💙🐾 Wellness Wednesday: One Positive Step Forward! 🐾💙 Today, our Cougars kicked off Wellness Wednesday by focusing on taking ONE POSITIVE STEP FORWARD! 👟✨ 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ We welcomed our Cross Country team as they prepare to head to Region Cross Country in Freeman! Our runners shared how they overcome challenges, stay motivated, and keep pushing forward even when things get tough! 💪 🤝 Next, our Little Cougars partnered up with our Big Cougars for a mindset activity! Together, they talked about the power of positive thinking and shared one positive step they can take this week! 🌟 💙 Sometimes, all it takes is one small step to make a BIG difference! 🐾 Good luck to our Cross Country team at Regions! We are cheering you on! 💙🏃‍♂️

🚒🔥 Fire Prevention Week! 🔥🚒 A HUGE thank you to the Burke Volunteer Fire Department for welcoming our elementary students down to the fire station for a tour! 👨‍🚒🚒 Our students had a blast exploring the fire trucks, checking out the equipment, and learning all about fire safety! 🧯❤️ We are so thankful for our local volunteer firefighters and everything they do to keep our community safe! 🐾💙 THANK YOU for making this such a fun and educational experience for our Little Cougars! 🚒🔥

🏐💙 WHAT A DAY FOR COUGAR VOLLEYBALL! 🐾🏆 Our Little Cougars showed up and showed out today in Spencer! 💪🔥 🥇🥈 3rd/4th Grade: 1st & 2nd Place! 🏅 5th Grade: 4th Place! 🥈 6th Grade: 2nd Place! What an AWESOME day of volleyball! 🤩 We are so proud of all these girls for their hard work, hustle, and teamwork! 💙🏐 The future of Cougar Volleyball is looking BRIGHT! 🌟🐾

🍎 Learning to lead, learning to teach! Our Burke Teens as Teachers students spent today learning about child brain development and how to adapt their teaching to different stages of development. They also put their learning into action by practicing lesson structure and teaching skills! A big thank-you to Wegner Auto for sponsoring the venue and supporting this opportunity for our students! 💙🐾

Here is the agenda for the Regular School Board Meeting on Monday, October 12th at 7:30 pm.

Congratulations to Kenzie Lomme, Ella Vasquez, Eddie Drey and Mason Young for being chosen to represent Burke High School at the upcoming All State Choir concert. They will join singers from across the state on October 31 at The Monument in Rapid City, SD.

We hope several people are able to make the trip to enjoy our students performance. If you are unable to attend , you can watch the concert that evening on SDPBS.

Happy Walk to School Day! 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Members of our local SD DOT team showed up bright and early to welcome kids to school today! They also dropped off light-up bracelets for all of our elementary students, which may come in handy at the end of the month. 🎃 Thanks for the great reminder to get outside, get some steps in our tennis shoes, and enjoy this beautiful South Dakota weather! 💙 We appreciate you helping make getting to school active, fun, and safe!

🐾 Reminder! Parent–Teacher Conferences are tomorrow, Thursday, October 8, from 5:00–8:00 PM! While you’re here, be sure to check out the lost and found! 😊

📢 Lost & Found Reminder! 👕🧢

Our Lost & Found items will be donated this Friday! Please stop by and check it out before then to see if anything belongs to you. 👀

Don’t let your missing items get away! 😊

🎓✨ South Dakota’s FREE College Application Period is here! ✨🎓

🐾 Here’s a look at what’s happening in Cougar Country this week!

Please check the Daily Cougar News for schedule changes, additional details, and updates throughout the week.

📌 Reminder: There will be no school on Friday, October 9, or Monday, October 12. Enjoy the long weekend! 💙🤍

🍎 Burke’s Educators Rising students spent today at Northern State University’s Learning Expo! They heard from keynote speaker Sean Covel and explored teaching strategies and careers in education. 💙🐾

Friday 's coming and YOU should come to Silent Book Club!!!!

9:30-10:30
Elementary Library
3rd-12th graders welcome
Snacks by Connor. You don't want to miss that!

🏈🐾 Our Cougar Youth Football teams took the field against Gregory tonight for the final games of the season—and finished with a WIN! What a great way to wrap things up! 💙 A huge shout-out to Glen Peters and Andy Divine for giving our young boys the opportunity to learn not only the game of football, but also teamwork, discipline, perseverance, and good sportsmanship. Thank you for the time, energy, and encouragement you’ve put into our players! A special thank-you to Maddox Fuhrer for helping throughout the season and assisting Andy with coaching the 5th/6th grade team tonight! We’re proud of these young Cougars and grateful to the coaches, families, and fans who supported them all season! Go Cougars! 🐾

🎶 Let’s get our Music Boosters moving forward! Join us Wednesday, September 30, at 5:30 p.m. to talk about officers, volunteer roles, fundraising ideas, and fun ways to support our music students and program. Whether you’ve already signed up or you’re just curious about how you can help, we’d love to see you there. 💙🎵

🏈 TAILGATE TIME! 🏈

Come hungry and support the Junior Class at their tailgate on Friday, October 2nd! 💙

Grab some supper and then stick around to cheer on the Cougars! 🐾🏈

Go Cougars! 💙🤍

Congratulations to our 3rd and 4th grade Cougars this morning! 🐾🏆 They had to face each other in the championship and came away with 1st and 2nd place! What an amazing accomplishment! Great job, kids! We are so proud of you! 💙🐾

🤖💙 COUGAR DAY FUN! 💙🤖 Before we jumped into today’s Cougar Day activity, we had an important celebration to take care of! 🎉🎂 🥳 Happy Birthday, Mr. Sanderson! We hope you have a fantastic day! Then it was time to get to work with ROBOTS! 🤖⚙️ Our students had a blast learning, creating, and putting their problem-solving skills to the test with some awesome robot activities! A big THANK YOU for providing such a fun, hands-on Cougar Day experience for our students! 💙🐾🤖

🏈 Cougar Youth Football! 🏈 Our 3rd/4th and 5th/6th grade Cougar teams took the field in Burke today against St. Joe’s! We are proud of the hustle, teamwork, and Cougar grit shown by both teams! Way to play hard, Cougars! 💙🩶