Check out the Girl Scouts Open House!
ATTENTION MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK FAMILIES:
The MS Track Meet scheduled for TOMORROW (Thursday) in Sisseton has been postponed! They will have practice as usual instead.
Please spread the word!
Groton Area HOSA students earned the chance to showcase their talents at the International Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tennessee in June.
This comes with extra costs including travel, lodging and registration fees. To support their trip, students are asking for donations to fill their calendars by the end of May!
If you wish to support their trip to compete on the highest level by sponsoring a day in May - please reach out to one of the qualifying students or Mrs. Hubbart. They are thankful for your ongoing support!
Good Morning Groton Area Elementary!!! To celebrate the success of our Heart Challenge Fundraiser, students are invited to dress as their favorite superheroes on Thursday, April 17! It's a fun way to recognize their amazing efforts and show off their super spirit—capes and creativity encouraged!
Attention all students in 8th - 11th Grade interested in Cheerleading next school year:
Tryouts will be Sunday, May 11th from 1pm-6pm at the Elementary School Gym.
See flyer for more details!
5th-8th Grade Band Members attended the band contest at Holgate Middle School in Aberdeen on Saturday, April 12th. Congratulations, students, on a super day of band!!
Groton Area HOSA is headed to Nationals!!!
Students hard work paid off and we placed in the following events:
HOSA Bowl: Faith Traphagen, Emma Kutter, Elizabeth Fliehs & Gretchen Dinger
Medical Terminology: Emma Kutter
Medical Math: Gretchen Dinger
Medical Spelling: Elizabeth Fliehs
Prepared Speaking: Addison Hoeft
Occupational Therapy: Teagan Hanten
Job Seeking Skills: Talli Wright
Persuasive Writing/Speaking: Liby Althoff
Family Medical Physician: Emerlee Jones
Also being honored for being in the top 5 were:
Health Career Display: Kella Tracy & Avery Crank
Extemp Writing: Gretchen Dinger
Health Career Photography: Rylee Dunker
Attention all Wrestlers! Here is a great opportunity for you this summer!
The summer schedule has been added to the Sniper Website (sniperwrestlingacademy.com). Sessions will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Flex Fridays, with additional training opportunities to be added during the summer at no charge, including pop-up Saturday camps/Sunday open mats.
They will also be doing another clothing order so watch for details.
Go check it out. Go to the training tab and then select summer sessions.
https://www.sniperwrestlingacademy.com
Forty-two Groton Area students are attending the 2025 South Dakota HOSA: Future Healthcare Professionals convention this week.
We have students competing in a variety of events including health career display, HOSA bowl, medical spelling, extemporaneous writing, dental science, forensic science, persuasive writing, sports medicine, creative problem solving, health education, health career photography, job seeking skills, respiratory therapy, CPR/first aid, family medicine physician, clinical nursing, phlebotomy and prepared speaking
Our High School Track & Field Team will go to Milbank on Thursday, April 17th for the South Dakota National Guard Meet!
- Field Events begin at 3:30pm
- Running Events begin at 4:00pm
Good Luck, Tigers!
Our Middle School Tracksters begin their season on Tuesday, April 15th in Milbank!
- Field Events begin at 3:45pm
- Running Events begin at 4:00pm
Good Luck, Kids!
Great Opportunity for Boys Basketball Players currently in Grades 4th-7th to take part in this summer! See flyer for more details.
Great Opportunity for Girls Basketball Players currently in Grades 4th-7th to take part in this summer! See flyer for more details.
The next track and field meet for our high school athletes will be this Friday, April 11th, at the Ipswich Tiger Early Bird Meet. (This meet was scheduled for today/Tuesday, but got postponed until Friday).
- Field Events begin at 2:00PM
- Running Events begin at 3:30PM
- Admission Cost: $6 Adults & $4 Students
Attached is the schedule. You will see that they added some middle school events to the meet (highlighted). Groton is not taking middle school athletes to this meet.
Good Luck, Groton Tigers!!
Good Luck to our two Destination Imagination Teams that will be competing tomorrow, April 5th, at the State Tournament in Pierre! The top team in each division is invited to attend DI Global Finals at the end of May in Kansas City!!
The Triple A’s Destination Imagination team members include: Ava Strom, Aryanna Cutler, Freddy Cole, Aschar Warrington, and Conrad Rix.
The Seven Pentagoni Pickles Destination Imagination team members include: Jernie Weig, Willow Cowan, Taylor Fliehs, Calvin Locken, Rowan Hanson, and Titan Johnson.
Mrs. Julie Milbrandt is the team manager for both teams. Good Luck, Kids! Let your imagination shine!
Congratulations to Groton Area Junior, Ryder Johnson, on receiving Third Team All-State honors! What an incredible accomplishment and honor to achieve!
Good evening.
Due to the road conditions, the Groton Area School District will be starting two hours late on Thursday, April 3, 2025. OST will be open at 7:00 AM.
Thank you.
Attention all parents of girls age 3 - 5th grade:
Princess Prom Information was sent home on Monday, but with no school days and early dismissals we want to make sure that families are aware.
This event is on Sunday, April 13th!
Good morning. Because of the road conditions and calls for additional precipitation today, there will be no school at Groton Area on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
Thank you.
Good evening!
Due to the weather forecast and road conditions, the Groton Area School District will open two hours late on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. There will be no morning OST, and we will update tomorrow as conditions require.
Thank you.