SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — St. Mary Elementary School continues to fundraise for a new playground as construction is nearly completed for the new space.
The current playground has been unchanged since the school’s founding in 1949. For the past 76 years, the children have played in a smaller, climbing area, as well as the church parking lot.
Principal Drake Bachmeier aims to give his students the best recess experience possible, and he said recess is a part of the educational process…