Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3

Congratulations Sully Buttes FFA on a GREAT State FFA Convention! 26 State Qualifiers 5 CDE Teams (Agronomy, Horse Judging, Livestock Judging, Meats Judging & Poultry Judging) 6 CDE Individuals (Ag Mechanic - Bryson H., Ag Business - Jaydn J., Floriculture - Tomi W., Natural Resources- Tucker G. & Hudson B., Vet Science - Autumn V.) 1 Farm Safety Quiz Bowl Team (Bryson Heuertz, Bryson LaRosh, Cooper Falkenhagen & Jaydn Jaeger) 3 State Degree Recipients (Cheyenne Fuller, Jaydn Jaeger & Nevaeh Westphal) 1 Scholarship Recipient (Cheyenne Fuller) 1 Teach Ag Signee (Cheyenne Fuller) 1 Top 10 CDE Team (Horse Judging 7th Place out of 53 Teams) 6 Students earned Medal Distinction Honors in their CDEs.

"Once Upon A Melody" Onida Elementary Spring Concert and Art Show Tuesday, April 28 at 6:30 pm Come early to view student's artwork. Band students report to band room at 6:10 pm. Other students need to report to classrooms no earlier than 6:15 pm. 🎶📚🖼️

This is a reminder to all CURRENT 5th - 7th grade girls about the Pacesetter Volleyball Camp this summer. If you are interested in playing MS Volleyball, we highly encourage you to join us at this camp! Please reach out to Coach Stier if you have any questions. Go Chargers! 💜🏐

Another Earth Day Post! This group of 7th graders in Ms. Stier's enrichment class set out this afternoon to pick up garbage around town. The wind got the best of us that's for sure! Happy Earth Day, Charger Nation! 🌎🌳#DoYourPart

Freshman Impact Planning Meeting - April 27, 2026 at 5:00 pm at the ABO School Study Hall Room (right by the High School Office). If you are volunteering or would like to volunteer to help with the program on Friday, May 1st, please attend this meeting.

If you can't be at the meeting but would like to help on Friday, please contact Tina LaRosh or Mary Jo Stier. This program is offered to all of our freshmen and many surrounding schools as well. If you haven't been a part of it before, you are missing out!.

Attention Golf Parents, Due to weather conditions, the Ipswich Golf Tournament scheduled for Saturday, April 25th has been cancelled.

Attention middle school track athletes and parents: Middle school track pictures are going to take place tomorrow morning before we leave for the track meet. We will start at 9:30 with the group picture followed by individual pictures, so please wear your uniform to school. Parents, if you want to have an order form ready for tomorrow, it can be found on the school website under Menu, Athletics/Activities, Forms, and then click on Sports Pictures Order Form. Every athlete will take individual pictures. We will have forms available for them to bring home tomorrow as well. If you have any questions, please email or text Ms. Pittmann. Thanks and sorry for the short notice.

ABO School District – Weekly Activities
April 22 through May 2

April 23 – Faulkton Golf Invite
Start Time: 10:00 AM

April 24 – Eureka Middle School Track Meet
Start Time: 1:00 PM
Dismissal: 10:15 AM
Leave Time: 10:30 AM

April 25 – Ipswich Tiger Invite Track Meet
Start Time: 10:00 AM
Leave Time: TBD

April 25 – Ipswich Tiger Invite Golf Meet
Start Time: 10:30 AM

April 26–28 – FCCLA State Leadership Conference

April 28 – MS YTC Golf Tournament @ Bowdle
Start Time: 2:00 PM
Leave Time: 12:00 PM
Dismissal: 11:30 AM for lunch at school

April 28 – Elementary Spring Concert
Start Time: 6:30 PM

April 30 – YTC Track Meet @ Gettysburg
Start Time: 12:30 PM
Dismissal: 10:45 AM
Leave Time: 11:00 AM

April 30 – YTC Conference Golf @ Gettysburg
Start Time: 10:00 AM
Dismissal: 8:30 AM
Leave Time: 8:45 AM

April 30 – Stanley County MS/JV Golf Tournament
Start Time: 1:00 PM
Dismissal: 11:20 AM
Leave Time: 11:30 AM

May 1 – Howard Wood Dakota Relays
Start Time: TBD

May 1 – Freshman Impact

May 2 – Howard Wood Dakota Relays
Start Time: TBD

May 2 – Eureka Legion Track Meet
Start Time: 10:00 AM
Leave Time: TBD

May 2 – Eureka Invite Golf Meet
Start Time: 10:00 AM
Leave Time: TBD

Happy Earth Day! This morning, Mr. Dekker's World Geography class took part in their yearly Earth Day clean up, picking up trash around the ABO School and athletic facilities!

