Canistota School District -

🍨 ICE CREAM FRIDAY — OCTOBER 16! 🍦 Get ready for a sweet treat! 😋 We’ll have a variety of delicious flavors available this Friday! 🍦 Who: Grades 3–12 💲 Cost: $2 💵 Payment: Cash or your lunch account (with permission) Pick your favorite flavor and make Friday a little sweeter! 🍨💖

☕⭐🔷 Thank you to everyone who stopped by Friday to enjoy hot cocoa and baked goods! Your support helps Canistota FFA fund community service projects, registration for FFA events, leadership opportunities, and hands-on learning experiences for our members. We appreciate your investment in our students and our chapter!🔷 ⭐☕

🧡🖤🎶 CANISTOTA HAWKS BAND T-SHIRTS ARE ON SALE! 🎶🖤🧡

Show your Hawk pride and support the Canistota Hawks Band! 🦅🎵 We are excited to announce that band T-shirts are now available for purchase!

👕 Check out the available designs and place your order here:
🔗 https://personallyyoursembroidery.com/category_19/Canistota-Band.htm

📅 DON'T WAIT! The online store will close at the end of October, so be sure to get your orders in before the deadline!

Every purchase helps support our Canistota Hawks Band. Thank you for supporting our students and music program! 🧡🖤🎺🥁

Once a Hawk, always a Hawk! 🦅

#CanistotaHawks #HawkPride #SupportOurBand #CanistotaBand #HawkSpirit

🏈🧡🖤 CANISTOTA HAWKS FOOTBALL — SENIOR NIGHT! 🖤🧡🏈

Tonight is the LAST HOME GAME OF THE SEASON for our Canistota Hawks! 🦅🏈 The Hawks will take on the Howard Tigers, and we need YOU in the stands to help us make it a memorable night!

📣 TONIGHT'S SCHEDULE:
🏈 Jr. High: 4:00 PM
🏈 Varsity: 7:00 PM

🎓 SENIOR NIGHT! 🎓
Join us in celebrating our seniors and showing them how much we appreciate their dedication, hard work, and commitment to Canistota football. Let's pack the stands and give our seniors an unforgettable send-off for their last home game! 🧡🖤

Bring your Hawk pride, wear your orange and black, and let's make some noise! 📣🦅

GO HAWKS! 🧡🖤🏈

🏈☕ Warm up and grab a sweet treat while supporting Canistota FFA!

Stop by our Hot Cocoa + Bake Sale during the Howard football game! 💙💛

☕ Hot Cocoa: $2
🍪 Baked Goods: Prices marked on individual items
⭐ $5 Combo Deal: Hot cocoa + 1 bar OR 2 cookies!

Thank you for supporting Canistota FFA! We look forward to seeing you at the game!

📢 LOST & FOUND REMINDER! 📢

Our Lost & Found items will be placed near the front office for conferences tomorrow afternoon! 🧥🧢🧤🎒

We encourage all families to take a few minutes to stop by and look through the items to see if anything belongs to your student or family.

⏰ Please claim your items before they are donated in December!

You never know what treasures might be waiting to be reunited with their owners! 😊

Thank you for helping us keep our Lost & Found under control! 🧡🖤

This is just a reminder that there will be a 1:00 pm early release on Thursday, October 7th with conferences beginning at 3:00 pm and concluding at 8:00 pm. We look forward to seeing all of you there.

🏃‍♂️🧡🖤 CANISTOTA HAWKS CROSS COUNTRY 🖤🧡🏃‍♀️

The Canistota Hawks Cross Country team is competing this afternoon at the Irene-Wakonda meet!

📍 Glenridge Golf Course — Irene, SD
⏰ Competition starts at 3:00 PM

🏃 Competing for Canistota:
• Brayden Heeren
• Elijah Voorhees
• Miles Belt Hanson
• Caleb Schroeder
• Gabbie Eichmann

Come out and support our Hawks as they hit the course! 🧡🖤

GO HAWKS! 🦅🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

🏐🧡🖤 HAWKS VOLLEYBALL IS ON THE ROAD! 🖤🧡

The Canistota Hawks Volleyball Team travels to Menno, SD to take on the Menno Wolves!

📅 Tuesday, October 6th
📍 Menno, SD

🏐 Game Times:
• 8th Grade JH — 4:00 PM
• 7th Grade JH — 5:00 PM
• JV — 6:15 PM
• Varsity — approximately 7:30 PM

📺 Can’t make it to the game? Watch the action live:
https://www.youtube.com/@mennowolveslive6598

🎀 Pink Out Night
🦓 Officials Appreciation

Come out and support the Hawks as they hit the road! LET’S GO HAWKS! 🧡🖤🏐

Reminder: Today is the last day to order your Dig Pink volleyball shirts.

Proceeds will be used in the community to help benefit those fighting cancer!

🛒 Place your order here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4585309369/tee-shirts?ref=share_ios_native_control

⏰ ORDERS CLOSE MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH!

Please be sure to order by October 5th so we can have the shirts here in time for Dig Pink Night!

