Custer Jr./Sr. High School - Counselor

03/21/2025

Awesome job seniors!! Keep applying for those scholarships!!

This is the stack of scholarships received from Seniors and Non Tradional students for our 2025 scholarships. This senior class is an amazing group and we believe this is the most scholarship applications ever received by CYAF. Custer should be proud to have a group like this graduating!

03/03/2025

Everyone take a moment to go vote! Good luck Quinn!

⭐️ QUINN LEWISON ⭐️CUSTER SENIOR TO BE FEATURED IN RISING STAR OF THE WEST CONTEST ⭐️ Custer High School senior Quinn Lewison will be featured as part of KOTA Territory News’ Rising Star of the West scholarship contest Tuesday, March 4th, on KOTA Territory News on FOX at 6:00 and 9:00. Lewison qualified for the contest by submitting a short video of herself to KOTA Territory News. Lewison is one of the semi-finalists who will be seen through March 14th. Her one-minute commentary will be aired and placed on www.kotatv.com for viewers to watch and rate. One competitor from each week will then advance to the final round in May. The winner from that group will receive a $4,000 college scholarship, with a total of $7,500 in scholarship money awarded from KEVN Black Hills FOX and Monument Health. Be sure to VOTE starting tomorrow!! GOOD LUCK, QUINN!!

02/22/2025

Everyone please take a moment to vote! Good luck Colter!

⭐️CUSTER HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR ~ Colter Gerard ~ TO BE FEATURED IN RISING STAR OF THE WEST CONTEST⭐️
Custer High School senior Colter Gerard will be featured as part of KOTA Territory News’ Rising Star of the West scholarship contest Friday, February 21st on KOTA Territory News at 6:00 and 9:00. Gerard qualified for the contest by submitting a short video of himself to KOTA Territory News. Gerard is one of the semi-finalists who will be seen through March 14th. His one-minute commentary will be aired and then placed on www.kotatv.com for viewers to watch and rate. One competitor from each week will then advance to the final round in May. The winner from that group will receive a $4,000 college scholarship, with a total of $7,500 in scholarship money awarded from KEVN Black Hills FOX and Monument Health.

The 2007 Rising Star of the West winner was Shad Christman from Lemmon High School. Kaitlyn Hemmingson from Spearfish High School was the 2008 winner. Annelise Ewing of Spearfish High School won the 2009 competition. Caila Brennan of St. Thomas More was the 2010 winner. Janesa Bakeberg of Spearfish High School won in 2011. Jordon Barthel of Lead-Deadwood High School was the 2012 winner. Rae McKee of Nemo won in 2013, with Gavin Brucklacher of Philip High School winning in 2014, Noah Storm of Stevens took home the title in 2015, Aubrey Cope of St. Thomas More was the Rising Star of the West winner in 2016 with homeschool senior Emma Smith in 2017, Douglas High School senior Ireland Larsen in 2018 and Stevens senior Jessica Benson was the winner in 2019. Douglas High School senior Melissa Rothe won the 2020 competition and Katherine Kvale from Bison High School won the contest in 2021, Sierra Hilgenkamp of Wall High School won in 2022, Amanda Rothe from Douglas was the 2023 winner, with Elliot Hendrix of Stevens High School claiming the title in 2024.

01/02/2025

✨Congratulations Kylee and Julianna!🎉
So proud of you for receiving this prestigious scholarship!

11/13/2024

Exciting opportunity for our community! And who doesn’t love a FREE meal?! We hope to see you all there!☺️

🌟 Exciting Community Event Alert! 🌟

We are thrilled to announce that Mike Donahue, founder and director of Value Up, will be joining us for a powerful presentation on November 21st at 7pm in the High School Commons! 🎤✨

Mike is on a mission to help young people discover their true intrinsic value, and his message is one you won’t want to miss. This event is open to everyone—whether you have students in school or not, we’d love for you to join us! 👫💙

🍽️ Plus, we’re serving a FREE meal from 5-6:45pm in the Commons before the presentation, so come early, grab a bite, and connect with others in the community.

📅 Save the date and spread the word! Let’s come together for an evening of inspiration, connection, and encouragement. We can't wait to see you there! 💫

📍 Where: High School Commons & Theatre
🗓️ When: November 21st
🕔 Dinner: 5-6:45pm | Presentation: 7pm in theatre
💥 Cost: FREE!

Tag your friends and family—let’s fill the room! 🎉

11/13/2024

✨Applications for the Dakota Corp Scholarship is now open!✨
Deadline to submit an application is December 15, 2024!

10/01/2024

Planning on going to college in South Dakota? Take advantage of free applications from now until November 30th. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3t8YXFj

09/29/2024

Awesome opportunity for juniors and seniors!

You've got the paperwork ready, your best friend is applying with you, you're already counting down the days until they make the selections, and then it hits you - you don't know the first thing about being a Page. No problem! All the information you need is athttps://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/126821.pdf
Don't worry. You got this.

09/16/2024

Check out this awesome scholarship opportunity! This is open for all 6-12th graders to apply - Patriots Pen National Prize is $5,000 - and the Voice of Democracy National Prize is currently $35,000🤩

01/04/2024

Awesome scholarship opportunity for current juniors who are interested in attending ALA SD Girls State 2024!

If you are a high school junior who will be attending an ALA Girls State or American Legion Boys State program this summer, you may be eligible for the Samsung American Legion Scholarship.
Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3NNTBGZ

04/05/2023

Awesome information regarding registration for the 2023-2024 school year, along with state testing information!

Happy Spring! Custer Jr./Sr. High School Counselor - March & April 2023