REMINDER TO GET YOUR ATHLETICS PHYSICAL TURNED INTO THE OFFICE (PHYSICAL DATE MAY 6TH)

Dr. Jalen Lamb and Dr. Jenna Wickersham, along with other medical professionals, will be providing free (no-cost) sports physicals for student-athletes entering grades 6–12 at Sully Buttes High School. This opportunity is made possible through a partnership with the Rural Family Medicine Residency and is designed to help ensure all student-athletes have the required health checks completed before participating in sports.

The physicals are scheduled for May 6. We ask that each student-athlete pick up a Physical/Pre-Participation Packet from the school office or print the packet at home by visiting: https://www.abo.k12.sd.us/page/forms
Please return the completed packet to the school within the next few weeks. Paperwork can be turned in at the High School office at any time, and we will collect and have it ready for the day of the student’s physical.

To help the process run smoothly, we would like all paperwork submitted the week before the physicals. We would like to remind parents to please complete the SDHSAA HEALTH HISTORY FORM that is included in the packet. This is an often-missed piece of paperwork that the doctors need completed.

Having the paperwork completed and submitted ahead of time will help us move through the physicals more efficiently on Wednesday, May 6, and allow our physicians and medical students to focus more on student care rather than paperwork.

The ceiling in the art room is looking more colorful and artsy by the day! Last year, Mrs. Tassler started a wonderful tradition of allowing her senior students to paint a ceiling tile, giving them a chance to leave behind a creative legacy to inspire the younger artists following in their footsteps. We are so proud of the talent on display—check out this year’s newest additions to the ceiling gallery!

Wesley Wittler completed his National Honor Society independent project by hosting the 3rd-5th grade students to a treat after completing their State assessments. The rootbeer floats were a hit!!

MS and JV Golf Parents,

We are making another pivot to try to do what is best for our athletes. Today, instead of going to Gettysburg, we will be going to Pierre (Hillsview Golf Course) to have an intersquad scrimmage. The Tee Times for our golfers are 2:30 PM and 2:40 PM. Parents are invited to come and watch.

Students will be dismissed at 12:30 at the end of the day and will leave for Pierre around 12:45 PM.

MS Golf Parents- Today's Golf Meet @ Gettysburg has been moved to 10:00 AM start time today. Students will be dismissed at 8:15. To leave for Gettysburg.

Reminder: SBHS 2026 Prom is Saturday, April 18. Doors open at 7:00 pm. Group pictures will start with the Fresh, Soph, Jr, Sr classes followed by extracurricular activities and clubs. Grand March begins at 8:30, followed by the fun walk, and then a special parents/grandparents/community member dance. Community members will then be asked to leave and the PROM dance will get underway! See the flyer for prices for student prom attendees. ( No charge for community members.)

Advanced Biology students had an amazing opportunity on Thursday to visit the NSU Human Anatomy Lab and Nursing Simulation. It was a beautiful day to visit campus, and we even got a change to speak with Sully Buttes alumni, President LaFave!

ully Buttes FFA heads to the South Dakota FFA State Convention this coming week, April 20th - April 22nd in Brookings, SD! Several of our students will be receiving awards this next week. If you want to tune in and watch some of the General Sessions, the link is here: https://www.newscenter1.tv/ffa

Session Descriptions and Times can be found at the above link. Cheyenne Fuller will be signing her Teach Ag Commitment on Monday Evening around 6:30 pm. On Tuesday afternoon tune in to see Cheyenne receive the 2026 Raven Scholarship and see Cheyenne, Jaydn Jaeger and Nevaeh Westphal receive their South Dakota FFA State Degrees. We’re proud of these students & their accomplishments!

Second Grade Speller of the week! Great job!

Ambush Basketball Academy This opportunity is for current 5th grade students through 11th grade students.