We have a new face

in our hallways this semester

as we had a new teacher join our staff. I

would like to extend a warm welcome to

our new 9-12 science teacher Mr. Camer-on Groenke and his wife, McKenzie. Wel-

come to our community and school dis-

trict. We hope that you will enjoy it here.

Parent -Teacher Conferences

are scheduled for Thursday, February 9th

from 2:00-8:00 PM in Viborg. Elementary

conference slips have gone home to par-

ents so please check your child’s backpack

for this sheet. If you are unable to come

during your scheduled time please call the

office and we will try to reschedule you.

Middle and High School teachers will again

be in the gym at tables throughout the

scheduled times so that you can stop in

and visit with each of your child’s teachers.

Students will be dismissed at 1:15 at the

middle school and at 1:30 at the elemen-

tary and high school buildings that day.

We have two early dismissal

days this month and two no school days on

the calendar this month. The first early dis-

missal is scheduled for Friday, February 3rd.

Students will be dismissed at 12:45 at the

middle school and at 1:00 at the elementary

and high school. The teachers will be having

an inservice that afternoon on learning strate-

gies to use in their classrooms. The second

early dismissal will be on Thursday, February

9th because of parent-teacher conferences.

The students will be dismissed at 1:15 at the

middle school and at 1:00 at the Viborg build-

ing. We also have two no school days sched-

uled. These are Friday, February 10th and

Monday, February 20th.

Superintendent’s

Message:

VIBORG-HURLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

February, 2017

Cougar Tracks

Special Points of Interest:

2/2—Midterm 2/2—5-8 Educ. Trip In-

formational Mtg. 6:30 @ Hurley

2/2-4—State One Act @ Aberdeen

2/3—Early Dismissal for students 1:00

2/8—Solo & Small En-semble Region Contest @ Yankton

2/9—Parent/Teacher Conferences 2:00-8:00 PM

2/9—Early Dismissal for students 1:30 (No PM Pre-K)

2/9—FAFSA Parent Mtg 5:00 in Viborg

2/9—SDSU Festival of Voices SD Elem Festival Choir (Gr. 4-6) @ Brook-ings

2/11-12—FFA lockin Mtg Saturday

2/13—School Board Mtg @ Hurley 7:00

2/17—9-12 Bullying/Harassment Assembly @ Viborg 12:30

2/18-25 National FFA Week

2/20—NO SCHOOL

National FFA Week

(February 18-25)

Watch for signs posting the

dress up days for National

FFA Week. We hope you

will show your spirit by par-

ticipating in the fun.

2/23—Food for America

and Petting Zoo

2/24—Olympics

Happy Valentines Day.

Snowball 2017 was a huge suc-

cess. Everyone seemed to be

having a lot of fun chilling with

friends and dancing the night

away to some favorite tunes.

Thank you to the student coun-

cil for sponsoring the event and

to the chaperones and the DJ

for volunteering their time.

You each made the evening a

memorable one.

Snow Days– Late Starts, Early Outs and

Cancellations In the event of any of the above I will list relay the information

through the following sources: Keloland Closeline, WNAX,

Hot Country 93.1, KSFY, KDLT and our school messenger

system. If a 10:00 late start is called, shuttle buses will run from Viborg

at 9:30 and from Hurley at 9:45. We are running a 10:00 start

time on these days as that coincides the best with our high

school and middle school schedules. The times for the shuttles

will also be posted on the school website. As our district is a large one and the weather may be different

depending on where you are located in the district, please note

that if you feel that the weather is too bad to travel out in that

I trust your judgement. In this event please keep your children

home. We just ask that call in and let us know that is what you

are doing so that we know where your children are and do not

worry about their safety.

onship tournament in Chaska, MN

in March of 2016. I have also

coached football for three years

while in Nebraska mostly coaching

the offensive and defensive lines,

although we play 8-man football in

Nebraska. Most of my family still

lives in Nebraska. I was fortunate

enough to meet my wife, McKen-

zie, while in college and we got

married on October 8th, 2016 in

Sioux Falls. She is a RN and cur-

rently works at St. Luke’s in Sioux

City. We are extremely happy to

be in Viborg, SD. Everyone has

been very welcoming and support-

ive and we could not have asked

for a smoother transition. We

look forward to many happy years.

