By Mandy Scherer
According to Executive Order 20-05 issued on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is under total lockdown due to positive COVID-19 cases on the reservation.
The lockdown expires May 13, at 12 p.m. MT.
On May 11, it came to the attention of the Oglala Sioux Tribal President, that there are now two positive COVID-19 cases on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The…
By Deb Hendrickson
Merriam-Webster defines the word “teacher” as one that teaches, especially one whose occupation is to instruct. Although not all of us are teachers by profession, in every sense of the word we all have taught or instructed someone at some point in our lifetimes. Nonetheless, we all owe a huge debt of gratitude to the countless many who educate our children. Not to mention those…
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To celebrate the original scheduled graduation date of May 16th, a Spirit Week has been developed that is asking all community members to participate in. There will be a dress-up contest during the spirit week. Participants are encouraged to take a photo and submit it to carrie.larson@k12.sd.us by 3:00 each day, Monday through Friday. A winner will be posted on the Bennett County School Website,…
By Marj Frew
March is Music in Our Schools Month (MIOSM,) and although school is not in session at this time, the importance of music in our lives remains the same. The Bennett County system has two talented music teachers who spend their days living the motto of MIOSM, “Music Changes Lives.”
Kolette Struble teaches preschool through fifth grade general music classes, and Jill Bolzer teaches fifth…
Bennett County High School senior Gage Jager will be featured as part of KEVN Black Hills FOX’s Rising Star of the West scholarship contest Friday, March 27, on The SIX and on Black Hills FOX News at 9:00 p.m. Jager qualified for the contest by submitting a short video of himself to KEVN Black Hills FOX.
Jager is one of the semi-finalists who will be seen through April 12. His one…
Read more: Gage Jager to be featured in Rising Star of the West Contest
