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It has been great to see the excitement of the students and staff as we move from
September to October. Everyone has been keeping busy participating in the variety of
activities that have been going on throughout the building. Homecoming week
wrapped up on Friday, September 25th after a week of fun activities. A big thank you to
the JH/HS Student Council and Ms. Hyland for creating activities to get the students and
staff involved. While there were a few changes to some of the activities and the game
on Friday did not end the way we had hoped, it was a great week for the students and
staff. Congratulations to Maddy Eich and Clint Misar for being chosen as the
homecoming queen and king. They are both great leaders for the senior class and
student body.
As schools were planning to start this fall, every district went through the process of
creating a back to school plan designed specifically for each district. Sure, there was
some sharing of plans going around, but I feel confident in saying that there are no two
district plans that are the same. Our Starting School Safely committee and the school
board developed a plan that was unique for Oldham-Ramona and was best suited for
the students and staff of Oldham-Ramona. During this process, there was discussion
about how the plan that was approved would affect individuals and families differently.
Just as each school district is different throughout the state, the families that make up
the Oldham-Ramona School District are also different. It was important that we tried to
factor in how the plan we developed would affect each of the stakeholders of the
district realizing that they were in fact different and had a different perspective on what
decisions would be best for the district.
Unfortunately, as the outside world has become very tumultuous, we are seeing
issues spill into the school. Our job as educators is to create a safe environment where
everyone is welcome to share his or her opinions and is treated with respect. We are
encouraging our students to learn to respectfully disagree with someone who does not
have the same beliefs as them. We are not always going to agree with each other, but
it is important to remember that we are all unique and have
different perspectives on life. It is imperative that everyone
feels safe at school. Please encourage your students to treat
others with kindness and respect
“In A World Where You Can Be Anything, Be Kind!”
Thank you and stay safe!
Michael Fischer, Superintendent
220 West 2nd Street, Ramona, SD 57054
Phone: (605) 482-8244 Fax: (605) 482-8282
“Providing students the opportunities and facilities to become productive citizens and lifelong learners.”
2020
Computers are an important tool to our students. Please encourage
your students to take good care of their computers and report any
issues they are having to Mr. Bergstrom as soon as it happens. Please
discourage your students from loaning out their computer, charger,
or stylist to other students, in case things get lost or damaged in
someone else’s possession. All of the computers and chargers come
with stickers that are used to identify those devices and chargers. If
these stickers are removed, it makes it very tough to identify
computers. Students that take care of their computers and follow the
guidelines are much less likely to incur fines at the end of the year.
Attention high school seniors and parents – now is the time to be applying for scholarships! Mrs.
Wiebe will be emailing your students about scholarship opportunities throughout the year. Please
make sure your students are checking their school e-mails regularly. You can look for additional
scholarships and grants by searching the internet, checking with employers, community and
religious organizations and/or the financial aid office at your post-secondary school of choice.
During Financial Aid Night on October 15 at 6:00 PM we will share information about the
FAFSA form and scholarships. There will be a short presentation and then time for Q & A. Please
watch for any Parent Teacher Conference updates as this would also impact Financial Aid Night.
Honor Roll will be calculated a little different going forward. The new honor roll will consist of an
“A” and “B” Honor Roll only. To be on the “A” Honor Roll students will have to achieve a 4.0-
3.67 quarter GPA. To be on the “B” Honor Roll students will have to achieve a 3.66-3.0 quarter
GPA. If a student receives anything lower than a “C-” they would not be eligible for either Honor
Rolls. Please contact me if you have any questions about the new Honor Roll system.
Lastly, senior privileges will begin later this month. Seniors and parents will receive a sheet that
outlines the guidelines of senior privileges and infractions that will get them revoked. Before
seniors will be allowed to take part in senior privileges, this sheet will need to be signed by both
the senior and parent and returned to Mr. Johnson. Like everything else during this time, please
understand that Covid may impact/restrict senior privileges.
Winter Sports Meeting and Elementary Basketball Information:
*The Winter sports meeting will be held on November 16 at 6:00 PM in Ramona. Coaches will
meet at 5:00 PM. Please meet in the multi-purpose room.
*Mr. Hanson and I will be having a meeting for all elementary basketball coaches on November
10 at 5:00 PM in Ramona. Gym times will not be able to be reserved until after this meeting.
See you at Parent Teacher Conferences on October 15!
Go Raiders!
Mr. Andrew Johnson
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sept. 27 28
*Cross Country
@ Dell Rapids
St. Mary
1:00 pm
29
30
*Cross Country
@ Colman
1:00 pm
October 1
*Arlington Oral
Interp Meet online
*VB v. Deubrook
@ Rutland
JH 5:00 pm
JV 6:00 pm
V to follow
October 2
*Friday School / Teacher Work Day *Football @ Chester
Varsity 7:00 pm
October 3
4
Fire
Safety
Week!
