Daily Announcements

Daily Announcements

Wednesday March 17, 2010 Day 134
ST. PATRICK'S DAY

1.   Good luck to the TDA Nighthawks as they travel to Aberdeen this morning. The team left at
      8:00 and will practice in the Barnett Center at 1:00 this afternoon in preparation for their game
      tomorrow night at 8:45 vs. Faith. Most of the tickets for the tournament have been picked up,
     but I still have 5 - 6 students that need to pick up their all session passes before school dismisses
      at 12:30 today. Please stop by my office to get your pass if you have not done so.

2. Congratulations to Pre-schooler Morgan Gemar, Freshman Elizabeth Bitterman, and Senior
Tyler Doty on placing at the state level of the SD Reading Challenge Contest.

3. A final reminder that anyone wishing to meet the TDA Nighthawks on their return from Aberdeen
      can join a car caravan at the Delmont corner at approximately 1:45 on Sunday afternoon to be
      followed by the welcome home festivities in the TD HS gym at 2:00. Band members are asked to
      be at the school at 1:30 on Sunday to set up.

4.   Students - Access to the mobile lab and laptops will be severely restricted if we can't get everyone
      to help out by putting the laptops back in the cart correctly with them plugged in and recharging for
     the next class or group of students that would need to use them. Your access to this resource is
      dependent upon taking care of the equipment appropriately. Thank you for your help.

Breakfast Tomorrow:
Lunch Today: Chicken

Tuesday March 16, 2010 Day 132 & 133
PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES (3:00 - 8:00 P.M.)

1.   All seniors, juniors and prom servers attending the 2010 prom banquet MUST have their
      dates and t-shirt sizes signed up on the sheet hanging in the library by Tuesday,
     March 16th during RAM. No exceptions!

2. I want to thank all the students, parents and staff members that attended the pep rally in Armour
     last night. Special thanks to Caleb, Max and Pergie on their fine performances for the TDHS
     skit and our cheerleaders for helping to lead the rally. This was a great way to send the team off
      to Aberdeen. I would also re-emphasize Mr. Preheim's comments about sportsmanship and team
      support for the tournament. We need to be very mindful that our team and our cheerleaders need
     the fan support and to have our fans follow the rules and show good sportsmanship throughout the
     tournament. I would remind all fans that the SDHSAA does not allow you to have noisemakers,
      megaphones, or signs for the tournament.

3. I have the State B all session tickets here and students and parents may pick them up at any time
this morning or tomorrow morning if we have received your payment.

4.   The high school band will rehearse tomorrow morning at 7:45. Please be here and ready to play
      at 7:45. The HS band will be playing for the return of our boys' basketball team from Aberdeen this
      coming Sunday. Those wishing to join the car caravan may meet the bus at the Delmont corner at
      approximately 1:45 and the welcome home program will begin at 2:00 in the TDHS gym. Band members
      are asked to be here at 1:30 to get set up for the program. The HS band will also rehearse on Monday,
      March 22nd at 7:45. These rehearsals will not affect your grade in band, but Mrs. Birnstiehl does
      appreciate your commitment and effort during this time before the large group contest next week.

5. HS chorus members will rehearse with Mrs. Finck during RAM today.

6.   Subway Achievement Award winners for this week are: Madison Faas in Kindergarten, Kennedy
      Bietz in 1st grd., Tyrese Friederich in 2nd grd., Mattilyn Reiner in 3rd grd., Jackie Nuss in 4th grd.,
      Noah Schafers in 5th grd., and Tara Droppers & Kelsey Buchmann in 6th grd.

7. The Armour boosters still have State B t-shirts available in adult sizes, medium, and large, and X-Large.

If you are interested in purchasing one of these t-shirts, please see Mrs. Weber and she will take your

order.

8. Congratulations to Sam Sandau and Amanda Horn on being selected as All Conference for basketball

and also being selected to play in an All-Star game in Gregory next Monday night. Best wishes to

these girls and Coach Gemar as they travel to Gregory for the contest.

