The Mount Vernon Jazz Band and Jazz Choir went on the road today and competed in the Coyote Jazz Festival at USD. The Choir placed 3rd in their class and the Band got 2nd (out of 7!). Sabrina Strand, Danial Laufman, and Morgan Hoffman all received outstanding soloist awards!
Second-grade students experimented with 3 different materials in science to see which one would be strong enough to form a brick. Our goal was to see how a city could be built out of mud.
Summer Baseball/Softball Sign-up is March 23, 2023, in the front office at school. 3 pm-8pm.
The preschool class made a couple fun rainbow snacks recently!
Congratulations to the Art Department for placing 2nd in State Visual Art Contest this weekend in Rapid City SD. Also a Big congrats to Evanna Knecht on winning Best in Show for her drawing.
In English, the freshmen are creating character maps for Romeo and Juliet.
Due to forecasted inclement weather, there will be NO SCHOOL tomorrow, Thursday March 16th.
State shirts are in the office - please get them picked up today or arrangements made- if you ordered.
Expert Lindsey Berg came from CHS to visit the 2nd grade. She taught us about farming and its importance to the water cycle.
Anyone who wants help send off the Titans tomorrow will have two chances . Plankinton School send off will be at 8:20. Mt. Vernon School send off will be at 9:00.
In 1st gr Guidance, we have been learning about Coping Skills. We ended the unit by making sensory bottles with the help of 2 great seniors (Thanks Daniel & Reed)! It was fun making them with glue-water, food coloring, glitter & sequins. Stay Calm & shake a glitter bottle!
Good day to be a math teacher today. Mr. Johnson's students showed up with pies today to celebrate Pi Day.
🏀Come on out and support your Titan Basketball players at state! There will be a pep rally and meal on each day (times for Friday and Saturday will be sent out each day). Free will donations accepted.🏀
Kindergarten students are working on the short vowel sounds in pictures through games.
A few things fans need to know heading into the state tourney:
All Denny Sanford Premier Center policies will be strictly adhered to by the SDHSAA (Security policy, ticket, policy, bag policy. Please refer to the DSPC website:
https://www.dennysanfordpremiercenter.com/p/about/policies--procedures1
STATE TOURNEY FAN REGULATIONS:
https://www.sdhsaa.com/Handbook/ATH-GeneralSportsInformation.pdf
All afternoon sessions start at noon and all evening sessions start at 6:00. Doors open 1 hour prior to the start of sessions. Cost for adults is $15 per session or $50 for a tourney pass. Cost for students is $10 per session or $30 for a tourney pass.
To accommodate for the MVP basketball team in the state tournament, the schedules for next week will be as follows; On Thursday the 16th, school will dismiss at 2pm and busses will run at that time. Friday the 17th there will be NO School. The Titans first basketball game will be played at 7:45pm Thursday night in Sioux Falls at the Denny Sanford Premier Center.
Come out and support the MVP Titan Boys Basketball team at State A's March 16, 17, and in Sioux Falls! Please see the themes and dress appropriately!! GO TITANS!!
Kindergarten students practiced some high-frequency words. We discussed that the letter "a" was used once in each of the 4 words, and we used 3 different pronunciations.
The 5th graders setting up and practicing on their own before band starts- these kids are killing it in their first year!
In Title Math the students were learning how to tell time on analog clocks.
