Good luck to our Yankton Bucks' wrestlers as they will compete at the Region tournament today in Brandon Valley! The top four boys from each weight class will advance to the state tournament next weekend in Rapid City! Let's go Bucks!
Congratulations to our 4 Gazelles' Wrestlers who qualified for and will be representing Yankton at the State Tournament next weekend in Rapid City!
100 Chloe Caton
120 Alexis Brenden
126 Madison Brown
145 Winry Yaggie
Good luck to our Gazelle wrestlers as they will compete at the region tournament today in Salem! The top four girls from each way class will advance to the state tournament next weekend in Rapid City! Let's go Gazelles!
Please join us for the YHS Evening with the Stars Concert this coming Monday, Feb. 24th! Tickets are $5 at the door!
Due to the power outage in Yankton that includes some Yankton School District facilities, the late start is canceled and Yankton School District will not have school today, Tuesday, February 18.
Due to the forecasted early morning cold temperatures and to allow parents additional time for any issues related to the early morning cold temperatures, Yankton School District will have a 2 hour late start, tomorrow, Tuesday, February 18. There will be no morning preschool at Webster School and no morning Special Education Preschool at Stewart. All buses will run approximately two hours later than their normally scheduled time. Please check the Here Comes the Bus app to track your child's bus.
We LOVE these panels! Mrs. Ladwig's Introduction to Education class experienced their FIFTH panel in their series studying the roles in education. Today featured a PT (Fedders), an OT (Hohenthaner), a business manager (Gerber), and the director of student services (Klimisch)!
Congrats to our ESD All-Conference Team Members Alexis Brenden & Chloe Caton! They both finished in the top 3 at our ESD Tournament yesterday in Huron to claim their spot! Great job Gazelle Wrestlers!
Yankton has been fortunate to have a number of fantastic tennis players over the years. This year, Buck Tennis will crown an new "King of the Court".
The only question is, will it be Zac or Harrison?
The 2025 season kicks off March 17!
Yankton High School HOSA students attended an AVERA All Access event at Avera Sacred Heart. The students attended 4 different sessions in these areas: Nursing, Respiratory Therapy, Radiology, and Laboratory Science.
The Yankton Boys Varsity bowling team clinched the Conference Championship on Friday night after beating SF O’Gorman, to finish the regular season 11-1.
For the first time in SD High School club bowling history, all six varsity bowlers on one team finished the season averaging over 200.
Parker Kisch (226), Liam Villanueva (209), Christian Weier (208), Justin Stratman (205), Oliver Reindl (204), and Ryan Turner (203).
Kisch’s 226 average placed him as the top bowler in the state, amongst all 326 boys and girls bowlers.
His average is now the highest in Yankton High School bowling’s history, as well as the 4th highest average in South Dakota High School club bowling’s history.
Girls varsity (February 20) and Boys varsity (February 21) State Tournaments will both be held at Yankton Bowl next week.
Congratulations to the following Gazelle Gymnasts on qualifying for the State Gymnastics Individual day! Saturday, Feb. 15th in Watertown!
Congratulations to the cast and crew of the YHS one-act play for earning a superior with their production of A Midsummer Night's Dream! 🏆
Addison Puthoff, Serenity Sangster, Rosie Phillips, Sophia Shudak, and Kara Koerner earned medals for superior ensemble as the fairies!
Jacksen Lawrence, Renee Stehlik, Julia Reyes, Nate Barnes, and Conner Brunick each earned superior individual acting medals!
And our entire tech crew earned superior medals for technical theatre!
Everyone did an incredible job today with a fantastic final performance. Congratulations! 🎭
Several students from the Yankton Ed Rising chapter attended the MMU Educators Exposition where they were honored to listen to a YSD retired teacher, Brooks Schild.
The YHS one-act cast and crew will perform A Midsummer Night's Dream today in the state festival! They'll take the stage this evening at 6:00 PM at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center in Brookings. Break a leg! 🎭🧚
Thank you to Pivotal Photography for the cast photo!
Love is in the air! We are LOVING the first Woksape release of 2025! View the paper here: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1281/YHS/5264814/020425_YKPD_A.pdf
The calm before the storm! The Yankton Bucks and Gazelles host their home tournaments this weekend. Come support your Buck and Gazelle wrestlers and watch some great wrestling!
Tournament lineup:
Friday: Girl's tournament @ 4:00 PM
Saturday: Boy's tournament @9:00 AM
Sunday: Youth tournament @10:30 AM
Monday: Middle school tournament @ 4:30 PM
Mrs. Ladwig's Introduction to Education class experienced their FOURTH panel in their series exposing them to all the different roles in education. Today featured a technology director (Fredericksen), a curriculum director (Valnes), and a speech pathologist (Michael)!! Thank you!
The YHS one-act play cast and crew have made it to Brookings and are ready for the state festival! Yankton performs Saturday at 6:00 PM in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center! 🎭
Do you have a child who will be five by September 1, 2025? Join us for JrK & Kindergarten registration on Thursday, February 27, at Trailhead Learning Center from 4:00-6:00 pm.