5
*JH Football
@ Chester
Jun. High 4:00 pm
6
*ASVAB Testing for Juniors *VB vs. JVC
@ Ramona
JH 5:00 pm
JV 6:00 pm
V to follow
7
*Cross Country
@ DeSmet
1:00 pm
8
*VB @ Desmet
JH 5:00 pm
JV 6:15 pm
V to follow
9
*Friday School / Teacher Work Day *FB vs. Howard
@ Rutland
JH at 4:30 pm
V at 7:00 pm
*Military/Firefighter/
Law Enforce./EMT
Appreciation Night!
10
11
*School
Board
Meeting
6:00 pm
Supt. Office
12
*VB vs. C/E
@ Ramona
JH 5:00 pm
JV 6:00 pm
V to follow
13
*VB @ Freeman
JV 6:15 pm
V to follow
14
*Cross Country
Region Meet
*Last Day to order Krispy Kreme Donuts for the GBB & XC Fundraiser!
15
*Early Dismissal at 2:00 pm *Parent/Teacher
Conferences
2:30-7:30 pm *End of 1st Quarter
16
NO SCHOOL!
*FB Game @
DVC Opponent
7:00 pm
17
*VB Varsity
DVC Tourney
@ White
9:00 am
18
19
20 *November Newsletter
items due to
*VB @ Arlington
JH 5:00 pm
JV 6:00 pm
V to follow
21
22
*First Round
Football Playoffs
23
*Friday School / Teacher Work Day *VB vs. Castlewd.
@ Ramona
JH 5:00 pm
JV 6:00 pm
V to follow
24
State Cross
Country Meet
at Hart Ranch
in Rapid City
25 26
*VB vs. LP
@ Ramona
JH 5:00 pm
JV 6:00 pm
V to follow
27
28
29
*Quarterfinal
Football Playoffs
*Halloween
Costume Contest
for all grades!
30
*Friday School / Teacher Work Day
*VB vs Wilmot
@ Ramona
JH 5:00 pm
JV 6:00 pm
V to follow
31
*All activities are subject to change at any time.
*Athletic and other schedules can be found on the ‘R School’ calendar which can be accessed by going to the school’s
web page at https://oldhamramona.k12.sd.us/ and clicking on the ‘ORR Raiders Athletic Calendar’ link. Make sure to
check back often as schedules are subject to change. You can also have notifications sent to you by clicking on the
‘Notify Me’ link on the bottom right side of the calendar page. Go Raiders!
Elementary Lunch will be served from 11:00-11:55 am: Grades K-2 will eat from 11:00-11:25 am and Grades 3-6 will eat from 11:30-11:55 am.
Junior High/High School Lunch will be served from 12:32-12:57 pm: Grades 10-12 will be dismissed at 12:32 pm and Grades 7-9 will be dismissed at 12:35 pm.
*In the operation of child feeding programs, no child will be discriminated against because of race, sex, color, national origin, age, or handicap. If you believe you have been discriminated
against in any USDA related activity, write immediately to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Breakfast *Breakfast is served
from 7:50-8:05 am.
Lunch
*Cereal & Toast, fruit, & milk are also served as an option every day. In order to stay within the state
guidelines, breakfast can be either cereal & toast, fruit & milk or the entrée of the day, fruit, & milk.
It cannot be both and stay within the caloric guidelines the state has made mandatory.
*REMINDER – Children eligible to receive lunch at free or reduced price are also eligible to receive
breakfast at the same rate.
Get the free Nutrislice app
for your phone, or click on
the ‘Lunch Menu’ link on
the school website to view
or print menus and see
nutrition facts!
Students can stop in the office from
Oct. 12-14 and vote for their favorite
meal! The ‘OR Oscar Winners’ will
be announced on October 15!
Thank you to the kitchen staff for keeping us well fed and everything sanitized!
Congratulations to Queen Madeline Eich and King Clint Misar on being crowned at Coronation on Tuesday, September 22. The rest of the royalty are, from left to right: Joe Brinkman-Wall, Evan McKee, Triston Corbin, Jaden Thompson-Gartner, 2020 King Clint Misar, 2019 King Tristan Hageman, 2019 Queen Kylie Anderson, 2020 Queen Madeline Eich, Mackenzie Shankey; front: crown bearers Bretton Lingbeck and Madisen Bergstrom.
This year’s theme was ‘The Amazing Survivor,’ based off of the TV shows The Amazing Race and Survivor. Students were grouped into tribes, with each senior being a tribe leader. Throughout the week the tribes competed in a variety of challenges to receive points. Some of the challenges include dressing up, making tribe posters, cereal sort, Variety Show activities, hot shot, donut throw, kickball, dodge ball, bean bags, & a trivia game about the seniors called Kahoot, using their computers!
