Baltic School District

First, we would like to congratulate Harper Kortemeyer for making the first team in the Big East Conference, and Kaylee Siemonsma and Anna Hoekman for being nominated as honorable mentions. Congratulations! Next, a friendly reminder that the Golf and Track & Field awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, June 22nd, at 7:30 p.m. at Baltic High School. The ceremony will be held in the Baltic Middle School Gym due to construction happening in and around the Performing Arts Center and High School Gym. Finally, the softball awards ceremony will be held on Monday, June 23rd, at 5:30 p.m. at the Baltic High School in the Baltic Middle School Gym.

We won’t be sending out updates every Sunday over the summer, but as things come up we will continue to update families as much as needed. The Golf and Track & Field awards ceremony is reschedule for 5pm on Sunday, June 22nd in the Baltic Performing Arts Center. ​Open Gym time in the middle school gym is cancelled Monday and Tuesday, June 9th and 10th. Summer acceleration and other activities are still happening, just open gym time from 8:30 am to 10:30 am on those two days in cancelled.

The Golf and Track & Field Awards Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, June 11th, at the Baltic High School Performing Arts Center at 7:30 pm. All are welcome to attend and celebrate these student-athletes and their accomplishments.

Dear Parents/Guardians, We hope you’re all having a great start to the summer! We wanted to share a few updates regarding our Open Gym/ Skills Development sessions for this summer. Schedule & Location: When: The gym will be open from 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM. Who: These sessions will be available for both middle and high school students. They can show up anytime between those 2 hours. Where: We’ll be hosting the sessions in the Middle School Gym. Access: For entry, the weight room doors will be unlocked, allowing access to the gym. This is a great opportunity for your student to stay active, improve skills, and make the most of their summer. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out. We look forward to seeing your student at Open Gym/Skills Development!

New Acceleration Schedule for 6th through 12th grade through the Orthopedic Institute - High School Girls (8:00 am to 9:30 am) - High School Boys and Middle School Boys (9:15 am to 10:45 am) - Middle School Girls (10:30 am to Noon) If this new schedule change for Middle School boys conflicts with your student-athletes' schedule with the new time, please reach out to Colby Orts at Orthopedic Institute to work on a potential solution at corts@oiperformance.com

The Big East Conference Tournament games were not calculated in the SoDak Seeding points and after those were calculated into the seed points we dropped below #16 in seed points and are no longer competing in the SoDak 16. Sorry about the confusion. Regardless, great season softball players and we look forward to seeing you compete next season.

Thank you for sharing your children with us!!! Take a moment to see a quick snapshot of the work we have been doing this year and the progress our students have made! We will continue to reflect on how to grow our practice, but in the meantime, help us celebrate some current successes! Please let me know if you have any questions. ~ Mrs. Klein (carrie.klein@k12.sd.us)

Parent Coaching is still available!

When you are ready to think about school starting back up, we have the 25/26 Elementary Supply List ready for you! But in the meantime, enjoy your SUMMER!!! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ledd6XbMboGeX0Rnm0cSgbOSgDbwplUwiv10HN7_c6A/edit?gid=0#gid=0

The Softball Games and Golf Meet in Sioux Valley have been canceled today due to weather.

Congrats to our final Bulldog Bravo award winners this school year!!!

The Big East Track Meet and home softball games have been canceled for Friday, May 16th.

The junior high golf meet scheduled for Friday, May 16th at Chester has been canceled.

The Baltic High School’s Ag Structures Technology class has been busy at work in their new Woods shop facility honing their construction and trades skills. The class is made up of seventeen sophomores and juniors, who have shown an interest in developing hands-on skills as well as learning soft skills, which are needed to advance in high-demand technical occupations. When the Sioux Falls Humane Society expressed the need for dog shelters, we couldn’t help but feel moved to action. Through the generosity of Dell Rapids Lumber Company, the district was able to purchase materials for a greatly reduced rate and build two large dog houses for donation to the Humane Society. The class’s students researched, designed, estimated, and built the structures as part of an end of quarter project for the class. It was an excellent way for students to put into practice some of the concepts that they have been developing throughout the year.

The Big East Conference Track and Field meet has been postponed to Friday, May 16th with Javelin and High Jump starting at 10:00 AM and running events starting at 1:00 PM.

This semester's GRIT Student of the Month award winners celebrated with pizza!!!

Just to clear up any confusion, the JH Big East Conference Track meet in Baltic today the Field events start at 2:00 and the Running Events start at 3:00. Also, if you are available to help at the finish line, we could still use help at 2:45 for running events. Please email Edward Clark at Edward.clark@k12.sd.us if you are available.

The elementary loved the senior walk this morning!! Congratulations seniors!!

Congratulation to our May Bulldog GRIT Student of the Month Award Winners!!!

Hello Parents- Your child will be receiving a registration form for summer athletic development offered through the Jr. Athletic Boosters in the next few days. We are offering two different programs based on your child's grade for 2025-2026. Grades 1-3 will be our Bulldogs in Motion program. Grades 4-6 will be our Bulldog GRIND program. All the details will be found on the registration form. Be sure to fill out the correct form as the programs are different. Early Bird registration is due by the end of the school day on the last day of school (5/16). Attached are extra copies of the registration forms if needed. GRIND Registration Form Link - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cPNIAQhwzRnyNUmufmrD-afirJfFq0wn/view?usp=sharing In Motion Registration Form Link - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k8hRerY-s0YvjZnBoaGJiRHchJmFHFcU/view?usp=sharing If you have any questions, please contact beckyslangner@gmail.com. Thank you, Jr. Athletic Boosters