Custer High School Student Council

03/03/2025

Vote for our senior 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

Vote for our senior 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.

12/16/2024

🎄Help us celebrate the last week of school this semester!🎁

12/06/2024

Merry Christmas from Custer High School Student Council!🎄🎁

11/18/2024

✨Check out this awesome event - happening Thursday, November 21st at 7pm - Custer Jr/Sr High School theater!!✨

🌟 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! 🎉

09/23/2024

Join us tonight - Custer Jr./Sr. High School Theater at 7pm to find out who the 2024 Homecoming King & Queen!👑💜💛✨

08/21/2024

✨Welcome back, Wildcats!! ✨
Ready for an amazing 24-25 school year!🤩🍎📚

02/27/2024

Please contact CHS (605-673-4473) if you or someone you know has a 30+ ACT composite score or a National Merit Scholar who graduated from CHS!

Celebrating the success of our students! If you or someone you know is a Custer graduate with a composite score of 30 or higher, let us recognize your accomplishment on our ACT high composite and National Merit Scholar recognition boards. Please call 605-673-4473 to submit your name.

02/20/2024

🐥Chuck-a-Duck results are in! Thank you to all that participated in purchasing and chucking ducks at the last home basketball games this season!🏀

✨In total we were able to raise $1,100 for the Children’s Miracle Network!

🤩A HUGE thank you to all of our sponsors:
Custer Chamber
The Custer Wolf - Food & Drink
Calamity Jane’s Grill & Coffee Shop
Buglin' Bull Restaurant and Sports Bar
Miner's Cup
Custer County Chronicle
Jenny's Floral
South Dakota Outdoor Shop
Custer County Candy Company
Dakota Broasted
A Dude's Place
State Farm
Holly’s Chic Boutique
Maria's Mexican Restaurant
Custer’s Last Stop
Pizza Mill
Frontier Bar & Grill
S & B Motor Parts
Western Skies Real Estate
Southern Hills Title

In total, we received $1,175 in prizes, gift cards, merchandise, and donations from these location businesses! Thank you so much Custer community for your support!!💜💛

02/12/2024

✨‼️There’s still time to order your flowers for Valentines Day!❤️🌹❤️

Contact Mrs. French no later than 2pm today to get an order placed! ([email protected])

❤️🌹CHS Student Council is selling flowers for Valentine’s Day!🌹❤️

Will deliver on 2/14 at the Custer Elementary School and Custer Jr/Sr High School!

Please contact Mrs. French if you’d like to purchase flowers by 2/12! ([email protected])

Thanks to Jenny's Floral for making this possible!

02/08/2024

❤️🌹CHS Student Council is selling flowers for Valentine’s Day!🌹❤️

Will deliver on 2/14 at the Custer Elementary School and Custer Jr/Sr High School!

Please contact Mrs. French if you’d like to purchase flowers by 2/12! ([email protected])

Thanks to Jenny's Floral for making this possible!

01/29/2024

Snowball Dinner & Dance 2024 is in the books!

A big “Thank You!” to Harlow’s Bus Company and Randy & Karen Hedge for donating to our event!