Scranton Public School

The girl's bb games in Richardton tonight are postponed due to poor road conditions.

Had an absolutely great photo donated to the school today of the Scranton student body in 1927-28. Thank you Loren Luckow for bringing this treasured photo to the school.

Thank you for the anonymous donation of Java Stop drinks for the staff!

On Saturday the Boys' Basketball Team will play Beach in Bowman at 4:30. Dawson County will not play on Saturday so the bracket is not correct. 3:00 7th/8th Place Game Bowman County JV vs. Richardton/Taylor 4:30 5th/6th Place Game Hettinger-Scranton vs. Beach 6:00 3rd/4th Place Game Belfield vs. New England 7:30 Championship Game Bowman County vs. Trinity

Daily Announcements, December 15, 2023 Girls' Basketball The JV and varsity play in Richardton tonight starting at 5:30. Please dismiss at 2:50 for departure at 3:00. Good luck ladies! Roughrider Tournament The tournament continues tomorrow in Bowman with H/S playing Beach at 4:30. Good luck guys! JH Boys' & Girls' Basketball The boys play tomorrow in the Bowman Tournament, and the girls play in the South Heart Tournament. Good luck to all! Quote of the Day "December has the clarity, the simplicity, and the silence you need for the best fresh start of your life." — Vivian Swift

November 2023, Minutes

Daily Announcements, December 14, 2023 Roughrider Tournament The tournament continues tonight in Bowman with H/S playing Dawson County at 3:00. Please dismiss at 1:40 for departure at 1:50. Good luck Night Hawks! JH Boys' BB The JH boys play at the Mott Armory tonight starting at 4:00 Please dismiss at 1:50 for departure at 2:00. Good luck! Wrestling The wrestlers will leave today at 9:45 for wrestling in Linton. Good luck wrestlers! Mentors/Mentees Will meet today from 12:30-1:00 in the lunchroom. Quote of the Day “Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” — Dr. Seuss, How The Grinch Stole Christmas

Thank you, Mrs. Olson, for your hard work on the Honor Society board. It looks great!

Reminder of hot chocolate sales tomorrow for grades 7-12 with proceeds going to Miss Polly's medical benefit. Cost is $2 plus and additional $1 for extra toppings. Tuesday, December 19, we have an anonymous donor buying the hot chocolate for all students grades 7-12. All students need Tuesday is $1 if they want extra toppings. These proceeds also go to Miss Polly's medical benefit. Thank you!

Daily Announcements, December 13, 2023 Board Meeting Tonight at 7:00. National Guard Birthday On December 13th, 1636, the Massachusetts General Court established an official militia for the first time in the American Colonies. A component of the United States Army, the National Guard is primarily composed of citizen-soldiers who hold down full-time, civilian jobs, attend school, or as is often the case, both. At the same time, they are available to provide support and protection for the states' civilians or be called for military operations at a national level.

Daily Announcements, December 12, 2023 It's Game Night! The varsity boys open their season in the Roughrider Tournament tonight in Bowman. The Night Hawks play the Belfield Bantams at 4:30. Please dismiss at 2:35 for departure at 2:45. The B and A girls' teams play Lemmon in Hettinger tonight starting at 5:30. The JH boys play Bowman in Scranton starting at 4:00. Three excellent entertainment choices tonight! Good luck to all! FFA The state leadership students are in Bismarck today. Quote of the Day "You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle three things: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights." — Maya Angelou

Boys' RR Tournament

Daily Announcements, December 11, 2023 Congratulations! To Jennifer Verdin- 2nd Nick Dobitz- 2nd Kyler Schalesky- 8th Ellie Roseland- 3rd Jaron Frank- 6th at Rapid City wrestling! Congratulations! To the varsity girls on the win Saturday! Hot Chocolate Sales Pep Club is selling hot chocolate to grades 7-12 before school on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting tomorrow. An anonymous donor is buying the hot chocolate for all students in grades 7-12 tomorrow so all you need is $1 if you want toppings! All proceeds to to Miss Polly's medical benefit. Student Council Will meet today at 3:00 in the kindergarten room. Quote of the Day "Let the wintry breath of December dance over you in its hypnotic magic." ~ Anonymous

The January 19th boys basketball game in Solen has been canceled. We have scheduled a new game against Center-Stanton. That game will be played on January 18 in Center. We will play Varsity and JV. Games will begin at 5:00 PM mt.

The wrestling tournament scheduled for in Bowman tomorrow has been cancelled.

There will be no high school or junior high practices tonight. There will be an open gym in both schools for high school girls and boys high school players to get some shots up. In Scranton, this will run from 3:30-4:30.

Both the boy's and girl's JH basketball games scheduled for today have been cancelled. A make-up date has not been set at this time.

Daily Announcements, December 8, 2023 Overtime Victory! Congratulations ladies on the big win! JH Girls' Basketball Tonight vs. GC/M/R in Scranton starting at 4:00. 7th grade will play two quarters followed by 8th grade. Good luck ladies! JH Boys' BB The JH boys play at the Mott Armory tonight starting at 4:00. Please dismiss at 2:45 for departure at 2:55. Let's go Night Hawks! Girls' Basketball Play Belfield in Hettinger tomorrow starting at 3:00. Good luck! FBLA Will meet today at 3:00. Hot Chocolate Sales Pep Club is selling hot chocolate to grades 7-12 before school on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting December 12. An anonymous donor is buying the hot chocolate for all grade 7-12 students December 12. Students will want to bring $1 if the they want toppings on the hot chocolate. All proceeds go to Miss Polly's medical benefit. FFA The state qualified students will leave for the contest Monday at 12:15: Ella, Kiley, Dani, Kyan, Kinley and Sadie. These students will also be absent Tuesday. Wrestling Good luck to all wrestlers! Quote of the Day “I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, ‘go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.’” ~ Lewis Carroll

We had an early morning heading to Medora to compete in the District 8 competitions. We have been preparing for this day since October and man was it worth it! We started off strong with the creed which was done by Kiley Mausehund and she received second place and a gold which will be sending her to state next Tuesday. Next, we had Talli Eaton who participated in prepared speaking and received a bronze. Aidyn Fisher took part in extemporaneous public speaking and also was awarded with a bronze. When competing in Parliamentary Procedure you are rewarded with a team award and an individual award. The Parliamentary Procedure team placed silver as a team. The team consisted of Sadie Freitag (Sentinal, silver), Vanessa Oase (Reporter, bronze), Karady Evans (Treasurer, silver), Kinley Stadheim (Secretary, silver), Colt Maychrzak (Vice President, silver), Kyan Stadheim (President, silver), and Talli Eaton acting as student advisor. We had a demonstration team which involved Kinley Stadheim and Sadie Freitag. They received gold and runner up which will send them to the state competition next Tuesday. The job interview was performed by Karady Evans who received 1st place and a gold sending her also to the state competition on Tuesday. Our Greenhand quiz participants consisted of Mardi Loder-Bronze, Sahara Martinez-Bronze, Tripp Mack -Bronze, Ali Buckmier-Bronze, Zander Evans-Bronze, Romana Eaton-Silver, Chloe Maychrzak-Silver, and Sawyer Hendrickson-Gold. The green hand quiz team was rewarded with silver. Our quiz individuals were Katherina Kettering-silver, Malachi Dilse-silver, Aidyn Fisher-silver, Dani Maychrzak-gold, and Mackenzie Hendrickson who received gold and second place. Mackenzie, Dani, Aidyn, Malachi, and Katherina will attend the state competition next Tuesday. We ended the day on a great note with the Quiz team being awarded gold and first place.

Parent/Wrestler Meeting