Our first week of Everybody Reads has been very successful! Currently, students and staff have read 4,159 books!
Students in 503/504 wrote a biography about an important person in history, and created the person using a plastic soda bottle. Students got super creative with their subjects!
Check out this month's edition of the JFK Parent News: https://www.smore.com/n/wfmges
Reminder: We have a NO SCHOOL day coming up on Friday, March 15 for a Teacher Compensatory Day.
Thank you to the families and staff that came to our 1st Annual Family Literacy Night! It was great to see families enjoying stories and playing games together. We had so much fun, we plan to make this an annual event!
Starting Friday, March 1 through March 22nd, JFK is participating in the Everybody Reads initiative with the Siouxland Libraries. This year's theme is "Rain or Shine, Everybody Reads." Students will have the opportunity to fill out raindrops to show the downpour created by our voracious readers!
The Sioux Falls School District will donate $500 to REACH Literacy for each 100,000 books read. Last year, JFK students and staff read 11,237 books--we hope to surpass that total this year!
Tonight's the night! Please plan to attend our 1st Annual Family Literacy Night!
We are also in need of clean-up assistance--please consider signing up for our 2nd shift--if you can stay to clean up, please just put "Clean-Up" in the comment section of your sign up. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D49AAA72FA4FCC34-47839542-family/34220951#/
Parents--additional help is needed for our Family Literacy Night on Monday, February 26th. We mostly need help with clean up at the end of the event--please sign up here if you are willing to help out: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D49AAA72FA4FCC34-47839542-family
Tuesday, Feb 20 is a NO SCHOOL day, so be sure to stop by Oscar Howe Elementary for the second Community Health & Wellness fair, put on by the Community Learning Centers! There are lots of activities for kids, tons of community vendors, and amazing prizes for all!
With Valentine's Day on the horizon, we felt it was prudent to make families aware in advance of the District guidelines regarding deliveries for students. Please contact the office with any questions.
Please save the date for JFK's First Annual Family Literacy Night event, happening on Monday, February 26th. Please see the flyer for more information--we hope you can join us!
Check out the February editon of the JFK Parent News: https://www.smore.com/q7m6j
Is your 5-year-old ready for the rigors of Kindergarten? Get all of your questions answered Tues, Feb 13 at Susan B. Anthony Elementary. Families from all SFSD schools are welcome!
Do you have a child who will be 5 on or before September 1st? Online registration for Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten is open now through your Parent Portal! Call the JFK Office with questions or to get help logging in to your Portal.
Is your child going to be absent from school? Full Day requests can be submitted through your Parent Portal anytime! Partial day requests are not available on the portal, so if your child is arriving late or leaving early, this should be communicated directly with the school.
Our final round of Parent Teacher Conferences are coming up on February 5th and 8th. Links to sign up for conference times were sent by classroom teachers--please reach out to them if you did not receive a link.
We hope to have everyone attend a conference for their student(s)--this is an excellent time to talk about progress over the year and your student's growth.
The next Meet the Riders event is at 7pm on Thursday, January 25th for Boys Basketball! Show this post and receive one free student admission with a paid adult admission to the game.
Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the expectations in the front loop before and after school. Please remember that these expectations are designed for the overall safety of staff, students and parents.
Dangerous weather conditions mean all activities/events for SFSD students for the
evening of Fri., Jan 12 and all day Sat., Jan 13, 2024 are being postponed.
Our next school-wide SOAR incentive is a Disco Glow Party. Students will be able to dance the afternoon away if they can hustle and earn 2000 SOAR slips. Stay tuned!!