Breakfast Tomorrow: Muffins / String Cheese
Lunch Today: BBQ Ribs

Monday   March 15, 2010                                                                     Day 131

1.   All seniors, juniors and prom servers attending the 2010 prom banquet MUST have their
      dates and t-shirt sizes signed up on the sheet hanging in the library by Tuesday,
      March 16th during RAM. No exceptions!

2.   The pep rally will be at 7:00 p.m. tonight in Armour. The Armour boosters will be selling t-shirts,
      window clings, tattoos and other apparel before and after the pep rally for anyone who hasn’t gotten
      a state b shirt yet?

3. There will be a 5 min. track meeting Tuesday at 1:30 in Coach Gemar's room. Please make
arrangements to be there and don't forget to sign the sign up sheet for track outside his room.

4. Congratulations to our students and staff on completing the 3rd nine weeks of the school year.

Teachers are asked to double-check grades before we begin printing report cards to be handed out

tomorrow during parent-teacher conferences. Please let Mrs. Fousek know if you are encountering

any problems with the Infinite Campus program. As we begin the final nine weeks of school today,

students are encouraged to assess their progress and what they need to do to finish the school

year earning the credits and grades they need.

5.   Teachers and students please switch periods four and seven around today. The exception in this case
      would be for the DDN Art students. Those students would still meet at 2:42 in the DDN Lab. Please
      have the band students eat during the first high school period and the study hall and other 7th period
      classes eat during the 2nd high school lunch period. HS basketball players will leave with coach

Semmler at 3:00 to go to Armour for practice at 3:30 today.

6. State tournament tickets are still on sale through noon tomorrow. All session passes for adults are

$ 32 and $ 20 for students. Money needs to be in by noon tomorrow and tickets will be distributed

on Wednesday morning.

7. Teachers and students, please make the Augustana music professors welcome today as they visit

our school to work with our music students and provide some valuable feedback.

Breakfast Tomorrow:        French Toast
Lunch Today:                   Pizza Sticks / Corn / Strawberries / Shape-ups
Birthdays:                        Anthony Ransom

Thursday March 11, 2010 Day 130
THIRD QUARTER ENDS

Nutrition Fact for the Day: Watermelons is thought of as a fruit, but is actually a vegetable. It came to our
country from Africa and is a member of the cucumber family. Americans typically eat over 17 pounds of
watermelon per year. The world's record for size and weight was a watermelon that weighted 262 pounds.

1.   Updating information on the upcoming Boys State B tournament, we are now looking at having the
      pep rally on Monday evening so that it does not conflict with Tripp-Delmont Parent-Teacher
      Conferences on Tuesday afternoon and evening. The Boosters met last night and will work out the
     details of the pep rally as well as the welcome home event for the team. That welcome home
      activity will take place at the Tripp-Delmont HS gym. Coach Semmler will leave with our players on
      Wednesday morning next week at 8;00 a.m. and they will then leave with the rest of the team from
      Armour at 8:30 a.m to go to Aberdeen with their practice scheduled for that afternoon at 1:00.

2.   Today is the last day of the 3rd quarter. Teachers are reminded to update all grades by next
      Monday so that we can run report cards and check for errors prior to Parent-Teacher Conferences
      on Tuesday. Teachers are also reminded to submit any deficiencies today for the weekly eligibility
     report.

3. We will continue to take orders for adult and student all session passes for the state tournament. The
adult tickets are $ 32 and the student tickets are $ 20. Individual sessions cost $ 8 for adults and

$ 5 for students so buying the all session passes saves adults $ 16 and students save $ 10 overall.

Tickets orders can be submitted through noon next Tuesday and tickets will be distributed on

Wednesday of next week. Payment can be made in cash or by writing checks out to Tripp-Delmont

High School.

Breakfast Monday: Scrambled Eggs / Links
Lunch Today: Pizza

Wednesday March 10, 2010 Day 129

Nutrition Fact for the Day: Nectarines are commonly showcased with peaches. The nectarine is similar,

but lacks the fuzz on the skin found on a speech. They are low in calories and have no sodium or

cholesterol.

