Webster Area School District

Best of luck to our Bearcat golfers competing Monday and Tuesday at state in Brookings! Boys: Seth Lesnar, Quinn Simonson, Maverick Coester Girls: Bailee Ninke, Mia Coester Special congratulations to Seth Lesnar-- Seth won the Region 1B tourney in Aberdeen with a -1 under par! Information for the state tournament can be found at www.sdhsaa.com GGID for boys: 26SDBOYSB GGID for girls: 26SDGIRLSB

Congratulations to Matthew Mount-- not only did he take home a 3rd place finish in shot put and a 7th place finish in discus, but he also took home FIRST PLACE and a State Track Meet RECORD with his javelin throw of 176'9"! Matt was also named the overall Most Valuable field events athlete! Congratulations to all of our state qualifiers, they all competed hard and represented Webster Area well!

Best of luck to our state qualifying tracksters this weekend in Sioux Falls! Boys: Jeron McCreary, Matthew Mount, Jase Voss, and Henry Witt Girls: Emily Acree, Madison Block, Ayla Bloom, Braelynn Breske, Kenley Grewe, Kala Kwasniewski, Quinn Matthews, Hannah Sonstebo, Mallory Steiner, Alyssa Zacher, and Sarah Zubke Continue to work hard, Bearcats!

Webster Area Driver Education will begin tomorrow - May 26th from 8am to 4:30pm. Students will need to bring a pencil and notebook to Mr. Bloom's classroom. Lunch is not provided, students are asked to pack a lunch or bring lunch money if eating outside of school.

Congratulations to Cayston Hanson! She was ourTop Overall AR Point Holder with 634.7 points in Accelerated Reader. Our top readers from each class were:
Back row, left to right: Leah Waldner(4th), Dominic Waldner(5th), Gracelynn Chevelair(5th), Nolan Rasmus(4th)
Front row, left to right: Edgar Hamann(3rd), Layton Randall(3rd), Auby James(1st), Cayston Hanson(1st), Adeline Siglin(2nd), Mavis Stoebner(2nd)

Attendance awards for the 2025-26 school year. This year we celebrated perfect attendance for each semester and overall. Great job kids!!

Congratulations to Lydia Williams on winning the Lake Region Electric water bottle label design contest !

This was the first year that Lake Region Electric did a water bottle label contest. In the past, Lake Region Electric has been donating bottled water to Webster Area School to use at events and fundraising opportunities. This year they decided to involve the 3rd grade students in an effort to help educate them about electrical safety, and to further their example of Lake Region's concern for the school and communities they serve.

Congratulations to the Elementary Students of the Month for May!!
Front row left to right: Harper Sattler-K, Miles Fiedler-1st, Cayston Hanson-2nd
Back row left to right: Riley Kwaskiewski-3rd, Landon Linde-4th, Jagger Dargatz-5th

Congratulations to Wade Rausch on receiving the Dorothy Garrick Excellence in Teaching Award for the 2025-26 school year.

The top K-5 winners for AR points this year had a pizza party to celebrate their hard work!
Congrats readers!

Field Day at the track!
3rd - 5th grade: 8:45 AM to 11:00 AM
K - 2nd grade: 12:30 PM to 2:45 PM

Due to the high winds this afternoon, today's NEC track meet in Milbank is pushed back to a 3:30 start for field events and 4:30 for running events.  Track participants will now dismiss at 12:30 and depart at 1:15. Good luck Bearcats!

Looks like the end of the school year!!! Our lost and found is overflowing. Please take a look at photos. If you see something familiar have your child bring it home. Items will be gathered and donated at the end of the year.

PS-4th Grade will have an assembly on Thursday May 14th from 2:15-3:00. Phil Baker writes and performs music to help children learn something about the world around them.

Help celebrate 26 years of service as Mr. Case is set to retire!

Congratulations to Webster Area MS/HS Students of the Month for April: Karli Sannes (12th) Kaia Cyrus (11th) Dylan Rasmus (10th) Samantha Ermer (9th) Tucker Wickre (8th) Portlyn Johnson (7th) Parker Gaikowski (6th)

Design the Elementary Yearbook Cover Contest (preschool - 5th grade) The cover should include “Webster Area Elementary School” and “2025–26” somewhere on the design. Students are encouraged to use their imagination to create a yearbook cover page. Please use 8.5 x 11 white paper. Designs may be created using computer graphics, crayons, markers, pencil, or a combination of materials. Entries are due Friday, May 8th, and should be turned into the elementary/middle school office. The winner will receive a free yearbook.

Congratulations to our April Students of the Month!

Back row: Lola Haabala-K, Joeslyn Linde-1st, Adalynn Letcher-2nd
Front row: Eliza Bloom-3rd, Aubrey Sattler-4th, Gracelynn Chevalier-5th

Tomorrow's varsity golf quad at Webster has been cancelled due to weather and will not be made up.
Tomorrow's JH golf meet at Webster has been postponed to Tuesday, May 12 with a 1pm start.