In science, I am teaching

Biology, Anatomy, Conceptual

Chemistry, and Physical Science.

My name is Camron

Groenke and I am happy to be the

new science teacher at Viborg-

Hurley High School. I am originally

from Lindsay, NE, which is a very

small town of about 300 people so

small towns are right up my ally. I

went to Humphrey High School in

Humphrey, NE graduating in 2012. I

went on to Wayne State College in

Wayne, NE where I graduated in

December of 2016 with a Bachelor’s

of Science in Science Education with

a coaching endorsement. While in

college, I started the WSC Curling

Club (yes, the ice sport) and we

competed in the National Champi-

We have been very active these first couple

of weeks as I have pushed the students to

do a lot of hands on learning. We were able

to perform a DNA barcoding lab in Biology

in order to determine the DNA in various

food items with help from Sanford Re-

search. In Anatomy we were very lucky to

get a couple of cow hearts from one of the

students (thank you very much for that

opportunity) in order to dissect and identify

structures in the heart. Conceptual Chemis-

try has been busy testing the effects of

toothpaste on the pH of our saliva and have

been debating over whether Fluorine should

be in the water supply. Finally, the Physical

Science class just finished building and test-

ing toothpick bridges to observe forces and

how they can affect everyday engineering. It

has been a great month and we look for-

ward to doing many more projects in sci-

ence.

Viborg-Hurley High School Welcomes a New Science Teacher

5th Grade Study: Seed Germination and the Necessity of Sunlight in

Growth

students. They not only read

about Scientific principles, but

experience them. First, an exper-

iment was conducted regarding

the necessity of sunlight in germi-

nation. Next followed a com-

plete lab-write up of their hy-

pothesis and their results. Fol-

lowing that, the germinated seeds

were monitored and finally plant-

ed for further study. New ques-

tions arise such as: “Will the plant

grow towards the light, or away

from it?” Students will continue

to study their plants as we move

through the next chapter on tro-

pism; which is the growth of a

biological organism towards an

environmental stimulus. In this

case, the stimulus is sunlight.

Stay tuned for the results of this next

project!

The 5th grade students in Mrs.

Campbell’s Science class have ben

learning all about

plants and how

they grow. From

photosynthesis to

germination, stu-

dents have ex-

plored the basic

components of flowers, how they

are pollinated and

seeds are formed,

germination of

seeds, and the

planting of their

now growing

plant.

In pro-

ject-based learn-

ing, the text

comes alive to the

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Viborg Hurley

Cougars

Jr. High BBB

2/4 -BBB Tourney

@ Gayville

2/6—BBB @ Ber-

esford 4:00 7th

then 8th

2/16—BBB DRSM

@ Hurley 4:00 7th

then 8th

2/18—TVC tour-

ney @ Freeman

Playing By the Right Rules—By Greg Hickman

100th Day of School

On January 31st we celebrated our

100th day of school. Our elementary teachers

had many activities planned for the day.

There was even a question of the day from

Mrs. C that included both math skills and

music knowledge. The winners were: Kirsten

Paetow & Gavin Nelsen. We also had a con-

test for students in K-12. They were to dress

like they were 100 years old. Our winners of

this contest were: Elem: Claire Campbell,

Evan Campbell, & Reese Simonsen Middle

School: Paisley Skonhovd & Giahna Miller.

Although we did not pick winners from the

staff we did appreciate their participation and

school spirit.

The game of life allows you to write your own set of rules. That's right. You, and only you, have complete control over your

own "rule book". Whether we realize it or not, each of us have authored the rules we currently live by. While these rules for living may not be spelled out in black and white on a written document, they are nonetheless

indelibly etched into our subconscious minds and govern our daily behavior. These rules play a big role in determining the kind of per-son you become, the quality of life you lead and the amount of success you enjoy.

The real winners always play by the right set of rules. Always. These top achievers refuse to give up and refuse to give in. Instead, they always give everything their very best shot every time out. They refuse to cheat, lie or steal their way to the top. They recognize the undeniable facts that cheaters ultimately

cheat themselves, liars can never be trusted and thieves are their own biggest victims. A winner's play-book is based on playing hard, playing fair and square and last but certain-ly not least, always playing to win.

Playing by the right set of rules is a way of life for winners. In fact, when win-ners play to win, they strive to help those around them win as well. They have come to realize that there is more than enough to go around and they take no delight when those around them lose or come up short.