1.   Congratulations to the Nighthawk men, Region 6 B Champions for 2010. The Nighthawks defeated
      Avon last night 66 - 39 to advance to the state tournament next Thursday. Tyler Payer had 20 pts.,
      Michael Nour had 13 and Adam Fink had 11. The Nighthawks shot 67% from the field and 69%
      from the free-throw line. As in past tournaments, each team receives a block of tickets so that fans
      can sit together at the Barnett Center. Students and parents are encouraged to call the school office
     beginning today to reserve and purchase these tickets if they would like to go to Aberdeen to support
     the team. Adult tickets for the three days are $ 32 and student tickets are $ 20.   General session
     tickets are $ 8 for adults and $ 5 for students if you plan to attend individual sessions and those tickets
      are for general seating rather than assigned seating.   The Nighthawks are scheduled to play Faith
      in the last game of the Thursday night evening session. The Boys State B will be televised this year.
      TDHS will not have school on Thursday or Friday of the tournament next week. Practice for the
      boys will be in Armour on Thursday, Tripp on Friday and Monday, and in Armour on Tuesday. At
     this time there is a plan to have a team meal next Tuesday evening at 5:30 and a pep rally at 7:00.

2.   Congratulations to our Subway Achievement Award winners for this week. They are: Katie
      Brenholt in kindergarten, Logan van Pelt in 1st grd., Shyrra Scott in 2nd grd., Dausyn Pravecek
      in 3rd grd., Laura Heuther and Whitney Fuerst in 5th grd. and Jeanna Nuss in 6th grd.

3.   The boosters at Armour will be selling State B t-shirts again this year. They have ordered 241 and
      and they will be here on Friday. The t-shirts will sell for $ 10 and $ 12 depending on size. The order
      will be here on Friday and they will be selling them next Tuesday at the pep rally. You can stop by
     the office to submit your order or contact Bev Vogt from the Armour boosters at:
     vogtb@dcmbsd.org.

4.   Girl basketball players have until the end of the day tomorrow to get their practice tops in to Coach
      Gemar. Coach Gemar will give me a list tomorrow of those that have not taken care of this and
      detention time will be assigned until it is corrected.

Breakfast Tomorrow: PBJ
Lunch Today Chicken / Gravy:

Tuesday March 9, 2010 Day 128

Nutrition Fact for the Day: Cool as a cucumber is not just a saying. The inner temperature of a cucumber can be up to 20 degrees cooler than the outside air. They belong to the same family as pumpkins, squash, and watermelon. There are many varieties of cucumber, but they are perhaps most popular when they are

used to make pickles.

1. Congratulations to all of our students on the Pennies for Patients fund raiser. The school raised

$ 466.82 to help young people with leukemia in our five state region. While we didn't reach the goal of

$ 800, it is still a greatly appreciated donation and the student council and our students are to be

commended for their efforts. Winning classes for the three levels were the 6th grade class in the K - 6

group, the freshmen in grades 7 - 9, and the junior class in grades 10 - 12.

2. Coach Gemar would like to remind all boys and girls in grades 3 - 11 interested in basketball to get

signed up for the "Chute Basketball Camp" which will run June 16th & 17th. The deadline for signing up

is April 8th. Girl basketball players are reminded to get their reversible practice tops turned in.

3. Congratulations to the Nighthawk men on winning the District 12 B Championship Saturday afternoon.
The team played a tough game against the number one seed and number one ranked B team in the

state to win by one point 43 - 42. Team scoring leaders were Jared Hermanek and Tyler Payer with

15 pts. each and Adam Fink with 6. The team will play in the Region championship tonight at

7:00 p.m.at the Corn Palace. All players, coaches, cheerleaders, etc. will leave at 5:30 today wihen the

Armour bus comes through. It has been decided that if the team advances to the state tournament next

week, that Tripp-Delmont will not have school on Thursday of the State B tournament.

