Thank you to everyone who participated in the YSD Christmas Sweater Contest! It was so much fun to see the creativity! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Ugliest Sweater - Dan Morrison
Most Festive - Rachel Carda
Best Family Photo Recreation - Early Childhood Staff at TLC
Best Homemade Sweater - The Beadle Group
Best Group - The Middle School
Most Likely to Belong to Your Grandmother - Julie Koch
Ugliest Sweater - Dan Morrison
Most Festive - Rachel Carda
Best Family Photo Recreation - Early Childhood Staff at TLC
Best Homemade Sweater - The Beadle Group
Best Group - The Middle School
Most Likely to Belong to Your Grandmother - Julie Koch
On Yankton School District Day on December 15, First Dakota Employees celebrated by wearing red and taking a "Y" picture! Alumni also submitted their senior picture for a little throwback! Thank you, First Dakota, for consistently supporting the Yankton School District!
Our Trailblazer Marketing, Sales and Service department has been busy this month decorating our TLC Christmas storefront as well as making ornaments!
Ryan Turner, YHS Senior, had a perfect score on his 2025 Spring State Assessment in Science. Ryan is one of only 33 students in his grade level across the entire state of South Dakota to reach this accomplishment.
Roland Marlette, YHS Freshman, had a perfect score on his 2025 Spring Assessment in Science. Roland is one of only 17 students in his grade level across the entire state of South Dakota to reach this milestone.
This is an extraordinary feat and places both Ryan and Roland in an elite group of students across the state of South Dakota.
Congratulations to both boys and their parents on this fantastic academic achievement. We are very proud of them!
Roland Marlette, YHS Freshman, had a perfect score on his 2025 Spring Assessment in Science. Roland is one of only 17 students in his grade level across the entire state of South Dakota to reach this milestone.
This is an extraordinary feat and places both Ryan and Roland in an elite group of students across the state of South Dakota.
Congratulations to both boys and their parents on this fantastic academic achievement. We are very proud of them!
For nearly 100 years, our music department in the Yankton School District has enhanced our schools with music. Our students have had success in many musical contests, All-State performances, and concerts.
This time of year, we get to enjoy our students sharing their musical talents in various winter concerts. Our elementary school students, all the way up to high school, Concert Choir & Symphonic Band share their love of music with our community.
Our musical success has been a long-standing program in the Yankton School District. These trophies, dating back to 1927, are on display in the YHS Commons. No doubt the sounds of those participants still echo the halls of our buildings; another YSD tradition carries on.
This time of year, we get to enjoy our students sharing their musical talents in various winter concerts. Our elementary school students, all the way up to high school, Concert Choir & Symphonic Band share their love of music with our community.
Our musical success has been a long-standing program in the Yankton School District. These trophies, dating back to 1927, are on display in the YHS Commons. No doubt the sounds of those participants still echo the halls of our buildings; another YSD tradition carries on.
After assessing the road conditions in the rural areas, the late start for Yankton School District has been canceled. Yankton School District will not have school today, Monday, December 15, due to the poor road conditions in several rural busing areas. Our first priority is the safety of the students, and the current road conditions in several areas put them at risk at this time.
Due to the current road conditions in rural areas, Yankton School District will have a 2 hour late start tomorrow, Monday, December 15. Road conditions will be reassessed tomorrow morning. There will be no morning preschool or morning special education preschool at Trailhead Learning Center. All buses will run approximately two hours later than their normally scheduled time. Please check the Here Comes the Bus app to track your child's bus.
Celebrating 150 years of history, heart, and ahead-of-its-time vision. Thank you for being part of our journey.
https://youtu.be/pWuGec1v4wk?si=IJcGoqNtxl0FFwBv
Due to the forecasted freezing rain throughout the day and freezing temperatures potentially impacting safe travel, there will be no school in the Yankton School District today, Thursday, December 11.
The final day of classes for students in all grades prior to Christmas Vacation will be Friday, December 19, with an early dismissal for all Yankton School District students.
JrK and Kindergarten students will be dismissed from Trailhead Learning Center at 12:30 pm. There is no afternoon Preschool or Early Childhood Preschool at Trailhead Learning Center that day.
Students in 1st-12th grade will be dismissed at 1:00 pm, and buses will run accordingly. Classes will resume on Monday, January 5, 2026.
JrK and Kindergarten students will be dismissed from Trailhead Learning Center at 12:30 pm. There is no afternoon Preschool or Early Childhood Preschool at Trailhead Learning Center that day.
Students in 1st-12th grade will be dismissed at 1:00 pm, and buses will run accordingly. Classes will resume on Monday, January 5, 2026.
