Delton Kellogg Schools - Small School Atmosphere with Big Opportunities

Teacher Appreciation Week is next week, Monday, May 6th to Friday, May 10th! Thank you to all of our DK teachers!

DK Families, As a reminder, the Junior vs. Senior Boys Volleyball game is on Thursday, May 9th! Please sign your student up today!

Today's (5/2/24) varsity DH baseball date vs Parchment has a new start time of 4:00 pm. The previous start time was 4:30. Please make a note on your schedules. Thanks and Go Panthers!!

Grove Street Cafe is giving back to our DK students! From Sunday, May 5th, to Saturday, May 11th, Grove Street Cafe will donate 10% of ALL drive-through orders to the PIE Scholarship program!

DK's Wednesday, May 1st track meet originally scheduled to be AT Saugatuck High School has been canceled, and scoring the meet will be moved to the SAC Conference meet on Tuesday, May 7th. Please make a note on your schedules and we send our apologies for the very late notice. Thanks and Go Panthers!!

The DK Athletic Department is pleased to announce the 2023-24 SAC Scholar Athletes who have earned a minimum of 4 varsity letters in a combined 2 or more sports while maintaining a minimum GPA of 3.5, which gives the true meaning to Scholar Athlete! Isabella Morey Samantha O'Meara Breanna Chandler Rhys Bedford Madelyn Waller Lillian Lester Maelea Martin Summer Ritchie Emily Stoneburner Collin Muskovin Andrew Diamond Avery Barker Samantha Makowski Alexis Delaphiano These student-athletes will be attending the SAC Scholar Athlete Luncheon on Thursday, May 2nd at the Lawton Community Center. This year's featured speaker will be Western Michigan's Head Men's Soccer Coach, Mr. Chad Wiseman. Congratulations to these fine young people for their efforts in and out of the classroom. Thanks and Go Panthers!!

High School Track Regional #24-3 information is in! Our DK Panthers will be heading to Bangor High School on Friday, May 17th with gates opening at 1:00 pm and the pole vault will begin at 2:00 pm. The remaining field events will begin at 3:00 pm with running events starting at 4:00 pm. Admission price will be $7.00 and tickets can be purchased via GoFan or with a credit card at the gate. NO CASH. MHSAA Tournament merchandise will be available provided by E.A. Graphics. Best of Luck and Go Panthers!!

Today's (4/29) varsity softball game at Hopkins HS has been canceled due to unplayable field conditions. We are in the process of finding a makeup date and will send that info out when we have it. Also, there will be no golf practice today, per Coach Hogoboom. Take this time to get some of that homework caught up. Just a quick reminder that the High School is MSTEP testing on Tuesday, April 30th. Only 11th graders will be in attendance at school during the morning hours. A modified 2-hour delay schedule will be used for all other high school students. All students must log in for distance learning starting at 11:30 am. Juniors must report for their normal start time (7:55 am) with a fully charged Chromebook. A good night's rest and a good breakfast in the am are always good things to prepare for a morning full of testing. They will be allowed to leave school after their testing is completed and then must log on at 11:30 for distance learning. High School practices can begin no earlier than 3:30 pm. Best of Luck, Everyone. Thanks and Go Panthers!!

The Boys Track team earned another SAC Central Division win yesterday with a convincing victory over the Martin Clippers by a score of 100 to 37. Congratulations to the following 1st place finishers: 100, 200 & High Jump – Hugo Martino 110m Hurdles, 400 Dash & Long Jump – Rhys Bedford Shot Put & Discus – Cooper Sandusky 300m Hurdles – Torren Mapes 4x200 Relay – Jace McPheeters, Martino, Francesco Monni, Mapes 1600 & 3200 Run – Ethan Rimmer Pole Vault – Ezra Smith 4x100 Relay – Monni, Sandusky, Asher Verstrate, Finney 800 Run – Landon Madden The Girls Track team earned another SAC Central Division win yesterday with a convincing victory over the Martin Clippers by a score of 72 to 60. Congratulations to the following 1st place finishers: 100m, 200m- Summer Ritchie 100m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles- Breanna Chandler Shot Put, Discus- Violet Kokx Long Jump- Josie Williams High Jump- Maddie Waller 4x100m Relay- Breanna Chandler, Maddie Waller, Josie Williams, Summer Ritchie 4x200m Relay- Maddie Waller, Bethany Butchbaker, Riley Perley, Josie Williams 4x400m Relay- Breanna Chandler, Kylie Main, Maddie Waller, Summer Ritchie The next meet for both teams is the Hastings Co-ed Relays on Friday.

