Baltic School District

Fall Sports seasons are either underway or starting this week, which means it is almost time for fall sports pictures. Fall sports pictures will be held on Tuesday, August 26th. JH Football and Senior Banner Pictures will take place during the day, allowing JH Football to leave in time for their game in Beresford that afternoon. The rest of the Fall Sports Pictures will take place after school. Please follow the link below to order pictures for your student-athletes.

https://schooltimephotos.accessmyevent.com/BalticSports25BASD

Baltic Bulldog Open House Hotdog Meal
Wednesday, August 13th from 5 pm to 7 pm

Good Morning! Spirit Yard Signs are available for ordering! Choose pick up when ordering and the Booster Club will pick up and deliver your sign. We do not mark these items up as we want to see Bulldog Pride throughout the community. You may customize your athlete's name or leave it blank. Sale Ends August 11th. See our Baltic Bulldogs Booster Club Facebook page for more details. GO BULLDOGS!!!

https://bypantherg.com/catalog/Baltic-Bulldogs

Thank you!
Baltic Athletic Booster Club

Dear Baltic Families

The Baltic PTO has been working with a local artist on some exciting updates to our elementary playground, and we can’t wait for you to see the finished product! We’re hoping to have everything wrapped up in the next few weeks—but in the meantime, we need your help.

As you visit the playground, please be mindful of any fresh paint and honor any areas marked off with cones or tape. We’ve already had to repaint a few items and would greatly appreciate your cooperation in helping us preserve the work being done.

Thank you for your continued support and for helping us keep the playground safe and looking great for our kids!

Warmly,
Baltic PTO

Fine Arts Boosters Meeting - July 28th @ 7pm - Elementary Commons

Baltic Fine Arts Boosters Meeting and Election of Advisory Committee Members

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.