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High school in South Dakota, United States

Lakota Tech High School is a public high school in unincorporated Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, near the Pine Ridge census-designated place and with a Pine Ridge postal address. It is in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It is a part of the Oglala Lakota County School District.

Its high school program is one of five high schools that are within the boundaries of the reservation. Additionally, of all of the public high schools on Indian reservations, it is the only one focusing on technical and career-oriented curricula.

History

Previously the district did not operate a high school building and required high school students staying with the district to attend virtual school.

In August 2019, the district and the state of South Dakota began a partnership to establish the first non-Bureau of Indian Education public high school on the reservation. Kristi Noem, Governor of South Dakota, jointly announced this with management of the school district.

In July 2019, the district hired Stephanie Eisenmenger as the first principal. Groundbreaking occurred in November 2019. There were plans to open in-person use of the school earlier, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Dakota the school itself was not yet open in July 2020. It is centered on career and technical education (CTE). The district had anticipated that about 100 students would enroll at the school. The school opened in fall 2020.

The enrollment at the end of the 2020-2021 school year was almost 400.

In 2022, the Lieutenant Governors' STEM Scholarship Program gave the school $1,000 as an award because the curricula had science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) content, and the funds were to be used on weather-related content.

Athletics

By February 2021, the gymnasium opened, and that month it began its athletics programs; the school is not under tribal law so, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it did not have to follow tribal directives to end athletics temporarily. This meant would-be athletes transferred to Lakota Tech. In November 2020, the South Dakota High School Activities Association (SDHSAA) decided that a student wishing to participate in a school athletics program at a particular school may move to that school if the student's previous school had suspended its own athletics programs.

See also

References

  1. "Home". Lakota Tech High School. Retrieved 2022-01-11. 14 New Wolf Creek Road Pine Ridge, SD 57770 - Compare with the Pine Ridge CDP map. The school has a Pine Ridge postal address but is not in the CDP.
  2. Haenchen, Brian (2020-08-13). "Multiple Native American schools opt to cancel or suspend fall sports; All Nations pushed to spring". Argus Leader. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  3. ^ "Lakota Tech receives STEM award". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, South Dakota. 2022-08-19. p. A3. - Clipping at Newspapers.com.
  4. Kaczke, Lisa (2019-08-29). "South Dakota, Oglala Lakota schools to construct first public high school on Pine Ridge". Argus Leader. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  5. Murat, Megan (2019-09-18). "Work continues in constructing Oglala Lakota County high school". News Center 1. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  6. "State, Oglala Lakota school district agree to build high school on Pine Ridge Reservation". Rapid City Journal. 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  7. Crash, Tom (2019-08-15). "SCHOOLS START SOON". Lakota Times. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  8. Dickens, Chelsea (2020-07-22). "Lakota Tech registration begins but district's back to school plan is "work in progress"". KNBN News Center 1. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  9. ^ "Lakota Tech High School finishes first year". KNBN News Center 1. 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  10. ^ Case, Matt (2021-02-04). "First-year Lakota Tech hoops enjoying the benefits of transfers across the Pine Ridge Reservation". Rapid City Journal. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  11. Case, Matt (2021-02-05). "Talented gathering". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, South Dakota. pp. B1, B3. - See first and second page at Newspapers.com.

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