New Underwood School District 51-3

March 12th, 2024 Menu for the Week Tuesday 12th- Breakfast: Muffin, yogurt, fruit, juice Lunch: Tacos, cooked carrots, fruit Wednesday 13th- Breakfast: Pancakes, sausage, fruit, juice Lunch: Chicken patty, mashed potatoes and gravy, fruit Thursday 14th – Breakfast: Biscuits and gravy, fruit, juice Lunch: New Menu item: Choice of chicken or beef ramen noodles, stir fry veggies, fruit Activities for the Week Monday 11th – HS Track Practice Starts Sanford Labs 4th& 5th Grade Tuesday 12th – 7th Grade Girls women Science field trip Title One Family night 6pm 1. The Scholastic Book Fair is scheduled for March 18-21 in the Library before and after school. Cash and checks are accepted! 2. NU Rodeo Team’s annual steak feed is March 23rd. Touch base with a member to purchase a ticket! 3. Congratulations to Jocelyn Fulton for making the 3rd team WGP All-Conference and Cash Albers for making 2nd team WGP All Conference. 4. March 19th at 9:30 in the tiger den, 4th Avenue Floral will be here to set up ordering options for boutonnieres and corsages. 5. Cookie Dough orders are due Friday, March 15th. Please bring your forms and money for the Booster Club to collect in the office. Prizes for TOP sellers and TOP class sales! Thank you for your support! 6. There will be a concession stand close-out on Wednesday after school. Pop, limited candy and bags of Doritos $1

March 11th, 2024 Menu for the Week Monday 11th- Breakfast: Breakfast Bar, string cheese, fruit, juice Lunch: Spaghetti, cooked carrots, fruit juice Tuesday 12th- Breakfast: Muffin, yogurt, fruit, juice Lunch: Tacos, cooked carrots, fruit Wednesday 13th- Breakfast: Pancakes, sausage, fruit, juice Lunch: Chicken patty, mashed potatoes and gravy, fruit Thursday 14th – Breakfast: Biscuits and gravy, fruit, juice Lunch: New Menu item: Choice of chicken or beef ramen noodles, stir fry veggies, fruit Activities for the Week Monday 11th – HS Track Practice Starts Sanford Labs 4th& 5th Grade Tuesday 12th – 7th Grade Girls women Science field trip Title One Family night 6pm 1. March 11th JH & HS Rodeo meeting at the Rodeo grounds at 6pm. 2. NU Rodeo Team’s annual steak feed is March 23rd. Touch base with a member to purchase a ticket! 3. Congratulations to Jocelyn Fulton for making the 3rd team WGP All-Conference and Cash Albers for making 2nd team WGP All Conference. 4. March 19th at 9:30 in the tiger den, 4th Avenue Floral will be here to set up ordering options for boutonnieres and corsages. 5. 7th grade girls please get your Women in Science conference permission slips handed in to Mrs. Rudebusch. 6. There will be a concession stand close-out on Wednesday after school. Pop, limited candy and bags of Doritos $1

To wrap up their unit on the Cold War, the U.S. history class went to the Minuteman Missile Historical Site on March 6th. They saw many artifacts, were able to walk around Delta-01, received a virtual tour of the Delta-01 Launch Control Center from Ranger Jim who was a squadrons operation officer until 1984, and saw the training missile at Delta-09.

March Madness Book Battle Day 3 is in the books! The battle was between Off-Limits authored by Helen Yoon read by Shaelyn & Annie (5th grade) and The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! authored by Mo Willems read by Celton & Jacob (4th grade). The Book Battle winner was Off-Limits by Helen Yoon!

March 7th, 2024 Menu for the Week Monday 4th Breakfast: Cereal, string cheese, fruit, juice Lunch: Hamburgers, French Fries, fruit Tuesday 5th Breakfast: Banana, lemon, or blueberry bread, yogurt, fruit, juice Lunch: Chicken Fajitas, black beans, cooked carrots, fruit Wednesday 6th Breakfast: Omelets, toast, fruit, juice Lunch: Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes and gravy, fruit Thursday 7th Breakfast: French toast, sausage, fruit, juice Lunch: Grilled Cheese, tomato or chicken noodle soup, fresh veggies, fruit Activities for the Week Monday 4th- Seniors are in Pierre MS & HS Track Meeting 4pm MS Parents Track Meeting 6pm Wednesday 6th – Juniors to Minuteman Missile LIFESIGHT Vision Screening for Elementary Thursday 7th – End of 3rd Quarter 1. March 11th JH & HS Rodeo meeting at the Rodeo grounds at 6pm. 2. NU Rodeo Team’s annual steak feed is March 23rd. Touch base with a member to purchase a ticket! 3. Congratulations to Jocelyn Fulton for making the 3rd team WGP All-Conference and Cash Albers for making 2nd team WGP All Conference. 4. March 19th at 9:30 in the tiger den, 4th Avenue Floral will be here to set up ordering options for boutonnieres and corsages.

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Day 2 of the Book Battle was exciting! The competition was between Arthur's Nose by Marc Brown read by Cooper and Cassius (4th grade) and Where Are All The Calves? by Scott Haynes read by Sylver and Taten. The book with the most votes was Where Are All The Calves? by Scott Haynes. Great work by all who read!!