Willie Mays, the Hall of Fame outfielder for the San Francisco Giants once said, "Being good every once in a while is easy. It's being good every day that is a challenge". Winning isn't a sometime, every once in a while thing for winners. No, not by a long shot. God instilled in each of us a desperate need to excel, to answer our call to greatness and to fulfill our date with destiny.

By working together, we can make winning a way of life for every man, woman and child in our country today. After all, win-ning is easy when you play by the right set of rules.

The high school

Geometry classes

have been studying

triangles, angles,

ratios, and propor-

tions. They had a

project to take an

everyday 3-D

object and use

a scale factor

to enlarge or

reduce their

object, keeping

the new object

the exact same,

except for the

size. Some students picked quite easy

objects, like a notecard, and did not take

into consideration that the thickness of

their rescaled notecard would change

just like the width and length. Other

students did quite well in problem

solving and measuring every little

detail. Overall, students learned about

a process that happens in many differ-

ent jobs, building a replica of some-

thing before constructing

the actual, life-size item.

tives to keep our students invested in doing

positive things throughout the school days.

The high school students and I have been busy

applying for colleges and signing up for dual

credit courses this past month. We will be hav-

ing a FAFSA guest speaker from USF com-

ing at 5:00 PM on Thursday, February 9

during conferences, so if you have any ques-

tions about the FAFSA please come!!! I

know I get confused with the FAFSA and

Kari is a trained expert in this area. If you

are a parent of Juniors or Seniors I would

highly recommend coming to this. Another

announcement for the high school is that

on February 17th the high school students

have a guest speaker coming to talk to

them about her personal experience with

bullying and harassment. I’m very excited

for her to come as she is an excellent

speaker and has a powerful personal story

Last month, the elementary school and I

have been working hard on learning what it

means to be a loyal person. This next

month we are focusing on the character

trait of trustworthiness. I am very excited

for this topic, because it encompasses so

much and there are many fun activities that

can be done. We are going to have the

deep conversation about how our bodies

are our own this month at some point dur-ing their classroom guidance classes. This is

usually an uncomfortable topic, but it’s a

necessary one.

The middle school students and I are still

working on the anti-bullying and harassment

program called “Expect Respect.” You

should have received a brochure in the mail

giving a more detailed understanding of this

program. We are working on revamping

the Paw Store and looking for fresh incen-

that should hit the students pretty hard.

Thank you so much! As always, if you need to

contact me 605-766-1326 or Jessi-

ca.schmit@k12.sd.us .

Geometry—Rescale Project

Counselor’s Corner

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The students in Mrs. Campbell’s 5th and 6th grade Reading classes im-

mensely enjoy week 3 of Benchmark Literacy; Reader’s Theatre. Each

unit is written in 3 week increments: week 1 centers around the use of

a reading strategy; week 2 focuses on a specific genre, and week 3

builds upon both with reading a play written in the genre and strategy

studied, and practicing fluency, intonation and inflection through per-

forming the play. This year, the students are taking the play from the

classroom to the stage this May! Stay tuned for performance dates!

Reader’s Theatre: Burgeoning Thespians

Reading: 5th and 6th Grade

The kindergarten students have been enjoying the month of January by cele-brating a special event each day. They have had hot chocolate day, partner day, favorite story day, and many more. The pictures show them wearing their garb on pajama day and hat day. They also celebrated their 100th day of school by hav-ing a scavenger hunt to find the numbers one through

chens took pic-tures of the stu-dents and generat-ed a photo of how they would look after they had become elderly. We had a lot of fun looking at everyone's 100-year-old face!

Kindergarten News

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Third Grade—Exploring Ecosystems

In this activity, students on one side were deer, using their hands to signal a need that they had, either food, water, or shelter. On the other side, students were part of the habitat and also indicated which part with their hands. Each round represented a year when deer either were able to meet their needs or not. Deer that matched up with the right habitat, multiplied, but deer that couldn’t find what they needed, died and became part of the habitat. Re-sults were recorded and turned into a line graph to see the changing nature of an ecosystem.

