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Date and time

October 23rd, 2025

8:00 am - 4:00 pm CT

Location

Arrowwood Resort
Oacoma, SD

Cost

$100 = General Registration 

$80 = ELSD Stakeholder 

$60 = SDAEYC member 

Breakfast and Lunch are included in the cost of the ticket

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If you would like to attend this event and are in need of a scholarship, please email info@earlylearnersd.org.

Schedule

8:00     Breakfast & Networking

8:30     Welcome

8:45     Keynote

  • Jillian Luchner from the Afterschool Alliance

  • Billy Mawhiney from the SD Afterschool Network

10:00     Break & Networking

10:30     Task Force Update with Senator Tim Reed

11:00     Legislative Fireside Chat with:

  • Senator Tim Reed 

  • Mike Bockorny with Economic Development Professionals of SD

12:00     Lunch & Networking

12:45     Partner Talks

  • Tony Burke, American Heart Association

  • Darla Biel, Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment

1:15     Early Learner Communities Panel:

  • Communities represented include:

    • Aberdeen, Brookings, Custer, Hartford, Rapid City, Watertown - Moderated by Kayla Klein, Early Learner SD Director 

2:00     Break & Networking

2:15     Interactive Data Collection Exercise 

3:30     Closing

Days Until The Event

About the Event

Thank you for your interest in attending the 2025 ELSD Summit. The summit will include valuable discussions on early childhood education in South Dakota, business solutions, sustainability updates, and networking opportunities.

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If you would like to attend this event and are in need of a scholarship, please email info@earlylearnersd.org.

Interested in sponsoring the event?

Sponsorship Form

Location

Event Venue & Accommodations Information

About the Event Venue

Arrowwood Cedar Shore Resort

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Located along the water in beautiful Oacoma, South Dakota. 

Sponsorship

Being a sponsor of the Early Learner Summit showcases that your company values the investment of our children's educational future.  Please fill out our form by clicking the button below to indicate your sponsorship level interest.

Early Learner Friend
$250

  • 1 registration ticket

  • Name on our "thank you to our sponsors" slide

  • Name on our Early Learner Summit page and program

  • Business/Name featured int eh program

Early Learner Supporter
$500

  • 2 registration tickets

  • Small Logo on our "thank you to our sponsors" slide

  • Small logo on our event landing page

  • Paragraph highlighting your business on our Early Learner Summit page

  • Medium logo featured in the program

Signature Sponsor
$1,000

  • 2-3 minute speaking opportunity during the event 

  • 2 registration tickets 

  • Large logo on our event landing page

  • Large logo on our "thank you to our sponsors" slide

  • May bring swag items to the Summit 

  • May have one flyer & brochure at the event

  • Paragraph highlighting your business on our Early Learner Summit page

  • Large logo featured in the program

Thank you to our 2025 Event Sponsors!

Signature Sponsor

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Coeur Wharf is an open pit, heap leach gold operation located in the northern Black Hills of western South Dakota. The property consists of several areas of gold mineralization, which have been mined as a series of open pits. The Wharf mine is located approximately four miles southwest of Lead, South Dakota, and is the only known mining operation to share a hillside with a ski hill, Terry Peak ski resort.

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Team Buche Cares was established as the charitable arm of GF Buche Co. to extend help to those in need, in and around the communities they serve. Their ongoing commitments include:

• Helping feed the hungry with matching contributions to local food pantries
• Financial support for those facing cancer
• “Underdog Foundation” scholarships
• Supporting local non-profits with matching contributions
• Promoting healthy food initiatives and incentives

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