
Reminder: Sack lunches are available for no charge for children ages 1-grade 12 at the Groton Area Elementary from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Out-of-town service can be arranged by calling the High School - 605-397-8381.

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Full details, including how you can help support this work, is available on the District website, www.grotonarea.com.

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Sack lunches will be available at no charge for children from age 1 through grade 12 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Groton Area Elementary from Tuesday 3/17 through Friday 3/20.

On the recommendation of the Office of Governor Noem, the Groton Area School District will be closed through Sunday, March 22. Further information is available on our website, www.grotonarea.com.

No 1st or 2nd grade boys basketball minicamp/practice after school today (Friday, March 13).

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Lights! Camera! Action!
Please join us on Monday March 9 from 5:30-7:00 for our 5th annual Math Family Game Night. This year's theme will be movies.
Groton Area Elementary and OST will be serving Nachos, Popcorn, and frenzies. (Free will donations will be accepted.)
An informational sheet with an RSVP will be sent home this week.


Groton Area Elementary Students will be attending the wrestling pep rally this afternoon at 3:00 in the high school gym. Bus students will load at the high school. OST, Walkers, and Pickup students will come back to the elementary for dismissal. Please plan for students to be late. Thank you

State Wrestling Qualifiers: Grady O'Neill (Runner up), Lane Krueger (4th), Christian Eheresman (Consolation Champ), Dragr Monson (Champion), and Thomas Cranford (4th). Congratulations!

Congratulations, Dragr! Region Champion at 113.


Check out the awesome things to do at PAC Science Night!!



5th grade students were able to experience first hand how electricity travels and how to safely remove themselves from dangerous situations. They also were able to learn about how to conserve energy when using different household appliances.



OST will be closed on February 13 due to school being closed. No field trip to Aberdeen. OST will be closed February 14 for teacher in-service.

Due to the extremely low wind chill temps through the morning tomorrow, there will be no school in Groton on February 13, 2020. Parent-teacher conferences will take place as scheduled from 1:30-8:30 PM.

Good afternoon. The elementary teachers would like all parents to know that students will be handing out their valentines gifts tomorrow morning. For the sake of not ruining lunch, we will plan to have their parties on Tuesday afternoon.

Due to the weather forecast for today including a Blizzard Warning for parts of our District followed by a Wind Chill Warning for dangerous wind chills, there will be no school in Groton on Wednesday, February 12.

There has been a time change to today's boys basketball game vs. Chamberlain. The "C" game has been canceled and the JV game will now begin at 2:00 PM and the varsity game will follow.

Better include a picture of the staff celebrating the 100th day of school. Time flies when you are learning!!!


Groton Area Elementary Staff celebrated the 100th day of school today! Time flies when you are learning!!!

Groton Wrestling Tournament TODAY. Wrestling starts at 10 AM. Good Luck, Tigers.


Jungle Book Fair
Thursday, February 13th from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.
If you can't make it, you can order online until February 12th. Enjoy a larger, expanded selection for all ages.
Help your teacher build their classroom libraries. You may purchase a book from your teachers wish list and donate it to your classroom library.
Books make GREAT gifts!
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairsdotcom/fair-finder.html