Today, we’re highlighting the history of Yankton Middle School, a building and a name that has evolved right alongside the Yankton community.
Yankton Middle School Today
YMS has been located at 2000 Mulberry Street since January 1996, serving 6th–8th grade students in a building full of energy, learning, and tradition.
But the story of YMS stretches back much further…
A Look Back at Yankton’s First Middle Schools
• The first middle school operated in the Central School Building, laying the foundation for the middle-level programming we know today.
• In 1958, when high school students moved into the then-new building at 2000 Mulberry Street, the former high school at 613 Walnut Street became the new home of Yankton Middle School, serving 7th–9th grade students.
• 6th grade was housed just east of the Walnut Street building in the former Garfield School from 1958-1969.
• By 1969, the middle school at Walnut Street officially served 6th–8th grade, a configuration that continued until the move to today’s Mulberry Street building.
• The Walnut Street YMS served as Yankton’s middle school from 1958 until December 1995, witnessing decades of students, teachers, and school memories.
Today, we celebrate how each building and each generation of students helped shape the Yankton Middle School we know and love. Also featured are photos of the YMS Good Sportsmanship Code and School Song found in the 1976 YMS Student Handbook.
💬 Do you have memories from either the Walnut Street YMS or today’s Mulberry Street YMS?
Share your stories in the comments!
#YSD150 #MemoryMonday #YanktonMiddleSchool #YanktonHistory #YanktonPride
Yankton Middle School Today
YMS has been located at 2000 Mulberry Street since January 1996, serving 6th–8th grade students in a building full of energy, learning, and tradition.
But the story of YMS stretches back much further…
A Look Back at Yankton’s First Middle Schools
• The first middle school operated in the Central School Building, laying the foundation for the middle-level programming we know today.
• In 1958, when high school students moved into the then-new building at 2000 Mulberry Street, the former high school at 613 Walnut Street became the new home of Yankton Middle School, serving 7th–9th grade students.
• 6th grade was housed just east of the Walnut Street building in the former Garfield School from 1958-1969.
• By 1969, the middle school at Walnut Street officially served 6th–8th grade, a configuration that continued until the move to today’s Mulberry Street building.
• The Walnut Street YMS served as Yankton’s middle school from 1958 until December 1995, witnessing decades of students, teachers, and school memories.
Today, we celebrate how each building and each generation of students helped shape the Yankton Middle School we know and love. Also featured are photos of the YMS Good Sportsmanship Code and School Song found in the 1976 YMS Student Handbook.
💬 Do you have memories from either the Walnut Street YMS or today’s Mulberry Street YMS?
Share your stories in the comments!
#YSD150 #MemoryMonday #YanktonMiddleSchool #YanktonHistory #YanktonPride
Get Ready, Yankton!
Monday, December 15, is Yankton School District Day in South Dakota!
We’re throwing a community-wide celebration, and we want ALL of Yankton to join in. It’s time to show off the pride, the spirit, and the history that make our district special. So grab your favorite gear because we are about to…
✨ PAINT. THE. TOWN. RED! ✨
On Monday, December 15, we encourage students, staff, families, alumni, businesses, and our entire community to deck out in red, white, and black—the brighter, bolder, and more spirited, the better!
Think shirts, hats, jackets, scarves, socks… even storefronts and front porches. If it's red, it counts!
Let’s fill the hallways, classrooms, offices, and streets with a wave of Yankton pride.
Let’s celebrate the people, traditions, and generations of students who have helped shape the Yankton School District. And let’s show the whole state what it looks like when a community comes together in full school-spirit style.
❤️🖤 Wear RED. Wear WHITE. Wear BLACK. Wear it LOUD. 🖤❤️
Join us and help Paint the Town Red—one shirt, one smile, and one proud community at a time!
Monday, December 15, is Yankton School District Day in South Dakota!
We’re throwing a community-wide celebration, and we want ALL of Yankton to join in. It’s time to show off the pride, the spirit, and the history that make our district special. So grab your favorite gear because we are about to…
✨ PAINT. THE. TOWN. RED! ✨
On Monday, December 15, we encourage students, staff, families, alumni, businesses, and our entire community to deck out in red, white, and black—the brighter, bolder, and more spirited, the better!
Think shirts, hats, jackets, scarves, socks… even storefronts and front porches. If it's red, it counts!
Let’s fill the hallways, classrooms, offices, and streets with a wave of Yankton pride.
Let’s celebrate the people, traditions, and generations of students who have helped shape the Yankton School District. And let’s show the whole state what it looks like when a community comes together in full school-spirit style.
❤️🖤 Wear RED. Wear WHITE. Wear BLACK. Wear it LOUD. 🖤❤️
Join us and help Paint the Town Red—one shirt, one smile, and one proud community at a time!
