Centerville School District

If you are going to Rapid City and supporting Emery, Peyton, and Coach Eide, please read the following information: ENTRANCE TO HART RANCH CAMPING RESORT We ask that all vehicles exit Rapid City Southbound on SD Highway 79, turn right onto Spring Creek Road for 1.5 miles to the Hart Ranch Camping Resort entrance. EXIT FROM HART RANCH CAMPING RESORT We ask that as you leave Hart Ranch, you turn left and go west on Spring Creek RD for approximately 3 miles to Neck Yoke RD which will take you to a right hand turn onto Highway 16 north into Rapid City. PARKING WILL BECOME AVAILABLE AT: Teams: 10:00 AM Spectators: 10:30 AM PLEASE DO NOT ARRIVE PRIOR. CONCESSIONS Will be available in the Event Center near the finish line! ADMISSION ADULTS $10.00 GRADES 1 -12 $5.00 To help with the traffic flow at Hart Ranch Camping Resort, the SDHSAA encourages all spectators attending the 2024 State Cross Country Championships to pre-purchase their admission through their digital ticketing system.

10/19: Last regular season home volleyball matches tonight vs Baltic. Come out and support the Tornadoes! Schedule as follows: 3:45 pm 7A followed by 7B followed by 8th grade all in the Gold Gym 5 pm C/JV/Varsity in the Purple gym Matches in the Purple gym livestreamed on tornadoesliveticketv.com

Over 200 students participated in the Lennox Invitational on Thursday, October 17. All four of the Centerville students came home with awards. The team (including Averie Salberg), will be traveling to Bon Homme, Friday, October 25 for our second competition of the season. Jace Muller:       Storytelling - Excellent       Dramatic - Excellent Plus Anna Preheim       Non-Orig Oratory - Excellent       Duet - Excellent Plus Brady Muller       Humorous - Excellent Plus       Duet - Excellent Plus RyLee Sullivan       Poetry - Excellent Plus       Humorous - Excellent

10/19: JH and JV Volleyball will travel to Mitchell Christian tonight. Schedule as follows: 5:15 pm JH one Combined Game 6:00 pm JV game

Good morning Tornado Nation! We want to put the spotlight on another one of our very valued teachers this week, our MS/HS History Teacher Mr. Kory Muller. If he's not teaching history or geography, it could be Health, PE, and even automotive classes. When he's not doing all of that, he is coaching, jumping on a microphone, or doing anything and everything to bring positive energy in our building and in the entire community! Staff Spotlight - Kory Muller - MS/HS History Teacher Favorites: Color - orange or black, depends on the car Animal - dog, horse, pheasant Hobby - we love camping, traveling, and hiking but I have a lot of hobbies including tinkering on cars, raising pheasants, and the occasional browse through Facebook marketplace. Food - double bacon cheeseburger Drink - Pepsi About me: I am a graduate of THE Waubay high school, as is my beautiful wife Laurie. After graduation I spent the year farming and finding myself ... mostly on a tractor, a hayrack, squeezed between milk cows, or shoveling snow. After a year on my own, I decided to that I wanted to be a teacher so off the farm and on to SDSU I went. I have to be honest, I didn't think I was college material but I LOVED being a Jackrabbit!! On December 23rd, 2000, Laurie and I got married and started our forever journey. The following summer I took my first teaching job in Centerville...thanks for the callback, Mr. Voss! I have been part of Tornado Nation since 2001 as a teacher, coach, and fan! Laurie and I moved to Centerville in 2013 after living in Yankton for ten years. We love our place on the edge of town where we can enjoy the conveniences of “city life” yet feel like we are still in the country. We have four boys - Brady, Jace, Carter, and Camden. They are busy in a variety of different activities which keeps us all on the go! CHS Memory: I've had so many great CHS memories over the years, but one of my favorites has to be driving the school bus home from Tea as the boys chanted "State! State! State!" following our 2014 Region 5 boys basketball win. That was pretty cool!! I got a lot more memories of a lot of great people so stop by sometime, I'd love to share them. Why did you choose education? Well, becoming a teacher wasn't my first choice as a profession...I thought about being a stunt man, then a cowboy or rodeo clown, possibly a race car driver…that looked fun! I tried farming, construction, building grain bins, but I wasn’t very good at those I guess, so, after taking a year “off” I decided to go to SDSU to become a teacher. Seriously though, I love what I do. I've always enjoyed young people and wanted to be part of their journey, so becoming a teacher seemed to make sense. I have been blessed with so many great relationships with staff & students both past and present, and I am very thankful for that. I couldn't have seen myself doing anything else, anywhere else.

Playoff shirts available store closes soon: https://stores.inksoft.com/centerville_football_playoff/shop/home

Football pairings have been set. We will be going to Philip to take on the Scotties. The details are being finalized. Check back and make plans for a road trip west.

10/18/24: Varsity football tonight @ Corsica-Stickney. Game starts at 7 pm. If you can't attend you can watch on jaguars liveticket tv.

