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Mrs. Ketelhut's fourth grade class learned how to play Cat's Cradle like Laura Ingalls Wilder. They had so much fun trying to get their fingers in just the right spots to make the next "x"! |
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The fourth graders met with Mr. Ketelhut's junior students to make butter.
The fourth graders have read about making butter in early days during Laura Ingalls Wilder's and Almanzo's time and in SD history. They were quite impressed by the process, but they were surprised at how different the butter tasted! |
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The fourth grade walked to the Mc Whorter Museum for a tour put on by Katie Otteson and Connie Schroeder. The students enjoyed the tour and learned many things! |
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Before the last day of school the fourth grade students went to the Good Samaritan Nursing Home and planted flowers, did yard work, and sang some songs to some of the residents. |
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The third graders had a great time celebrating the last day of school during the annual "Track and Field Day" event! Thank you to all who make this possible! |
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Congratulations to these students in Mrs. Gibson's third grade class for earning the most pizza coupons from Wessington Cenex! Cassadee Deuter and Kendyn Yost achieved every reading requirement each month to earn the coupons. Way to go, kids, and thank you, Wessington Cenex, for supporting our young readers! |
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On the last two days of school all third grade students dissected owl pellets. They enjoyed finding and identifying different animal bones! |
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Check out this opportunity for a fun summer activity for ages 6-12 in our community! |
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Mrs. Boomsma-Kelsey celebrated with the 3rd-6th grade students at extra recess times due to 97% of the students increasing their Smarter Balanced scaled scores from last year on the Reading, Math, or both tests!
She gave them a challenge, and they met it! The Miller Press donated ice cream bars for the students to enjoy as another way of congratulating them on their hard work and perseverance during the tests! Mrs. B-K is really proud of these students and appreciates their effort! |
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Congratulations to Leroy Danburg, Everlee Smith, Holly Schaefers, and Shaelee Jensen for being winners of the Arbor Day Contest! |
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What a beautiful day for Field Day! Thank you to the sponsors, parents, staff, and students for making it a great day! Have a fabulous summer!!
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Best of Luck to our staff members that are leaving the district for new adventures! Thank you for everything you have done for our students! |
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A duck joined the second graders in an end of the year celebration! He hatched as a part of the incubation project. |
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It was food truck frenzy in Miss Knox's Foods class this past week! |
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Mrs. Simpson has been working on an inventory of the elementary library and has found that our collection of Elementary Yearbooks is incomplete.
If anyone has any of these missing yearbooks and are willing to donate them to the Elementary Library, please contact Mrs. Simpson. Thank you! missing years: 2018-19 2015-16 2010-11 2009-10 2007-8 2006-7 2005-6 2004-5 2003-4 2001-2 2000-1 1999-2000 Anything earlier would be appreciated as well |
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The sixth grade earned a trip to the park as part of the celebration of their last week of elementary school.
We want to wish them the best as they get ready to enter junior high! |
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Mrs. Stevens' second grade students performed the play titled "The Strongest One" for Mrs. Engle’s Kindergarten class! |
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Say "picnic!" Ms. Baumberger's class took advantage of the beautiful spring weather to enjoy a picnic lunch before the end of school. |
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Miss Knox's eighth grade classes got to be creative during lab this semester with cake decorating and pancake art! |
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First grade had a blast tie dying some shirts to remember the 2022-2023 school year! |
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Congratulations to these elementary students for earning Perfect Attendance awards this year! Marianne Price, Blaten Werdel, Leroy Danburg, TJ Rogers, Lucas Runge, and Dominic Runge |
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Rose Hill Baby Beef 4-H Club Treasurer Harper Duxbury presented Librarian Jill Simpson with a donation of $305 to use in the Elementary Library. Also pictured are 4-H members Adalie Winter, Lawson Wagner, Hadlee Duxbury, Elementary Principal Jennifer Boomsma-Kelsey, April Fallis, and Peyton Beare. Thank you for your generous donation and support of our school! |
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Mrs. Gesinger's fourth grade social studies class has been learning about city government. Miller's Mayor, Tom McGough, spent time with the students explaining what his duties are as mayor and how city government works. Thank you, Mr. McGough for visiting our classroom! |
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The fourth grade class went on a field trip to Lake Louise. The park manager had activities for the students to do and they got to hike the trails and learn about nature. The students enjoyed spending time in an outdoor classroom! |
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The Millerdale students enjoyed the nice weather with a field day! |
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The kindergarten and Kinderstart classes had visitors! The preschool class from Hand In Hand daycare came to visit and learn about going to school by listening to a story, having a snack and working with the kindergarteners to make a book. |
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Ants, birds, and fish, oh my! Ms. Baumberger's Kindergarten class has spent much time this spring exploring butterflies, birds, ants, Venus Fly traps, green beans, and fish while learning about Life Science. |
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Mrs. Palmer and the Kinderstart class have been studying the life cycle of butterflies and were able to release the adult butterflies! |
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Thank you to the following individuals who donated eggs to the second grade egg incubation project - Shirley Gimbel, Colleen Connell, Kelly Johnson, and Rebecca Engel! Also, thank you to elementary custodian, Gary Price for assisting with the hatching process that took place after school hours. |
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Parents of Elementary Students, please look through the pictures of the Lost and Found items.
