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📣 Burke Public School Families — Sign Up for the Backpack Program! 🎒💛
Burke Public School is partnering with Feeding South Dakota’s Backpack Program to help provide food to students throughout the 2025–26 school year. This program helps fill the hunger gap from Thursday evening through Monday morning when students return to school.
The Backpack Program began the first Thursday of the school year and will run through the last Thursday in May, but it is not too late to sign up!
If your family would like to participate, please sign up today!
https://forms.gle/fTf2NPZrqbTWHDScA
Burke Public School is partnering with Feeding South Dakota’s Backpack Program to help provide food to students throughout the 2025–26 school year. This program helps fill the hunger gap from Thursday evening through Monday morning when students return to school.
The Backpack Program began the first Thursday of the school year and will run through the last Thursday in May, but it is not too late to sign up!
If your family would like to participate, please sign up today!
https://forms.gle/fTf2NPZrqbTWHDScA
🎄✨ Check Out Our December Dress-Up Days! ✨🎄
Burke School will be closed for Thanksgiving Break beginning Thursday, November 27. We hope your family enjoys a restful holiday filled with warmth, gratitude, and special moments together.
School will resume on Monday, December 1, and we look forward to welcoming our students back, refreshed and ready for the final stretch of 2025!
Wishing you and your loved ones a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
School will resume on Monday, December 1, and we look forward to welcoming our students back, refreshed and ready for the final stretch of 2025!
Wishing you and your loved ones a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
🎶 Proud Moment for Our Musicians! 🎶
These students were nominated and selected to represent our school district at the Region V Festival of Music. On November 25th, they spent the day in Gregory rehearsing and ended the evening with a wonderful concert.
They worked hard, made memories, and had some fun along the way.
Job well done, students! 💙👏
These students were nominated and selected to represent our school district at the Region V Festival of Music. On November 25th, they spent the day in Gregory rehearsing and ended the evening with a wonderful concert.
They worked hard, made memories, and had some fun along the way.
Job well done, students! 💙👏
Reminder: There will be a 1:00 PM dismissal tomorrow, November 26th.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving break! 🦃🍁
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving break! 🦃🍁
🤧Thank you, Burke Senior Center, for your generous donation of Kleenex. We truly appreciate your support!🤧
We had a wonderful day of friends and music on Nov. 18 in Platte at the Region V Festival of Music! These students were nominated and selected to represent Burke Music, and their early-morning start and full day of rehearsals led to a truly memorable concert. They even came in during Cougar Days and after school to prepare.
We also want to recognize one more dedicated student, Ryker Peck, who put in all the hard work but was unable to attend due to illness.
We couldn’t be more proud of our young musicians!
We also want to recognize one more dedicated student, Ryker Peck, who put in all the hard work but was unable to attend due to illness.
We couldn’t be more proud of our young musicians!
Congratulations Jayder Schonebaum!!!
Today, Jayder officially signed with Dakota Wesleyan University on a baseball scholarship! We are incredibly proud of his hard work, dedication, and the example he sets for our younger athletes.
Congratulations, Jayder! Your Cougar family is cheering you on as you take this exciting next step! 🐾⚾💙
Thank you to Burke Community Memorial Hospital for hosting today’s Cougar Day activity!
"Leading with Kindness, Learning with Heart-- Burke Cougar's October, Student's of the Month!"
"Leading with Kindness, Learning with Heart - Burke Cougar's September, Student's of the Month!"
🔥 “Order in the Court!” 🔥
Our sophomores wrapped up their reading of Lord of the Flies with an unforgettable Mock Trial experience! After a week of intense preparation — crafting witness statements, conducting interviews, and building their opening and closing arguments — students stepped into the roles of attorneys, witnesses, and jurors to answer one big question:
⚖️ Is Jack Merridew guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter or 1st Degree Murder in the deaths of Piggy and Simon?
The courtroom was charged with energy as students presented their evidence, challenged testimonies, and debated the meaning of justice on the island. A powerful way to bring literature — and moral questions — to life! 🌴📚💥
Our sophomores wrapped up their reading of Lord of the Flies with an unforgettable Mock Trial experience! After a week of intense preparation — crafting witness statements, conducting interviews, and building their opening and closing arguments — students stepped into the roles of attorneys, witnesses, and jurors to answer one big question:
⚖️ Is Jack Merridew guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter or 1st Degree Murder in the deaths of Piggy and Simon?
The courtroom was charged with energy as students presented their evidence, challenged testimonies, and debated the meaning of justice on the island. A powerful way to bring literature — and moral questions — to life! 🌴📚💥
Discover, Learn and Grow with Cub Scouts!
Check out tomorrow's Cougar Day activity, hosted by the Community Memorial Hospital!
"Future college students? Absolutely! Our 7th graders in career class are already doing the research!"
"Pop into Kindness -- thanks for spreading joy!" Staff and students enjoyed a bag of popcorn during Kindness Week!
During first quarter in 6th grade career's class teachers and high school students shared personal stories about middle school, high school, where they went to college or where they are looking at going to college. Below are a few of the staff and students that shared their stories.
5th and 6th grade art students took a virtual field trip with the South Dakota Art Museum. They studied the work of SD artist Dorothy Morgan and made an oil pastel landscape in her style.
First and Second grade working hard creating sidewalk drawings to spread kindness.
"Kindness Grows Here-Together We Shine Brighter!"
