Big shout out thank you to all of the parents/families who helped prepare the sets for our upcoming musical, Beauty and the Beast, this past weekend! Our ACE parent volunteers go above and beyond to help get everything ready behind the scenes for this performance on March 23! Tickets go on sale on March 4 at 10 am! Link coming soon!
Miss Joffer's first graders had a blast on their field trip to the Washington Pavilion on February 24th. They explored each level of the science center and listened to a presentation. What a fun Friday! Thank you, parents, for driving and chaperoning!
Miss Leloux's third graders had a field trip to the Sanford Promise Research Center on February 24th. They learned about cells and did an experiment to extract the DNA from a strawberry. They also got to tour the research labs and meet a scientist who is actually an ACE parent! Thank you to all of the third grade parents who drove and chaperoned! Field trips are not possible without your support and help!
To allow extra time for safe transportation, Sioux Falls School District schools will be opening 2 hours late on Friday, February 24th 2023. Please check your email for more information on how this may impact your family.
Due to the ongoing winter storm, there will be no school in the Sioux Falls School District Thursday, February 23, 2023. School and District offices WILL open at Noon Thursday.
No School for Sioux Falls School District Wednesday, Feb 22, 2023 due to winter weather.
Kids Care this month was on February 17. Students were divided out and went to five off site organizations this month. Those places included LifeScape, the Banquet, Ronald McDonald House, local daycare, and downtown library. Duties assigned were cleaning toys/books/shelves, preparing the banquet hall for guests, and playing games with residents and kids. Some students stayed onsite to make blankets for those in need. Thanks Kristen Benidt for organizing these activities and to the parents who drove us!
Valentine's Day parties were a huge hit in all classrooms on Feb. 14! Thank you to all of our room parents for their help organizing all of the celebrations throughout the year and the other parents who help in any way!
Our Soaring Eagles from the week of February 13-17! Nice work! Keep being responsible, respectful, and safe!
Parents of teens and preteens won't want to miss this month's featured Family Forum topic. Vaping is on the rise among young people and carries some costly concerns. Join us Tuesday, Feb 21 at 6pm at sf.k12.sd.us, click Students & Families, then Counseling or watch for the link.
For the past two weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, Miss Leloux's third graders worked extremely hard on their "Super Reader Challenge"! Each student was divided into two teams, Eagles and Chiefs, and then could bring in a football that indicated they read for 30 minutes outside of school. Each football allowed their team to move 10 yards on our field to try to score touchdowns!! One student brought in 50 footballs!! Wow! Great effort! Students voted on the MVP of their team and won individual and team prizes for their efforts. In the end, the Chiefs were victorious with the score 105-49. Super Bowl Week features fun football spelling words, learning about the Star Spangled Banner, Roman Numerals, football math games, an escape room, and ended with a Tailgate Party! Thank you third graders for working extremely hard! Thank you to the parents who donated to their party!
Thank you to all who have donated a book to the library in honor of their child's birthday! We have had 5 donations so far this year. Your generosity is amazing! Thank you for supporting your student's education through literature!
For anyone else who would like to donate a book to the library, please click the link below. You can search our library catalog to see if we have a book your child would like to donate. Make sure you see Jane Addams Elementary in the top left corner before you search to make sure you are on the correct catalog!
https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/7329
Thanks!
~Ms. Becker
Mark your calendars! SFSD students will be on President's Break next week, so it's a great time to take in some fun at Air Madness to support Operation Hope and Caring! Levo and other community partners are "jumping in" to support schools without PTA/PTOs. Join us!
The Sioux Falls School District is committed to providing the highest quality education possible for your child. At Learning Adventures Preschool, children will develop the strong educational foundation that is key to their future success. Enrollment is now Open! https://www.sf.k12.sd.us/page/learning-adventures-preschool
SFSD sends a HUGE Thank You to our School Resource Officers from the SF Police Department! SROs establish relationships with students and staff to keep schools safe!
It's School Resource Officer Appreciation Day! Thank you, Erin Bertram, for your help at Jane Addams!
Friday, Feb. 12th was Sports Day at school in honor of Super Bowl that weekend! Kids had so much fun dressing up as their favorite team or athlete! Some even wore their own team's jerseys! We love dress up days!
It was the 100th day of school on Friday, February 10th! How has it already been a 100 days into the year already?!?! The year is flying by! Many classrooms celebrated the occasion in lots of different ways! Miss Joffer's class dressed up as 100 year olds! Aren't they so cute?? Thank you students, staff, and volunteers for all of your hard word these first 100 days of school!
Do you like to build, craft, paint - or just want to help out while spending time with some awesome ACE parents? Click the link to sign up to help build the sets for the musical, Beauty and the Beast!
Set Build Day - Sat, Feb 25
Set Paint Days - Mon, Feb 27 and Tues, Feb 28
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4CAAAA29A64-beauty2
Fly Soaring Eagles, fly! We are so proud of you for demonstrating qualities of being respectful, responsible, and safe this week! Keep it up!
