This week’s Lead-Deadwood Elementary Shining Light, presented by Ms. Breann Hort, goes to Mr. Tom Paulsen! “Mr. Paulsen is a shining light in our school! He tells the best stories and never fails to put a smile on your face. His laugh is contagious, and he also has a positive spirit.”
Reminder - our girls and boys basketball teams host Kadoka tonight (Monday, Dec. 18) at the high school. It is a "throwback" night so the varsity games will be played in Gym 2 - bring the noise Digger Fans and cheer on the teams! Game times are 4:00 (JV games played in both gyms), 5:30 (girls varsity), and 7:00 (boys varsity). Should be fun - wear your old school letter jackets, sweaters, or anything from the school's past!
Mr. Nepodal
The 6th grade students visited the Adam's House on Tuesday. We enjoyed seeing all the beautiful trees! Thanks to the Adam's House and the Deadwood Rec Center for having us!
Mrs. Abby Jacobs chose Miss Breann Hort to pass the Lead Deadwood Elementary Shining Light to this week.
“Miss Breann Hort joined our school family with ease. Her classroom is relaxed and flexible in schedules. Students tell me that she is a very caring teacher and they love being in her classroom. They also said they know they can ask for help and she will help them. I enjoy working with her. Welcome to the Digger family and I hope your first year is going great!”
Come out and support the Digger basketball teams as they take the home court for the first time this year! We play Newell - JV games start at 4:00, Varsity girls at 6:15, Varsity Boys at 7:30. Hope to see you at the game!
Mr. Nepodal
LDHS Student Council enjoying lunch together!
Join the Lead-Deadwood Band Monday night for their winter concert at 7pm. We’ll be playing a variety selections from In the Bleak Midwinter to London Bridge. We’ll also have an open house from 5:00pm-7:00pm. There will Band Department shirts for sale!
Here are the links for our basketball games this weekend to watch on live stream:
At Bennett County (Friday) - https://bennett.liveticket.tv/
At Harding County (Saturday) - https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/harding-county-high-school-buffalo-sd/gam75041d8e48
Mr. Nepodal
This week the Lead-Deadwood Elementary School Shining Light was passed from Mrs. Larissa Oyen to Mrs. Abby Jacobs.
“Mrs. Jacobs comes to school everyday with a smile and a positive attitude. She is willing to step in and help wherever she is needed. Mrs. Jacobs always shows kindness and compassion to our students. She is a wonderful teacher to work with and to have as a friend.”
Here's the schedule and order of games for our high school basketball games at Harding County on Saturday, Dec. 9th - please note the ORDER of the games being played:1
:00 - Girls C Team
JV Boys
JV Girls
Varsity Boys
Varsity Girls
*they will use a rolling schedule thus the reason no times are listed once we start playing at 1:00. Good luck Diggers!
Mr. Nepodal
Here's the schedule of games at Bennett County this Friday, Dec. 8th for high school girls and boys basketball:
4:00 - JV Girls
5:15 - JV Boys
6:30 - Varsity Girls
7:45 - Varsity Boys
*These times are approximate except for the start time of 4:00 - after the first game, they will have a rolling schedule.
Mr. Nepodal
Our wonderful HS lunch staff preparing Chef Salads for the students. Thank you to our district lunch staff!!
Congratulations to our Oral Interp team for finishing off a successful season at the State Meet this past weekend! Special congrats goes out to Briar Rose for earning a Superior Rating for her Poetry reading - Outstanding!! Others who were close to earning that rating were our Reader's Theater group and Mariana Pitlick for her Serious Prose Presentation. Great job Diggers!
Mr. Nepodal
Lead-Deadwood Elementary Holiday Spirit Days
Friday Dec 1st: Holiday Colors - dress in Red or Green
Friday Dec 8th: Tinsel Toes - wear your favorite festive socks
Friday Dec 15th: Fa la la la Flannel - show off that plaid
Monday Dec 18th: Christmas Character Day - dress as your favorite holiday character
Tuesday Dec 19th: Comfy Christmas Clothes - dress comfy to watch a movie
Wednesday Dec 20th: Ugly Sweater or Holiday Best - you choose tacky or classy
Mrs. Nancy Mertens has passed the Lead-Deadwood Elementary School Shining Light on to Mrs. Larissa Oyen this week!
"Larissa Oyen is a Shining Light in our school because she has such a heart for kids. She considers EVERY student in our building HER student. When she is not busy working with kids in her room, she walks around the school and helps out in other classrooms.”
There will be a Holiday Open House for the public at the Digger Depot (High School Student Store) prior to the choir and band concerts on December 4th and 11th, 5:00-7:00 p.m. This is a great time to see the work of our HS business classes, while taking in a great concert, featuring the talent of our Lead-Deadwood musicians.
The Digger Depot will have special holiday themed drinks, stickers, cards, and other merchandise, including NEW, made to order Digger gear. The Depot accepts cash and card payments.
Just a reminder that our Oral Interp team will be presenting their pieces tonight - Nov. 27th - at the Homestake Opera House in Lead. Show starts at 6:00 - there will be a free will donation box as well to raise funds for the program. Come out and support our performers and watch some talented kids in action at the Opera House! Thank you.
Mr. Nepodal
Our Oral Interp team will be presenting their materials and performances at the Lead Opera House on Monday, Nov. 27th beginning at 6:00. Come out, support our Oral Interp team and kids as well as enjoy some amazing performances - there will be a free will donation with proceeds going to the Oral Interp program. Thank you!
Mr. Nepodal
This week's shining light, presented by Mrs. Becky Kosters, goes to Mrs. Nancy Mertens.
"As I am new to the elementary school this year, Mrs. Mertens has made me feel at home from my first day here. She is supportive, welcoming and flexible. She is a true blessing to LDES."
Honor band tomorrow! We leave tomorrow at 8:10am. Make sure to bring nice clothes to the concert and enough money for lunch and supper. All are welcome to attend the concert at 6:30pm at Spearfish High School.
Congratulations to the following students:
Phoenix Canida
Jayda Hunter
Cynthia Pearman
Kaitlyn Martin
Abby Keehn
Eddy Adkins
Mia Klein
Journey Myrup
Random Huth
Cameron Zopp
Ryker Olson
Carl Williams