2 If an item belongs to your child, please have him or her pick it up on Monday or stop in to look at items by Laela's office. Items not claimed before Thursday will be donated to Helping Hands. Thank you! |
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These students excelled in Reading Plus and were rewarded with some DQ treats! Congratulations to Edward Fritzsche, Josephine Swartzendruber, Alexander Van Zee, Isabelle Hurd, Cannon Reimann, Hans Otteson, Dylan Otto, Steven Munger, and Nolan Peterson! |
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Mrs. Palmer's Kinderstart students made shape crowns for Fun Friday Math as they learned about flat shapes! |
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The second grade egg projects have hatched and are a highlight in the elementary! |
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Mr. Norden and the students at Millerdale enjoyed a beautiful spring day with a game of baseball. |
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The students at Millerdale made gifts for their fathers and mothers for Parent Appreciation Day. |
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The kindergarten students are developing a love of reading!! |
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The elementary students welcomed the rain and enjoyed playing games in the gym like Simon Says and Red Light, Green Light at indoor recess! |
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The first, second, third, and fourth grade students learned about all of the prep work and safety precautions that need to take place at the Sanford Underground Laboratory and why the experiments are done a mile underground! |
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Jean Johnson presented students with awards for the Americanism Contest. Cooper Swartzendruber (1st place Essay and 2nd place in our District), Alexander Van Zee (1st place Poetry and 1st place in our District), and Jessie Coyle (2nd place Poetry). Not pictured is Riley Moss (2nd place Essay). Ida Saienga (1st place Poetry and 1st place in our District), Cassadee Deuter (2nd place Poetry), and Fox Palmer (3rd place Poetry). Allyana Skinner, an 8th grade student in Mrs. DeBoer’s language arts class, won the civic essay writing contest sponsored by the Miller Auxiliary Legion. “How to be a good American citizen” was the topic of this year’s contest. |
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Mrs. Kathy Harvey led the second graders in a watercolor paint art lesson. The students drew a fish in its habitat and then used water color paint to make it come to life. Thank you Mrs. Harvey for sharing your art knowledge! What a fun lesson! |
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The fourth graders attended the Farm Safety Program sponsored by the FFA. The kids learned a lot and had a fun time doing it! Thank you to the FFA students, Mr. Ketelhut, and all the presenters! |
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The third grade was visited by special guest speakers from Scout Clean Energy. The students had many questions prepared for them and had a great time learning how wind towers work. Thank you, Scout Clean Energy, for taking the time to meet with our students. |
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The students in Mrs. VanZee's class "Saved Sam" by getting him/her back into the life preserver using only paper clips as tools. |
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These fifth grade students from Mrs. VanZee's class completed the reading requirements for a pizza certificate from Cenex in Wessington! Thank you Wessington Cenex! |
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Thank you to all the students who participated in the Lego Expo!
It was tough to get all 50 the exhibitors in one picture, so we took pictures on two separate days. There were over 50 entries in the Lego Expo! We are very proud of all of these students and their creativity! We can’t wait to see how many entries we get next year! |
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Ms. Rick enjoyed lunch outside with two of her students! |
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The second and fourth graders worked together on a creative writing project and did an excellent job!
Collaboration at its finest! |
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The elementary students are busy this week making cards to help their teachers and para/professionals celebrate Teacher's/Paraprofessionals Appreciation Week. |
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The Fourth Grade class participated in the "Go Forth" program created by SD Game, Fish and Parks program. The students were given information about several animals found in South Dakota. They were able to touch different types of furs. Every student also received a coupon for a free one-hour equipment rental at any state park in South Dakota. The students loved this learning opportunity. Thank you SD Game, Fish, & Parks! |
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Girls in Grades KS-5th and a parent are invited to attend a fun robotics event on May 8th in the Elementary Commons as an informational event about possibly starting a Girl Scout Troup. Please read the flyer for details. 
