SWMS summer hours
Churches offer free meals to students throughout the summer.
The Scholastic Excellence Award is given to a student who has maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA throughout their middle school career. It is presented last at the Academic and Athletic awards ceremony because Mr. Hedderman believes it it the most prestigious award given. Athletic awards are amazing for, but you won't succeed in life without the academics behind you. This year's winner were: Samatha Tish, Annalee Pierson, Mary Ligtenberg, Macy Secrest, Mirium Kruse, Megan Christians, and Mason Hagen.
Jeff Smit was a student in our building many years ago. Jeff was known for his high academic achievements, involvement in extracurricular activities, and a leader in the classroom and whatever sport he played at the time. Jeff is remembered as a kind, friendly, and compassionate person. He was killed in a car accident his 8th grade year and his parents, Ruth and Keith Smit, remembered him through the Jeff Smit award at the middle school. The criteria for the Jeff Smit award are as follows: a 3-sport athlete, 3.0 min GPA, strong leadership qualities both on and off the field, sincere responsibility to themselves and others, a positive attitude and cooperative spirit, and dependability.
This year's Jeff Smit winners are Fallon Dinkins and Mason Hagen.
Dr. James A. Evans started the Evans Orthodontic Scholar Athlete Award in 1987. Prior to becoming an orthodontist, Dr. Evans taught in the Rapid City public system and coached with Post 22 baseball program for over 40 years. He realized early on the importance of students striving to better themselves through education and athletics and designed this award to recognize both of these attributes. This coveted award is given each year to an 8th grade male and female student from 20 area middle schools that extend from Phillip, SD to Spearfish, SD. The winners are chosen by their teachers and coaches. The selection process is based on which students have tried the hardest to excel in both academics and athletics that year.
This year's Evans Orthodontics scholar-athlete award winners were Ella Walker and Tyce Dunn.
This year's Mark Larschied award recipients for track and field were:
Girls field event: Tenlee Koontz
Girls running: Riley Stacey
Boys running: Dawson Deering
Boay field event: Clay Whitehead
The SWMS track and field had many school records broken this year:
7th grade girls 200 Hurdles record is now held by Spencer Proefrock with a time of 31.76
8th grade spring medley relay record is now held by Fallon Dinkins, Annalee Pierson, Riley Stacy, and Ella Walker with a time of 1:59:42
8th grade 4x400 relay record is now held by Grace Lyon, Lydia Osber, Fallon Dinkins, and JoJo Kroetch (not pictured) with a time of 4:27:63
7th grade 4x800 relay record is now held by Saoirse Dinkins, Pate Gunderson, Spencer Proefrock, and Rachel Sperling (not pictured) with a time of 11:04:21
Mark Kettell (not pictured) also broke the 7th grade shot put record with a throw of 41' 7"
The Mark Larschied award winner for boy's basketball was Landan Crosby.
The Mark Larschied award winner for girls basketball was Mary Ligtenberg.
The Mark Larschied winner for wrestling were: Annalee Pierson and Weston Perschbacher.
The Mark Larschied award winner for cross country was Xavier Jaramillo.
The Mark Larschied award winner for volleyball was Abigail Wetz.
Mark Larschied was an 8th grade social studies teacher and coach at SWMS. These awards are not given as an MVP award, but rather they are given to a student athlete that works hard to excel in their sport, show quality leadership skills, and are committed to doing their best to help the team, both on the field and in the classroom.
The winners of the Mark Larschied football award were:
Lineman: Jager Heller
Back: Tucker Larson
Fourteen 8th grade students received a 4.0 for all three trimester.
This year's drama most valuable student award winners are:
Drama: Sydney Lowe and Emma Lariviere
Production: Samantha Tish (pictured with Ms. Soriano)
This year's most valuable choir members were: Vivian Anderson and Haiden Culver.
Sixteen 7th grade student earned a 4.0 for all three trimester this year.
This year's band awards were:
Most Valuable: Haiden Culver
Most Improved: Samantha Tish
The "Be the Change" award is presented each year to a student or students who exemplify extraordinary, unconditional, unwavering, and selfless kindness within our school. This award commends those individuals who go above and beyond their normal responsibilities as students to spread positivity both inside and outside the classroom. The Be the Change award is intended to highlight a dedication to students' character and also encourage generosity and compassion to future generations of SWMS students.
In order to receive perfect attendance a student must be in school every day, and not receive 1 tardy at any time of the year. School activities do not count against your attendance. Remington Heidrich was our perfect attendance student.
