Excitement is in the air as students at Gregory School District prepare for Homecoming and the week of festivities that go along with it. Dress-up days will begin on Monday, October 4, with “business on top/casual on bottom.” Tuesday is “Spirit” day, and “Welcome to the Jungle” will be Wednesday’s theme, followed by “Throwback Thursday.” High school classes will also hold competitions each day to determine who gets to eat lunch first.

Swift Family Enterprises has added a new feature to their pumpkin stand and patch this year -- a maze. Malachi, 15-year-old manager of the pumpkin patch operations, and his mother, Fawn, explained that the idea for the maze has been in the works for several years, and this year was the year to pull the trigger and do it.

The Parkston Trojans defeated Gregory 50-0 to drop the Gorillas record to 3-2. After winning 3 consecutive games, the Gorillas suffered their second loss on Saturday evening, September 18.

Every interaction is an opportunity. Take a moment and let that thought soak in. This invitation is a beautiful and simple reminder that we have some agency in how we interact in the thousands of moments that we have each day. Parenting with the brain in mind provides us the opportunity to think differently. We can become integrationists: understanding the benefits of different parts of the brain working together to make a well-functioning whole.

Governor Kristi Noem has directed the Department of Education to delay the process to consider revisions to the state’s social studies standards up to one year. She issued the following statement: “The Department of Education changed the working group’s recommendations to the social studies standards significantly, but it is clear to me that there needs to be more public input to bring greater balance and emphasis on our nation’s true and honest history.

Tuesday Mixed League 09/14/21 Old Pioneer, 46-2; TeeRiffic Creations, 43-5; Bailey Welding, 34-14; Soesbes, 31-17; Outsiders, 15-33; Argonauts, 9-39; Eaglestar, 4-44; Streakers, 1-23; HTG: TeeRiffic Creations, 874; HTS: Bailey Welding, 2536; HIG: Justin Parkis, 277; Patty Connealy, 162; HIS: Dan Soesbe, 636; Amy Muller, 423. Splits picked up by: Augie Bortz (3-10), Mary Soesbe (2-3).