Ellie and Jaycee presented their FCCLA STAR Event - Kindness Counts to the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders - teaching them the value of 'being a bucket filler'.
Congratulations to the Senftner Family for long time Sully Buttes Head Football Coach Mark Senftner's induction into the South Dakota Football Coaches Hall of Fame! God Bless you coach!
Second Grade Super Spellers of the week! Nice work!
Hey Parents/Guardians! Final call for Post Prom registration with a t-shirt. If you want your child to get a 2025 post prom t-shirt, please contact Teri Weischedel no later than 10:00 am Friday (3/28/2025).
Join us Friday evening at 5:00pm in the Sully Buttes Main Gym for The SUPERHERO Show, an outreach of Black Hills Playhouse.
We would like to thank our wonderful sponsors for your donations to help make this possible:
High Plains Arts Council
Don's Food Center
Peaceful Prairie Yoga
Silver City Symphony
Lamb Motor Co.
Marla Mosiman Piano Studio
Lee Real Estate
Oahe Electric
The Corner
Sovell Law Office
Midwest Spaw
The show will be live streamed on the ABO Facebook page.
This event will be live-streamed on the ABO School Districts Page, if you are unable to make it.
Congrats to the following FFA Seniors who have the honor of receiving their South Dakota State Degree. Student requirements include: ➡️Having earned and productively invested at least $1,000 or worked at least 300 hours in excess of scheduled class time, or a combination thereof, in a Supervised Agricultural Experience program. ➡️Demonstrated leadership ability by performing ten procedures of Parliamentary Law, giving a six-minute speech on an agriculture or FFA-related topic, and serving as an officer, committee chairperson, or participating member of a chapter committee. ➡️Have completed at least 25 hours of community service. Recipients will be recognized on stage at the State FFA Convention on Friday, April 4 during Session 2. Congratulations to all!
One half of the bracket is complete! Moving on in Mrs. Senftner's Musical March Madness are #1 Seed "Ice, Ice Baby", #9 Seed "Bad Day", #5 Seed "Mambo #5", and #11 "Safety Dance".
Listening and voting continue this week and we will have our Elite Eight. 🖤🏀🧡
Blood drive Thursday, March 27, 12:30-5:45 Phoenix Center-Onida
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New Track Apparel Store just opened. Shirts, Sweats, everything! Closes on Sunday. You can have the shirts w/wo the track insignia! Check It Out!
One Book,One School... One School, One Book. However you put it, it's coming our way starting Monday, March 31st! Whoo hoo! We can't wait to begin this reading adventure as a school community. #RaisingReaders
Please use the following link (copy and paste into a browser), scan the QR code, or use the flyer provided in your child's purple folders!
Reach out to Coach Stier or Coach Fischer for any questions or concerns! 💜🏐⚡️
https://forms.office.com/r/hxCHwAHSAQ
Championship Ring Day! Sully Buttes Chargers celebrated their 2024 9B State Football Championship with their new Championship Rings!
Weekly Activities 3/24/2025 through 3/29/2025
3/24/25–2/28/25: Black Hills Playhouse 3:20 PM to 8:00 PM. Monday through Thursday, the Final Performance is at 5:00 PM on Friday, 3/28/25.
3/25/25: Think and Drive @ Pierre High School
Time: 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM
3/25/25: Dodgeball Tournament
Start Time: 7:00 PM
3/26/25: FFA @ Philip CDE
Start Time: 10:00 AM MT
Leave: 8:00 AM CT
3/26/25: MS Acalympics @ Bennett County
Dismissal: 9:30 AM
Sully Buttes Charger fans, you can once again be proud of our middle school Acalympic teams! This past Wednesday, we had the privilege of competing in Kadoka and once again these amazing students didn't disappoint! This week it was team Gold's turn to shine. They ended up tying for 4th place! So proud of them! We have one more competition this upcoming Wednesday in Bennett County, and then our season will be over. Thanks for always supporting our awesome students! We have so much to be proud of here in Charger Nation!
Congratulations to Sully Buttes Head Football Coach Tom Moore! Coach Moore was a finalist for the South Dakota 2024 State Football Coach of the Year! A great honor for all of his hard work and dedication as the leader of the Sully Buttes Football Program!
Sioux Falls, SD – The South Dakota High School Coaches Association announces the Coach of the Year Awards for the Fall of 2025. (Other nominees are listed below each winner):
Cheer – Casie King, Sioux Valley
Valerie Ewing-Winner, Brandee Kelsey-Wolsey-Wessington, Bruce Kleinsasser-Aberdeen Central, Eve Langerock-Harrisburg
Dance – Robyn Murphy, Yankton
Ashley Hoffman-Brandon Valley, Thomas Nguyen-Harrisburg, Amanda Stoeser-Pierre
Girls Soccer – Scott Mullenmeister, Mitchell High School
Sheila Diercks-O'Gorman, Ethan Poulter-Sioux Falls Christian, Logan Schaefers-Sioux Falls Washington, Luis Usera-Rapid City Stevens
Boys Soccer – Jory Wipf, James Valley Christian
Lance Mohr-Aberdeen Central, Alex Nelson-Sioux Falls Lincoln, Curt Nelson-Vermillion, Michael Olson-O'Gorman
Girls Cross Country – Stephanie McCord, Kimball/White Lake
Kris Boekelheide-Northwestern, Matt Genrich-Harrisburg, Luke Vander Leest-Sioux Falls Christian
Boys’ Cross Country – Ralph Kroetch, Philip
Julie Holdeman-Mitchell Christian, Luke Jelen-Sioux Falls Lincoln, Luke Vander Leest-Sioux Falls Christian
Football – Football – Pat Ruml, Howard
Shawn Flanagan-Lennox, Jared Fredenburg-Sioux Falls Lincoln, John Hodorff-Watertown, Tom Moore-Sully Buttes, Jeff Sheehan-Hamlin
Volleyball – Erica Fersdahl, Dell Rapids
Ronette Costain-Harrisburg, Kari Jung-Warner, Erik Krenz-Dakota Valley, Jean O'Hara-Chester Area
Come see your favorite students and staff compete for the Dodgeball Crown!
The 3rd Annual Free 6th through 12th grade physicals event is happening the morning of May 7, 2025, for all SBHS athletes needing exams before participating in the 2025/2026 school year. Thanks to a wonderful collaboration with the Center for Family Medicine (Pierre Site), our student-athletes can receive a physical at no cost!
🗓️ Date: May 7, 2025 📍 Location: Sully Buttes MS/HS
Medical providers from the Center for Family Medicine (Pierre Site), along with potentially additional volunteer health professionals, will be conducting the physicals.
Important Reminder: Please ensure your athlete completes the "self-answer" portion of the state-required paperwork and brings it signed by a guardian to the physical.
Paperwork can be found at https://www.sdhsaa.com/athletics-forms/. Click on the link Physical Exams & Sports Concussions, or you can pick up a packet in the Sully Buttes High School Office.
4th and 5th Grades participated in the annual American Legion Auxiliary’s Essay Contest. Their writing prompt was: “What does America the Beautiful mean to me?”
5th Grade:
1st-Ryleigh Forgey
2nd-Tamra Voorhees
3rd-Wade Kiner
4th Grade:
1st-Charles Rausch
2nd-Jovi Jaeger
3rd-Rielyn Mennenger
Judges noted this was a very tough decision this year! Congrats to all!💜💛
Reminder:
Auditions on Monday!!
