Yankton High School

Congratulations to Mrs. Sammelson for being recognized as YHS's December Teacher of the Month! Congratulations to all the wonderful teachers who were nominated as well! - Yankton Educators Rising

Tonight's the night! Let us take care of supper for you! Join us @ the Pizza Ranch or call an order in! Proceeds to the Yankton Band Boosters :)

The First Week of the 2024-2025 YHS Wrestling season is in the books! Your Bucks and Gazelles wrestling teams will host our first meet on December 5th against Watertown & Beresford/AH to kickoff our season! #OneDayAtATime

Join us Monday, November 25th @ the Pizza Ranch! Members of the YHS Band will be there, making your Monday meal incredibly easy!

The leadership team of the Yankton Educators Rising chapter participated in a leadership conference in Sioux Falls. The conference sparked a whole new year of great leadership qualities and ideas to serve our community and solidify our futures as future and current educators.

HOSA members learning about Yankton County EMS careers

The first day of practice is in the books! The wrestlers worked hard, and we're excited for the season! Go Bucks and Gazelles!

Less than a week to go before for the Young Bucks November Camp! You can sign up online using the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeodvyRJyRYjA0qyQBUh_4WZTg_lbDTLxH817DHP-EPRRTbfg/viewform

Please use the link below to sign-up for our 2024-2025 Pledges for Pins Fundraiser to help support the Yankton Bucks & Gazelles Wrestling teams. More information is attached! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDmEmb5-XrmWCo3IOTYASFLJIV6uiAcTeRw2MfwkdSwEHHrA/viewform

Happy final day of conferences for YHS teachers and staff! We hope the snack bar gives you a little boost of energy! From Yankton's Chapter of Educators Rising!

First Tuesday of the Month = reading the best school newspaper! Not only is there a trivia question, but there is also a scavenger hunt. Are you up for the challenge?? https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1281/YHS/4999640/110524_YKPD_A.pdf

Congratulations to Claire Kramer on being a four year South Dakota All-State Choir member. What an achievement!

We are halfway through the first day of All State Chorus and Orchestra Rehearsal! There are 1000 students in the choir and 150 students in the orchestra, with 19 students representing YHS this year! You can check them out tomorrow night at the Denny Sanford Premier Center or on TV through the SDPS TV channel.

On behalf of the Yankton Chapter of Educators Rising, we would like to congratulate Mrs. Lindsey Kortan for being selected as the November Teacher of the Month (YHS). Students and staff can nominate teachers/staff by scanning the QR code on posters around the school.

FFA test plot harvest is complete! Harvest by Titan Machinery-Yankton, test results by Helena Agri-Enterprises. Plot averaged over 210 bushels per acre! Big thanks to First Dakota Bank for lunch! Grateful for a generous community to make it all possible. #harvest2024

A big thank you to Yankton's Community Development Director Dave Mingo for talking to the Environmental Science classes at Yankton High School about Yankton's next 20 year comprehensive plan: "Ideas Flow Here: Yankton 2045". When learning about land use, what better place to start than close to home!

Congratulations to Claire Kramer on being selected as the Touchtone Energy Scholar of the Week! See the news story via the link below! https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2024/10/28/touchstone-energy-scholar-week-well-known-voice-yankton-high-school/

Congratulations to our high school cross country teams! Our runners showed incredible determination and heart at the state meet yesterday, finishing 11th as a team for both the Gazelles and Bucks. As we say goodbye to our amazing seniors, thank you for everything you’ve given to the YHS program. SD State Cross Country Results Varsity Girls: Rilyn Jackson 20:47 (33), Abby Johanneson 21:00 (41), Delaney Youmans 21:05 (44), Sophie Petheram 22:10 (84) Ava Johanneson 22:44 (92), Mary Rounds 22:49, Kahlen Peterson 23:05 Varsity Boys: Harrison Krajewski 16:58 (26), Abram Chance 17:13 (32), Bryton Olson 17:14 (36), Isaac Larrington 18:23 (84), Luke Jacobson 18:41 (100), Gabe Rock 18:41, Kaden Hunhoff 20:19

Exciting day ahead! YHS Bucks and Gazelles cross country teams are competing at the state meet today! Let’s show our support for our athletes as they give it their all on the course. Go team! #StateCrossCountry

Good Luck to the Yankton Bucks and Gazelles Cross Country Teams as they head to their State Meet in Rapid City this Saturday! Here we go!