News & Announcements

Heather Overland has been named the Wakpala School's Teacher of the Year 2022! Mrs. Overland is a 3rd-5th grade Teacher and 21st Century after-school program Director. Mrs. Overland will now go on to complete for the South Dakota Regional Teacher of the Year 2023. The Regional winner then enters the SD Teacher of the Year process. Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate Mrs. Overland & recognize all the great things she's doing!

Please see the link for a great summer opportunity for Seniors.

There will be a 2 hour late start today, Monday, March 14, due to road conditions.

There will be no school on Thursday, March 10th & Friday, March 11th for spring break. Classes will resume on Monday March 14th. Enjoy the long weekend!

There will be no after-school program Wednesday, March 9th.

Mrs. Schlomer’s kindergarten class, together with Mrs. Griewski’s ELA classes celebrated “Read Across America” on March 2nd. The classes collaborated to complete different literacy projects. The 5th grade students joined the kindergartners in making homemade vanilla ice cream in a bag. After listening to the book "Be You", 3rd grade and kindergarten students paired up to draw and color a self-portrait.
Later, the kindergarten class adopted “reading buddies” to take home and practice reading with.

This school year, we are participating in Feeding South Dakota’s BackPack Program courtesy of Billy Mills and Running Strong for American Indian Youth. Our first food sacks will be given to every student at the end of the day this Friday, October 1, and will occur on every last day of the week for the entire 2021-2022 school year. For more information on either program, you can go to:
Feeding South Dakota: https://feedingsouthdakota.org/
Running Strong for American Indian Youth: https://indianyouth.org/

There will be a 2 hour late start today, Thursday, March 3, due to weather and road conditions.

There will be a Boys Middle School Basketball game today, Wednesday, March 2nd, in the Fort Yates Middle School Gym. Tip-off time has been changed to 3:30 pm CST.