
Congratulations to Mrs. June Lewison who received a 40-year "Star Polisher" Service Award from the Beresford School District! Mrs. Lewison has been an aide at Beresford Elementary School since 1980! Thank you for your commitment to our students, families, staff, and District!


Thank you to Mrs. Judy Travis, our Elementary School Admin Assistant who will be retiring at the end of the 19-20 school year. She has provided 23 years of dedicated service to the students, families, staff, and District! She will be missed greatly! Best wishes Mrs. Travis!


We would like to thank our teachers and support staff for their commitment to the education of our youth in Beresford! They are to be commended for their dedication, flexibility, and adaptation to the challenges placed upon them, our students, and schools during the pandemic.


The Beresford School District joined “Let It Shine SD” tonight at 9:30 to spread hope and light to those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic!



Essential Workers -Thank you from our Beresford High School Student Council https://youtu.be/Oqen5jcoQz0

Kayli Schaap -Academic Excellence 2020!
Congratulations to Kayli Schaap for being our Associated School Boards of South Dakota (ASBSD) Academic Excellence representative!
(https://asbsd.org/index.php/2020s-best-and-brightest/)


The Beresford School District will honor the BHS Class of 2020 with a Virtual Graduation Ceremony on Saturday, May 16 at 2:00 p.m.! An embedded link to the video will be provided to our seniors, their families, friends, and community through our District's social media.


The Beresford School District would like to thank former Vermillion Tanager, Kansas State Wildcat, San Diego Charger, and Minnesota Viking, Mr. Ben Leber for spending an hour with our students and staff this morning on Zoom! Your message was greatly appreciated by all!



Congratulations to Mr. Robert Frieberg, who will be inducted into the Watchdog Hall of Fame Class of 2020—Distinguished Service! Mr. Frieberg is a 1953 graduate of BHS and has been actively involved in the Beresford community, school district, & their development over the years.


On Thursday, April 30, our Elementary School will be conducting another distribution of learning materials from 12-1 and 5-6 at the Commons. Not all of the grade levels will be distributing materials. Homeroom facilitators will be reaching out to you with grade level information.

Congratulations to the 1980 FB Team on their induction into the Watchdog Hall of Fame Class of 2020! They were the State 11B FB Champions in both the Coaches’ Poll & Sportswriters’ Poll. They outscored their opponents 236-48 and finished their season 9-0. https://5il.co/flkj

Congratulations to the 1979 FB Team on their induction into the Watchdog Hall of Fame Class of 2020! They were the State 11B FB Champions in both the Coaches’ Poll & Sportswriters’ Poll. They outscored their opponents 322 to 51 and finished their season 8-1. https://5il.co/flj3

Congratulations to Mr. Keith Larson, who will be inducted into the Watchdog Hall of Fame Class of 2020—Athletics! Mr. Larson is a 1981 graduate of BHS. One of the greatest athletes at BHS, he earned numerous accolades in FB and BB. In 1980, he was named SD’s Athlete of the Year.


Congratulations to Mr. Jim Babb, who will be inducted into the Watchdog Hall of Fame Class of 2020—Athletics! Mr. Babb spent 30+ years teaching math/computers, serving as tech coordinator, and coaching under Hall of Fame head FB coach Jim Heeren and head BBB coach Jim Sorensen.


Congratulations to Mrs. Jane Carlson, who will be inducted into the Watchdog Hall of Fame Class of 2020—Fine Arts! Mrs. Carlson is a 1972 graduate of BHS. She has dedicated her life to teaching and directing productions and has been the heart and soul of the Beresford Area Arts.


Congratulations to Dr. Tom Van Lent, who will be inducted into the Watchdog Hall of Fame Class of 2020—Academics/Achievement! Dr. Van Lent is a 1976 graduate of BHS. He is currently the Vice-President of Science and Education at the Everglades Foundation in Florida.


Congratulations to Dr. Brenda Sternquist, who will be inducted into the Watchdog Hall of Fame Class of 2020--Academics/Achievement! Dr. Sternquist is a 1969 graduate of BHS. She has spent her entire career at Michigan State University and is currently a professor of marketing.


BHS Yearbook Help Needed! We are working to finish our yearbook from home. We need a few pictures from Watchdog Nation! Check out the attached image for details. All images should be sent to Stephanie.Voss@k12.sd.us


Please click on the link to view the 2020 SDHSAA Virtual Art Gallery for students in grades 7-12. BHS has 12 artists featured! Our Art Teacher is Mrs. Julie Saugstad. https://www.sdhsaa.com/Portals/0/Videos/VisualArts/2020VirtualGallery.mp4

Congratulations to Beresford High School senior, Jackson Heiberger for being a Daktronics/SDASSP Academic All-State Award winner!
Jackson, the son of Greg and Mary Heiberger, was named Second Team Academic All-State Silver. Again, Congratulations to Jackson Heiberger!
