supporting our school!

Our staff was extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to learn from former SDSU Football Coach John Stiegelmeier this morning during our development day! Coach Stig shared his "MAD" Philosphy (Make a Difference) and life lessons he calls "postulates."

Due to a funeral in Langford on Saturday, we will be swapping our Boys and Girls games in the schedule for our doubleheader. Boys will play first at 1:00, followed by JV Girls, varsity boys, varsity girls.

Please join us in taking a trip of a lifetime to Washington DC, Gettysburg, and New York City in May of 2025. We will be hosting a second chance sign up and informational meeting on February 20, 2024 at the school library at 6pm. If you are unable to attend and want to sign up please contact Mrs. Ronke for more details at Tracy.Ronke@k12.sd.us . There will be a zoom connection for this meeting as well.