February Reading Incentive

The only way to get better at anything, including reading, is to practice. PreK-3rd graders are encouraged to read for 15 minutes a day or be read to for PreK/Kindergarteners. 4th graders are encouraged to read for 20 minutes a day. Each student’s personal goal is to read at least 17 days for the month. Students who reach their personal goal will get 17 Milk Chocolate kisses. Parents, please initial in the box to show that your child has read. Please return this sheet every Monday.

Muscles, Bones and Tendons: A Study of the Body’s

Support System—7th Grade Science

The 7th grade students in Mrs. Camp-

bell’s Science class have undergone an in-depth

study of the body’s structure system: bones, mus-

cles and tendons. After learning key vocabulary

and reading about the structure of the human

body, the 7th grade students dissected chicken

wings to view how the muscles were attached to

the bones, how the joints functioned, and what

each looked like under the new LED microscopes

in the Science lab.

The 7th grade students have enjoyed the

Inquiry based Science class this year, and are en-

joying the new equipment and supplies provided

by the Monsanto Fund; Grow Rural Education

grant.

Congratulations to Jacia Christiansen for being cho-sen to participate in Quad State Honor Band

Congratulations to the following students for re-ceiving a superior individu-al awards at the region one-act competition: Logan Hansen, Olivia Rasmussen, Dustin Richards, and Cassi-dy Sayler

Congratulations to the One Act cast for receiving a superior award at regions. Good luck at the state com-petition.

Thank you to all of the helpers and organizers that worked on and at the Vic-torian Tea. We could not have done this without all

of your help.

Thank you to our Snowball chaper-ones and to our DJ for the even-ing.

Congratulations to Logan Hansen for being selected as a recipient for the 2016 Hy-Vee/Sanford Legends Scholarship

We are missing a few items from

the Victorian Tea. If they inadvert-

ently got into a child’s bag or you

were part of the clean up and know

where they were put we would

appreciate your help in locating the

items.

Missing Items:

Silver & Gold place card holders

Lemon forks

Table cloths (These were folded and

placed in a black plastic sack and we

can not find them)

Congratulations & Thank You’s

If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember

anything.

~Mark Twain

Viborg-Hurley Cougars Basketball

2/3—GBB/BBB Freeman Acad@ Vi-borg 4:00 JVG, JVB, VG, VB 2/7—GBB/BBB Avon @ Viborg 4:00 JVG, JVB, VG, VB 2/10—GBB/BBB Parker @ Parker 4:00 2/11—BBB @ Ethan 6:30 2/11—GBB Luke Hansen Tourney 2/14—GBB/BBB—Menno @ Viborg 4:00 JVG, JVB, VG, VB Sr. Night 2/17—GBB/BBB I-W @ Wakonda 4:00 2/18—BBB Luke Hansen Tourney 2/21—GBB District @ Gayville 6:00/7:30 2/24—GBB District Championship @ Beresford 2/27-28—BBB District @ Alcester 6:30 Monday—6:00/7:30 Tuesday

The Viborg-Hurley Drama Department presented the one-act play “Booby Trap” by Ed Monk (with permission from Playscripts, Inc.) on Tuesday, Jan. 17. In the serious play, an Ameri-can soldier sits, trapped by a land mine, in a combat zone. As he waits, unmoving, with the uncertainty of his future life, scenes from his past, pre-sent and future are depicted around him. From a director’s point of view, the play was a great success! The stu-dents learned a lot about symbolism

depicted in the drama and many of the changes that occurred throughout our practices were student suggestions. We also performed this play at the re-gion one-act competition on Jan. 26 at the Brandon Valley Performing Arts Cen-ter, receiving a superior award and ad-vancing us to the state competition! The following students also received superior individual awards: Logan Hansen, Olivia Rasmussen, Dustin Richards, and Cassidy Sayler for their outstanding perfor-mances! The state competition will be

held at NSU in Aberdeen February 2-4. We will be performing at 7:30 pm Thursday evening. It is open to the public, and we invite you all to attend and support us!

One Act Play—”Booby Trap” - An Amazing Performance

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Parent –Teacher Conferences: A Tip Sheet for Parents

Harvard Family Research Project

ceed. You will probably hear pos-itive feedback about your child’s progress and areas for improve-ment. Be prepared by thinking about your child’s strengths and challenges beforehand. Be ready to ask questions about ways you and the teacher can help your child with some of his or her challenges.

What should you talk to the teacher about?

