The stats are troubling-47% of SFSD students qualify for free/reduced lunches. Their family's income is not enough to make ends meet. That makes it difficult to support school fundraisers. Operation Hope & Caring helps! Get your tickets to the SF STORM game to support schools!
403 spent time with our friends from Iron Fox Farm. They learned all about soil blocking, prepared and made their own soil blocks and planted cucumbers. Their soil blocks are soaking up some light in our hallway, and the kids will water them daily.
They are excited to plant them into the ground soon!
This past weekend, Lincoln High School presented their musical, Big Fish.
It was wonderful to see so many of our former EFA+ students working together in this wonderful performance!
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Does your child have conflict resolution skills to solve everyday problems? Join us Tues, April 18 at 6pm to hear from SFSD & Avera Behavioral Health in this month's Family Forum Series segment. Watch for the link in your email. It's practical advice to strengthen families.
The EFA+ Sweet Arts Dance took place on Friday night. It was a fun evening of singing, dancing, and putting pies in staff member's faces 😂.
The EFA+ SweetARTS Dance is tomorrow evening!
6:00pm to 8:00pm at the Edison Gym
Tickets are still available at the door!
Dance Entry: $5.00 per person attending (If you do not have tickets already)
Snacks and More Menu:
Meal Deal: Hotdog, Bag of Chips, Drink- $5.00
Nachos: $3.00
Hotdog with Condiments: $3.00
Pickles: $1.00
Popcorn: $1.00
Soda/Bottled Water: $1.00
Potato Chips: $1.00
Suckers $1
Glowsticks $1
Pie in the Sky Ticket: $5.00 (chance to pie a teacher at the end of the dance)
We hope to see you there!
A couple of weeks ago, the Northern Lights were visible in the Sioux Falls area.
A 5th grade student and his mother, embarked on a late night adventure trying to photograph them.
Then he brought in photos for each student in his class, which inspired a mini lesson on this phenomenon.
Everyone created lovely visual representations inspired by the beautiful Northern Lights.
The School Board has voted to move the last day of student classes to Friday, May 26, 2023 - requiring students to make up two of the five days missed due to weather. Staff will report through Friday, June 2, 2023.
5th graders participated in EGGsperiments to review reading objectives for test preparation.
The Sweet Arts Dance is coming up on Friday, April 14th!
We hope to see you there!
Please click the link below for more information:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-zV7FT-Tb1aQ7vE-824Gkg963jWwWT_d/view?usp=sharing
We love to see our EFA+ Alumni doing amazing things!
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Today we had a special visit from the USF and WHS Women's Basketball Teams.
Our students asked questions and competed in fun contests with them.
The 5th graders are hard at work writing their personal narratives.
Former Eagles; Alanna, Coralee, Claire, and Esther performed in the WHS Soprano/Alto Choir and the UNL Woman's Choral Festival.
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March Madness at EFA+:
Each classroom drew a team to cheer on.
301 drew Florida Atlantic University and since they made it to the Final 4, they earned extra PE time and championships rings.
Please see the image below for information about the Feeding South Dakota Mobile Food Pantry for April:
EFA+ 2nd graders are learning all about watercolor with our Artist in Residence, Amber Zora.
https://artscouncil.sd.gov/aisc/Amber_Zora.aspx?fbclid=IwAR36CUkboVmn7J2XhB-PL_H_lrMZfdht3KkEzjls0cN108fw8sxlhycZmoU
5th graders created timelines about their life, and then presented them to their peers.
1st grade students are working on collecting and graphing data.
During Art Integration, they reviewed two artists they have learned about this year: Yayoi Kusama and Vincent Van Gogh.
Then they voted for which artist was their favorite.
They cast their vote by creating a symbol in the style of the artist they chose, and created a class graph of their votes to show their data.
