We are in a New Location!

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Last Updated: 22 October 2021 22 October 2021
Early Childhood & Head Start now in a new location!

Services for the Sioux Falls School District’s earliest learners are now housed in a new location at 2205 N. Career Avenue – the former New Technology High School Building. Birth to Three, preschool screening, and Early Childhood/Head Start staff are pleased to have more space as they take over the first floor of the building on the campus of Southeast Technical College. The space is used for assessing child development and making recommendations for a student’s future preschool programming.

The Early Childhood Special Education Program provides an individualized approach to instruction for children birth to school age. The child must demonstrate a developmental delay or disability to be eligible. Developmental skills are pre-tested and post-tested to show gains while in the program. The program stresses

  • Concrete, manipulative, and sensory teaching methodologies, including movement.
  • A sequenced developmental approach to learning.
  • Home visits to develop activities in the home routine to support learning.
  • The belief that parents can help reinforce learning in the home and school, a parent/school partnership.

The second floor of the building will be used for additional SFSD meetings and training space and will be known as “The Learning Lab.”

Learning Lab
2205 N. Career Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57107

Partner Funds Two SFSD Teacher Grant Proposals

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Last Updated: 14 October 2021 14 October 2021

A longtime partner of the Sioux Falls School District, Architecture Incorporated, launched a grant program this fall to seek innovative education proposals from teachers across the state. The firm received 56 applications, making selection difficult. In the end, four proposals were awarded two of those being awarded to teachers in the Sioux Falls School District.

Christian Swenson

Christian Swenson from Lincoln High School received $1,775 for supplies to have his home maintenance students build Yard Libraries.

"This would be a collaborative effort with the LHS English Language Learners department to get books in the hands of children in low-income neighborhoods within the City of Sioux Falls. With adequate funding, this project could help students across the District have easy access to free books and grow in understanding of architectural building components.”

 
Danette Dyer

Danette Dyer from Anne Sullivan Elementary received $1,500 funding to support English Language Learners with visuals to advance their skills.

“During an early lesson on compound words, I had a student ask what several of the words meant. Some examples are a teapot, lighthouse, wildlife, and ponytail. Reflecting on that week, I began to realize that our students might learn the skills to read through the curriculum, however still not comprehend due to a lack of schema or language. In order for our students to be successful in decoding and comprehending, they need visual supports embedded in the classroom.”

Congratulations to these teachers and Thank You to Architecture Incorporated!

Commemorative Tree Planting Ceremonies

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Last Updated: 08 October 2021 08 October 2021

Tree Planting Events

The Sioux Falls School District continues to celebrate 150 years of teaching excellence! To honor this momentous occasion and the theme of “Rooted in the past, reaching for the future!” commemorative trees will be planted at each District facility throughout the month of October and into November.

Tree planting ceremonies will be an opportunity for stakeholders to come to our facilities and witness the impact public schools have had in the community over the last 150 years. The ceremonies will also be a celebration of the community donors who generously helped fund the trees. Their legacy will be observed with a tree plaque that will be permanently housed next to the freshly planted tree. As always, we are #ProudToBeSFSD!

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