Attention Families:
Infinite Campus is currently experiencing a statewide outage, which is preventing preschool registrations from going through. We’ll share an update as soon as the system is back online. Thank you for your patience and understanding!
Today we’re turning the pages back to one of Yankton’s beloved former school buildings, Garfield School.
Located north of the Walnut Village building at 613 Walnut Street (once the home of Yankton High School and Yankton Middle School), Garfield School played a key role in educating generations of Yankton students.
🏫 A Look Back at Garfield School:
• Named after President James A. Garfield, a strong supporter of public education, Garfield became home to both elementary and later 6th grade students.
• Kate Stewart, one of the remarkable sisters for whom Stewart Elementary is named, served Garfield as principal from 1893–1936.
• Beginning in 1958, Garfield officially housed Yankton’s 6th grade.
• In 1907, a tennis court was built just north of the school and maintained by students.
• Garfield stood for decades before being torn down in 1975, leaving behind memories treasured by many in the community.
As we celebrate 150 years of the Yankton School District, we honor the teachers, students, and traditions that shaped schools like Garfield and helped build the district we know today.
💬 Do you have memories of Garfield School? Share your stories in the comments below- we’d love to hear them!
#YSD150 #MemoryMonday #GarfieldSchool #YanktonHistory #YanktonPride
Located north of the Walnut Village building at 613 Walnut Street (once the home of Yankton High School and Yankton Middle School), Garfield School played a key role in educating generations of Yankton students.
🏫 A Look Back at Garfield School:
• Named after President James A. Garfield, a strong supporter of public education, Garfield became home to both elementary and later 6th grade students.
• Kate Stewart, one of the remarkable sisters for whom Stewart Elementary is named, served Garfield as principal from 1893–1936.
• Beginning in 1958, Garfield officially housed Yankton’s 6th grade.
• In 1907, a tennis court was built just north of the school and maintained by students.
• Garfield stood for decades before being torn down in 1975, leaving behind memories treasured by many in the community.
As we celebrate 150 years of the Yankton School District, we honor the teachers, students, and traditions that shaped schools like Garfield and helped build the district we know today.
💬 Do you have memories of Garfield School? Share your stories in the comments below- we’d love to hear them!
#YSD150 #MemoryMonday #GarfieldSchool #YanktonHistory #YanktonPride
Yankton School District Preschool Registration for the 2026-2027 school year opens on Monday, December 1. Go to www.ysd.k12.sd.us and click on student registration.
Trailhead Learning Center's Preschool Open House is TODAY, November 24, from 4:30 - 6:00 pm. Come check out Yankton School District's tuition-free preschool! Registration for the 2026-2027 school year starts on Monday, December 1.
📚 **Memory Monday: Beadle Elementary Edition**
This week, we’re celebrating the incredible history of Beadle Elementary— a school with nearly a century of memories, learning, and community pride.
🏫 **Did you know?**
* Beadle Elementary was named after General William Henry Harrison Beadle, known as the “savior of our school lands” for his dedication to preserving public education lands.
* The school first opened its doors in 1926 and has been remodeled and updated many times throughout its 99 years of serving students in the Yankton area.
As we honor the past, we’re also celebrating our district’s 150th Anniversary! 🎉
Show your Yankton pride and help us commemorate this milestone with official YSD 150 gear:
👉 **Shop here:**
https://jjbenji.com/shop/ols/categories/yankton-school-district-150th
https://stores.inksoft.com/YSD150/shop/home
Share your favorite Beadle memory below — a teacher you loved, a moment you’ll never forget, or a tradition that still makes you smile.
#MondayMemory #BeadleElementary #YSD150 #BeadlePride #YanktonHistory
YMS Celebrating the 67th Day of School!
Yankton School District is celebrating 150 Years! We are excited to offer YSD 150th Anniversary merchandise from two local businesses. Stores close on Sunday, December 7.
Scan the QR codes or click the links below.
JJ Benji's
https://jjbenji.com/shop/ols/categories/yankton-school-district-150th
House of Brands
https://stores.inksoft.com/YSD150/shop/home
Looking for Christmas gifts? Give YSD merch!
Scan the QR codes or click the links below.
JJ Benji's
https://jjbenji.com/shop/ols/categories/yankton-school-district-150th
House of Brands
https://stores.inksoft.com/YSD150/shop/home
Looking for Christmas gifts? Give YSD merch!
Be part of something great!
Our Child Nutrition Department is seeking a Cook to help fuel student success.
This position comes with great benefits and a positive, team-focused environment.
📌 Apply today! www.applitrack.com/ysd/onlineapp/
