Baltic School District

Hello Elementary Families, I hope my email finds you enjoying your summer. While summer has seemed to fly by, I sure am looking forward to seeing all your students in the upcoming weeks. It will be great to see their smiling faces and hear about what they did over summer break! Please see below, and mark your calendars, for some important information I wanted to be sure and share with you. • Monday, August 9th, we will post your student's teacher in Campus. Please log into your Infinite Campus account to check who their teacher will be this school year. • Monday, August 16th, from 6:30 - 7:30 PM we will be having an open house where you can bring your student, drop off their supplies and meet their teacher. We look forward to being able to have this option this year. I know I missed out on meeting many of you last year, in person, and look forward to having this opportunity. o PLEASE NOTE:  Preschool will be having a separate open house on a later date. Please look for information on that coming soon.  Kindergarten will be scheduling a family meeting, for each student, so they will not be at open house.  Junior Kindergarten and 1st -5th grades will be present at the open house on the 16th. • Wednesday, August 18th, will be our FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL !!!! If there is anything you may have questions about, please don't hesitate to contact our front office or myself. I look forward to seeing you all on the 16th from 6:30 - 7:30 PM! Take care, Carrie Klein Elementary Principal and Special Services Director

Hello Baltic 7-12 Families, We have a lot of events going on this week leading up to the beginning of our fall sports seasons. Below is a reminder of the events. Please consider attending. Monday, August 2nd - Baltic Athletic Booster Club Meeting at 6:30 on the football field bleachers. All are welcome to attend. Tuesday, August 3rd - Impact Concussion Testing from 9:00am to 12:00pm. This is our last scheduled session. If your student is playing a fall sport and has not signed up for a time, please come tomorrow morning to complete this 20 minute test. Tuesday, August 3rd - Fall Sports Parents Night with the following schedule: 6:30PM 7th and 8th Football 7th and 8th Volleyball All Cross Country (7th-12th) 7:00PM 9th-12th Football 9th-12th Volleyball All meetings will be held in the MS wing. Sports practices start as early as this Thursday with high school football. All athletes will need to have a completed physical as well as completed online registration before they can participate in any practices. Follow this link for Athletic Registration - https://baltic-ar.rschooltoday.com/home. If you are unsure on the physical or online registration, please reach out to Secondary Administrative Assistant Carol Wickham at carol.wickham@k12.sd.us or Activities Director Cameron Kerkhove at cameron.kerkhove@k12.sd.us. Thank you, Cameron Kerkhove Secondary Principal/AD

We are currently searching for a special education teacher assistant for the upcoming school year. Hours will vary slightly depending on the specific duties, but start time will be from 7:40am to 8:00am and end time from 3:30pm-4:00pm with a minimum of 7 paid hours per day. This is an hourly position with the hourly rate dependent on the education and experience of the person hired. Two or more years of post-secondary education is desired but not required, and all applicants with a high school diploma will be considered. This 9-month school year position includes benefits such as sick leave, health insurance, paid holidays, and state retirement. Ideally, the person would start on August 13th with some flexibility on the start date for those who may need to give notice to a current employer. To apply, submit a resume and Baltic School District Non-Certified Employment Application (attached) to Supt. Bob Sittig, Baltic School District, PO Box 309, Baltic, SD 57003, or by email to robert.sittig@k12.sd.us. EOE. The position will be filled as soon as a qualified applicant is found, so don't delay applying if you are interested. If you know someone who might be interested who is not a Baltic School parent, please forward this message to them. Supt. Bob Sittig

Dear Parents of 7th-12th Grade Athletes, Parent meetings for fall sports will be held on Tuesday, August 3rd using the schedule below. A reminder also that all parents must complete the athletic on-line registration and submit a completed physical form prior to an athlete being allowed to practice. The link to athletic registration is below (same link as school on-line registration). 6:30PM 7th and 8th Football 7th and 8th Volleyball All Cross Country (7th-12th) 7:00PM 9th-12th Football 9th-12th Volleyball All meetings will be held in the MS wing. A reminder also that the deadline for ordering Spirit Wear is 11:59pm on Sunday, August 1st. The link to order is below. Baltic Spirit Wear Sale https://hauffsports.chipply.com/baltic2021/ Baltic On-Line Registration https://www.balticschool.org/page/online-registration AD Cameron Kerkhove

