Lemmon School District #52-4

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The Ag Processing class made birthday cakes. The class is learning to use different ingredients to accommodate food allergies.

The elementary hallways are looking very festive this month!

Events this Week Posted
Upcoming reminders/new additions
• JHGB (Junior High Girls Basketball) starts practice tomorrow.
• JH Wrestling begins next Monday, October 27th.
• HSVB Parents Night is also next Monday, October 27th.
• HS Football Playoffs: The Cowboys travel to Wall on Thursday, October 23rd, for a 6:00 PM kickoff. Reminder: Entry fee follows SDHSAA rates.

Last Week’s Recap
Monday
HSVB hosted XC Parents Night while facing a tough New England squad. The Cowgirls battled hard and pulled out the win.

JV Football traveled to Timber Lake, beating Gettysburg 30–12 before falling to Timber Lake 12–0, finishing 1–1 on the night.

Wednesday
Cross Country competed in Regions, where both our Boys and Girls Varsity teams qualified for the State Meet. Congratulations, runners!

Thursday
HSVB defeated Mott/Regent, continuing their strong season performance.

Friday
HS Football (HSFB): The Cowboys beat Faith 50–0.

Saturday
C-Team HSVB competed in Buffalo, going 1–1 in their triangular—defeating Newell and falling to Harding County.

Varsity Cowgirls performed excellently at the Douglas Tournament, earning a 2nd place finish overall.
Results
Pool Play
Lemmon 25 - Belle 12
Lemmon 25 - Belle 18

Lemmon 25 - Faith 21
Lemmon 25 - Faith 18

1st Round
Lemmon 18 - Belle 25
Lemmon 25 - Belle 14
Lemmon 25 - Belle 23

Semis
Lemmon 19 - Jones County 25
Lemmon 25 - Jones County 22
Lemmon 25 - Jones County 23

Finals
Lemmon 19 - Bennett County 25
Lemmon 21 - Bennett County 25

Congratulations to the FFA on a fantastic day at RLR in Belle Fourche today. The Marketing team of Tymber, Kyle & Sutton placed 1st. The CCM team of Shelby, Brea, Hadley, Logan, Burke, Trigg & Nate placed 3rd. Darla placed 3rd in Broadcasting. Lainee placed 6th in Extemporaneous Speaking. Way to go FFA!

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We are hiring! Are you or someone you know interested in working at the school? We are hiring an elementary special education paraprofessional.

Please fill out an application from www.lemmon.k12.sd.us/page/employment

Questions? Contact Superintendent Shawnda Carmichael at shawnda.carmichael@k12.sd.us or Special Education Director Shauni Uthe at shauni.uthe@k12.sd.us Or give us a call at the school.

We look forward to receiving your application!

The third graders are starting to work on multiplication. Check out this MONSTER-plication project!

The Animal Science has been learning some practical skills. They learned about a diabetic dog and how to clip rabbit's nails.

Updates this week. Friday- HSFB @ Faith has a 6:00pm start. Saturday- Brackets were released today for HSVB in Douglas. Lemmon will represent the #2 seed in pool play and have games at 9:00 am and 11:00am.

Destination Huron! Congratulations to our XC team today. The Cowgirls were crowned Team Champions and the Cowboys finished 3rd as a team in the Region 5B meet. Both varsity teams qualified for the State Meet next week! It was a beautiful, rainy, cold, and wet morning here in Philip, perfect cross country weather! A ton of our athletes achieved personal records (PRs) today, proving once again that team success leads to individual success. Congratulations, athletes and coaches! Next stop: State XC- Huron, October 25th! Full/Individual results can be found with the link to athletic net https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/260674/info

The Lemmon Leads presentation at the October School Board meeting included members of the LHS EMT Cadet Program and Courtney Bartell, a mentor for ASERT (Autism Spectrum Educational Resources Training).

Our K-5 students have had an AMAZING first quarter of the 2025-2026 school year! In celebration, they are allowed to wear pajamas to school on Thursday, October 16th. We will also have an extra recess that day. Way to go, kids!

Recess involved some ol' fashioned pumpkin bags last week for some of our lower elementary students!

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The Intro to Ag class has been learning about soybeans. They just completed a lab where they made candles out of soybeans.

Events this Week- Pictured

Reminder of Upcoming Events
-JH Girls Basketball Starts Oct. 20th
-JH Wrestling Starts Oct. 27th
-October 27th is Parents' Night for HSVB

Recap of Last Week
Monday:
-JH/JV Football played a jamboree-style matchup against Harding County JV.
-JH Volleyball hosted a triangular with Bison and McLaughlin, defeating both teams.

Tuesday:
-HS Volleyball swept Timber Lake in all three groups.
-JH Volleyball traveled to Faith, earning wins in both series to close out their season.
Well done, coaches and athletes—thank you!

Thursday:
-Our Cross Country team traveled to Eagle Butte and delivered another dominant performance. Link to Full Results https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/260298/results/all
-HS Volleyball continued its strong play with a win over New Underwood, improving to 17-4 overall.
-JH Football wrapped up their season with a hard-fought, last-play loss to Hettinger County.
Great job, coaches and athletes, on a successful season!

Friday:
-Football Parents Night took place as the Cowboys fell to Dupree, 42–20.