Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3

First semester the 5th Grade class had to write letters to someone in a profession they were interested in. We had students writing to musicians, lawyers, doctors, scientists, athletes, you name it. It was so fun to see who they chose, what field intrigued them, and hear their questions. Since mailing the letters we've had a handful of responses trickling in. We've received letters filled with great advice, books on game fish and parks, post cards with kind notes from famous singers, and today a box full of all things "astronomy" from SBHS alumni Shelbi Hostler Schimpf. 5th grader Charles Rausch wrote Shelbi inquiring about her career with NASA and the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard and Smithsonian. Shelbi not only replied with a very informative letter, but supplied a great deal of "goodies" for the whole class. Thank you from the 5th Grade class, Shelbi, for your time and effort on this--everyone was in awe!✨💫 It really is GREAT to be a Sully Buttes Charger!!💜💛

The 7th graders hosted their butterfly hunt today! We had BLAST trying to camouflage butterflies from our butterfly predators... Thank you to Mr. Chicoine and Mr. White for volunteering to be our predator hunters today. Big congrats to our fittest butterfly survivors : Leane, Aspyn, and Kailey! #SurvivalOfTheFittest #WeLoveScience

Sully Buttes Activities Schedule

Monday – January 26, 2026
• Middle School Basketball @ Faulkton
Start Time: 5:30 PM
Leave Time: 3:50 PM

• Middle School Wrestling @ Ipswich (MS/JV Tournament)
Start Time: 5:30 PM
Dismissal: 2:45 PM
Leave Time: 3:00 PM

Tuesday – January 27, 2026
• Boys Middle School Basketball @ Stanley County (ONE GAME ONLY)
Start Time: 5:00 PM (Note time change due to only one game)
Leave Time: 3:50 PM

• Boys High School Basketball @ Stanley County
Start Time: 6:30 PM
Leave Time: 5:15 PM

Thursday – January 29, 2026
• Boys and Girls Basketball Doubleheader @ Hitchcock-Tulare
Site: Tulare
Start Time: 4:00 PM
Dismissal: 1:15 PM
Leave Time: 1:30 PM

Friday – January 30, 2026
• Sully Buttes AAU Tournament
Start Time: 6:15 PM

Saturday – January 31, 2026
• Wrestling @ Groton Invitational
Start Time: TBD

• Boys and Girls Basketball Doubleheader @ Warner
Leave Time: 9:30 AM
Girls JV Start Time: Noon

Monday – February 2, 2026
• FFA Day at the Rodeo @ Rapid City
All Day
Leave Time: TBD

• Sully Buttes Middle School Wrestling
Start Time: 6:00 PM

Celebrate 100 Days of Hard Work!

The ABO School District will have a 9:45 am start on Monday, Jan. 26 due to the weather conditions. The Blunt route bus will depart Blunt at 9:00 am. Please travel safely and dress appropriately.

KCCR will not be able to livestream today boys basketball game at the Dakota Valley Classic. Please see the message put out by KCCR.

The ABO School District will be closed on Friday, Jan. 23. This will be Enrichment Learning Day #1 for the 3rd quarter for K-12 students. Please follow your E-Learning procedures. MS/HS households need to email Jeremy.Chicoine@k12.sd.us by noon to receive attendance credit. If your internet is down please text him at 605-222-9578. This is a MS/HS requirement only, one message per household is sufficient. Elementary teachers will maintain a checklist of each parent/student contact for attendance purposes. If a parent/student doesn't respond to email and/or phone call, the student will be considered absent that day.

Coding is just like giving commands and teaching tricks to a dog. The 8th grade Computer Multimedia class has been learning to code by giving commands to Karel the dog on CodeHS.

Thank you Cash for coming to read to the Second Grade Class today! We loved it!