Progress. Find out how your child is doing by asking ques-tions like: Is my child perform-ing at grade level? How is he or she doing compared to the rest of the class? What do you see as his or her strengths? How could he or she improve?

Assignments and assessments. Ask to see examples of your child’s work. Ask how the teach-er gives grades.

Your thoughts about your child. Be sure to share your thoughts and feelings about your child. Tell the teacher what you think your child is good at. Explain what he or she needs more help with.

Support learning at home. Ask what you can do at home to help your child learn. Ask if the teach-er knows of other programs or services in the community that could also help your child.

Support learning at school. Find out what services are available at the school to help your child. Ask how the teacher will both chal-lenge your child and support your child when he or she needs it.

How should you follow up?

Make a plan. Write down the things that you and the teacher will each do to support your child. You can do this during the conference or after. Write down

what you will do, when, and how often. Make plans to check in with the teacher in the coming months.

Schedule another time to talk. Com-munication should go both ways. Ask

how you can contact the teacher. And don’t forget to ask how the teacher will contact you too. There are many ways to communicate—in person, by phone, notes, email. Make a plan that works for both of you. Be sure to schedule at least one more time to talk in the next few months.

Talk to your child. The parent–teacher conference is all about your child, so don’t forget to include him or her. Share with your child what you learned. Show him or her how you will help with learning at home. Ask for his or her suggestions.

Source: Harvard Family Research Project Harvard Graduate School of Education 3 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Website: www.hfrp.org Email: hfrp@gse.harvard.edu Tel: 617-495-9108 Fax: 617-495-8594

As a parent, you are your child’s first and most important teacher. You and your child’s school have something in common: You both want your child to learn and do well. When parents and teachers talk to each other, each person can share im-portant information about your child’s tal-ents and needs. Each person can also learn something new about how to help your child. Parent–teacher conferences are a great way to start talking to your child’s teachers. This tip sheet suggests ways that you can make the most of parent-teacher conferences so that everyone wins, especial-ly your child.

What should you expect?

A two-way conversation. Like all good conversations, parent–teacher confer-ences are best when both people talk and listen. The conference is a time for you to learn about your child’s progress in school: Ask to see data about your child’s attendance, grades, and test scores. Find out whether your child is meeting school expectations and aca-demic standards. This is also a time for the teacher to learn about what your child is like at home. When you tell the teacher about your child’s skills, inter-ests, needs, and dreams, the teacher can help your child more.

Emphasis on learning. Good parent–teacher conferences focus on how well the child is doing in school. They also talk about how the child can do even better. To get ready for the conversa-tion, look at your child’s homework, tests, and notices before the confer-ence. Be sure to bring a list of questions that you would like to ask the teacher.

Opportunities and challenges. Just like you, teachers want your child to suc-

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4th Grade Writing—100th Day of School

Logan Wilcox 100th Day of School Yesterday I woke up and moved my pillow

because it was bothering my head, and saw $100

under my pillow. I was very excited! “After

school my mom will drive me to Scheels so I can

buy under armor clothes”. If I bought food for

other people, I would buy pizza, chicken, chips, water, Gatorade, orange pop, and mountain dew

for my family, homeless people and poor people.

If I did not buy under armor clothes, I would buy

black bogs and an under armor hat for when it

snows. That would be fun.

Parker Christensen 100th DAY OF SCHOOL

On morning I was in 4th grade. I woke up went

down stairs and ate breakfast. My mom went

upstairs and made my bed and found one hun-

dred dollars! She yelled my name? I rushed up-

stairs and said what! She said I found one hun-

dred dollars under your pillow from the tooth

fairy? I was excised and screaming! I told my mom

now I can buy myself an TV for my room and an X-box one and buy you and dad something like I

will give you a book and dad some tools then I

will buy my brother some toy tractors and buy

food for people who don’t have food. My dad

drove us to Sioux Falls and went to Walmart and

got an x-box, TV, a book for mom, and tools for

dad them next toy tractors for my brother then

food for other people who don’t have it. We all

got done in Sioux Falls then my dad dove us

home. When we got home we went to bed then

in the morning we ate breakfast and then we set

up the x-box and put the TV in my room and my

dad used his new tools and after we were all

done my mom read her new book and me and

my brother played with his new toy tractors.