Triston and the Dream Team
Maddy and the Slick Bananas
Even and the Stones
Mackenzie and the Violent Violets
Clint and the Hot Shots
Jaden and the Infinite Pumpkins
Joe and the Greyhounds
Wednesday’s Challenge was for each tribe to create a human letter, and they spelled out the words “Go Clay!” to encourage Clay Misar on his battle against cancer.
Tuesday’s Challenge was for each tribe to put together a puzzle of Clay Misar, with instructions on the back to take a tribe selfie and text or Snapchat it to him as he is feeling well enough to have some fun with us this week, even though he is still in the hospital. Tuesday was also TRIBE COLOR DAY!
TRIB
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& N
AM
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Elem
enta
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un!
PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES
Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, October 15th from 2:30-7:30 PM.
School will dismiss at 2:00 pm with the busses running at that time. There will not be Friday
School on Friday, October 16th. Schedules for elementary conferences will be sent home
this week with students. Please return the bottom portion of the form by Thursday, Oct. 8.
Masks will be required for all attending conferences (staff and parents/guardians). We are
asking that only parents/guardians attend conferences. If you are not comfortable
wearing a mask, a Zoom option or phone call will be available. Sanitizer and masks will be
available at conferences. Shared areas will be disinfected between conferences. Unlike
previous years, coffee and cookies will not be available for parents.
Elementary conferences will be scheduled similar to previous years in which a time slot will
be scheduled for each student with their teacher(s). Conferences will take place in the
teacher’s classroom. If parents are not comfortable with attending conferences in person,
they will be able to meet with the teacher utilizing Zoom. Parents should note this when
they confirm their time slot on the schedule that is sent home. Once conferences get a
little closer, each elementary teacher will be sending out a class Zoom link for conferences.
Elementary conference times will be coordinated with JH/HS conference times.
JH/HS conferences will take place in the gym similar to previous years. In order to help limit
the amount of traffic in the building at the same time, we will be assigning times for families
based on last names. We ask that those with last names beginning with A-J come
between 2:30-5:00 pm and those with last names beginning with M-Z come between
5:00-7:30 pm. If your assigned time slot does not work for you, please find a time between
2:30-7:30 pm that does work for you. Please try to limit each teacher conference to ten
minutes. If parents are not comfortable with attending conferences in person, they should
contact their child(s) teachers or Mr. Johnson to set-up either a phone or Zoom
conference.
Thanks for your cooperation with the new procedures due to the Covid pandemic.
SCHOOL NOTES
*Please take a minute to send a card to our 8th grade student Clay as he battles acute myeloid
leukemia. His address is: Sanford Hospital, Attn: Clay Misar, 1600 22nd Ave., Sioux Falls,
SD 57117. Thanks for your support!
*Unfortunately, the MORE Craft Fair scheduled annually for the second week in November is CANCELLED this year due to Covid related reasons. Mark your calendars for next year though – November 13, 2021!
*Picture packets were sent home last week. You can still place your order online now.
Picture retakes will be on Tuesday, November 3. Please have your student bring back the
picture packet on retake day.
NEWSLETTER INFO
The newsletters and other items can be found on the school website:
https://oldhamramona.k12.sd.us/.
As part of an effort to reduce costs, we would appreciate residents
being able to access the newsletter via the website or have the newsletter
emailed directly to you! Just call Kim at 605-482-8244 to get on the list!
If you need the newsletter to be delivered via the regular mail, please call
the office and ask to be put on that list. Thanks!
Oldham-Ramona School District 39-5 Home of the Raiders 220 W. 2nd St. Ramona, SD 57054
Making Oldham-Ramona
Excellent is a group of parents,
teachers and community
members working to promote
and support Oldham-Ramona
school and the communities.
The MORE Group is currently taking donations for new
playground equipment! You can support us by
purchasing Scrip Cards – which are our main fundraiser.
You buy the card for the cost of the card and the
company donates money to our group! It doesn’t cost
you anything extra! Ask us how you can donate through
Amazon, too! We are also searching for new members
to join this great group! Check us out on Facebook at
Making Oldham Ramona Excellent (M.O.R.E.) for more
information!
Oldham-Ramona School has the following
positions open for the 2020-21 School Term:
*Assistant Boys Basketball Coach–ORR Coop
*Junior High Boys BB Coach–ORR Coop
*Junior High Girls BB Coach–ORR Coop
*Substitute teachers and kitchen staff
If interested, call Michael Fischer, Supt., at
605-482-8244 or email [email protected].
All positions close when filled. EOE.
Refer a friend or relative!
ACTIVITY TICKETS Purchase your Activity Tickets now from the office or
at the gate! Activity Tickets are $90.00/family;
$40.00/adult; $15.00/student. Regular Gate Fees are
$5.00/adult; $3.00/student. Double Header Gate
Fees are $6.00/adult; $4.00/student. In-District Senior
Citizens (age 62 & older) are FREE! If you can’t be an
athlete, be an athletic supporter!
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