We love celebrating our former Eagles as they continue to perform.
This group of EFA+ alumni recently performed in The Little Mermaid Jr. at Whittier Middle School.
Congratulations to our EFA+ students who placed 1st in PTA Reflections! Their entires will move on to the national competition.
1st place winners and their categories:
Film Production- Award of Excellence
Primary: Charlie Weerheim
Music Composition - Award of Excellence
Intermediate: Malena Clementson
Photography - Award of Excellence
Primary: Kenley Wynthein
Today our students participated in the SmART Bowl!
We appreciate the many volunteers who joined us to help our students test their knowledge and raise funds for our school.
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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.
K01 celebrated World Down Syndrome Day today by wearing mismatched socks, reading a book about celebrating our differences, and learning about a classmate’s sibling!
In MI Exchange, students learned about Georgia O'Keeffe, and created an artist trading card inspired by her style of close up abstraction.
EFA+ is participating in Everybody Reads! We are tracking our reading to help reach the community goal of 300,000 books!
Click the link to learn more:
https://www.siouxlandlib.org/programs-and-education/all-ages-reading-programs/everybody-reads
First grade is beginning their new science unit on Earth. They worked as sky scientists this week. They went outside and made observations of the sky and then labeled their drawings.
Congratulations to these former EFA+ Eagles for being honored as Students of the Month at Whittier Middle School!
By the end of first grade, students should be able to read and write their numbers to 120. In honor of this, 103 celebrated the 120th day of school, which was on Monday. Students participated in people, self, nature, word, math, and art smart rotations.
The 5th graders have been preparing all year for the Monologue Museum. Tuesday evening they acted as museum docents and presented their collections to the art show guests.
Last week we welcomed future eagles into the nest at Kindergarten registration!
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The kindergarten and 1st grade students presented their concert, I Can Sing a Rainbow on Tuesday. It was a joy filled celebration of all things colors!
This was also Mrs. Laura's finale concert in the EFA+ gym 🥲💙💛
It's a big A+ week at EFA+! Today our 2nd and 3rd graders presented their concert True Colors. They will give another amazing performance tonight.
Tomorrow our kindergarten and 1st graders will present their concert, I Can Sing a Rainbow.
The 5th graders practiced their Monologue Museum today for students, and will present to family and friends tomorrow night during our All School Art Show.
Students in 102 created sound sources for a puppet show as part of their sound unit in science!
Do you know a former EFA+ student who would be interested in being a part of the backstage crew for Beauty and the Beast?
Use the link to access the application:
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1MnKwem9YfaXm3ZkdLI9IeA1tvCyNhyCyU31aHSIY0t0/mobilebasic
Exploring sound, sound sources, and vibrations in 103! Next, students will be designing their own sound sources for a puppet show!
On Friday, students were visited by the University of Mary basketball team!
4th Graders recently experienced a week of hosting an artist in residence. Jami Lynn shared the art of folk music with students as they learned about storytelling through song. Students even experienced a special song where Mr. Miller joined Jami on guitar to end the week!
