Honoring Sioux Falls Washington, Armour, Bonesteel-Fairfax, Bridgewater, DeSmet, Edgemont, Emery, Harding County, Harrisburg, Hot Springs, Lake Preston, Lyman, McIntosh, Waubay, and White Lake High Schools for their recognition by News & World Report's rankings of the nation's top high schools.

Senators Garnos (prime), Abdallah, Adelstein, Ahlers, Bartling, Brown, Fryslie, Gant, Gillespie, Hanson (Gary), Howie, Hundstad, Kloucek, Maher, Merchant, Olson (Russell), Peterson (Jim), Rhoden, Schmidt, Tieszen, and Vehle and Representatives Juhnke (prime), Gosch, Iron Cloud III, Novstrup (David), Olson, and Rounds