Hello Baltic 7-12 Families, We are not far from our Fall Sports Seasons starting. Before these seasons start, we would like to have all fall sport athletes take the Impact Concussion Test Baseline. This free program for athletes will give us a baseline for athletes before the seasons start. I am attaching a link to sign up for a time slot. Please follow the link and sign your athlete up for this free test. We highly suggest that all athletes take this test prior to the first practice. We will have the computers available for students to use. Link to Impact Concussion Testing Sign Up Here -https://signup.com/go/qngvHBz Thank you, Cameron Kerkhove Secondary Principal/Activities Director

The PK-5th Grade Supplies List for the 2021-22 School Year is here. Find it on our Baltic School Home Page right next to Online Registration, or copy the link below to view the Google Doc. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18i92he7NetOY7z092NR17_4qOCdC7EjUF_oWP8-s6wo/edit?usp=sharing

Dear Baltic Students and Parents, With the 4th of July holiday in the rearview mirror, it will not be long before the August 18th first day of school. I hope you have had a wonderful summer, but it is time to begin thinking of school. On-line registration is now open via the link below or on the school website. We ask that all parents of PK-12th grade students register each of their students for the upcoming school year. If a student is returning, much of their information will be prepopulated, but we ask that you check it for accuracy and make corrections as needed. If a students is new but there were other students in the household attending Baltic last year, then you will just need to add the new student. If a student is new and the first student from that household attending Baltic, then please follow the instructions for registering new students. Parents, please do not put this off. It is especially important that rural families requesting bus transportation complete registration in a timely manner so bus routes can be established. In-town bus riders need not request transportation via the on-line registration. Closer to the start of school we will establish pickup and drop-off points around town, and if they need to be adjusted, we will do so. In addition to general school registration, students in grades 7-12 who plan to participate in school athletics must complete the on-line athletic registration. Athletes will not be allowed to participate in practices or contests until the on-line registration is completed. If you have any trouble completing either the school or athletic on-line registration, please feel free to call the school. If you do not have access to a device with which to complete on-line registration, you may come to the school and use a kiosk we have set up for just that purpose. We look forward to working with you this next school year. Go Bulldogs!

Dear Baltic Lords and Ladies, The Royal Secretariats of the Queen’s Court have announced that the Baltic School Board has given permission to plan and prepare a community Madrigal Dinner: A Celebration of Christmas in a Dinner Theatre style with a Renaissance theme (use the fancy Google machine for more information) as a fundraiser and event for the Baltic School Fine Arts. If you are interested in being involved in such an event, please meet in the school commons - the month of July, the day of 7 and the year of 2021 at 7pm. The Royal Secretariats are inquiring of your interest in participating in the Madrigal dinner - it requires a jester, an accompanist and twelve singers to perform the music that was requested by the Queen. The twelve singers will include three sopranos, three altos, three tenors and three bass who are willing to learn the music to please the citizens attending the event. After the meeting in the commons on July 7, Lady Tara, Lady Kelley and Lady Janice will know the interest level of the community (all ages welcome) and then schedule an audition, if needed. We will eventually enlist the help of other fellow community members to help with the feast, costumes, decorations, and involvement of the youth. The Queen’s Royal Secretariats are: Lady Tara Rollinger, Lady Kelley Herman, and Lady Janice Schardin. The event is scheduled for: the month of December, the days of 4 and 5, in the year of 2021. Performances to be on Saturday evening, Sunday noon and Sunday evening so that as many Baltic area subjects can enjoy the feasting, fellowship, and frivolity! Lady Tara and Lady Kelley can be reached by using the amazing technology they call internet and email your specific Royal Court interest to either: Tara.Melmer@k12.sd.us or Kelley.Herman@k12.sd.us. Sincerely, Lady Tara, Lady Kelley and Lady Janice

Congratulations to our elementary students of character and our academic students of the quarter. Also congratulations to our elementary bulldogs that had perfect attendance.

Wax Museum So incredibly proud of these kids. They did such a great job. They worked so hard! And they raised $885 for the Ihnen family. 🧡 Nice job 8th graders!

Mrs. E.s class took to planting in the Baltic School and Community Garden. This is the 8th season for the school to partner with the community to grow produce for the community. Help a Little, Pick a Little!

Today letters Q and U joined together through a ceremony. They promised to always be together in words!!! After the wedding, where letter Q and U were united, the class ate cake and punch, followed by a wedding dance! Congratulations Q and U, may you always be together in spelling and words!!!

Seniors & Juniors Prom sign up and Prom Guest forms available in the HS office. Deadline for both is March 26th.