Groton Area School District

This Week in Tiger Sports: Monday, the 27th: - JH and JV Wrestling @ Faulkton (5:30pm) - JH Girls Basketball vs. Clark/Willow Lake (7th grade @ 6pm, 8th grade @ 7pm) Tuesday, the 28th: - JH Girls Basketball @ Redfield (7th grade @ 6:15pm, 8th grade @ 7:15pm) Thursday, the 30th: - Fall Athletics Awards Night (7pm in the Old Gym) Saturday, the 2nd: - Wrestling @ Clark (10am) - Girls Wrestling @ Dell Rapids (10am) - JH Girls Basketball Jamboree in Groton (10am)

Congratulations to GHS Seniors, Anna Fjeldheim and Carly Guthmiller, and Junior, Liz Fliehs on their selection to the Northeast Conference All-Conference team! Congratulations on receiving this honor, ladies!

Our 3rd Grade and Kindergarten students are Thankful for Buddy Reading with Friends!

Congratulations to the following Groton Area MS/HS Students for being selected as November's Student of the Month! Back Left: Liby Althoff (9th), TC Schuster ( 8th), Liam Johnson (6th), Emily Clark (12th) Front Left: Gage Sippel (10th), Elizabeth Fliehs (11th), Novalea Warrington (7th)

High School Girls Basketball tipped off their season with their first practice today after school. We are gearing up for a great winter of Lady Tiger Basketball and look forward to seeing our fans in the stands cheering on the Tigers in just a few short weeks!

Our Kindergarten, First, and Second Graders had a special visit from Mrs. Sharon Zoellner today, as she shared her talent of knitting with them. Not only did she share different examples of items she has knitted with us, but she also surprised the students by bringing 138 pairs with her today to gift to each student in grades K-2! Mrs. Zoellner's favorite item to knit are mittens because she "doesn't like kids to have cold hands." She has been knitting for 60 years and has made 1,350 pairs of mittens. One mitten pair takes around 6 hours to knit, so she has been a very busy lady!! Thank you for sharing your special talent with us! The students will treasure this gift always, but especially on those cold and wintery days ahead!

This Week in Tiger Sports: Monday, November 20th: - JH Girls Basketball vs. Britton-Hecla (8th grade only @ 6:30) Happy Thanksgiving, Tiger Nation!

There were extra helpers in the lunchroom today, as our Elementary Student Council helped serve Thanksgiving Dinner to students and staff!

It is hard to believe that it is time for Winter Sports to begin, but today was the first day of wrestling practice for all boys and girls 6-12! The future is bright and we are excited to see what these wrestlers accomplish this winter! Let's go, Tigers!

This Week in Tiger Sports: Friday, the 17th: - JH Girls Basketball in Milbank (7th grade @ 4pm, 8th grade @ 5pm) Go, Tigers!

Fall picture re-take day is tomorrow, 11/8/2023, with Tailfeather Photography beginning at 8:30 AM for any students who were absent during picture day or who need to have their pictures re-taken.

Today is SoDak16 day! Wishing our Groton Tigers the best of luck as they battle the Orioles from Lennox tonight in Watertown at 6:30PM! Pep Rally: 3:00PM at the HS Arena If you will be cheering from afar: - GDILive.com with Paper Paul and Jeslyn - ArrowTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54-LIh4jZ1c Good Luck, Lady Tigers!!

Calling any Groton 6-12 grader that has ever wondered about wrestling, ever had a question about wrestling, or ever wondered what it was like. This is for you!!! Right after school on Thursday November 9 in the wrestling room you can have an opportunity to ask some of the wrestlers and coaches questions and we can show you what a small sample of what practice will be like to see if this is something you may like to try. There will be a few games and fun to be had!! Yes girls this is also for you. Girls wrestling is the fastest growing high school sport in the nation! Hope to see you this Thursday at 3:30!! Come join the Tiger wrestling family!!!

This Week in Tiger Sports: Monday, the 6th: - Junior High Girls Basketball vs. Warner (7th Grade @ 5pm, 8th Grade @ 6pm) Tuesday, the 7th: - SoDak 16 Volleyball: Groton vs. Lennox (6:30pm at Watertown High School) Thursday, the 9th: - Junior High Girls Basketball at Webster (7th Grade @ 4pm, 8th Grade @ 5pm at the High School gym) Saturday, the 11th: - Junior High Girls Basketball at North Central Jamboree (in Roscoe)

Congratulations to our Groton Area Volleyball Team as they advance to the SoDak 16 with their win over Sisseton last night! SoDak 16 Game Information: Who: Groton vs. Lennox Where: Watertown High School When: Tuesday, November 7th @ 6:30pm Theme: Black Out! Adults - $6 Students - $4 Go, Tigers!!!

Congratulations to the following Groton Tiger Soccer Players for being selected to the 2023 South Dakota High School Soccer Coaches Association All-State Team. First Team All-State: Jerica Locke and Kennedy Hansen All-State Honorable Mention: Jacob Zak, Jaedyn Penning, and Laila Roberts Congratulations on this special honor!

Our Groton Tiger Volleyball Team has moved on to the second round of region play with a win over Waubay/Summit last night. Congratulations, ladies! Round 2 Game Information: What: #1 Groton Area vs. #4 Sisseton When: Thursday, November 2nd Where: Groton Area High School Arena Time: 6pm Cost: $6 for Adults, $4 for Students - No Passes are accepted for post-season games (#2 Roncalli will play #3 Milbank following our match...around 7:30pm) *The winners of these two games will move on to the SoDak 16 next Tuesday, the 7th. Best of Luck to our Lady Tigers!!

Earlier this season, Groton Area Junior, Liz Fliehs, broke the Groton career assist record of 1,672 assists held by Kaylin Kucker set in 2019. During tonight’s region game she surpassed 2,000 career assists! Congratulations, Liz, on an astonishing milestone and a record breaking season! **Thank you to J.Simon Photography for donating the banner!

Congratulations to the following Groton Tiger Football Players on being selected to the 2023 Northeast Conference Football Team: All-Conference Players: - Senior, Holden Sippel - Senior, Logan Ringgenberg - Senior, Lane Tietz - Senior, Colby Dunker - Junior, Christian Ehresmann - Junior, Teylor Diegel Honorable Mention Players: - Junior, Korbin Kucker - Sophomore, Keegen Tracy Congratulations, gentlemen!

The Groton Area School District will host its annual Veterans Day Celebration and Breakfast on Friday, November 10, 2023. The Veterans breakfast will be held at the Groton Area Elementary School from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM. If you're a veteran or current member of the armed forces, we'd love to see you and serve you a free breakfast. Our students truly love bringing their veterans in and having a breakfast with them during this special event. At 2:00 PM, we will hold our annual Veterans Day Program at the Groton Area High School Arena which will include the posting of the colors, musical selections, presentations, and the playing of TAPS. The community is encouraged to join us for this event. Part of our Veterans Day tradition is the community veterans slideshow. If a member of your family has served or is currently serving, we'd be happy to include them in our slideshow. If you'd like to be included or have your relative included, please email a photo or two and some basic information such as branch of service, years of service, any active duty, etc to Joe.Schwan@k12.sd.us. You may also send actual photos to school with your children. We will scan them and return them promptly. We look forward to celebrating the selfless service of these fine men and women with you all on November 10.