Yankton Middle School

"It's not WHAT we have in life, but WHO we have in our life that matters" -Margaret Laurence

We are thankful these students chose to be kind, thoughful and helpful students at YMS!

Congratulations to this years VFW Patriot's Pen Essay winners! Pictured from left to right are 8th graders Abigail Viereck (3rd place), Tate Bertrand (2nd Place) and Angela Zahng (1st Place). Angela's essay will now advance to the State competition.

Congratulations to the final YMS 7/8 football athletes of the week!

Congratulations to the 7/8 grade YMS football athletes of the week! Go bucks!

Trick or Treat! Mrs. Todd forgot to announce special someone's last week since there was no school on Friday. So this week we have double the kindness being spread around!

Mrs. Stanosheck's 7th grade English/Language Arts classes had a Fall Book Tasting today.

Congratulations to the YMS October athletes of the month!

After their final game on Tuesday with Pierre, the 8th Grade Yankton Bucks end their season!
The red team went 6-1, scoring an average of 40.6 points (284 total) and holding teams to an average of 7.7 points (54 total). Their wins came against SC-East, SC-North, Mitchell, Norfolk, Huron, Pierre. Their lone loss was against Brookings.
The white team went 3-3, scoring 15 per game (90 total), allowing 19.3 (116 total).
Their wins came against SC-East, SC-North, and Mitchell.
They fell versus Brookings, and had two down to the wire versus Norfolk and Pierre. White team did not play against Huron.
12 different players scored a touchdown across the 13 games, with 28 different captains.
43 Yankton Bucks, 1 dream. And lots of offensive fireworks! Thank you all for a great season!

Thank you to Marty Indian School for performing Native American dances for our YMS students. They invited our own YMS students to help in the dances. Ask your student about what they learned today. It was a great day at YMS. Thank you to all!

After picking up two wins in Pierre yesterday, the 7th grade football team wrapped up their season with a combined A and B record of 13-1! Congratulations to these boys on an outstanding season — the future is bright! Go Bucks! 💪🏈

Congratulations to YMS 7/8FB athletes of the week. Good luck in your game against Pierre today!

kindness.
One of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without expectations of something in return.
These students were selected as our Special Someone's at YMS this week.

YMS Band March to the Meridian! The BEST middle school band!! 🎷🥁🎺

Check out these students who were caught being awesome at YMS this week!

Congratulations to the 7/8 YMS volleyball athletes of the week 8th grade plays at YMS today. 7th grade is @Sgt. Bluff.

People who help others simply because it 's the right thing to do, are indeed real superheroes!

Congratulations to last week's athletes of the week for volleyball and football.

Ms. Cwach's homeroom had fun celebrating homecoming on Friday! Go bucks!

The 6th Grade football players were excited to cheer on the Bucks Friday! They can't wait to be on the field with them in the future!

YMS Homecoming