Get your STATE XC gear on the following online store link!! Make sure to spread the word as the store closes on Monday at 12pm to get the items in time. Let's Go Tornadoes!! 💜💛 https://dadesigns605.com/collections/centerville-state-xc

10/18/24: Marching bands last competition today at Volga. Approximate time schedule attached.

10/17/24: Volleyball is at Avon tonight. Schedule as follows: Games Times: JH starts at 4:00-8th and then 7th C-Game:5:00 JV Game: 6:15 Varsity: 7:30 https://avonpirates.liveticket.tv/volleyball/

Good afternoon Tornado Nation! We want to put the spotlight on one of our rockstar teachers this week, our 3rd Grade Teacher Mrs. Jennifer O'Connell. We are lucky to have such an excellent teacher in our school and are very appreciative of her dedication over her years here at CHS. Staff Spotlight Jennifer O'Connell - 3rd Grade Teacher Favorites: Color - Green Animal - Dog Hobby - camping, boating, being with our granddaughters, and cheering on the Green Bay Packers Food - Mexican Drink - Propel About me: My husband Dennis and I just celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. He recently retired from Grossenburg Implement and farms. We have two boys, Nick and Brandon. Nick, his wife Ali, and their two daughters, Harper (2) and Paisley (4 months), live on a farm outside of Beresford. Nick works for Jensen Insurance in Beresford. Our youngest son Brandon and his girlfriend Tiana live in Vermillion. He teaches, coaches, and is the athletic director for the Gayville-Volin School District. Why did you choose education? I have always known that I wanted to be a teacher. I have been fortunate to have several teachers in my life that had a positive impact on me, but there are two that stand out. My 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Bonte’s love of learning and strong desire to make an impact in the lives of her students inspired me to become a teacher. She is the reason I double majored in Elementary Education and Special Education at USD (Go Yotes!). I then had an amazing student teaching experience here in Centerville in Roxanne Evans’ first grade classroom. She taught me what type of teacher I wanted to be. I was hired by the Centerville School District after completing my student teaching experience. I just started my 30th year in the district (Go Tornadoes)!

10/16: Cross Country regions today @ Arlington. With a chance to make the State Championship on the line, come out and cheer on the Tornadoes!

While we still don't know for sure that we will be making the football playoffs, there is a good chance that we will be qualifying which means that we would be playing on Thursday, October 24th. This is also the night scheduled for parent-teacher conferences. After some discussion, it was decided to make the following changes: *Move parent-teacher conferences from Thursday, October 24th to Tuesday, October 29th. *Keep a 2:00 dismissal for Thursday, October 24th as we likely will be on the road if we do make the playoffs and a couple of the locations are a little farther away. *With parent-teacher conferences on Tuesday, October 29th, this would be a 2:00 dismissal. *Keep no school on Friday, October 25th. Parents of elementary students should use the following link to sign-up for a time slot (https://bit.ly/4gYUIk4). Parents of middle school/high school students are encouraged to stop and visit teachers between 3:00 PM and 9:00 PM. There will be benefit for Mallory Jahn and her family during the night of parent-teacher conferences with there being a hot ham and cheese meal served in the Commons. Additional information will be provided at a later time.

10/11/24: Football Friday! 6 pm we go to Gayville to take on the Raiders. Good luck tornadoes. Game livestreamed on the Raiders Youtube channel.

Congratulations to Centerville Senior Emma Marshall who committed to taking her talents to the next level at Dakota State University! She will be a member of both the girls basketball and track program. They are getting a good one! A big day today for Emma as she competes in senior night tonight for volleyball, signed with DSU, and all on her 18th birthday! Happy birthday and a huge congrats to Emma and her family!

10/10/24: Volleyball action at home tonight vs Scotland. Schedule is as follows: 4 pm 8th followed by 7th in Gold Gym 5 pm C/JV/Varsity Purple Gym We will recognize Senior volleyball and cross country athletes with the parents. This will happen between the JV and Varsity matches. All games in the purple gym livestreamed on tornadoesliveticket tv Good luck Torndadoes!

Tornado Nation...A good deed in our High School from an excellent example of the fantastic students and staff we have here at CHS! Librarian Linda Holmberg awarded Junior student Anna Marohl with a "Good Deed of the Day"! She said, "I was busy getting signs ready during homecoming week and Anna was waiting in town for volleyball. She came over to me and wanted to know if there was anything she could help me with and offered to help." When snapping a photo of these two she also mentioned, "I could give this young lady one of these every day!" Way to be a great example of service and kindness to others Anna! #GOODDEED #DEEDOFTHEDAY #TORNADOPRIDE

10/9: Cross Country today at Irene Glenridge golf course. Good luck Tornadoes!

10/8/24: Volleyball action at Hanson tonight. Schedule as follows: 3:30 - 6th grade match 4:00 - 8th grade match followed by the 7th grade match 5:00 - C Game 6:16 - JV followed by Varsity Good luck Tornadoes!