| Harrisburg School District | |
| Logo Alt: | Harrisburg School District Logo |
| City: | Harrisburg |
| State: | South Dakota |
| County: | Lincoln County |
| Zipcode: | 57032 |
| Country: | United States |
| Motto: | Building Strong Foundations for Success |
| Grades: | K - 12 |
| Established: | 1894 |
| Superintendent Type: | Superintendent |
| Superintendent: | Tim Graf |
| Accreditation: | --> |
| Schools: | 6 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high school |
| District Id: | 41-2 |
| Students: | 4,149 |
| Mascot: | Tigers |
| Colors: | Maroon & Gold |
| Website: | http://harrisburgdistrict41-2.org/ |
Harrisburg School District is one of the largest school districts in South Dakota, located 7 miles from Sioux Falls in Lincoln County, serving 4,547 students .[1] The superintendent of the district is Tim Graf.[2] As of the 2019–20 school year, the district will also have five schools within the Sioux Falls city limits, due to the fact that the city limits overlap into Lincoln County.
Former high school principal Dr. Kevin Lein, was shot on September 30, 2015 by Mason Buhl, a student at the school. Current principal Ryan Rollinger (who, at the time, was the assistant principal) tackled the shooter. This marked the second in school shooting in South Dakota, and the first with malicious intent involved. The principal was not seriously injured, sustaining only a shot in his arm.[3]
Harrisburg offers its high school students a "1-to-1 Program" utilizing Apple MacBook Air's and Apple MacBook Pros.[4]
Harrisburg has also Pioneered a Modular Customized Learning option, which allows for students to move through curriculum at their own pace, and perform necessary learning targets with different media based projects.[5]
On December 13, 2019, an unidentified student threatened Harrisburg North, one of the districts 2 middle schools. In an Email to KSFY (now Dakota News Now), the school district said that "the threat was not viable." School was not called off.[6]
The Harrisburg Girls’ Soccer team won the 2022 South Dakota AA state championship on October 15, 2022.
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