Estelline School District

Estelline High School Fall Formal – Autumn Elegance

Join us for an elegant evening at the Estelline High School Fall Formal, hosted by the Estelline High School Student Council.

November 7th
Grand March: 7:00 PM
Dance: 8:00–11:00 PM
Admission: $5 per person

Please sign up in the High School Office by November 4th.

Questions? Please contact Cara Muckridge at Cara.Muckridge@k12.sd.us.

🔥🚒 We kicked off Fire Safety Week with our PK/JK students taking a field trip to the Estelline Fire Station! A big thank you to the Estelline Fire Department for welcoming our students, showing them around the station, and teaching them about fire safety and the important work our firefighters do to keep our community safe! ❤️🚒 We appreciate you taking the time to make this a fun and educational experience for our littlest Redhawks! 🦅❤️

Redhawk activities for the week of Oct. 5-10. Go Redhawks!

The special school board meeting scheduled for Monday, October 5th has been rescheduled to November 5th at 5:30 pm. The topic for the special meeting is Gavel Training for board members led by Wade Pogany from the Associated School Boards of South Dakota. The next regular school board meeting is Monday, October 12th at 5:30 pm.

Picture Retakes will be Thursday, October 29th starting at 8:00 am in the HS Gym. If your child will be retaking photos, please return the photo packet you received. We also have picture packets available in the HS or ELEM office.
For specific questions, call School Time Photos at 605-362-9221 or email: office@schooltimephotos.com.

The JV cross country races on Tuesday, September 29th, at Sioux Valley have been cancelled due to the wet course.

Redhawk activities for the week of September 28-October 3. Go Redhawks!

The cross country meet at Castlewood on Saturday, September 26, has been cancelled.

Due to a system security update all school district access fobs, including those used by families to access the Estelline Arena and Weight Room will stop working tomorrow afternoon. They will need to be activated on the new system. Please stop at the high school office between 8am and 10:30am or 3:30 -4pm Monday -Thursday and Friday morning. The process takes less than 5 minutes--OR you may leave the fob with us and pick it up after school.

The Estelline/Hendricks Redhawks varsity gymnastics, girls basketball, and boys basketball schedules are here! Please see the attached flyer and mark your calendars for another exciting winter sports season.

Please note:
- All schedules listed are varsity schedules.
- Junior high and JV schedules will be shared separately.
- Schedules are subject to change.

Check SportsYou, Bound, or the school website throughout the season for the latest updates. Go Redhawks!

Updated Important Dates - We missed October 16th & March 11th as 12:00 Dismissal days. Sorry for the confusion!

Our Important Dates flyer has key dates for the 2026–27 school year, including no-school days, noon dismissals, concerts, and graduation. Save a copy for easy reference throughout the year!

We’ll share more information about some events as their dates get closer.

Attached is the schedule for the JH VB tournament at Hamlin on Saturday, September 26th. Bus will leave Estelline at 8AM.

Last week, PK-12th grade kicked off Homecoming with an assembly. The assembly included Redhawk Way recognition for students whose teachers have noticed them demonstrating the school’s core values of Respect, Effort, Dedication, Honesty, Accountability, Wisdom, and Kindness. Students were called to the front of the gym and recognized for how they've lived out those values, and they received a certificate and a star sucker. Congratulations to September's Redhawk Way Winners!

PreK/JK: Huxlee Ward, K: Cutler Steffensen, 1: Oaklynn Rust, 2: Poppy Carlson, 3: Zaylee Seppala, 4: Paislee Wuolle, 5: Mia Du Plessis, 6: Leighton Tasker, 7: Alfredo Sosa Moreno, 8: Juliana Mendez Camberos, 9: Sophie German, 10: Laura Brenden, 11: Kaelynn McKennan, 12: Sean Engst

Attached is the Varsity VB schedule for Saturday, September 26th at GPL. Bus will leave at 7:30AM.

Attached are the Redhawk Activities for the week of September 21-26. Go Redhawks!

Due to the weather, today's JH football game has been rescheduled to Friday, September 25th at 4:00pm in Baltic. Varsity is still scheduled for 7:00pm tonight at Beckman Field. The Alumni meal will be in the lunchroom from 5:30-7:00. Go Redhawks!

Come get a delicious meal before the game tonight!

Today, 7 of our students represented Estelline at our 3rd annual DVC Leadership retreat in White. Along with 80 other 9th - 12th grade students from the other 10 Dakota Valley Conference schools. The retreat was led by the DVC Activities Directors. The students had an opportunity to listen to our keynote speaker - current SD Athletic Director of the Year, Cory Aadland of Mitchell High School. He spoke on the importance of student leadership in schools and how that looks for students. The students also broke off into mixed groups and made presentations on different topics related to student leadership in schools. Students will take what they learned today back to their school hallways and were challenged to lead positively in their buildings. It was a great day of learning, leading, and collaborating. DVC Leadership Team (L to R): Lincoln Tasker, Carter IntVeld, Jodi Callesen, Jade Callesen, Jaylee Berwald, Presly Bury, & Maggie Hausman

Schedule for Varsity volleyball at Lake Preston on Saturday, September 19th is attached. Bus will leave at 8AM.