Lyman School District

The Lyman School has great news for families. We have officially been accepted to give all families free lunch for the remainder of the school year. Any outstanding balances must still be paid. If a student takes extra milk or juice there is still a charge. The letter will be going home that is attached. This starts on Monday.

We have updated many items in our covid response plan. The Major updates are -- Gym Use Tiers: We are now having masking for all events in the gymnasium and in the bleachers at the football field. Remote Learning Requirements Close Contact Rules https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cbnFv4Hu-tkX6YHKQTDTyJKsjL3RkGxT/view?usp=sharing

The link to the Covid 19 video update this week. https://drive.google.com/file/d/11l1R_fBfgkbKZlUaXA2jj2d4zPoyMoU7/view

We apologize for the late notice this morning. Due to being closed last week and having SFS workers coming off of quarantine, there is not school lunch program today. We will resume normally starting tomorrow, Tuesday, October 6th. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

The Lyman school will return to in person learning on Tuesday, October 6th. October 5th will be our regularly scheduled remote learning day. We have adjusted many guidelines for Remote Learning/ Quarantine process. We will be getting more information out tomorrow, Monday October 5th for that guidance. We would like to thank everyone for the continued support of Raider Nation! Thanks for all you do.

-“Any high school students that need to gather materials/technology from the school may stop into the school. If you need materials for today, you may come up to your locker. We will not have individual chargers ready to go for MS/ELEM students until Tuesday. A more general pickup day will be Tuesday from 8 am to 1 pm at both sites. If you are unable to make this time period, please contact Ms. Curtis via email Robin.Curtis@k12.sd.us or that child's classroom teacher. (Elementary) Middle School and Elementary families-your students’ computers will be in their homeroom/classroom carts. Chargers will be available at the front office desk for MS students and at the classroom level for Elementary Students. High school students have already been provided a charger during the first week of school. Families, please send one family member to pickup all items for the entire family.”

Remote learning this week. Teachers will reach out to students. Please stay safe and responsible during this time.

School is dismissing at 1:30 pm today. Football game is still on for this evening against JC/WR. We want people aware their is a significant level of COVID-19 spread in our community. Due to this there is no student section, families must sit together, students are not allowed to free roam at the game. We will encourage seating around the football field. Bring Lawn Chairs and blankets. If you are uncomfortable with coming, please watch through Raiders Live.

The Lyman School District Picture Day is set for Wednesday, Sept. 30. Staff and Infant-4yrs. will run from 8:00-9:00 in both locations. E-Learners are scheduled for pictures at 10:00 at the Presho site for middle and high school students. Elementary E-Learners will be taken from 12:00-1:00 in Kennebec.

Good Morning All, Clarification: We are playing football Friday night at 7:00pm. We are now making some changes to our plans for the remainder of homecoming week. Additional activities are being cancelled. We will not be having the pep rally, the float building, and the events Thursday night. We are being contacted with additional information on more cases of Covid-19 being reported and spread through our communities. We know we are doing our best to mitigate our students inside our building. We have many parameters set up for safety, we want to ensure that we can offer and continue to offer educational opportunities for students. The Student Council is working vigorously to create an alternative day on Friday to celebrate homecoming and have students have a memorable day. We will dismiss at 1:30 pm on Friday for the students of the Lyman School. At this time, we want to remind everyone if you are sick or have any symptoms stay home. We will be live streaming the football game through Raiders Live.

Video update on Covid-19 from school superintendent. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jycUhSdjswmy7m2HGCszd9Z44u0clM6T/view

The Lyman School is always looking for bus drivers for routes and activities. We do not have a full time route available at this time, but we do have openings to drive activities and substitute. Please reach out if you A: Have a CDL and are interested in driving. B: Are interested in getting a CDL (District will pay for you to get a licence.) District pays for Physical, Get the drivers license, etc. , and background check. Activity Drivers get $0.42 a mile and 9 dollars an hour down time. Please call the school at 605-895-2579 or email philip.schonebaum@k12.sd.us for more information.