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Mrs. Stevens’ second graders are learning about the life cycle of a chicken. It takes 21 days to incubate chicken eggs, the students are on day #13! They candled the eggs today and saw a few glimpses of what could be a baby chick! |
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Please join us for a Retirement Celebration for Mr. David Sivertsen on Friday, May 12th in the high school commons from 4:00-6:00 p.m. The public is welcome to attend and wish David a happy retirement! |
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Congratulations to Mr. Otteson! He has been chosen as the Teacher of the Week by Dakota Broadcasting
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April showers bring May flowers for Mrs. Bertsch's students! |
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The fifth grade science students in Mrs. VanZee's class experimented with making bioplastic as an alternative to plastic made from fossil fuels. |
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Mrs. VanZee's fifth grade math students made a model of the Willis Tower in Chicago made of nine modules. They then calculated the total volume of the building. |
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Students in Mrs. VanZee's fifth grade class constructed rockets using film canisters to launch! |
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Life cycle of a butterfly done in art by Mrs. Baumberger’s class! |
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CPAC is hosting a concert featuring music composed and performed by our own Mr. Otteson! |
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FFA week will be May 8-12.
Monday, May 8 - Dress up: Blue FFA jacket, farmer, or Mr. Ketelhut Tuesday, May 9 - Drive your tractor to school/ farm safety in north parking lot Wednesday, May 10 - Farmer olympics for elementary Thursday, May 11 - FFA community breakfast Friday, May 12 - Petting zoo by track concessions More information and times will be coming soon! |
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Miller FCCLA attended state conference this past week. Miss Knox took six different groups that gave presentations. Level 1 Food Innovations came back with a top Gold Superior! The students had a blast competing, attending workshops, and listening to some great guest speakers, among which was Governor Kristi Noem and Representative Dusty Johnson! |
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The Miller Elementary Student Council invites students in Grades KS-6 to submit entries in the Lego Expo on May 1.
The divisions will be grades KS-K, 1-2, 3-4, and 5-6. The categories to enter are: * Creative Rustlers (make whatever you want), * Medieval or Futuristic, * Animated (needs to have at least one part that moves), * Transportation, and * Cities. Students that want to enter should bring their creations to the school on Monday, May 1st. Student Council Member Lincoln Beranek built a Lego trophy to promote the event. Thank you! |
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The Miller students had a great day at the Redfield Spelling Bee!
We are so proud of them! They represented our school very well! First Grade: Malachi Jones-second place & Ella Saienga-third place Second Grade: Colten Kolda-third place & Henry Haier -second place Third Grade: Lincoln Beranek & Tiffanie Myre Fourth Grade: Jake Werdel-fourth place & Lucas Runge Fifth Grade: Grace Saienga & Quinnley Miner Sixth Grade: Sage Yost-third place & Blaten Werdel-first place Seventh Grade: Landon Tanner- first place & Cody Fanning-fourth place Eighth Grade: Autumn Flor-third place & Allyanna Skinner-first place |
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On Wednesday, April 19th, music composer, publisher and marching arts designer Randall Standridge of Jonesborough, Arkansas met with members of the 6th grade and junior high bands via Zoom.
The purpose of this meeting was to give the band members an opportunity to meet the composer of some of the selections they have been rehearsing this year and to give them insight into the stories that inspired those selections. |
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Mr. Engle's geography class and Mrs. Engle's kindergarten class got together to make books about a state in our country that the kindergartners chose. The goal was to learn more about our country! |
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The Hand County Conservation District gave a presentation about Arbor Day to the third graders.
The students learned many fun facts about trees, while receiving rulers as prizes for correct answers. One very lucky student even won a free roll of toilet paper for his correct answer! Best of all, each student was given their very own tree to plant at home! The students were also informed about a contest they may enter to win some Miller Bucks. Thank you, Hand County Conservation District! |
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Congratulations to the girls golf team! Big Dakota Conference champions on a blustery day in Winner!
Individual Placings: Jayce 1st - shooting 81 Kaihlyn 2nd - shooting 94 Sydney 4th (after a tie breaker) - shooting 97 Journey 3rd in JV division - shooting 59 |
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