The middle school track meet for Thursday, April 24th at Garretson has been cancelled.
HS golf meet at Brookings for Thursday, April 24th has been cancelled.
Good morning,
Interlakes Area United Way and Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership are excited to welcome Delta Dental Mobile Program back to Madison June 9-12.
Appointments are now being accepted.
More details in the PDF below
https://5il.co/3dxep (English)
https://5il.co/3dxer (Spanish)


Discover how to walk alongside your child through life’s challenges and support their emotional growth. In this May Mental Health Newsletter https://5il.co/3dnp5, we explore strategies to enhance your child’s emotional growth, including building emotional vocabulary, responding to emotional moments with empathy, and establishing a consistent home environment. Learn how to foster resilience by acknowledging and praising emotional achievements.
This newsletter offers valuable insights to enhance your child’s emotional development and equip them with tools to navigate challenges. For additional support, visit ParentGuidance.org, a platform designed to empower you with expert resources for your child’s mental health journey.

The softball games today at Colman have been postponed to Wednesday, April 16th at 3:30pm in Colman. VARSITY ONLY; ONE GAME!
The middle school track meet today at Baltic has been cancelled.
Chester FFA is sponsoring a Pop tab Drive again this year for ALL GRADES Prek-12..
Buckets will be delivered on Monday morning before school starts.
High School: We will put them in your homeroom periods for high school classes.
Winning class will get an Ice Cream Social with the FFA Officers!
This runs: April 14 - May 9
See flier for details. https://5il.co/3d5n
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Mr. Jensen / FFA Officers

First Tee—South Dakota improves the lives of young people by providing educational programs and learning environments that build character, instill life-enhancing values, and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.
Find more information about this program by clicking on this link: https://5il.co/3cn90

Wednesday, April 16th! Please join your pK-5th-grade child(ren) between 7:30 and 8:15 in the elementary gym to share a long john for breakfast! Feel free to include grandparents, neighbors, and/or older siblings in this gathering. Breakfast will include a long john and juice.

April Mental Health Series
Breaking the Stress Cycle: A Parent’s Guide to Well-Being
Please click on the link below for the April Newsletter.
https://5il.co/3cg1k
Serie de Salud Mental de abril
Rompiendo el ciclo del estrés: Guía para padres sobre el bienestar
Haga clic o copie y pegue el enlace a continuación para acceder al boletín informativo de abril.
https://5il.co/3cg1j

It is National Para Professional Appreciation Day and we are thankful to have this GREAT group as part of our team. The unsung hero’s, the behind the scenes workers, the support role that we can’t function without…that is what the group is to Chester Area! Thank you today and every day for the work you do!


Blood Drive April 7th 7:30am-10:30am/12-2:30pm
Come out and support a great cause!

Congratulations to Mr. Jensen and students for earning Achieve 100 Award. This is for schools that achieve 100% membership among their CTE! Way to go Mr. Jensen (pictured with our seniors Will, Alfred, Aiden, Lexi, Hallie, and Owen)!

Just a reminder of our upcoming Kindergarten Screening.
Friday, April 11th
Please call 605.489.2412 today to schedule a screening time for your child.

Parenting can be challenging and, at times, feel isolating. Parent coaching is here to provide support during those tough moments. Offered at no cost by your school district, parent coaching connects you with a coach and resources developed by therapists. Click here to sign up for ongoing support: https://cookcenter.info/coaching

The Chester Area Elementary PTA is doing a Bunnygram fundraiser to raise funds for future class parties, field trip costs, and prizes for the reading levels prize cabinet. For $5, you will be able to send a Bunnygram to anyone in the Chester Area School building. You can include a fun message and it will be delivered by the Easter Bunny at school on April 16th and 17th.
Bunnygrams are due April 9th by 4pm and will be delivered by the Easter Bunny on April 16th and 17th
Payment will be via VENMO and that information will be shared within the order form.
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=DQSIkWdsW0yxEjajBLZtrQAAAAAAAAAAAAO__bp18mJUQTFLSlU0RTI4UTRIV1JUT1AxV01RNVUzRy4u&origin=QRCode&route=shorturl

NEW APP!!
Along with our new website, we also have a new app! This app will provide information such as the activities/events Calendar, the lunch menu, links to our live streams, and the landing page for our new Mental Health Program!

Thank you, United Methodist Church Youth Group!
With the weather showing us a "taste of spring," it is great to have more basketballs for the kids to enjoy at recess time!

Dr. Seuss Week is March 3rd-March 7th in the Chester Area Elementary School. Dress-up days, a special breakfast of green eggs and ham, the 5th grade Dr. Seuss performance, and extra fun in the library that week will definitely give you and your children something to talk about!

Kindergarten Screening
Friday, April 11th
Please call Melissa at 605.489.2412 to set up a screening time

