Satanta Football Homecoming Festivities 2023
This year’s Homecoming Week at Satanta, which truly involved every student PK-12, was truly a memorable one. Participation in Spirit Week, based on the “We’ve Got the Beat” theme, was up from past years with the senior guys’ rendition of Motley Crue providing a highlight. The pictures from the grade school were especially adorable.
On Friday, the Satanta High School student council, led by Mr. Tim Dusin, organized a full day of activities for all students in grades 6-12, which started with two hours of school service projects. These projects included cleaning and organizing the main bus barn, weed eating and trimming grass at the football stadium, repairing siding on the press box, and organizing storage areas at the high school.
The most impressive effort of this service time, however, involved an expansion of project Remove-the-Wall-Carpet, which was begun last year when Mr. Dusin’s Enrichment group was awarded a Western Kansas Community Foundation grant for school beautification. This project is nearly complete with students on Friday adding quarter-round trim to frame out the newly installed, taped and mudded, painted sheetrock pieces. Vinyl school spirit wall art, created by Mrs. Carlie Rooney’s Indian Ink class has also been added and updated.
This ongoing project initially sought only to remove the 70’s-era wall carpet from the area above the student lockers in the main hallway. For Homecoming, the effort was expanded to include the removal of the carpet from the concession stand area and the addition of new sheetrock to cover the decades-old carpet adhesive that was left behind. This project has not been entirely completed (excuse our dust), but the transformation is well underway! These workdays (really work mornings) have become a Homecoming tradition with students working on school projects until lunch and then transitioning to float building for the parade in the afternoon.
The parade began on Friday at 2:30 p.m. with floats leaving the high school and making their way down Main Street before taking a slight detour to pass the Satanta LTCU before arriving at the grade school for an all-school pep rally that included the participation of both the junior high and high school cheerleaders and all-school photo taken by Mrs. Courtney Dunn from atop the elementary school gym.
Friday evening, Mrs. Crystal Naylor’s KAY unit sponsored a dodgeball tournament, and the Satanta Booster Club hosted a fall athlete booster meal. The bonfire was set aflame at 8:30 p.m., and the evening ended with an outdoor movie night hosted by Satanta FFA.
Before Saturday’s football game (moved because of a shortage of officials), Satanta FCCLA, now led by Ms. Erika Alexander, hosted a sloppy joe fundraising meal, which began before the Coronation Ceremony at which Edwin Arana and Yanisa Gonzalez were crowned 2023 Football Homecoming King and Queen. It was a FULL week of fun and school spirit that reminded us all that we have much to celebrate at small school, which definitely has a big heart.
October lunch menu
SGS set a goal of 95% attendance for the first 9-weeks. We post our daily and weekly attendance rates. Our 1st graders stopped by to examine our weekly data on their way to PE and music today. We are doing great so far!
SGS had a special visitor this morning! Miss Southern Plains, Abby Zabel, stopped by to read to our students!
Mark your calendars for Fall Literacy Night on October 9 at 5:30 p.m. in the SGS gym. All families are welcome! Please RSVP using this form so that we know how many to plan for. Paper forms will also be sent home with kids. https://forms.gle/AxmsASDcEQpp58XL8
Grade school picture day is September 28. Order forms are being sent home with students.
Satanta FCCLA will serve a sloppy joe meal on Saturday, September 23 at 6:30 p.m. in the Satanta High School concessions area. Come out and support FCCLA and enjoy a full meal for just $6!
Country western day at SGS!
Country western day at SGS!
We love having Learn and Play in the grade school! This free program is available for children birth through age 5. Let us know if you would like more details!
Mark your calendars for Fall Literacy Night on October 9 at 5:30 p.m. in the SGS gym. All families are welcome! Please RSVP using this form so that we know how many to plan for. Paper forms will also be sent home with kids. https://forms.gle/AxmsASDcEQpp58XL8
Our first PTO meeting will be Monday, September 25 at 4 p.m. at Sacred Grounds. Enjoy your favorite drink and find out how families and teachers can work together to help SGS students!
PTO will be starting up soon--watch for details about our first meeting. If you'd like to be added to the PTO message group, please email or talk to Penny Unruh (punruh@usd507.org).
PTO is for all adults involved in our students' lives--parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, family friends. PTO provides school supplies and T-shirts for our students, snacks for field trips and state assessments, and more! We'd love to have as many people involved as possible!
USD 507 is running mud routes today (Thursday) and Friday morning.
Satanta Grade School Picture Day will be September 28.
Show your Satanta pride by wearing spirit gear on Fridays!
Next week is Spirit Week for Fall Homecoming. Here are the Spirit Days for Satanta Grade School.
Wednesday, September 13 is a half day for USD 507. Students will be dismissed at noon. Lunch will be served before dismissal.
Mark your calendars for Fall Literacy Night on October 9 at 5:30 p.m. in the SGS gym. All families are welcome! Please RSVP using this form so that we know how many to plan for. Paper forms will also be sent home with kids. https://forms.gle/AxmsASDcEQpp58XL8
USD 507 will run mud routes Tuesday, September 12.