Congratulations to YMS 8th graders Roland Marlette and Isabel Gurney for placing in the top ten in the Algebra Division at the Merten Hasse Math Competition at USD. Isabel placed 6th out of 24. Roland won the Algebra competition and received a $500 scholarship to USD.
Huge congratulations to Nora on breaking her *own* 6th grade mile run record at Yankton Middle School! She clocked in at an impressive **6:04**, shaving off a second from her previous record of **6:05** set last fall.
YMS 8th Grade Math students are "hiking" the Pacific Crest Trail. Each day they are given a scenario to journal, they plan & purchase supplies, & solve math problems. Each correct math problem earns them money to buy more for the trip. We are also learning about the weather and landscape of the PCT.
Come cheer for Gazelles as take on Sioux Falls Jefferson on Monday, April 14th at Yankton Sertoma Park! 🥎
YHS Gazelles Softball took on Pierre at the state capital Thursday. Varsity won 9-7 and JV won 17-11. Go Gazelles! 🥎
Ms. Zimmerman's 6th grade social studies students put their engineering and artistic skills to the test as they learn about Ancient Roman aqueducts and mosaics!
YHS Softball takes on the lady governors at Pierre today. Good luck gazelles!
Yankton Public Schools will not be in session from Thursday, April 17, through Monday, April 21. April 17 is a parent-teacher conference compensation day, and April 18 and April 21 are Easter Vacation days. School will resume on Tuesday, April 22.
Congrats to the Yankton Middle School Oral Interpretation team on their fantastic performances at the Brookings competition! They all worked hard and made great improvements this season.
Mrs. Stanoshecks 7th graders discussing texts during book club meetings.
Miss Muilenburg's 6th grade math class uses online pixel art to help them assess their understanding of mean, median, and mode!
Miss Muilenburg's 6th math working on Writing and Graphing Inequalities with task cards!
Congratulations to the Yankton Middle School Oral Interpretation team who performed at the competition in Lennox! They did an awesome job in YMS's first time competing in an away oral interp. competition.
Here are a few things we have been learning in PE at YMS!
Go bucks and gazelles!
They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but Mrs. Blaha's sixth grade social studies class built their Colosseums in one class period for their Rome building challenge!
We had two middle school students participate in this year's South Dakota Middle School All State Orchestra last weekend! Angela and Katie auditioned earlier this year and competed against other violin players across the state for a chair in this year's orchestra. Both of these outstanding students earned first violin parts and spent Friday and Saturday rehearsing and performing with students from other schools. Congrats, girls!!
GAZELLES GOLF SIGN UP: Girls in grades 7-12 interested in participating in golf this spring, there will be a signup in Coach Sime's room (235) at YHS after school on Tues, March 11. Unable to attend, please contact Coach Sime or Coach Heiter. Practice starts Monday, March 31.
Congratulations to the YMS
8th grade floor hockey champions!
Last YMS BBB home game today vs. Huron. Congratulations to the boys basketball athletes of the week! Go Bucks!
Congratulations to the 7th Grade PE Stanley Cup Winners in Floor Hockey!