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Middle School Track and Field Parents and Fans, Today's MS track meet at GA has had its start time changed to 4:00 pm start time in an attempt to get the meet in before the potential rain begins. Field events will start at 4:00 pm with running events starting as soon as the timing system is set up. Please make this adjustment to your schedules and if you are providing transportation for our Panthers, a huge THANK YOU is coming your way for your willingness and flexibility in getting our kids to their event. Departure time will be as soon as kids get out of school and the dust clears with buses headed out, etc. Any questions, please contact the Athletic Office at 269 623-1524. Thanks and Go Panthers!!

The MHSAA Baseball and Softball District draw was held this past week and the results for our Panthers are as follows: Baseball will play Kalamazoo Christian in a Pre-District game on Tuesday, May 28th with the first pitch starting at 4:00 pm. The winner of that game will move to the Saturday, June 1st District Semifinals vs Comstock at 10:00 am. The winner of that semifinal will face off against the winner of the other noon semifinal game between G-A/Parchment. The District finals will begin at 2:00 pm, also on June 1st. For Softball, DK will face off against the winner of the Comstock/Parchment Pre-District match-up on Saturday, June 1st at 10:00 am. The winner of that game will advance to the District Finals vs. the G-A/K Christian semi at 2:00 pm. All games for District Baseball and Softball will be played at Parchment High School. Admission tickets can be purchased on GoFan.co. Card Readers will be available on-site as well. Any questions, please contact the Athletic Office at 269 623-1524. Thanks and Go Panthers!!

The boys track team competed in the Ionia Relays on Friday. The team finished in 4th place. Congratulations to the athletes who earned awards in the following relays: Long Jump – Hugo Martinez & Wyatt Finney – 1st place High Jump – Hugo Martinez & Torren Mapes – 1st place Pole Vault – Nick Muday & Ezra Smith– 2nd place Discus – Cooper Sandusky & Michael Decker = 3 rd place The next meet is this Wednesday as DK travels to Martin to continue conference competition.

The DK Women's Track team traveled to Ionia Relays for the first time on Friday. The girls were able to walk away with some hardware in the following races: Shuttle Hurdles 100m- (1st) Breanna Chandler, Josie Williams, Summer Ritchie & Izabelle Gruber 4x100m- (1st) Breanna Chandler, Izabelle Gruber, Josie Williams & Summer Ritchie Discus- (2nd) Violet Kokx, Sarabeth Beeke 4x400m (2nd) Breanna Chandler, Kylie Main, Izabelle Gruber, Summer Ritchie LJ- (3rd) Josie Williams & Lillian Lester 4x200m-(3rd) Breanna Chandler, Riley Perley, Izabelle Gruber & Summer Ritchie

The DKHS Band is performing at the Smoky Mountain Music Festival in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Congratulations to the Varsity Golf team for their 4th place finish in the DK Kent Enyart Invitational on Thursday at Mullenhurst. Grady Matteson finished in 5th place with an outstanding score of 80. Carter Brickley was also a top 10 medal winner and shot a career-low 86. Tyler Howland shot 93 to round out Delton's scoring.

Congratulations to the DK Varsity Baseball team getting 2 divisional wins last night against the Martin Clippers. Delton won game 1 by a score of 9-0. Chad Stopher pitched a 1 hit shutout while striking out 17 batters.in 7 innings, while Gauge Stampfler went 3-3 at the plate. DK took the 2nd game with a 10-0 score. Elliott Rogers also threw a 1 hit shutout while striking out 8 in 5 innings. Elliott also led at the plate going 3-3. Next up for the Panthers will be on Monday, April 22 at home against Holland Black River,

The underclassmen members of the Track & Field team competed in the Hartford 9th/10th Grade Invite on Saturday. Congratulations to the following athletes who earned awards in these events: 400m Dash- Landon Madden- 1st place Pole Vault- Nick Muday- 2nd place Shot Put- Evan Fleser- 4th place 4x200m Relay- Jace McPheeters, Deegan Castaneda, David LePert, Landon Madden- 6th place 100m Hurdles- Izabelle Gruber- 2nd place 400m Dash- Riley Perley- 3rd place 4x100m Relay- Bethany Butchbaker, Makayla Lutz, Riley Perley, Izabelle Gruber-4th place

DK Track Fans, Please make the following adjustments to your track meet schedule. Wednesday's (4/17) track meet at DK has been rescheduled to Monday, April 29th. The 4:30 pm start time for field events will remain at 4:30 pm. This will also be Senior Night for our Senior student-athletes as they participate in their final home meet at DK Panthers. Thanks and Go Panthers!!

DKHS Students & Families: April 16th PSAT 9, PSAT 10, SAT 11 Testing 9th, 10th, and 11th-grade students all test in the morning, and they are allowed to leave after testing. They will have no school responsibilities in the afternoon. If a student decides to stay for transportation reasons, they will go to their AEP class for the remaining portion of the day. All online and Academy students will need to leave after testing is completed. 9th, 10th, and 11th graders will all register on the day of the test.12th Grade students do not report on this day (college visit day or career day). Spring athletic practices start at the regular time