Rafe Goettertz 100th Day of School One morning I put my hand under my

pillow and I found a hundred dollars. I was so

existed and surprised. With the hundred dollar

bill I would buy a bottle calf with spots and the

stuff I need for it like milk, straw, fencing. The

fence I would buy is electric fencing and also I

would buy some posts so the bottle calf does not

get out. I would buy clothes for someone else in

the world that does not have clothes. To help

someone else I would buy food for the homeless.

If I did not get the bottle calf with spots I would

get some ice fishing stuff like ice fishing pole and

some minnows for bate and I would get it proba-

bly at Cabala’s. Then I went home and put the

fencing up and that took about 2 hours with the

help of my dad and grandpa. Then we went to

the sale barn and we took the Chevy and we got

a trailer for the bottle calf with spots.

Evelyn Ebright 100th Day of School

One morning I woke up and got out of

bed and it was Sunday so I made my bed and I

went to move my pillow were I almost always put

it and then I found a $100 bill. I was about to

scream. I went and continued to make my bed. I

went to do all the chores so my sisters didn’t

have to so I can tell them what happened so

when all my family woke up I told them all of

what happened. So with all this money I asked

my mom and dad if I could get a bunny and I

would clean it every day and I would put it high

enough so the dog couldn’t get him. But the only

rule is I am the only one who can bring him out

of the kennel and feed and water him. So my

mom dad agreed that I could get a bunny. So we

went to get me a bunny then we got the stuff we

needed to also. Then I used the extra money to

get some food that we needed. Like jelly, sugar,

flour and stuff like that. I gave my petite sister the

left over cents (it was only 18 cents). I got a black

bunny and called him batman. I went to the pet

store in Brandon to get bat man and I was lucky

because he was the last bunny they had until

Friday.

Danica Gordon 100th Day of School One morning when I was in 4th grade, I

got out of bed and found $100 under my pillow. I

was so excited that I screamed. I want a T.V. and

a new bed. I want some purple sheets and a pur-

ple pillow. It will look fabulous! Also I want some

shoes that are pink and silver. I will love them. I

will buy 13 chickens for my chicken coop. I will

buy some chicken food so they won’t die because

they are my baby’s. I will also get some Under

Armor sweat pants from Scheels.

Jacob Graves 100th Day of School One morning I woke up and made my bed and

found a 100th dollar bill. I was so excited I yelled

mom there is a 100th dollar bill under my pillow.

With my 100th dollar bill I am going to buy an

iPhone with a protective blue case that won’t

break the iPhone. I will buy the iPhone at Verizon

and my mom and dad came to the store with me

to buy the iPhone and they will have to do all the

talking for me I would also buy me a gizmo. I

found a truly good deal at the Verizon store with

my mom and dad. I would buy some new under

armor clothes and a sweatshirt from Scheels for

the homeless people. I would try to help some-

one else to buy food at Jones food center. I

would buy mac n cheese, mountain dew, fruit

snacks, Gatorade, pizza, spaghetti and waffles. I

liked the stuff I got for the homeless people and

for me. I was super excited.

Emma Chaussee 100th Day of School When I woke up my mom told me to

make my bed, I took my bright blue pillows off

my bed and I found $100 dollars. When I found

the $100 dollar bill I was very pleased. I went out of my room and yelled to my mom

and said “Mom Mom I got $100 dollars from the

tooth fairy.” My mother said “good for you

sweetie. Is your bed made?” I said “no but can we

go shopping I will make it when we get back, she

said “alright.”So I got all ready and my mom got

ready and we left. When we got to the mall I was

so excited then we stopped in the store PINK I

got some new clothes and then we bought some

clothes for the homeless. Then we went home I

said to my mom while we were in my mom’s

bright silver car “thank you for taking me to the

mall. Then that night I told my mom that I forgot

to make my bed and she said that’s fine. It was

10:00 and my mom said go get in your bed so I

went and got in my immense bed and wrapped

myself up with my blueish greenish purplish elec-

tric blanket and tucked my sister Zoe into bed

and then I went to sleep.

Justin 100th Day of School One morning I woke up. I picked up my pillow.

There was $100 sitting there I went crazy! I was

so happy! I had to think what I would get hmmm

a google pixel I could buy some cloths for the

homeless, or maybe a goat. I could have so much

fun! First I went to the phone company to get

the phone then I went to the sale barn to get a

goat. I went to goodwill to get some cloths then

I went to the homeless shelter and gave the

cloths to the people that where at the desk in the

front of the shelter I respectable about myself.

