Montrose School District

Congrats to the MCM Junior High Boys Basketball team for winning the Championship at the Freeman Tournament this weekend!

Congrats to the MCM 7th and 8th grade girls for getting 1st place in the Hanson tournament!!

The Montrose Sharing Tree is up and is located by the Main Event doors. If you would like to help our families in need this Christmas, please do the following: 1. Take a tag. 2. Write your name and phone number on the small white piece of paper and put it into the Christmas wrapped box. 3. Shop and return your presents (wrapped or unwrapped) to the school by December 12th. Please make sure to return the tag with your presents.

On Thursday, Nov 13th, Southeastern Electric gave a presentation to the 5th grade class about electricity and safety around electricity. Students learned the difference between static electricity and man-made electricity. They also got to have some fun with a Van de Graaff generator and a bicycle that powered lightbulbs! It was a fun and educational program!

Congrats to the MCM Football Big East All Conference Team Members!

Congrats to the MCM Volleyball Big East All Conference Team Members!

Our Oral Interp team had a fantastic showing at the Region meet in Sioux Falls yesterday. Lilly Hendrickson, Olivia Rowley, Jayden Jasper, and Kylie Jasper performed in Reader’s Theatre with a piece they wrote themselves, and Jayden also competed in Poetry. Kiera Bartmann competed in the Serious Reading category and will advance to State on Saturday, December 6th, in Watertown. Congratulations to all of our performers, and good luck to Kiera at State!

SoDak 16 Volleyball Tonight! If you can’t make it to Baltic for tonight’s match, you can still catch all the action online! The game will be livestreamed on both the MCM Fighting Cougars Live and Big Sioux Media YouTube channels. First serve at 7:00pm. Good luck Fighting Cougars!

The Veterans Day Program will be available to stream tomorrow at 9:30am at the link below. You will need to log in to the NFHS Network, but you do not need to purchase a subscription, it is free to view. https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/montrose-high-school-montrose-sd/evtdb5c2ecb75

The MCM Volleyball team will be playing in the SoDak 16 against Sioux Falls Christian on Tuesday, November 11 at 7:00pm at Baltic. Good luck Fighting Cougars!

Congratulations to the District Oral Interpers who competed yesterday! The following students will be competing at Regions: Kiera in Serious Reading; the Readers Theatre team of Kylie, Jayden, Olivia, and Lilly; and Jayden in Poetry Reading.

Chemistry and Conceptual Chemistry celebrated National Mole Day on October 23. As part of our celebration, each student was tasked with creating their own mole! The Ninja Turtles, the Queen and several planetary objects made an appearance in our collection this year!!

Tomorrow, November 6th, we will host the Region 5A Volleyball match between MCM and Parker/Marion at 7:00 PM in Montrose. Since this is a postseason event, it is officially an SDHSAA contest and we are serving as the host site. Admission for Thursday’s match will be $6 for all adults, including senior citizens, and $4 for students. Please note that MCM activity passes will not be accepted.

Reading with the stars!

Some of the Welding students went on a field trip to 1st Manufacturing in Humboldt on Monday. The students learned more about the CNC side of Manufacturing.

The Ag Processing class hosted Honey Bee Workshops for all the elementary classes teaching them about all parts of the industry and including how bees make honey, what beekeepers do, and how important they are to agriculture.

Mark your calendars for the Veterans Day Program put on by the National Honor Society of the Montrose School District

John Weber sported the Halloween spirit! Joining him are Mrs. Eich, Ms. Bailey, and Mrs. Gordon.