More from today’s 6th Grade Career Fair! 🎉

6th Grade Career Fair was a success!! 🎉 Our 6th graders did an amazing job preparing for today’s event, and it truly showed. We are so proud of all their hard work and effort! Huge shoutout to Mrs. B for all the time and effort she put into working with the students and helping make today such a great success! 👏✨

G is for Game Day and Green! 💚♟️ Today was full of school spirit, fun, and lots of green as we celebrated the letter G.

Congratulations to Birdy Witt on being selected as one of the 20 winners in South Dakota for the Sanford Poison "Keep Poisons In a Space Far, Far, Away!" coloring contest winning a $25 gift card! The first grade class each got to participate in this coloring contest while learning about poison safety.

Check out this week’s Cougar Friday activity, hosted by Burke Community Memorial Hospital!

🎭✨ Mamma Mia Prom was one for the books! 💙🪩 From the music to the memories, it was a night full of laughter and dancing. Thank you to everyone who helped make the evening so special and to all the students who brought the energy and fun.

The 4th graders got to go to Snake Creek and explore today! They got their GoFourth passes and we had a great time in the wonderful weather!!

Who do we love? FARMERS!! 🚜🌾❤️ Today, to celebrate the letter F, our very own FFA students and wonderful Ag Teacher, Mrs. Andrews, taught the kids about the many hats farmers wear and all the important jobs they do each day. Students also learned fun facts about different farm animals! 🐄🐖🐓

Congrats Abbie!

Another letter is in the books!! 🎶 The students absolutely ENJOYED the music and had a fantastic time! A big thank you to the Northeast Community College Jazz Machine for coming to perform! And a big thank you to Mrs. Vogt for organizing this awesome experience for our students. 👏

Students had their first Book Club meeting today! 📚✨ A big thank you to Halle Fuhrer for getting this started and helping spread the joy of reading!

⛳️ Golfing season is in full swing! 🏌‍♂️

D is for DISCO! 🕺✨ The kids had an absolute blast at our dance party celebrating the letter D—full of music, moves, and big smiles all around! 💃🎶

Our 5th and 8th graders are ready to leave no crumbs on the State Science Assessment tomorrow! 🔬✨ Get a good night’s sleep, fuel up with a hearty breakfast, and come ready to shine.

Join us for prom!

The Burke National Honor Society earned $1280.00 from their Papa Murphy's Pizza fundraiser! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Get your yearbook ordered!

🚗 Get Signed Up for Driver's Ed🚗
We’re excited to offer Driver’s Education classes from May 26th–29th!
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April board meeting

Our Reading Olympics teams brought home the hardware today!!! 2nd/3rd grade team 1-Dash, Nash, Toni and Emmy with a 3rd place trophy 2nd/3rd grade team 2-Chloe, Rubee, Logan and Daisy with a 2nd place trophy. 4th/5th grade team-Jacque, Alese, Nona and Liam with a 3rd place trophy and 6th grade team-Eva and Connor with the WIN!!! 1st place!!! Congrats to our teams. We are Cougar Proud!!!