🎶🥁🎺🎷Band Fundraisers! 🎷🎺🥁🎶
BRMS Bands will be running their first ever fundraising event from March 3 - March 28 as part of Music in our Schools Month! They hope to raise funds for instruments, music, transportation, registration fees, performance attire and instrument accessories. Reach out to a band student to purchase a $2 chocolate bar or checkout the online order form to purchase a tumbler! Thank you for your support! 🙂
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Congratulations! These students were selected Student of the Month for February! Thank you for demonstrating the Bison Way! We are proud of you! ❤️💛
Students in Mrs. Burggraaf's room got to create items with the 3D printers provided by a grant from the Sioux Falls Education Foundation. One of the first items was a dinosaur! We can't wait to see what else students create.
One day only. We only have 30 books remaining!
We are still celebrating last night's wonderful Teacher of the Year event! So many amazing educators to celebrate! Congratulations again to 2025 Teacher of the Year, Bruce Rekstad, who left with a $4,000 check, courtesy of our friends at Vern Eide. Also, a huge congratulations to the other four finalists, Jennifer Aerts, Bryan Aukerman, Scott Amundson, and Jessica Foley. New this year, thanks to the generosity of the Sioux Falls Public Schools Education Foundation, these four finalists walked away with $1,000 each. So many wonderful memories were shared last night! We are so grateful to everyone who attended, from nominees and their friends and families to past ToY winners, past educators, school board members, SDEA friends, and SFSD administrators, it truly was an unforgettable night! Were you at the event? Feel free to get your photos here! https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC3KKk You can watch the full video of the event here! https://youtu.be/D-60TEv2ijA
Tonight is the night! The 2025 Teacher of the Year will be announced at an event starting at 7:00 PM. Watch live with us here! ---> https://youtube.com/live/MnFs9wL28Oo?feature=share
Congratulations to our Bison Way Spotlight recipients. These students received a positive phone call home, bonus PBIS points and a bracelet. Thank you for representing Ben Reifel so well!! ❤️
A message from our PTO: We hope to see everyone there!
Students from Unity show choir won the middle school division of Best of Show on Friday evening at Washington High School. We are so proud of you!! ❤️
Seventh grade students began working on solving one step equations using inverse operations. Students played connect 4 to practice!
This week, BRMS Wind Ensemble performed at a Large Group Band Contest hosted by Jefferson High School. Students performed 3 pieces and received feedback from nationally recognized band clinicians. The Wind Ensemble will use this positive feedback to further develop the skills necessary to play at a high level. We are so proud of how well they performed and their positive representation of BRMS.
The 7th grade O.S.O. students had the opportunity to get hands on with a tatanka (bison). Students learned about the cultural significance of the tatanka, specific, to the Lakota nations. Learning that basic needs were met with use of every part of the tatanka; nothing wasted, and how fun and decorative they could be as well.
A recent Facebook post regarding Washington High School falsely claimed a routine request for a birth certificate was related to immigration status.
State Law (SDCL 13-27-3.1-3.3) requires all public school students to have a birth certificate on file within 30 days of enrollment. When required records are missing from student files, school staff regularly attempt to contact families before sending the required information to the State’s Attorney.
These requests are made solely to ensure compliance with State Law and to maintain complete student records. They are in no way related to immigration enforcement. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our students and their families.
Please reach out to your child’s school or the district office with any questions rather than relying on social media for accurate information. We appreciate your cooperation in keeping student records up to date.
Pops Concert tonight at Ben Reifel! Bows of the Bison, Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band all performed. What a great night of music!!❤️💛
Congratulations to the following students and their NHD projects for moving forward to the regional contest next at the Courthouse Museum:
Aria Julius- Two Minds, One Destiny: Lennon, Petitioner, v. INS website
Bella Jensen- When Women Could Work in the Workforce- exhibit
Sophia Witte and Payton Grieme- Alexander Hamilton and the Fight for Freedom
Dylan Drake and Sofiia Melnyk- Mary Edwards Walker, Worth of the Medal?
Mackenzie Asmus-Betty Freidan: Second Wave of Feminism
Josie Arbach and Destiny Jones--American Indian Movement
Haddie Anderson and Ella McKean-The March From Selma to Montgomery
Nick Petka and Ed Petka--The Manhattan Project
Brynn Evenson and Rylie Rothenburger--National Womens Party and the 19th Amendment
Levi Prouty: Stonewall Riots- website
Cale Farmer and Brayden Danley- The Manhattan Project- documentary
Ava Nesdahl, Lauryn Kennett, and Liera Goebel- Title IX exhibit
Sinisia Kantar- Orphan Train- documentary
Shai Vandre- Executive Order 9066-exhibit
The 2nd Annual Chili Cook-Off was a huge success. Thank you for coming and tasting all the different chilis. We can’t wait to do it again next year!!❤️💛
The BRMS band students played pep band tunes & the choir students sang the National Anthem at a skyforce game on Tuesday night. The students had a blast and sounded great!
Today Accelerated 8th grade Social Studies students participated in the BRMS NHD contest. The theme this year was Rights and Responsibilities and each project that was presented had a topic associated with that theme. Numerous judges volunteered to evaluate and provide feedback while students presented what they learned from their research. 15 students will be moving onto the regional contest next month. They will be announced tomorrow - stay tuned!
We want to thank everyone who came out to see Willy Wonka. We had a fabulous turn out! Thank you to all of the students and staff for all of their hard work.
Haven't had a chance to see Ben Reifel’s Willy Wonka Jr.? Come out this afternoon at 2pm. You don’t want to miss it!!