Sully Buttes Activities Schedule
January 20–26, 202

Tuesday – January 20
-Double Header Basketball @ Timber Lake
JV Game Time: 4:00 PM MT / 5:00 PM CT
Reminder: Both JV games will be played at the same time. A rolling schedule will follow for varsity.
Dismissal: 2:00 PM
Leave Time: 2:15 PM

- Wrestling @ Mobridge Round Robin Tournament
Start Time: 5:00 PM
Dismissal: 2:00 PM
Leave Time: 2:15 PM

Wednesday – January 21
- Region One-Act Play @ Pierre
All Day

-“Books and Breakfast” Book Club
Time: 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM

Thursday – January 22
- Middle School Boys Basketball vs. Gettysburg (Onida)
Game Time: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
We will play two games. The first game will be two 12-minute running clock halves. The second game will follow regular middle school timing rules.

- High School Girls Basketball vs. Stanley County
Game Time: 6:30 PM
Friday – January 23

- Girls Wrestling @ Pierre Girls Tournament
Start Time: 4:00 PM

Saturday – January 24
- High School Boys Basketball @ Dakota Valley Classic (TBA)
Start Time: 4:30 PM

- Wrestling @ Winner Invite
Start Time: 10:00 AM

Monday – January 26
- Middle School Boys Basketball @ Faulkton
Game Time: 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM

One Act public dress rehearsal is TONIGHT (Monday) at 7:00 pm. doors open at 6:30.

Our Kindergarten and 1st-grade artists had a blast learning about our Artist of the Month, Keith Haring! To celebrate his iconic style, students created vibrant, colorful tempera paintings. They did an amazing job practicing the Element of Art: Line by incorporating all sorts of different line types—from zig-zags to wavy motions—to bring their masterpieces to life! Take a closer look at their projects on Mrs. Tassler’s website: https://sites.google.com/view/mrstassler/keith-haring-k-5

This week's Super Spellers in Second Grade!

Attention Boys and Girls Basketball Parents and Fans:

On Tuesday, January 20, the schedule for the Timber Lake basketball games will be as follows:

Girls JV and Boys JV will both start at 4:00 PM MT / 5:00 PM CT.
(The JV games will be played simultaneously.)

These games will be followed by Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys.

There will be a Post Prom planning mtg at 5:00 pm on Monday, Jan 19, in the library. All parents with high school students are welcome & encouraged to attend.

ABO Activities Reminder

Tonight—Friday, 1/16/26
Home Wrestling Triangular vs. Harding County & Lyman County
Start Time: 5:30 PM
Parents Night and Senior Night: 5:15 PM

Order of Matches:
Sully Buttes vs. Lyman
Lyman vs. Harding County
Sully Buttes vs. Harding County

There will be no admission charge for this event tonight.

Saturday – 1/17/26
Wrestling @ Gettysburg Invite
Start Time: 9:00 AM

MS YTC Boys Basketball Tournament @ Eureka
Start Time: 10:00 AM
Please note this event is held in Eureka.

Monday – 1/19/26
Middle School Wrestling @ Redfield Invitational
Start Time: 5:00 PM

One-Act Play Community Performance
Showtime: 7:00 PM

Tuesday – 1/20/26
Boys and Girls Basketball Doubleheader @ Timber Lake
Start Time: 4:00 MT / 5:00 CT
(Mr. White is working to try to play both JV games at the same time.)

Boys and Girls Wrestling @ Mobridge Round Robin Tournament
Start Time: 5:00 PM

Our talented Art Club members have been hard at work, and they just finished some incredibly cool new projects! From bold colors to unique designs, these students have truly outdone themselves. Want to see their creativity in action? Head over to Mrs. Tassler’s website to check out the full gallery of their latest work: https://sites.google.com/view/mrstassler/art-club

Wear white to the double header versus Miller! Go Chargers!

Sixth grade Life Management class started the new semester off by learning how to properly address envelopes. After writing a letter to someone within the school, they wrote a postcard to be mailed. They then took a field trip to the Onida post office where they learned about the postal service and where letters and packages go when being mailed. Thank you to Angela and Kimmie for hosting us!