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A community Homecoming pep rally was held Friday, September 19, at the Bich-Nedved stadium. Led by the WCS band, elementary students paraded around the track with signs of 'Go Big Red' and support for the school teams, who followed.
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If your joints ache after sitting too long or make crackling sounds when you get up, you’re not alone. More than half of older adults in the U.S. report having at least one arthritic joint, and while our understanding has improved over the past two decades, old myths still create confusion about how best to manage it.
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I had a friend in high school who was generally considered a bit odd. He didn’t dress quite right, never knew how to “read the room,” and often talked far too long and in far too much detail about computers— at a time when very few households even had one.
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Mrs. Smith, who teaches PreK, grew up in Yankton and carried her love of learning to South Dakota State University where she earned two bachelor’s degrees, one in Early Childhood Education and another in Animal Science. As a student, she always enjoyed Social Studies, and today she brings that same curiosity and excitement into her own classroom.
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Ms. Emma Reck teaches 5th grade and grew up in Sioux Falls. She attended Northern State University, where she earned her degree in Elementary Education. As a student she enjoyed Social Studies, and now as a teacher she loves guiding her students through both Language Arts and Social Studies.
Read morePIERRE, S.D. – Becky Haenfler, a middle school English Language Arts teacher at the Avon School District, hasbeennamedthe2026South Dakota Teacher of the Year. Secretary of Education Joseph Graves made the announcement at a banquet held this evening in Fort Pierre.
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