Columns

Dear Kadoka Area, As we set into summer, I hope to continue weekly communication through this medium for the district. Consistency and access are chief factors in education and engagement for any form of attention. However, the topics we explore will shift from what...

Hello Kadoka Area, What a fantastic graduation ceremony this past week. Thank you to all in the community who came to attend and support our graduates. The seniors of '22 celebrated the end of the time they had at Kadoka Area. We are so privileged to be able to take...

Dear Kadoka Area, The month of May is an exceptional time in our school district. It is when all the work we have done can be shown to the world. The students we have worked with within our core of educational instruction can spread their wings and leave our school...

Dear Kadoka Area, Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Spring has fully sprung. The wind and rain of last week melted what snow was left, and the farmers are starting to talk of spring's work amongst the table conversation in the area. One new technology that all farmers...

Dear Kadoka Area, What a year this has been! The writing today is my last column of February. It seems like just yesterday that I started writing this column as a part of our Middle School/High School engagement strategy for our work with the state. We will hit March,...

Dear Kadoka, As playoff sports quickly approach, we celebrate our first success of the extracurricular season. Our One-Act play was able to land three superior actors/actresses at the state competition in Rapid City in the past weeks. Mia Fernandez, Tyrel Mansfield,...

Hello Kadoka Area, I wrote about our school's excellence in the STEAM categories in the past column. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. No sooner had I penned the past column than I knew my next column had to be about the glue...

To the Kadoka Area School District, My pride and passion for our district are running over this week. Probably not for the reasons you would guess, but a realization and recognition for our staff and leadership's critical mission in developing a STEAM curriculum. What...

Hello, Kougar faithful, It was quite the end of the week for our students. Damon West, a renowned speaker, visited our student body and regaled us with stories from a life that has taken him from our nation's capital to one of our country's toughest maximum- security...

Dear Kougar, Faithful, This week is an exciting week for everyone in the community. Under the direction of our leadership, we can bring Kadoka, one of the foremost speakers, to the Midwest. My teammate, Mr. Jeff Nemecek, has fostered a relationship with the...

Hello Kadoka Area, It seems the new year has our students more active than the last. Most days of the week, there is an activity going on with our students. Amid this busy time, a scene in the background has our attention. The legislature is starting their session in...

Hello, again Kougar family. I hope the entire area had a fantastic start to the Christmas season. The twelve days of Christmas may not be standard for all. However, each of the 12 days after December 25th, I like to list at least all the gifts in my life. In the...