Let’s fill the stands in PINK and show our support for Canistota Hawks Volleyball! 🩷🖤🧡

Go Hawks! 🏐🩷

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ RACE DAY! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

The Canistota Hawks Cross Country Team is competing in the Howard Invite this afternoon! 🧡🖤

📍 Howard Golf Course
⏰ Race starts at 2:00 PM

Representing Canistota:
• Miles Belt-Hanson
• Elijah Voorhees
• Brayden Heeren
• Caleb Schroeder
• Jaxon Puetz
• Gabbie Eichmann

Good luck, Hawks! 🧡🖤 Run strong and represent Canistota! 🦅🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

#CanistotaHawks #HawksCrossCountry #HowardInvite #GoHawks

🏐🧡🖤 CANISTOTA HAWKS C-TEAM/JV VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT 🖤🧡🏐

Can’t make it to the tournament tomorrow, October 3rd? You can watch the action LIVE! 📺🏐

The tournament will be streamed in 3 different segments:

🔸 SEGMENT 1 | 8:00 AM–10:00 AM
📺 Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVkftOVh-Ho

🔸 SEGMENT 2 | 10:00 AM–12:00 PM
📺 Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HrG2sy8NvI

🔸 SEGMENT 3 | 12:00 PM–2:30 PM
📺 Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xse9HkYlUU8

📣 Tune in and cheer on the Canistota Hawks from wherever you are!

🧡🖤 GO HAWKS! 🖤🧡

Tonight's Wrestling Parent meeting is for varsity wrestlers only. Sorry for the confusion! Meeting will take place at 6pm for all varsity wrestlers in the big gym. Parents are expected to attend. Please reach out to Coach Popkes or Mrs. Osterberg with any questions.

🎺🖤🧡 CANISTOTA HAWKS MARCHING BANDS! 🧡🖤🎺

The Canistota Middle School & High School Marching Bands are traveling to Chester on Friday, October 2nd to compete in the Chester Marching Festival!

🎶 Performances will begin around 10:00 AM.

Come support our talented musicians as they take the field and represent Canistota! We are proud of you, Hawks! 🧡🖤

GO BAND! 🎺🥁🎷

🤼‍♂️🧡 CANISTOTA HAWKS WRESTLING 🖤🤼‍♂️

Any Canistota Hawk wrestlers interested in wrestling this year should attend our Wrestling Parent Meeting with Coach Popkes!

📅 Friday, October 2nd
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 Big Gym

We’ll discuss plans for the upcoming wrestling season and answer questions for wrestlers and parents.

🧡🖤 We hope to see you there, Hawks! 🖤🧡

🎉 A VERY belated THANK YOU! 🎉

We may be a little late getting this post out… but we promise our gratitude hasn’t gone anywhere! ❤️🧡

A huge THANK YOU to all of our amazing Homecoming sponsors, parade helpers, and parade entries! Your time, generosity, support, and participation helped make Homecoming 2026 such a fun and memorable week for our students and community. 🧡🖤

From helping behind the scenes to showing up and celebrating with us, we truly couldn’t do it without you!

Thank you for helping make Canistota Homecoming one to remember! 🦅🎉

🎬✨ Lights, Camera, ACTION! ✨🎬

Our VIP 4th Grade Writers took center stage! The 4th grade authors walked the red carpet and shared their personal narratives with the class. They worked hard to bring their stories to life, and it was time for the big premiere to celebrate our amazing writers!

📸 Lights. Camera. Authors. It was a day to remember! 🎬🌟

Volleyball UPDATE for TONIGHT!

🏐 MILITARY APPRECIATION NIGHT! 🏐

Come out tonight and help us honor and recognize the men and women who have served and continue to serve our country! ❤️🤍💙

The Canistota Hawks Volleyball Team hosts the Howard Tigers tonight, Thursday, October 1st, for a special Military Appreciation Night at Canistota High School!

🏐 Game Schedule:
🕓 4:00 PM — Jr. High 8th Grade
🕔 5:00 PM — Jr. High 7th Grade
🕕 6:00 PM — JV
🕖 ~7:15 PM — Varsity (following JV)

📍 Canistota High School

📺 Can’t make it to the game? Watch the livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIwfCdQzvvQ

🇺🇸 Thank you to all who have served and sacrificed for our freedom! 🇺🇸

🧡🖤 GO HAWKS! 🖤🧡

🏐🧡 HAWKS VOLLEYBALL — HOME TONIGHT! 🧡🏐

The Canistota Hawks Volleyball Team is back at home tonight, Thursday, October 1st, taking on the Howard Tigers! 🐯

📍 Canistota High School

🏐 Junior High

⏰ 8th Grade — 4:00 PM
⏰ 7th Grade — 5:00 PM

🏐 High School

⏰ JV — 6:00 PM
⏰ Varsity — Approx. 7:15 PM

📺 JV & Varsity will be live streamed!
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIwfCdQzvvQ

Come out and support your Canistota Hawks! 🧡🖤🏐

GO HAWKS! 🦅