Follow the link for this weeks Covid-19 update. 0 new cases yesterday, Active cases down to 2 in our entire county! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AAMleQO6YhmPPWuaCG8UqiPtaDWmu61-/view

Lyman School District Homecoming Week Order of Events Sunday, September 20, 2020 5:00 Color Run – All are welcome to join us for a Color Fun Run/Walk beginning at Jet Lanes and ending at the High School. Wear a white shirt or something you don’t mind getting painted colorful! Enjoy a treat afterwards! Free will donation accepted for the student council. 6:00 Whitewashing Streets (HS students) – we will whitewash the streets by the high school---wear clothes you don’t mind getting paint on. Monday, September 21, 2020 4:00 MS FB vs. SBA (H) 5:00 JV FB vs. SBA (H) 7:30 Coronation @ FB Field – Burning of the L to follow in FB field parking lot Tuesday, September 22, 2020 Dress Up Day Theme: “Born in the USA” – Patriotic (red, white, and blue) Time 6:30 pm Central (5:30 Mountain) - HS VB @ Wall Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Dress Up Day Theme: “Team” – Class Color Day XC – WGPC @ Philip Thursday, September 24, 2020 Dress Up Day Theme: “Let’s Get Physical” – Workout Attire 3:00 -- Elementary Pep Rally – Lyman Elementary School, Kennebec 7:00 – Raider Night (Powder-puff Football/ Volleyball) Friday, September 25, 2020 Dress Up Day Theme: “Our House” – Raider Pride (red, white, black) 12:00 – Place floats in designated spots in FB field parking lot for Display of Floats 1:00 – Pep Rally @ FB field 1:30 (following Pep Rally) – Display of Floats—All are welcome to walk around and enjoy the decorated floats in the FB field parking lot. We will be having a Penny War for judging this year. You may vote for your favorite floats by placing pennies in their designated buckets. Pennies are positive points and all other forms of money are negative points. The floats with the most points at the end of the FB game will be the winners! (Floats will need to be taken down after the football game). If you want a team to win, negatively donate by placing dollars etc in other boxes. Pennies score points for each team. School Dismisses after Pep Rally and Display of floats. School will dismiss at 1:45 pm. Student riding the bus must be where they need to be after pep rally to board buses. 7:00 – HS FB vs. WR/JC Note: • Homecoming theme “We Got the Beat” Floats should be based off of a song of your choice • Due to COVID social distancing restrictions, we will not be able to have a traditional parade this year. However, we will have a Display of Floats in the Football Field Parking Lot. Community members are welcome and encouraged to decorate a float and enter as usual (Call Marsha at the HS office to enter your float), but instead of parading our floats, they will be stationary and available for people to view. We will be having a Penny War for judging this year. You may vote for your favorite floats by placing pennies in their designated buckets. Pennies are positive points and all other forms of money are negative points. The floats with the most points at the end of the FB game will be the winners! (Floats will need to be taken down after the football game • At all Homecoming events, please remember to respect social distancing guidelines. Masks are encouraged. Let’s have a safe and healthy Homecoming!!

The website is up and running. There are some errors that we are getting through. It will continually be updated and built up over the next several weeks. Please check it out. The programs aren't completely updated and we are working on getting some great pictures to start adding.

Reminder Volleyball at the Gardens tonight! Come out and enjoy a full evening of Volleyball before the weekend. C Team starts at 5:30pm. We also have the MS Volleyball team rocking the court in Kennebec starting at 4:30 pm. Good luck to all of our athletes this evening. Our Cross Country Team Traveled to DeSmet for an afternoon run today. Good luck to all!

Check out our new website, we are still working on many aspects of the page, but we will work on getting everything updates over the next several weeks.

Check out our most recent news article about some reminders about the start of the school year!

This is a reminder to all of our Lyman students that school will begin on Thursday August 20th! Can't wait to see you in the buildings or online!