Jenna Graves 100th Day of school One morning I woke up and rolled over and

grabbed my green pillow with flowers, and saw

something. It was a hundred dollar bill I was

thrilled! I would buy a TV for my room and put

it on my dresser. I would also buy my mom

some kitchen supplies, because she always thinks

she needs more. I would help buy the homeless

people food. I would save it too. I would buy

the TV at Best Buy. It would be a 40 inch TV.

My mom’s kitchen supplies I would buy at the

kitchen store. It would be some measuring cups

the color would be black.

Jaden Robinson 100th Day of School One night I got out of bed and I saw a

$100 dollar bill under my pillow. I screamed be-

cause I was happy! I bought a costume a bb8

watch controller and a phone. I bought my friend

a Captain America costume for Halloween. I got

it to fit for him. I was really happy because I got

stuff for me and my friends. My mom and dad

were proud of me for sharing my money with my

friends.

That’s how I got my $100 dollar bill.

Charley Nelson 100th Day of School One morning I woke up and I needed a

Kleenex. I went to grab a Kleenex under my

pillow and I felt something, I grabbed it and right

when I saw it I was so excited it was 100 DAL-

LARS. First my friends, Jenna, Tatum, and I

waked to the pet store and got a dog. Tatum

asked me “how are you going to by all this stuff?

I mean I know I could because I found $100 un-

der my pillow this morning!” Then I told them I

found one hundred dollars under my pillow.

Jenna said “I FOUNND ONE HUNDRED DAL-

LARS TO.” We were so excited! We went to

get the dog first so we can take him for a walk

while I get the other stuff for my family. Next I

went to the tool shop and gets some new tools

for my dad. After that I went to the craft store

for my moms scrap book and I got sharpies, jell

pens, and a coloring book. Finally we went

home. They went to play at the park while I put together my mom’s scrap book, and give my

mom and dad their gifts. They loved them. Finally

I got to play with my friends at the park. I went

and got me some sharpies and gel pens, then I got

my mom a scrap book.

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February 2017

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Midterm 5-8 Ed. Trip In-

formational Mtg.

6:30 @ Hurley

State One Act @

Aberdeen

3 Early Dismissal

for students 1:00 GBB/BBB Free-

man Ac @ Viborg

4:00 (JVG, JVB,

VG, VB)

4 JH BBB Tour-

ney @ Gayville

5 6 JH BBB @ Ber-

esford 4:00 (7th

the 8th)

7 GBB/BBB Avon

@ Viborg 4:00

(JVG, JVB, VG,

VB) Sr. Night

8 Solo & Small

Ensemble Region

Contest @ Yank-

ton

9 P-T conferences 2-8 PM 1:30 Early

Dismissal FAFSA Parent Mtg.

5:-00 SDSU Festival of Voice—SD Elem

Festival Choir (gr 4-

6) @ Brookings

10 No School GBB/BBB @ Parker

4:00

11 BBB @ Ethan

6:30 Luke Hansen

Tourney Girls

Division FFA Lockin and

Mtg @ Viborg

12 FFA Lockin @

Viborg

13 School Board

Mtg @ Hurley 7:00

14 GBB/BBB

Menno @ Viborg

4:00 (JVG, JVB,

VG, VB)

15 16 JH BBB DRSM

@ Hurley 4:00

(7th then 8th)

17 9-12 Bullying and Harassment Assem-

bly 12:30 @ Viborg GBB/BBB I-W @

Wakonda 4:00

18 JH BBB TVC

Tourney @ Free-

man Ac. Luke Hansen

Tourney Boys

Div. National FFA

Week

19

National FFA

Week

20 No School

BBB A-H @ Al-

cester 6:15

21 GBB District

@ Gayville 6:00

& 7:30

22 23 24 GBB District

Championship @

Beresford

25

26 27 BBB District

@ Alcester 6:30

28 BBB District

@ Alcester 6:00

& 7:30

Twenty-five little girls and their moms, grandmothers, aunts,

lady friends came to have tea in the Viborg gym on Saturday, Janu-

ary 14. Activities included Victorian photo’s, a cake walk, a coloring

station, a reading station, an old fashioned cake walk, bracelet mak-

ing, a fuse bead station and of course tea/lemonade and brunch,

which consisted of sandwiches, cupcakes, scones and fruit kabobs. It is

always fun to get all dressed up and have a tea party and we hope

you enjoyed ours.