March 6th, 2024 Menu for the Week Monday 4th Breakfast: Cereal, string cheese, fruit, juice Lunch: Hamburgers, French Fries, fruit Tuesday 5th Breakfast: Banana, lemon, or blueberry bread, yogurt, fruit, juice Lunch: Chicken Fajitas, black beans, cooked carrots, fruit Wednesday 6th Breakfast: Omelets, toast, fruit, juice Lunch: Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes and gravy, fruit Thursday 7th Breakfast: French toast, sausage, fruit, juice Lunch: Grilled Cheese, tomato or chicken noodle soup, fresh veggies, fruit Activities for the Week Monday 4th- Seniors are in Pierre MS & HS Track Meeting 4pm MS Parents Track Meeting 6pm Wednesday 6th – Juniors to Minuteman Missile LIFESIGHT Vision Screening for Elementary Thursday 7th – End of 3rd Quarter 1. March 11th JH & HS Rodeo meeting at the Rodeo grounds at 6pm. 2. NU Rodeo Team’s annual steak feed is March 23rd. Touch base with a member to purchase a ticket! 3. Congratulations to Jocelyn Fulton for making the 3rd team WGP All-Conference and Cash Albers for making 2nd team WGP All Conference. 4. There will be a BBB meeting tonight after school in Ms. Fehr's room for anyone in 8th-11th grade that is interested in playing boys' basketball next year. Seniors, please meet in the coach's office at 3:30.

New Underwood School Picture Day 3/27/2024. Order online with code: EVT3N7RH9

NU Elementary Book Battle began March 4th. The battle was between the books I Say Ooh You Say Aah written by John Kane, read by Ryder Martinmaas and Theo Ludeman (4th grade) and Interrupting Chicken written by David Ezra Stein, read by Marcella Eddy and Nevaeh Kerchenko (5th grade). The book with most votes was I Say Ooh You Say Aah authored by John Kane!

Elementary celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday! Cat in the Hat and Thing 1 & Thing 2 made an appearance to read to each class. The students always enjoy celebrating the gift of reading!

K-5 parents/guardians: You are invited to attend a night of fun with your student!

New Underwood seniors visited the capitol today where they were introduced on the House floor by Representative Liz May and on the Senate floor by Senator Erin Tobin. The seniors had a great time, and met many influential leaders of South Dakota!

New Underwood School District has several positions open for the 2024-2025 school year: MS/HS English Teacher; HS Volleyball Coach; HS Assistant Volleball Coach; Concession Stand Manager; Please go to: https://www.newunderwood.k12.sd.us/page/employment for more information and to apply.

March 4th, 2024 Menu for the Week Monday 4th Breakfast: Cereal, string cheese, fruit, juice Lunch: Hamburgers, French Fries, fruit Tuesday 5th Breakfast: Banana, lemon, or blueberry bread, yogurt, fruit, juice Lunch: Chicken Fajitas, black beans, cooked carrots, fruit Wednesday 6th Breakfast: Omelets, toast, fruit, juice Lunch: Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes and gravy, fruit Thursday 7th Breakfast: French toast, sausage, fruit, juice Lunch: Grilled Cheese, tomato or chicken noodle soup, fresh veggies, fruit Activities for the Week Monday 4th- Seniors are in Pierre MS & HS Track Meeting 4pm MS Parents Track Meeting 6pm Wednesday 6th – Juniors to Minuteman Missile LIFESIGHT Vision Screening for Elementary Thursday 7th – End of 3rd Quarter 1. March 11th JH & HS Rodeo meeting at the Rodeo grounds at 6pm. 2. NU Rodeo Team’s annual steak feed is March 23rd. Touch base with a member to purchase a ticket! 3. MS & HS Track meeting in the band room March 4th at 4:00pm. 4. MS Parents track meeting in the band room March 4th at 6:00pm.

New Underwood School District has immediate coaching positions open for HS Assistant Track and MS Track. If interested, please reach out to brandi.ballard@k12.sd.us.

February 28th, 2024 Menu for the Week Monday 26th Breakfast: Breakfast Bar, string cheese, fruit, juice Lunch: Steam burgers, fresh veggies, fruit Tuesday 27th Breakfast: Muffin, yogurt, fruit, juice Lunch: Sandwich wrap, baked beans, fruit Wednesday 28th Breakfast: Pancakes, sausage, fruit, juice Lunch: Hot dog, green beans, fruit Thursday 29th Breakfast: Bagels, yogurt, fruit, juice Lunch: French toast, hashbrown, fruit or juice Activities for the Week Monday 26th FUN DAY – Permission Slips Due Tuesday 27th BBB Regions at Philip with Philip at 6:00. Bus time is 3:45 and students are dismissed at 3:30. Wednesday 28th 6th-12th Fruit Sales Fun Day Thursday 29th Student Council is selling Ring Pops. Saturday 2nd- MSBBB at Lead 9:00am Bus Time 8:00am 1. RODEO TEAM MEMBERS: CALENDAR SALES END MARCH 1ST. ALL CALENDAR MONEY AND UNSOLD CALENDARS NEED TO BE TURNED INTO MRS. RODENBAUGH PRIOR TO MARCH 1ST SO THEY CAN BE SENT IN BEFORE THE DEADLINE! 2. NU Rodeo Team’s annual steak feed is March 23rd. Touch base with a member to purchase a ticket! 3. MS & HS Track meeting in the band room March 4th at 4:00pm. 4. MS Parents track meeting in the band room March 4th at 6:00pm. 5. Student Council is selling Ring Pops as a fundraiser for the American Heart Association this Thursday, 2/29/24. The cost is $1.00 per ring pop.

Catch tonight's BBB Region game here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rx4HjsUpWso

Senior Photos Needed! Parent/Guardians of seniors, please send digital copies of your student's senior picture plus two baby/toddler pictures to jaclyn.niederwerder@k12.sd.us by March 14th. These pictures are needed for both graduation and the yearbook. Thank you!