Breakfast Tomorrow: Pancake / Stick
Lunch Today: Pork Patty

Monday March 8, 2010 Day 127

Jazz Band Students to Upper Great Plains Festival: Zach Fuerst, Amanda Horn, Caitlyn Roth,
Sam Sandau, Tiffany Villmow, Cody Dozark, Caleb Finck, Kaitlin Buchholz, Macey Fuerst,
Katie Heisinger, Dylan Peters, Rachel Soulek, Kelli Batterman, Liz Bitterman, LaNae Fuerst,
MeKayla Pravecek, Cara Finck (Departing at 9:30 and returning approximately 3:30)

Nutrition Fact for the Day: Tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetables eating in Ameirca today

Technically a part of the fruit family they are prepared and served as a vegetable. They are high in

vitamins A and C and there are thousands of varieties.

1. Coach Gemar would like to remind all boys and girls in grades 3 - 11 interested in basketball to get

signed up for the "Chute Basketball Camp" which will run June 16th & 17th. The deadline for signing

up is April 8th. Girl basketball players are reminded to get their reversible practice tops turned in.

Students in grades 5 - 8 interested in playing basketball next year are reminded that there will be a

short meeting tomorrow morning at 8:20 in Mr. Gemar's classroom.

2. Congratulations to the Nighthawk men on winning the District 12 B Championship Saturday afternoon.
The team played a tough game against the number one seed and number one ranked B team in the

state to win by one point 43 - 42. Team scoring leaders were Jared Hermanek and Tyler Payer with

15 pts. each and Adam Fink with 6 The team will play in the Region championship tomorrow night at

7:00 p.m.at the Corn Palace. The Armour bus will pick up the coaches, players, cheerleaders, etc.

at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow night to travel to the Corn Palace. The team will wear the home white uniforms.

Practice for the boys tonight will be here in Tripp. Fans attending tomorrow night's game are reminded

you can not bring any type of noise makers to these games and no signs are allowed either hanging or

held by hand. These are state contest rules that if violated can result in a technical foul being assessed

on the team,

3. Today we wish Caitlyn Roth and Seth Bietz the best as they serve as Legislative pages during the final

week of the SD 2010 Legislative session. They will have a front row seat to one of the more interesting

and difficult budget balancing sessions that has been seen in a long time.

4. Congratulations to 8th grader David Gregerson who has qualified to represent Tripp-Delmont School at

the state level of the National Geographic Bee. The state Bee will be held Apr., 9 at Northern State

University.

5. Good luck to the Jazz Band as they travel to Augustana College to perform today at the Upper Great
Plains Festival. Band members will return at the end of the school day.

Breakfast Tomorrow Breakfast Pizza
Lunch Today: BBQ Sandwich

Thursday March 4, 2010 Day 125

Nutrition Fact for the Day: Bell peppers are a great source of vitamins A & C. They add colors to any meal
as well good nutrition. Green peppers turn yellow and red as they ripen getting sweeter and milder as they ripen. Red peppers have 11 times as much beta carotene as green peppers.

1. We wish good luck to Cara Finck and Mrs. Birnstiehl as they travel to Pierre tomorrow for the
All State Middle School Band.

2.   Seniors: You may want to check out the website for the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation.
      The site is: www.sfacf.org and it lists many scholarships available to seniors. Many of these
      scholarships are available to SD at large.   If you are applying for scholarships, check the site out
      soon as many of the applications are due by March 15th.

3. Girl basketball players will leave with Coach Gemar directly after school today to go to Armour for the
end of the year meeting. Coach Gemar would like to remind all boys and girls in grades 3 - 11

interested in basketball to get signed up for the "Chute Basketball Camp" which will run June 16th &

17th. The deadline for signing up is April 8th.

4. Teachers are reminded to e-mail grade eligibility reports by noon tomorrow.

5. The TDA cheerleaders are asking all students to support the team Saturday by wearing your rteam
colors for another "Black Out". The game is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. at the Corn Palace.

