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!!!
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.
LET'S GO BUCKS!!!
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.
We just wanted to send a special Thank You to all of our Pledges for Pins Sponsors! Our Bucks & Gazelles compiled an amazing total of 213 varsity pins throughout the 2024-2025 season! Thus, we have raised exactly $5484.75 for our Bucks & Gazelles' wrestling programs! Way to go Yankton wrestlers!
Thank you to the following sponsors and/or wrestling families:
Sarah Shortbull
Juggernaut Apparel
Trevor and Jennifer Slate
Jack Walsh
Kristen Sayler
Matt and Amanda Archer
America’s Hot Barn Report
Dennis & Kerry Evans
Joslyn Reimnitz
Jason & Christina Howe
Ryan Hage
Nick & Shana Platt
Amber Johnson
Dave Jackman
Patty Janish
Parker James
Jantina Nelson-Stastny
Drotzmann Construction LLC
Rhonda, Haley, and Ally Lande (AKA Joelton’s Biggest Fans)
Doug & Justine Ewald
Jim & Kristy Butcher
Carma James
Jason and Sara Pasco
Kevin Bender
Julie OBrien
Kent & Tami Ruzicka
Nicole Caton
Jerry Caton
Marie and Kyle Needham
Travis and Whitney Devine
Mary Hahn
Get ready to be inspired! The March Woksape is packed with exciting achievements happening around us. It’s a must-read—because who doesn't love a good dose of greatness? https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1281/YHS/5361220/030425_YKPD_A.pdf
Last night we celebrated the hard work and achievements of our Gazelle Gymnasts. What an amazing honor to have 2 former Gazelles, Billie (Shorma) Vest and Megan (Shorma) Arnold in our presence. Thank you to everyone that made this magical night a success.
Congratulations to Mr. Cwach at YHS for winning March Teacher of the Month! Educators Rising adores this program! Happy March!!!
We are all set to celebrate our 2024-2025 Gymnastics season tonight!
We welcome back Three former Gazelle Gymnasts to help us celebrate Legacy Night.
Julie O’Brien, Billie (Shorma) Vest & Megan (Shorma) Arnold.
Mrs. Ladwig's nonfiction class welcomed their last two visitors today (2/28): Marine Infantry veteran Brooks Hegge and Navy veteran Craig Powell. It was awesome to hear about all their adventures! Thank you for sharing your personal experiences and achievements!
The Bucks played one of their best games of the season yesterday by defeating Douglas 71-34. The win puts the Bucks into the SoDak16 and they will now travel to SF Lincoln to take on the #1 ranked Patriots next Saturday. Game time TBD.
GO BUCKS!!!
Mr. Streyle was our guest speaker in Mrs. Mattes' English 1 class. Mr. Streyle lived in Alaska for 21 years, and he had many interesting experiences to share with us. Thank you, Mr. Streyle!