We would like to thank all of those of you that participated in

our Victorian Tea. You helped us to raise money for our playground

and we hope that you enjoyed spending some quality time that after-

noon with your daughters, grand-daughters, and/or nieces having a

cup of tea or lemonade and participating in some of the activities that

were planned for the little girls. We also want to thank all of our helpers

that helped us with the activities,

photos, serving and the clean-up af-

terwards. We particularly want to

thank Wanda Kost for all of the spe-

cial touches that she added to make

the day special for the little girls

and for all of her hard work organ-

izing and setting up for the tea. We

also want to thank Thrivent for

their generous donation.

Victorian Tea Party

A big welcome to Mr. Camron

Groenke, who is our new High

School science teacher and a

recent Wayne State graduate.

The students are extremely

pleased to have him as a mem-

ber our VHHS family and he is

a wonderful addition to our

staff as well.

On January 21st the

VHHS Student Council held the

annual Snowball Dance in the

Viborg auditorium. The dance

was from 8 to 11 and many

couples attending wearing their

formal attire.

A huge applause to

the VHHS One Act play

“Booby Trap”, for scoring a

perfect 50 out of 50 on their

Regional performance in Bran-

don Valley, and qualifying for

the Stat Tournament in Aber-

deen.

On behalf of the

Viborg-Hurley students and

staff, we would like to wish

Mrs. Jensen a big happy 50th

birthday on February 12th.

Reminder that Parent

Teacher Conferences will be

on February 9th from 2-8 pm.

There will be NO SCHOOL on

Friday February 10th.

Senior Night for Boys

and Girls Basketball will be

February 14th when the VHHS

Cougars take on the Menno

Wolves. The festivities will kick

off at 4:00 pm with the Girls

Junior Varsity. In addition, the

Girls District 10 B tournament

will be February 21st in Gayville.

The Boys District 10 B action

will commence on February

27th in Alcester starting at 6:30

pm.

News from the High School Principal’s Desk

Microscopes and Specimen Slides: 5th grade Science

hair to slimy green boogars!

This month the 5th

grade Science class has

begun their study of Life

Science; plant life. Last

week our students re-

ceived a flower donation

from the owner of “The

Flower Shop” in Viborg,

Mrs. Nancy Hlavac. A

special “Thank You” from

Mrs. Campbell and the 5th

grade class goes out to

M. Hlavac as she donated

stems, leaves, and beauti-

ful flowers for the stu-

dents to dissect, to cre-

ate specimen slides, and

to view individual parts of

the flowers that they have been

studying. It is through her dona-

tion that our students were able

to “see’ the science; for the text

to come alive through explora-

tion and inquiry.

The students

in Mrs. Campbell’s 5th

grade class have been

enjoying the new LED

microscopes (science

equipment purchased

through the Monsanto

Fund Grant: Grow Rural

America) this quarter.

They have learned the microscope terminology,

the correct way to carry

one, and the importance

of controlling the light

source! The students

have immensely enjoyed

learning how to create a

wet mount specimen

slide, and a variety of

creative specimens have

been viewed: from eyelashes and arm

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Our Mission: Empow-ering our students to suc-ceed in an ever changing world

Our Goals * All students will demonstrate knowledge of math, reading, and writing skills at increasing levels of complexity for a variety of purposes based upon individual strengths. * A safe, healthy, and comfortable learning en-vironment will be provid-ed to all students and healthy lifestyle decision making will be encour-aged. * We will successfully use and integrate technology into the curriculum at all levels to ensure that all students continue to im-prove their research, problem solving, writing, and communication skills in order to prepare them for a future in an ever changing world.

The Character Trait for Janu-

ary is Trustiworthiness.

Please take time to talk to your

children this month about this

important Character Trait.

Think “true blue”

Be honest Don’t deceive, cheat, or

steal Be reliable—do what you

say you’ll do Have the courage to do th

right thing

Build a good reputation Be loyal—stand by your

family, friends, and country Return things that you

borrow.

Keep your promises