Students are invited to submit works of art to the Governor’s Student Art Competition
All South Dakota students in kindergarten through 12th grade are invited to participate in the South Dakota Governor’s Student Art Competition. Submissions should be sent in by art teachers, classroom teachers, home-school teachers, or legal guardians. The submission deadline is Nov. 4. If anyone in grades 7-12 would like to submit any artwork, see Ms. Jundt.
The competition is coordinated by the South Dakota Arts Council.
Selected submissions will be exhibited in the State Capitol in Pierre from January through September 2025. For rules and submission instructions, visit the competition webpage https://artscouncil.sd.gov/events/student_art_Main.aspx.
Good morning. Here is a few schedule changes for the week. There is NO 4th/5th GBB practice today. On Thursday, the MS FB team will play against Herreid/Selby Area in Eureka at 5:00 PM. On Friday, the middle school football game against Warner as been CANCELLED. The youth football program (grades 3 - 5) will play against Warner's youth team at the field at 5:00 PM. Go Thunder!
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming! SAVE THE DATE for Wednesday, October 23 (Parent Teacher Conferences) through Friday, November 1 and get ready to empower your reader with book choice. Start exploring together: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/eurekasd #ScholasticBookFairs
The Eureka School District, an equal opportunity employer, is hiring a Head Custodian. The Head Custodian is generally Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM. The hours may alter based on the needs of the district. If interested, please contact Nick Weismantel, Superintendent at 605-284-2875. Applications are due on Friday, October 11th at 4:00 PM.
The cross country meet in Miller on Monday has been moved to 2:00 PM. Go Thunder!!!
The North Central Sports Cooperative is looking to hire the following coaching positions. Middle School Girls Basketball, Middle School Boys Basketball, and 4th/5th grade boys basketball. If you are interested please contact the school at 284-2875. Go Thunder!!
Due to injuries from Faulkton players, there will NOT be a JV football game in Faulkton tomorrow. Also, 4th/5th grade girls basketball starts tomorrow with practice in Bowdle. Mrs. Nelson will take the 4th/5th grade girls to Bowdle and have a schedule for the girls tomorrow.
Here is a schedule update as we have had a few questions: There is not JH/JV FB jamboree in Eureka tomorrow. The cross country meet in Gettysburg on Saturday starts at 10:00 AM. Next Monday, we have Middle School & C VB in Ipswich starting at 5:30. We also have a JV Football game in Faulkton at 5:30 PM on Monday. Picture day has moved from Tuesday, Sept 24th to Thursday, October 4th. On Wednesday, the cross country meet in Faulkton has changed their start time to 11:00 AM. That is what we have for changes right now. If more come up we will keep you updated.
Saturday, September 21 the Thunder Volleyball team will participate in the Ipswich Subway Invite. The tournament will only be live streaming the main gym and the Thunder will play their pool play in the Auxiliary gym. Depending how they do in pool play will determine if they play in the main gym for the final game. The schedule is attached. Good luck Thunder!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fh8weqSaWkcLT7tysXspt37PmxSU4Fza/view?usp=sharing
Congratulations to the All-State Chorus quartet and alternates who have been selected to represent Eureka High School at the All-State Chorus and Orchestra concert to be held on November 1-2, 2024 in Sioux Falls.
Soprano - Makaylah Jones, Alto - Sydney Bertsch, Tenor - Noah Ingerson, Bass - Avery Wells
Alternates include: Soprano - Amanda Gage, Alto - Alaina Dosch, Tenor - Drew Arbach, Bass - Aaron Ingerson
Picture Retake Day has been rescheduled to Thursday, October 3rd.
https://fan.hudl.com/usa/sd/roscoe/organization/129681/north-central-co-op-high-school/watch?b=QnJvYWRjYXN0MTMzOTY2NA==
The link for anyone who wants to watch middle school volleyball against South Border.
Due to an unexpected situation, there is NO 3rd - 5th grade youth football practice in Eureka TODAY.
We are holding Punt, Pass, and Kick today! The 7th & 8th grade students will go out around 10:20 during their PE period to the sports complex. The 1st through 6th grade students will go out at 1:30 PM and participate. Parents are welcome to attend to watch.
The Eureka School District, an equal opportunity employer, is hiring a paraprofessional and an assistant custodian. The paraprofessional is for Monday through Friday, 8:00 - 3:30 during the school year. The assistant custodian position is a 12-month position with the hours of roughly 8:30 - 5:30. during the school year. Summer hours may vary as needed. If interested, please contact Nick Weismantel, Superintendent at 605-284-2875. Applications are due on Friday, September 27th.
If there are any businesses that built a float for the homecoming parade that was canceled today, please email pictures of your float to Nick.Weismantel@k12.sd.us. We will post your float on our Facebook page and show your school pride despite the nasty weather. To be eligible for the contest of the community floats, all pictures must be submitted by 3 pm.
Homecoming Update: Due to the weather, we have cancelled the parade at 1:00 PM. We will park the class floats on the east side of the gym for patrons to look at. We will have a Pep Rally at 1:15 PM in the main gym. Go Thunder!!!
Homecoming Update: We are still hoping that we will be having our parade at 1:00 PM. However, due to the potential rain and getting the information out to parents and staff member as quickly as possible, we are postponing Punt Pass and Kick to next Thursday, September 19th for the 1st - 8th grade students. We will start that at 1:30 next Thursday and all parents are welcome to come and watch their children participate. Once again, no Punt, Pass, and Kick today. Go Thunder!
The cross country meet in Hoven tomorrow has been moved up to an 11:00 AM start time due to the heat. Go Thunder!!
On Monday, the middle school will only play 1 volleyball game in McLaughlin so the schedule is Middle School Volleyball at 5:00; JV 6:30ish, Varsity to follow. Go Thunder!!!