Iroquois, SD

Upcoming Events

April 9, Wednesday, UMW meets at the Trinity United Methodist Church at 6:00 p.m.

April 11, 12, 13, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, area students attend “Acquire the Fire” in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

April 11, Friday, No School            

April 12, Children’s Theater production of “You Look Marvelous” at 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. on Saturday in the south gym.

April 13, Sunday, Pancake Feed at the Legion for the Iroquois Heritage Museum.

April 14, Monday, School Board Meeting in the high school library at 8:00 p.m.

April 16, Wednesday, Sonshine Gang meets after school at the Methodist Church.

        The Iroquois community held a fundraiser Saturday with co-ed sporting events in the gym.  The money raised will go toward the purchase on an electronic sign that will be placed in town along Highway 14.         

High school students played co-ed volleyball and basketball games.  Cheerleaders in grades 5 through 12 performed between games.  Boys and girls in grades 4 through 6 also played co-ed basketball. 

Concessions were sold.  The IPAT (Iroquois Peer Assistance Team) also sold ice cream sundaes.        

The event raised approximately $1,800. 

-April 4-   The high school drama club presents this year’s all school play, “A Wing and a Prayer,” Friday evening.  The comedy dinner theater begins at 6:00 p.m. with a meal.  The play cast will help serve the meal while in costume.  This year’s meal consists of spaghetti with garlic bread, cake, and drinks.  Advanced tickets for the dinner theater or for the play only, may be purchased from any of the play cast or you may call the school (546-2426).  The play begins at 7:00 p.m. 

An Easter egg hunt was held Saturday, March 22 at the Iroquois School’s gyms.  A total of 35 children and their families attended this fun filled event!  After the eggs were found, the children were given treat bags.  Next they had the opportunity to take part in many fun games.  Drawings were held to give away three large Easter baskets with bunnies.  The winners of the drawings were Emily Hanson, Ashlyn Wipf, and Emily Marshall.  This event was sponsored by the Iroquois Area Community Club and is held annually. 

Goal 1 of Iroquois’ Strategic plan is community enhancement.  Our objectives are to create murals within our community, plant trees and flowers, make park benches, complete the volleyball and horseshoe pits in the park, plan seasonal decorating, complete the electronic sign, and continuous updates of the town’s website.  Committee members planning these projects are: Megan, Marlys, Mary, and Donna. 

On Monday,March 3rd these two groups met and decided to merge into one group. We broke into several committees that will begin the action part of our strategic plan. Different people volunteered for different objectives. we will meet again on Monday, April 7th to see the progress that is being made. Our plan is to meet monthly. If you have not got involved with either group yet, we invite you to come and be a part of an agressive group that wants to improve our town.

Iroquois and DeSmet Schools have been involved in negotiating a sports co-op for boys & girls basketball and girls volleyball.  Our school board has held several meetings, seeking the input of community.  They have also taken polls from parents of high school athletes, the athletes themselves, those attending parent/teacher conferences last week, and from the students in grades 8 through 11.  The final decision was not to co-op with DeSmet at this time. 

The elementary children have been busy saving, gathering, and contributing coins in support of the new electronic sign that will soon be placed along Highway 14.  Our first milk jug is filled.  The preschool and first grade classes will take the change to the bank on Thursday.  I wonder what the total will be for this first jug?  Our second jug is almost full!  Which classes will be the next to go to the bank?  We’ll let you know! 

Our Horizons group and Iroquois Area Community Club group have previously discussed proceeding with the process of becoming a 501C status group.  This status would allow us to apply and be eligible for more grants for our community projects.  Additional grants would help us to address each of the goals and objectives on our strategic plan.

Saturday, February 9, the Iroquois Horizons group held their celebration.  The group came together to discuss and distribute the community’s strategic plan.  The extreme cold hindered attendance, but the evening provided much opportunity to share ideas and visit.  Piano and vocal entertainment was provided by music director, Rod Ulrich and middle school student, Phyllis.  Cheryl Jacobs, SDSU Extension coordinator, attended our meeting.