Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7
Showing Pride...Taking Action
Only 2 weeks left to get your spot in the EPJ Football Raffle for a quarter beef given away at halftime of the Sioux Valley game. Email Jacob.Terry@k12.sd.us for available numbers.
SD State Special Olympics in Rapid was this weekend! Henry Walery and Brayden Hanson took home fourth in Bocce. Lucas McMahan and Adi Walery took home second in Bocce! Henry and Lucas both beat their PR's in softball skills; they each placed first in their divisions! Way to go athletes and unified partners!
Two weeks until the EPJ Polar Plunge! https://charity.pledgeit.org/c/6ibzgzr9mo
Fundraisers like this is how EPJ Unified Special Olympics is able to pay for uniforms, practice rentals, equipment and financial scholarships! Please consider plunging (individually or with a group), participating but not plunging "too chicken to plunge", donating/sponsoring to someone plunging and of course coming to watch! It's before the football game, with plenty of time before the game starts to change/attend the game!
EPJ Unified Special Olympics fans - Here is your chance to support them with a fun new shirt! Order using the form here: https://forms.gle/6yBbvc2UoGTRXTT49
Due to forecasted weather for tomorrow morning, the DAK XII boys golf tournament has pushed back their start time to 10 AM
The cheer team is selling Poppin’ Popcorn through September 30! All orders are placed online and shipped directly to your door.
You can order through our general team link below, but if you would like to support a specific cheerleader, please reach out to them for their personal seller link. We have a few fun incentives for our top sellers, so ordering through their individual link helps them earn credit toward those prizes!
https://poppinpopcornonline.com/store/store.php?sID=VVKXSJ
4th grade science learning about potential and kinetic energy through dominoes.
Eighth grade science had fun building and walking through a giant motion graph. Recently they ramped up their motion skills with tracks and loops.
8 Science 40-yard dash winning time 4.98 seconds! Way to go Bowen!!!
Homecoming for the Structured Learning Center (SLC) class and Unified Special Olympics crew was a busy and fun week!! ❤️🤍💙 (Did you all know that a barber invented the game of Uno in 1971? Our history lesson came to life with a Uno challenge!)
The Structured Learning Center (SLC) students have been BUSY! They've started all of their work experiences (Food Pantry & Leader Courier) , project skills (Goodwill), transition program (VENTURE @ Camp High Hopes) and in school jobs! There isn't enough room to type out ALL the things being learned from these; let's just say we are learning from each other, about ourselves and everything in between!
Lots of wind and lots of trial and error, but we made it!!!!
The Homecoming football game tonight vs DV will be broadcast on YouTube by Fuller Digital Solutions and Jeff and Kendall on the call. Kickoff is 7 pm. Here is the link to the YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/@elkpoint-jeffersonhuskies8883
If there are any community members that are interested in officiating JH VB please contact the AD Justin Clercx justin.clercx@k12.sd.us. Need two officials on Monday, September 14 vs A-H - pay is $25 per game with minimum of 2 games that night
Announcement Regarding Homecoming Merchandise: All items have been distributed to classroom or homeroom teachers to take home today except for USA hair bows which were running late (arriving in the mail today). Mrs. Leichtenberg will distribute those to who ordered them tomorrow morning at the beginning of the school day. Thank you for supporting EPJ Cheer!
We appreciate the patience as we work through our new live streaming options. We have a slight adjustment for tonight. The varsity VB game vs Canton will be on YouTube at our existing EPJ Huskies Livestream page. The C/JV games will be carried on our new platform - Hudl Fan
The Elk Point-Jefferson School District is updating its census to include children in the district who are not yet school age.
If your child will turn 5 on or before September 1, 2027, please contact the Elementary School Secretary’s Office to have your child added to our census.
ElemOffice.ElkPoint-Jefferson@k12.sd.us
Thank you for helping us plan for our future students!
Showing Pride... Taking Action... Ready for Tomorrow
If your child will turn 5 on or before September 1, 2027, please contact the Elementary School Secretary’s Office to have your child added to our census.
ElemOffice.ElkPoint-Jefferson@k12.sd.us
Thank you for helping us plan for our future students!
Showing Pride... Taking Action... Ready for Tomorrow
Good Morning, Husky Nation!
Elk Point-Jefferson School District is preparing to securely destroy certain non-permanent student records that have met the applicable retention requirements established by the South Dakota Local Schools Records Retention and Destruction Schedule. Permanent student records required by state law will continue to be maintained by the district.
If you are a former student or parent/guardian and believe you may need copies of eligible records maintained by the district, please contact the appropriate school secretary prior to November 1, 2026. After that date, records that have satisfied the applicable retention period and are eligible for destruction will be securely destroyed. The most recent records will be from the 2019-2020 school year.
Respectfully,
Dr. Philip Schonebaum
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Thank you to those that all came to our open house Activity and transition fair at open house! For those that missed it, we had 10 EPJ student activities, 16 special needs services/transition services, and 5 school/community based services set up!
School announcements hold lots of information of student activities happening!
If you want more information about any of the transition services, please emails Ms. Cass at Cassandra.Schmith@k12.sd.us
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Open House night Activity and Transition Fair!
