Football & Star Wars Fans Unite! Fri, May 3-7:05pm Sioux Falls STORM take on the Green Bay Blizzard to support Operation Hope & Caring, a fundraiser for SFSD elementary schools without PTAs. Wear Star Wars gear, grab a light saber, and get in on the fun!
Great news! JFK will be a part of the Summer Meals program, which provides FREE breakfast and lunch to anyone 0-18 with NO PAPERWORK REQUIRED! See the graphics below for more details.
The Delta Dental Mobile Program is coming to First Lutheran Church on June 17-21. This program provides no cost dental care to kids ages newborn-21!
As are preparing to celebrate our teachers and staff during Teacher Appreciation Week in May, and we need your help! We would like to provide snacks, soft drinks, and water for the week, and new this year, we also plan to host a pop-up shop with fun classroom and personal care items. Please see the Sign-Up Genius for more information, and to sign up to bring items. We are grateful for the continued support of our parents!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E094FAEAF22A7FC1-48897885-teacher#/
🗳️ Help shape the future! Five candidates are vying for two open seats on the Sioux Falls School Board. Learn about them and make time to get to the polls on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. https://www.sf.k12.sd.us/page/elections
SFSD wants your feedback! Our annual parent/guardian survey is now open through Friday, April 19, 2024. Check your email for an active link and share your experiences with us as partners in your child's education! https://survey.k12insight.com/r/6HS2G1
Reminder: Spring Break is this Friday, March 29-Monday, April 1st. Enjoy the long weekend!
JFK staff and students FLOODED the library hallway with raindrops by reading 17,019 books! Amazing work!!
On Monday, our 3rd grade students and teachers got to take a trip to the Washington Pavilion to see the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra. Students were enthralled by the "Carnival of the Animals", which brought animals and music together to inspire them to explore the world.
March 21st was World Down Syndrome Day--to commemorate the day, Junior Kindergarten rocked some fun socks!
Students in 105 had a fun morning sampling Girl Scout cookies and deciding which kind was their favorite. This multidisciplinary project sharpened their math skills of data and graphing, as well as their opinion writing skills.
Plans are in the works for SFSD students and staff to bring electronic devices home over the weekend in the event that winter weather presents challenges on Monday. Refresh your memory now about the new remote learning plan by using the QR code on the image. We'll keep you posted if there are any schedule changes for Monday.
St. Patrick's Day came a little early today for students in 104. Students learned about data and graphs as they counted the number of each type of Lucky Charms marshmallows in their bags.
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#/
