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).
Congrats to the Yankton H.S. Jazz Band on their outstanding performance @ USD's Coyote Jazz Festival! Way to bring home the hardware!
🏆 Track & Field Highlights 🏆
YHS athletes had a strong showing at the Dan Lennon Invite on Monday, setting four new school records! 💪
🔹 Girls 4x200M Relay – NEW YHS RECORD (1:52.07) 🥉: Rozlyn Adamson, Burkley Olson, Josslyn Elwood, Auviana Seiler
🔹 Boys 4x200M Relay – NEW YHS RECORD (1:36.32) 🥈: Evan Serck, Alex Swihart, Carson Ness, Connor Slaba (also 2nd in the 4x400M!)
🔹 Connor Slaba (60M Dash) – NEW YHS RECORD (7.08) 🏅 5th place
🔹 Rozlyn Adamson (60M Dash) – NEW YHS RECORD (7.94) 🥉3rd place
🔹 Carson Ness (400M Dash) – NEW YHS RECORD (52.01) 🥈2nd place
🔹 Burkley Olson (60M Dash) – 🏅5th place
🔹 Quinn Brinkman (High Jump) – 🥈2nd place
The team is back in action Friday, March 28 at the MMU Indoor Invite in Yankton! 📅🔥 #GoYHS #YanktonTrack
With the nice weather this week we were able to get out and visit our interns in agricultural industry. It is amazing when you combine education and students’ passions!Thank you to our partners in our community.
We hope you will join us Monday night (March 17th) for a fun night of music! The concert is free to all attending!
Congrats YHS Band Members!!!
These seven talented young musicians represented Yankton Middle School in South Dakota Middle School All-State Band this past weekend. Congratulations on this great accomplishment, Salena, Angela, Kinley, Jazlin, Isabel, Francisco, and Dustin!
The Buck’s season came to an end tonight, but not without a fight. The Bucks held #1 SF Lincoln to their lowest point total of the season, but fell to the Patriots 48-26. Thank you to all of our fans for your support throughout the season, and until next season…GO BUCKS!!!
LET'S GO BUCKS!!!
YHS Bring Change to Mind (mental health awareness and advocacy club) beat the storm and celebrated National BC2M Week with a walk across the Meridian Bridge. Our Club will be responsible for helping to stock, monitor, and sustain the three new mental health boxes on the bridge.
GAZELLES GOLF SIGN UP: Girls in grades 7-12 interested in participating in golf this spring, there will be a signup in Coach Sime's room (235) at YHS after school on Tues, March 11. Unable to attend, please contact Coach Sime or Coach Heiter. Practice starts Monday, March 31.