6. On Friday morning , all of the brass and percussion instruments will need to be here ready to run a

sectional rehearsal at 8:00 a.m. sharp. Thank you for your cooperation and commitment to the band

program.

7. Tom Reimnitz and Tyler Doty, please stop by to see Mr. Vlasman about your Josten's orders.

Breakfast Tomorrow: Waffles / Bacon
Lunch Today: Chicken

Wednesday March 3, 2010 Day 124

Nutrition Fact for the Day: Broccoli has been around for more than 2000 years. Americans have been growing it in their grades for about 200 years. It began to be grown commercially in California in the 1920s.

1. There has been a change in the basketball practice schedule for this week. Practice will take place in
Armour today and tomorrow and in Tripp on Friday.

2. We have a correction from Tuesday's announcements - Rachel Birnstiehl was the winner of the 7th
grade spelling bee. Michelle Nuss is the runner up. Congratulations to both of those students.

3.   The Idle Hour Theater has requested that we inform students that next week they will have a movie
     especially geared to young people. The title of the movie is: "To Save a Life". This movie will run Friday
     through Sunday, March 12th - 14th. Information on the movie will be posted on our bulletin boards.

4. We remind the Nighthawk girl basketball players that your end of the year meeting takes place tomorrow
after school in Armour. Players will leave with Coach Gemar right after school. Please have your

uniforms, etc. ready to hand in if you have not done so already.

5. Teachers - we will have the Jazz Band attending the Upper Great Plains Festival at Augustana next

Monday. Jazz band members will leave after 1st hour and will return at the end of the day.

Breakfast Tomorrow: Eggs & Biscuits
Lunch Today: Chili Fritos

Tuesday March 2, 2010 Day 123

The word pineapple is derived from the word pina, which is use to describe a pine cone by the Spanish.
Hawaii is the leading producer of this fruit. There are four main varieties of pineapple and all are a good
source of vitamin C.

1. The sign-up sheet for golf has been removed from the library. If there are any students that are
still interested in signing up, particularly 7th or 8th grade studetns, see Mr. Vlasman.

2.   Congratulations to the Nighthawk men on defeating Dakota Christian last night 62 - 51 to
      advance to the District championship on Saturday. Adam Fink had 23 pts., Tyler Payer
      had 12 pts. and Jared Hermanek had 14 pts. and seven rebounds. There will be no practice

today for the boys. Pracitce will be in Armour on Wednesday, in Tripp on Thursday, and in

Armour on Friday.

3. The TATU group will meet with Mrs. Blaha in the DDN lab during RAM today.

4. A reminder to Juniors and Seniors that this Friday is the regular registration deadline for the
April ACT exam.

5.   Coach Gemar has posted a TDA summer basketball camp for both boys and girls. The information
      is on the bulletin board and he would encourage all students interested in basketball to consider
      registering for this camp which runs on June 16th and 17th.

6.   Congratulations to our spelling bee winners from each classroom. They are: Ben Brenholt in the
      3rd grd., Jason Schnabel in 4th grd., Kayla Holzbauer in 5th grd., Lauren Soulek in 6th grd.,
      Michelle Nuss in 7th grd. and Tuniya Heinzman in the 8th grd.   Thee students will compete in the
      regional spelling bee in Mitchell on March 13th.

7.   Subway Achievement Award winners for the week were: Tyrstan Cooper in kindergarten,
      Hannah Whitney in 1st grd., Brady Wilson in 2nd grd., Ben Brenholt in 3rd grd., and Cole
      Neugebauer in 4th grade. Congratulations to those students.

8. Mrs. Finck would like to express a big thank you to the 5th and 6th grade students that traveled to

the SD Symphony yesterday on what a fine job you did of representing our school and communities.

This was a great educational experience and you did an exceptional job. Mrs. Finck would also like

to thank Mrs. Sommer, Mrs. Reiser, Linda Cap and Nancy Buchman for their help as chaperones and

      supervisors.

Breakfast Tomorrow:        English Muffins
Lunch Today                     Corn Dog: