The Great Gatsby was published 100 years ago today! Students in Mrs. Powell's English III classes celebrated the novel's "birthday" with candy and a discussion about climactic moments in the plot. Happy birthday! 🎂🎈🎉
Yankton H.S. musicians had a SUPERIOR day at South Dakota Regional Large Group Contest! ALL FIVE of our h.s. music ensembles earned Superior ratings for their performances! Congrats to all the musicians on all their efforts!!
Yankton Public Schools will not be in session from Thursday, April 17, through Monday, April 21. April 17 is a parent-teacher conference compensation day, and April 18 and April 21 are Easter Vacation days. School will resume on Tuesday, April 22.
Congratulations to Harrison Krajewski on earning his 100th career singles victory. Welcome to the Century Club!
Please copy/paste or use the following link to sign up/register for the 2025 Northern State Team Camp scheduled for June 22-25 this Summer in Aberdeen!
Please reach out to Coach Coyle before you register, so he can get you a discount code for the camp!
Camp is open to all boys and girls entering grades 7-12 this upcoming school year year!
Champions are made in the offseason, so let's get as many Bucks and Gazelles to this camp as possible. This years clinicians will be Trent Hidlay, Sammy Sasso, & Dave Crowell!
https://www.northernstatewrestlingcamps.com
Gazelle softball hosts Aberdeen at Sertoma field.
The Introduction to Education class had a week packed full of educational leadership exposure. We had individual interviews with Mr. Dvoracek (YHS), Dr. Kindle, and Mr. Mitzel (Beadle). We were even spoiled to do some arts-n-crafts alongside some awesome first graders. Thank you!
Tennis had another successful outing with wins over SC Heelan and Vermillion. The Bucks will take on Mitchell and Brandon on Friday.
The Introduction to Education class hosted their 8th panel. This unit focused on leadership roles in education. We had an assistant principal (Streyle), an assistant activities director (Gross), a school board member (Carda), and a department head (Larson). We have GREAT leaders!
The April edition of The Woksape is here (and 100% April Fool’s prank-free?). There are 24 hidden Easter eggs throughout our three pages! Can you find them all?
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Congratulations to Clara Schild for being the YHS Teacher of the Month for April! Educators Rising staff members were speechless with how many nominations came in for this deserving teacher! Happy April!
Buck Tennis had a good weekend in Rapid City. The Buck's dropped the first dual to RC Stevens and then rebounded in fine fashion to defeat RC Central, St. Thomas More, RC Christian, and Spearfish. This week the Bucks will face SC Heelan, Vermillion, Mitchell, and Brandon Valley!
YHS Track & Field Shines at MMU Indoor Meet! Our athletes had an incredible day on March 28, setting three new school indoor records! 🏆💨
🥇 Boys 4x400 Relay – Champions! 🏆 NEW SCHOOL INDOOR RECORD (3:32.67)
Connor Slaba, Evan Serck, Abe O’Brien, Carson Ness
🥈 Girls 4x200 Relay – NEW SCHOOL INDOOR RECORD (1:50.28)
Rozlyn Adamson, Burkley Olson, Tyan Beste, Alivia Dimmer
🥈 Girls 200M Dash – Rozlyn Adamson (26.66) NEW SCHOOL INDOOR RECORD
🥈 Boys 200M Dash – Connor Slaba (22.71) NEW SCHOOL INDOOR RECORD
Additional Top Finishes:
🥈 Girls 60M Dash – Rozlyn Adamson (7.88)
🥉 Girls 60M Dash – Burkley Olson (8.03)
🥉 Girls Triple Jump – Quinn Brinkman (33-07.75)
🥉 Boys 60M Dash – Connor Slaba (7.08)
🥉 Boys 4x200 Relay – Evan Serck, Carson Ness, Alex Swihart, Cale Haselhorst (1:37.63)
The team is off to a strong start—excited to see what’s next! 🚀 #GoYHS #YanktonTrack
Congratulations to the four band members selected to the 2025 South Dakota All State Band! Auditions were held in January. Based off their scores, students were selected for this prestigious honor. Isaac Petersen (clarinet), Alexander Henning (tenor sax), Davis Walsh (bass clarinet), Adeline Bobby (piano), along with their director, Gwen Wenisch, traveled to Watertown and rehearsed for three days with musicians from across the state.
The event concluded with an amazing concert Saturday afternoon. Congrats to these taleneted kids on an amazing accomplishment!!
Congratulations to Buck football player Matthew Sheldon on being named the SDFBCA 11AA Player of the Year! Your hard work, dedication, and talent have truly set you apart. Well deserved!
YHS Science Olympiad are state champs! The team received 13 first place finishes out of 23 events and will be headed to the University of Nebraska- Lincoln in May to compete at Nationals.
🌺YHS staff walked an incredible 3,800 miles - the distance from
Yankton to Hawaii - in our Wellness Challenge!
After all those steps, we celebrated in true island style- with a luau!🥥🌴👣
YHS orchestra students had a fantastic day at the Region I Solo and Ensemble Contest last Wednesday. There were seven students who received an "Excellent" (2) rating and two students who received a "Superior" (1) rating, the highest rating awarded at contest! Congrats, string players!!
Coach Schuring will be holding a player/parent soccer meeting on March 24. All students interested in playing Gazelles Soccer next fall should plan to attend.
● Summer Training & Team Camp Opportunities
● Training Rules & Athletic Physical Information
● Fall Schedule & More
Mrs. Ladwig's Introduction to Education class fulfilled their 7th panel in their series exploring various educator roles. Today featured Title 1 teachers (Dvoracek/Simonsen), EL teachers (Poeschl/Gravholt), a Payroll/Benefits Manager (Rehurek), and a District Attorney (Lillie).
