The Lady Elks are all in on growing their softball program 💙🥎
The team is excited to offer Little Sluggers — a FREE opportunity for young girls to come learn, play, and fall in love with the game. All girls are welcome grades 3rd-6th. If interested, please reach out to HS Coach Adrianna Martinez for more details (adrianna.martinez@k12.sd.us).
Tuesday was extra special as the HS team got to spend time with Vada VanDyke! She practiced with the team and will be joining us as a bat girl when the Lady Elks take on the Flandreau Fliers on 4/13.
🕟 First pitch: 4:30 PM
📍 Come out and support — we’d love to see you there!
BBQ Feed will be available
The team is excited to offer Little Sluggers — a FREE opportunity for young girls to come learn, play, and fall in love with the game. All girls are welcome grades 3rd-6th. If interested, please reach out to HS Coach Adrianna Martinez for more details (adrianna.martinez@k12.sd.us).
Tuesday was extra special as the HS team got to spend time with Vada VanDyke! She practiced with the team and will be joining us as a bat girl when the Lady Elks take on the Flandreau Fliers on 4/13.
🕟 First pitch: 4:30 PM
📍 Come out and support — we’d love to see you there!
BBQ Feed will be available
Congrats to Brooklyn Boersma for winning a scholarship at the Ag Bowl!
Our newest Pride of the Herd winner is 6th grade teacher, Ms. Hoeke! The Pride of the Herd award is all about celebrating each other! It’s a peer-to-peer recognition that shines a spotlight on elementary staff members whose actions make our school stronger, kinder, and better for everyone. Congratulations, Ms. Hoeke!
Today's softball contest at Howard has been cancelled. Some other updates/changes are listed on the graphic and can be found on the activity calendar on the school website.
Breakfast tomorrow (Friday, April 10th) will be breakfast burritos.
Elkton-Lake Benton heads to Howard today to take on the Tigers in softball! Varsity first pitch is scheduled for 4:00 with a JV game set to follow. Good luck Lady Elks!
The JH Track and Field meet scheduled for tomorrow, April 9th in Flandreau has been cancelled.
Location change for tomorrow's HS baseball games against Sioux Valley.
Today's track meet at Flandreau has been CANCELLED.
This week at EHS!
Elks Track kicks off their season tomorrow at the SDSU Indoor Meet in Brookings! Check out the rest of the HS and JH action scheduled for this spring!
HS Baseball games at Garretson have been moved to Sunday, April 12th.
We have our first Dairy Cow appearance on Tails from School! Meet Mrs. Prosch's Daisy, also referred to as "Queen of the Herd."
Congratulations to Elkton-Lake Benton Girls Basketball Coach Mallory Babb, who was named an Assistant Coach for the South Dakota Coaches Association/Sanford All-Star Games in Sioux Falls April 12th! Check out the story below. Way to go, Coach!
https://605sports.com/SDBCASanford-All-Star-basketball-games-set-for-April-12-#
https://605sports.com/SDBCASanford-All-Star-basketball-games-set-for-April-12-#
The E-LB Baseball store closes at midnight Friday. Be sure to order your gear before then!
https://elktonbluesoxbaseball2026.itemorder.com/shop/home/
https://elktonbluesoxbaseball2026.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Beginning in March, we launched the ELK PRIDE Award process for grades K–12, expanding on the recognition program we have used at the elementary level. A committee of parents and staff worked together to brainstorm ideas to acknowledge both the academic and social-emotional growth of our students, and expanding ELK PRIDE recognition across all grade levels was an outcome of that work.
Staff members are intentionally recognizing students who live out our core values each day. We talk about these expectations regularly, and this program provides a positive way to reinforce them.
ELK PRIDE stands for:
P – Personal Responsibility
R – Respect
I – Integrity
D – Dedication
E – Empathy
Our goal is to highlight positive behaviors and accomplishments, encourage consistent positive choices, celebrate growth and achievement, and continue building a strong sense of community across our school.
We celebrated our first group of K–12 recipients today. To these students—thank you for being great examples to those around you. To the staff who recognized them—thank you for being intentional about noticing and reinforcing ELK PRIDE, because what we recognize is what we grow. And to our parents and community—thank you for supporting our school and reinforcing these values beyond our walls.
K-6 students:
Lauren Skordahl
Alicia Morataya Rodriguez
Rhett Beck
Sawyer Yackley
James Wood
Lucas Rochel
Ashley Salazar Lopez
Jose Rodriguez Garcia
Hadelynn Stansbury
7-12 students:
Aiden Myers
Lisa Wood
Jeremiah Clark
Harper Houselog
Jenna Nibbe
Samuel Schuurman
Lane Yockey
Khloe Neill
Olivia Wiskur
Kadence Olberding
Rob Worth
Everett Stein
Staff members are intentionally recognizing students who live out our core values each day. We talk about these expectations regularly, and this program provides a positive way to reinforce them.
ELK PRIDE stands for:
P – Personal Responsibility
R – Respect
I – Integrity
D – Dedication
E – Empathy
Our goal is to highlight positive behaviors and accomplishments, encourage consistent positive choices, celebrate growth and achievement, and continue building a strong sense of community across our school.
We celebrated our first group of K–12 recipients today. To these students—thank you for being great examples to those around you. To the staff who recognized them—thank you for being intentional about noticing and reinforcing ELK PRIDE, because what we recognize is what we grow. And to our parents and community—thank you for supporting our school and reinforcing these values beyond our walls.
K-6 students:
Lauren Skordahl
Alicia Morataya Rodriguez
Rhett Beck
Sawyer Yackley
James Wood
Lucas Rochel
Ashley Salazar Lopez
Jose Rodriguez Garcia
Hadelynn Stansbury
7-12 students:
Aiden Myers
Lisa Wood
Jeremiah Clark
Harper Houselog
Jenna Nibbe
Samuel Schuurman
Lane Yockey
Khloe Neill
Olivia Wiskur
Kadence Olberding
Rob Worth
Everett Stein
Elkton Public Schools Kindergarten Screening (for students who will be entering Kindergarten Fall 2026 and have not been in the Elkton Preschool/Jr. Kindergarten program) will be held on April 15th. The screening will take 20 minutes. During this time, we will do an informal assessment with the student and parents will have an opportunity to meet with the Kindergarten teacher and register their child for Kindergarten.
Please call the school (605-542-2541) to make an appointment for your child's screening.
Students who are currently enrolled in the Elkton Preschool/Jr. Kindergarten class do not need to be screened.
Parents who live outside of the Elkton School District may apply for open-enrollment for their child when at the screening.
Please call the school (605-542-2541) to make an appointment for your child's screening.
Students who are currently enrolled in the Elkton Preschool/Jr. Kindergarten class do not need to be screened.
Parents who live outside of the Elkton School District may apply for open-enrollment for their child when at the screening.
Tonight's baseball games at Garretson are postponed to a later date.
Is your daughter in grades 3rd-6th interested in softball? See more information about the opportunity to be a "Little Slugger" with our Elks Softball team!
If you've already hung your spring softball schedule up on the fridge, we're sorry, but here's a new updated one.
