Mid-terms were posted on Wednesday. If there is any problem with viewing grades and progress, please notify the office at 743-2567. Extra Help sessions will continue this week on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and throughout December. There are now 22 and one-half days left in the semester.
Oral Interpretation participants from Harrisburg performed extremely well two weeks ago. Our team tied for for first with Tea for the region crown and in five of six competitions, Harrisburg members will be competing at state in Aberdeen this weekend.
Semester tests, the summative evaluations of each semester-long course are at the discretion of each teacher. Please make certain students are checking in with instructors to clarify when, what and how these evaluations will be administered. Teachers' assessment plans are posted on their websites. There is NO change in schedule this year for semester test week. Classes will meet as usual and it is the teacher's decision to select the appropriated assessment for each course.
winter is closing in. Two things, first - a letter from Superintendent Holbeck was sent to all of you and is posted on the high school website in regard to school closing procedures. Second, please remind students to take all precautions as the weather turns for their safety. This includes dressing appropriately, having a survival kit in the car, and driving with the environment in mind.
Eight years ago, about this time, my daughter(shown in the picture below) was born. Sitting with her and listening to her read last night, I tried to trace the pathway and history of those eight years...tried to reflect and wonder why I am so lucky to get to do this. The day she was born, leaving my wife at the hospital for just a second to rush my son to daycare and skipping out of basketball practice, I showed up in the delivery room just as my new daughter was taking her first breaths. She was so beautiful(they both were), I couldn't imagine a happier moment. But as she grows, it only gets better - watching her incredible depth of curiosity, chasing butterflies in our back yard, wrestling and laughing with the dog, constructing little worlds in boxes and cartons and paper towers, standing on her bed singing with her guitar and Hannah outfit, painting rocks and learning how to swim, teetering on her new bike, batting and catching a ball, whispering with her friends, dressing her babies and cradling them, talking endlessly from 7:30 to 8:30 every night, jumping in my lap and holding on at the scary part, and asking me questions I can't answer...snoring softly on my shoulder, rolling over with a smile every morning when I kiss her resting cheek good-bye in the dark early hours...there's my daughter, in the water - everything she knows, I taught her...is there anything at all better than being a dad? No. Cherish this parenting time. People keep telling me, "just wait until she gets to be (insert the age), then you will find out"... I am still waiting - it just keeps getting better...just wish it wouldn't go so fast...please relish and revere every parent moment...it is our most important job, and the most significant legacy we will leave....Events at Harrisburg High this week...
Monday - 5:45 - Dance Committee Meeting - High School
Boys' Basketball Begins
Tuesday - 7:00 AM - FFA Parliamentary Practice
4:00 - After School Novice Debate
Quiz Bowl Team at Mitchell
Wednesday - 7:00 AM - FFA Parliamentary Practice
Thursday - 7:00 AM - FFA Parliamentary Practice
7:00 PM - Elementary Christmas Concert - Large Auditorium
Friday - 7:00 AM - FFA Parliamentary Practice
State Oral Interp. at Aberdeen
Saturday - State Oral Interp. at Aberdeen
9:00 AM - Wrestling - At SF Roosevelt
FCCLA - "Christmas in the Kingdom" - babysitting service - 1-5 PM - email Mrs. Kern
for more details at Tracy.Kern@k12.sd.us. Cost is $10. Ages 3-8
7:00 PM - Tiger Nation Christmas Radio Show - featuring Mr. Jeff Gould and the All-State
singers - $5 advance tickets, $8 at the door. Large Auditorium.
6:00- Staff Winter Carnival - Sioux Falls Convention Center
Sunday - FFA State Leadership in Pierre
We have overcome so much to get here, to this place, at this time...ambition can still lead, but contentment must satisfy the soul of our relationships.
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