🇺🇸 Join Us as We Honor Our Veterans! 🇺🇸 Burke School District invites our community to join us for our Veterans Day Program as we come together to recognize and thank the brave men and women who have served our country. 📅 Wednesday, November 11th ⏰ 2:30 PM 📍 Burke High School Gym All veterans, families, and community members are welcome! 🇺🇸

Our kids are tired, have sore throats and not impressed I made them take a picture this morning, however they are ready to put on a heck of a concert tonight. You can watch Ella, Kenzie, Mason and Eddie tonight at https://www.sdpb.org/hsactivities/finearts/chorusorchestra or on YouTube on the SDPBS channel. Concert starts at 8pm central time.

🎃👻 Our MS students had a SPOOK-tacular time tonight! From games and activities to lots of laughs and Halloween fun, it was a great way to wrap up the week! Thanks to everyone who helped make the night a success! 🧡🖤 Happy Halloween, Cougars! Stay safe and enjoy your weekend! 🎃

🎃👻 MS/HS Students!!! Don't forget, Halloween Night is TONIGHT! We've got games, activities, and lots of fun planned! 🎃 Bring some money for concessions! 📍 High School Gym ⏰ 5:00–7:00 PM Grab your friends and come hang out! 🕸️🐾

💙🐾 A HUGE thank you to Burke Community Hospital for hosting this week's Cougar Friday! 🐾💙

The JUNIORS take it all! 🏐🏆 What a fun night of Cougar volleyball! The juniors defeated the sophomores in two sets, while the seniors won against the freshmen. The juniors then beat the seniors in a three-set battle to earn their shot at the staff and walked away with the win!!! 👏🔥 Thanks to everyone who played, cheered, and helped make it a great night! The staff may need a little practice before the rematch. 😉 Go Cougars! 💙🐾

🎃 One final dress-up day before Halloween weekend! Our Cougars showed up with some great costumes! 👻 Have a safe and fun Halloween weekend!

🎃👻 A BIG thank you to our High School Student Council for helping out with Trunk or Treat tonight! 🍬🚗 We appreciate you taking the time to help make this a fun night for all the little ghosts and goblins! 🧡💙 🐾 Cougar Pride!

Sixth graders put their packing skills to the test with an eggs-periment in science today! 🥚🔬 Students created protective packages, then dropped their eggs down the stairwell to test how well their packing materials worked.

🎃👻 Wednesday Dress-Up Day Winners! 👻🎃 Our Cougars showed off their Halloween spirit today! 🧡🖤 🏆 HS: Jakoby 🏆 MS: Ayden 🏆 Elementary: Dash

🎃 Dress-Up Day #2 brought more Cougar spirit! Congratulations to today’s winners! 🐾 Elementary: Stella and Victoria 🐾 Middle School: Alese and Ainsley 🐾 High School: Lacey L. and Alayna Thanks to everyone who joined the fun! Keep it going tomorrow, Cougars! 💙

👻🎃 Monster Monday brought out some spooktacular Cougar spirit! Congratulations to today’s dress-up winners: 🏆 Elementary: Liam Hosford 🏆 Middle School: Bristol High school… we’re going to need you to do better tomorrow! 😂 Let’s see that Cougar spirit! 🐾

💙🐾 WHAT A DAY FOR THE COUGARS AT STATE XC! 🏃‍♂️💨 Multiple PRs, incredible effort, and a strong finish! So proud of this team and the heart they showed out here! 💪💙 The journey doesn’t end here… WE WILL BE BACK! 🐾🏁 #CougarPride #StateXC #PRs #WeWillBeBack 💙

Our sixth-grade FCS students put their learning into action! After learning about families, responsibilities and chores, students work together to clean the gym. They sprayed and wiped down the bleachers picked up trash and cleaned underneath the bleachers. This hands-on activity show showed how sharing responsibilities and following through on chores helps care for space everyone uses thank you sixth graders for help. Keep our school clean!

One more start. One more chance. One more finish! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Good luck to all our State XC runners! Leave it all out there, race with heart, and bring home some hardware! 🏅 We are COUGAR PROUD! 🐾💙

🎓🌟 Exploring Future Opportunities! 🌟🎓 Our Burke High School juniors and sophomores spent part of their morning at the Career Fair in Mitchell! 💼📚 Students had the opportunity to explore different career paths, learn about future possibilities, and discover what opportunities are out there! 🙌 👏 A big THANK YOU to Mitchell Tech for putting on such a great event and providing this amazing opportunity for our students!

Today, Mrs. Frank’s American Literature class visited our elementary students to share a traditional Native American story! We love seeing our older students take on leadership roles and share their learning with our younger Cougars! 💙🐾

🎃👻 Halloween is right around the corner! 🕸️🧡 Get ready for some SPOOKTACULAR fun at Burke School! 🐾 🎭 Check out our Halloween Dress-Up Days for the week of Halloween! 🎃 Don’t forget about the Middle School Student Council Halloween Night on October 30th from 5:00–7:00 PM! There will be games, pumpkin decorating, snacks, music, and lots of fun! 🍬🎶 We can’t wait to see everyone’s Halloween spirit! 👻🧡🖤

🎓💻 REMINDER: FAFSA Zoom Night is TOMORROW! 📅 October 19th ⏰ 6:00 PM 📍 Join us on Zoom! Need help getting started with FAFSA? Join us tomorrow night! FAFSA is already open, so feel free to get started ahead of time! 💰🎓 🔗 Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83509191198?pwd=jOxam1VmlLJl1JdTumLj6pLtWTBD8C.1

SEBERN! SEBERN! SEBERN! 💙🏈 What a way to end the football season! The boys brought home the W, and we had the honor of celebrating a coach who will always bleed Cougar Blue… and maybe just a little maroon and gold! 💙🐾💛 What a special way to wrap up the season! Once a Cougar, always a Cougar! 💙 #CougarPride #BleedCougarBlue