12/14 Junior High Girls Basketball Great Plains Conference Tournament cancelled due to road conditions.
Dress-Up Days for Happy Holidays Spirit Week!
12/13/24 Basketball action tonight at Canistota. Schedule is;
4 pm C team Boys main gym
5 pm JV Girls main gym Boys Barn
6:15 pm Varsity Girls Main gym
7:30 pm Varsity Boys Main gym
Dakota State University has signed another Tornado to one of their athletic programs. Miles Eide will play wide receiver for the Trojans Football team! Great to see the student athletes continue to excel after high school. Good luck Miles!
This week we put the spotlight on a member of our administration who has not only devoted the majority of his career to serving our school district, but also he and his family have devoted themselves to the entire Centerville Community. We are very grateful for all that Mr. Doug Edberg has done and continues to do for Centerville!
Staff Spotlight - Doug Edberg - 6-12 Principal and Athletic Director
About Me:
I graduated from Centerville High School in May of 1991. September of that year I went to Navy boot camp. After completing my time in the Navy I decided to go to college. I graduated from the University of South Dakota in May of 2000. I began my teaching career with Alcester-Hudson. I moved to the Viborg school district in 2006 to be closer to family. In 2010 I was approached by Mr. Voss about a vacancy in Centerville. I have been at the Centerville School District since. In 2013, I graduated from the University of Sioux Falls with my Master's Degree in Educational Leadership. I have been an administrator in the Centerville School District ever since completing my Master's. My family includes my wife, Jamie, who is the school Librarian, our son, Cole, a Freshman at Dakota Wesleyan University our daughters Chloe, who is a freshman and Claire, who is a 7th grader at Centerville. We are also blessed with 2 dogs Belle and Wrigley to round out our family.
Favorites:
Anyone that spends a short amount of time with me knows my favorites are the San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Cubs, and all-time favorite Centerville Tornadoes. My hobby currently is the Centerville Steakhouse--not much time for anything else. I feel my new hobby, which I will finally be able to start in a few weeks after the sale of the Steakhouse, will be spending much needed time with my family.
Memory:
There have been several great memories in the years at CHS. I think my favorite is being able to watch my children grow up in a wonderful district with an amazing staff and community. Watching our girls win a State Basketball Championship was pretty cool as well.
Why Statement:
One of the biggest reasons I chose education was thanks to a teacher and coach in my life. Dan Evans made a huge impact on me, which I wouldn't realize until I was older as those things aren't as clear to a teenage boy. I followed in his footsteps and became a math teacher and coach. His ability to get to know each student was the role I wanted to base my teaching style on. The reason I wanted to be an athletic administrator was thanks to Jim Dorman. His passion and enthusiasm for activities cannot be matched. There are many other people along the way that made a huge difference in my career I couldn't begin to name them all. I have been given the opportunity to work with amazing staff members in every district I have stepped foot in. In the end, we all know that the students are the reason we get up every morning.
Lost and Found-A key and key fob for a GMC vehicle were found under the bleachers in the Gold Gym after last night's JH BBB games. Please contact the school office to identify and claim.
12/10/24: 3:45 pm 7th followed by 8th JH Boys Basketball vs Viborg-Hurley @ Home. All games will be in the gold gym. No livestream available.
12/10/24 7 pm Girls Varsity only basketball game @ Gayville-Volin. Come out and support the girls as they open up the 24-25 basketball season!
The game will be livestreamed on the Gayville-Volin Youtube channel.
Below are the totals for the various classes. We had 8 boxes of food and 1 of tie blankets (made by NHS members)!
PK - 20
K - 63
1st - 65
2nd - 15
3rd - 105
4th - 65
5th - 31
6-12th - 44
Grand Total: 408 items!!!!
3rd grade won and will receive a prize. Thank you to everyone that brought in items! Thank you also to Anna M who helped organize and run the drive and Anna, Riley, and Wyatt B for helping carry the full boxes!
12/9/24 7 pm tonight 5-12 Winter Concert. If you can't make it we will do the best we can to go Facebook Live.
12/9 Reminder Mini Twisters will have practice after school today in the Commons.
The GBB apparel store is open until tomorrow morning at 11 AM if you are still looking for some Christmas gift ideas or just in need of some new Tornado gear!
https://dadesigns605.com/pages/centerville-girls-basketball
Good luck Oral Interpretation team @ State in Sturgis tomorrow!
A good deed of the day in the elementary was given to 3rd Grade student Leah Morphew by our head of maintenance John Jochims. He said, "As kids were coming in from recess Leah was preventing an argument between two other students and kindly help them diffuse the situation. She showed that she really cared about kids being kind to one another." Thanks for promoting a positive environment in our school Leah!!
Junior National Honor Society member Anna Marohl is organizing the NHS food drive this year. See the attached flyer for more information. Thank you Anna, Miss Davis (NHS advisor), and all NHS students for taking charge and putting this together!
12/2 4 pm JH Girls and Boys Basketball vs Freeman Academy/Marion @ Marion
4 pm Girls 1 combined game
4:45 pm Boys 7th followed by 8th grade game
This week we put the spotlight on another one of our fantastic teachers who has devoted the majority of her career to serving the Centerville School District. We are very grateful that Mrs. Melissa Cole chose Centerville!
Staff Spotlight - Melissa Cole - Preschool Teacher
About Me:
I graduated from Menno High School and then attended Northern State University. I double majored in elementary and special education. After graduation, I worked a year at Sisseton Middle School in the 6-7th grade special education classroom. I then moved to Centerville and have been here ever since! I started off in special education and when an opportunity to switch to preschool opened up I took it and am so glad I did! I am married to Kevin Cole and we have two boys, Riley-sophomore and Lucas-8th grade.
Favorites:
Color - Blue
Animal - Giraffe and Red Pandas
Hobby - Attending all my boys' activities and camping!
Food - Chick-Fil-A
Drink: Diet Cherry Pepsi or Strawberry Lemonade
Memory:
I have had a lot of great memories but one that was recent was attending the state girls basketball tournament. It was such a fun atmosphere and was great to see our school represented so well.
Why did you choose and continue to choose to be in education?
I always knew I wanted to be a teacher. I think it started when I was young and played school at home with my siblings. I had some great teachers throughout elementary and high school that also inspired me. I love teaching and couldn't imagine doing anything different.
The NHS would like to congratulate our incredible SPED Director, Mrs. Nelson, and our fabulous band director, Mrs. Herrboldt, for being chosen as November's Educators of the month! Attached are pictures of them receiving their certificate with student comments from Isaac. Thanks for all you do for the Centerville school, community and students!
Congratulations to the above students for being chosen for the Region 1 Honor Band that was held on Tuesday, November, 26th in Canton. The students rehearsed all day with other region 1 participants and performed a concert that evening. The guest director was Dr. Christopher Brandt from Morningside University and the following students were selected from Centerville: Flute: Anna Marohl(3rd Chair) - Clarinet: Anna Preheim(1st Chair), Kayla Stevens(3nd Chair), Aylin Gutierrez(2nd Part)- Alto Sax: Leah Wiese(1st Chair), Brady Muller(2nd Chair) - Trumpet: Grant Meyer(1st Chair) - Percussion: Josiah Knutson(Snare, Crash Cymbal, Timpani) - Also chosen but injured was Isaac Marohl.
12/2: 4 pm Junior High Girls Basketball vs Baltic @ Home. 7th grade followed by 8th. All games will be played in the Gold gym.
