Meet our 4th Grade Team of 2025-2026!
A few familiar faces and a few new faces! It will be a great year of new learning experiences and growth for both the teachers and students! :)
A few familiar faces and a few new faces! It will be a great year of new learning experiences and growth for both the teachers and students! :)

BIG shout out to Hungry Hearts Sioux Falls for the amazing food donation to Anne Sullivan. This will be a great help in supporting all of our students here at school and their families. Here at Anne Sullivan, we are beyond grateful for all of our community partners.

Meet our 3rd Grade team for 2025-2026!
Welcoming back our same 3rd grade team, it is great to have these amazing teachers working with our 3rd grade students. It is a big year in 3rd grade, learning about resilience, independence, and grit!
Welcoming back our same 3rd grade team, it is great to have these amazing teachers working with our 3rd grade students. It is a big year in 3rd grade, learning about resilience, independence, and grit!

Reminder Anne Sullivan Families,
There is NO SCHOOL tomorrow, Tuesday, November 11th. We will be back in school on Wednesday!
Thank you to all of our Veteran's and their families!

Meet our 2nd Grade Team for 2025-2026!
Changing from five sections to four, these teachers get to continue their adventures together in 2nd grade! Getting into 2-digit and 3-digit addition and subtraction and multiplication, the learning continues as students work hard each day with these teachers along side them!
Changing from five sections to four, these teachers get to continue their adventures together in 2nd grade! Getting into 2-digit and 3-digit addition and subtraction and multiplication, the learning continues as students work hard each day with these teachers along side them!

Meet our 1st Grade team of 2025-2026!
We have some new faces to Anne Sullivan for our 1st grade team this school year! We are excited to have these new teachers in our building and working with our little learners! First grade is a big year to build on their math and writing skills and become more independent with their reading skills!
We have some new faces to Anne Sullivan for our 1st grade team this school year! We are excited to have these new teachers in our building and working with our little learners! First grade is a big year to build on their math and writing skills and become more independent with their reading skills!

Late Post!
These first few months have been busy and full of learning here at Anne Sullivan! We also had some fun events to share that were missed along the way!
Our Kindergarten students got to enjoy a fun field trip to the Sertoma Butterfly House and Aquarium in September! 🐡
We had a wonderful donation of pumpkins to Anne Sullivan for students to enjoy and take home! 🎃
Our Anne Sullivan Community Soccer team won the 4th and 5th grade tournament a week ago! Second year in a row they were able to take home the first place trophy! Way to go on all of your hard work, sportsmanship, and teamwork to get it done! 🏆
These first few months have been busy and full of learning here at Anne Sullivan! We also had some fun events to share that were missed along the way!
Our Kindergarten students got to enjoy a fun field trip to the Sertoma Butterfly House and Aquarium in September! 🐡
We had a wonderful donation of pumpkins to Anne Sullivan for students to enjoy and take home! 🎃
Our Anne Sullivan Community Soccer team won the 4th and 5th grade tournament a week ago! Second year in a row they were able to take home the first place trophy! Way to go on all of your hard work, sportsmanship, and teamwork to get it done! 🏆



Weather Changes!
Reminder for all of our students as the weather continues to change each day and we know cold weather is coming!
-Wear layers
-Bring hats, gloves, coats, etc
-Morning recess might be different than afternoon recess
-Be prepared!
As we help our students get ready for the day and each time we go outside remind them to dress for the weather! ☀️🌧️❄️🍃☁️
Reminder for all of our students as the weather continues to change each day and we know cold weather is coming!
-Wear layers
-Bring hats, gloves, coats, etc
-Morning recess might be different than afternoon recess
-Be prepared!
As we help our students get ready for the day and each time we go outside remind them to dress for the weather! ☀️🌧️❄️🍃☁️

🎃 Fall Party Celebration! 🍂🍂
To wrap up the month of October and officially welcome the fall season, Anne Sullivan students got to have a little fall party fun! From snacks, painting pumpkins, cooperative games, neon lights, and movies, students ended the day Friday having fun with peers and staff!
To wrap up the month of October and officially welcome the fall season, Anne Sullivan students got to have a little fall party fun! From snacks, painting pumpkins, cooperative games, neon lights, and movies, students ended the day Friday having fun with peers and staff!



🌟 Quarter 1 Assembly! 🌟
On Friday, we celebrated our Quarter 1 success! Our students are working so hard and making growth every day! Our attendance went from 96% to 97%! WAY TO GO! Attendance for all of our students is important EVERYDAY!
We also got the joy of hosting our Washington High School Marching Band pit and Drumline! We are excited to start Quarter 2!
On Friday, we celebrated our Quarter 1 success! Our students are working so hard and making growth every day! Our attendance went from 96% to 97%! WAY TO GO! Attendance for all of our students is important EVERYDAY!
We also got the joy of hosting our Washington High School Marching Band pit and Drumline! We are excited to start Quarter 2!


Fall Conferences and Book Fair!
Tonight is the last night of fall conferences. If you missed your time on Tuesday or need to reschedule, please let us know! We love to see all of our families and talk about all of the great things our students are doing!
Tonight is the last night of fall conferences. If you missed your time on Tuesday or need to reschedule, please let us know! We love to see all of our families and talk about all of the great things our students are doing!


Vision and Hearing Screening for 1st, 3rd, and 5th graders!
The school will screen all students in these three grade levels to check for any vision or hearing concerns. If the school has concerns, the home will be contacted! If you have concerns, please reach out to the school!
The school will screen all students in these three grade levels to check for any vision or hearing concerns. If the school has concerns, the home will be contacted! If you have concerns, please reach out to the school!

Meet our Kindergarten Team of 2025-2026!
With five classrooms of kindergarten and two student teachers preparing to become teachers, this team is working hard with all of our early learners! From helping students count numbers, learn letters and sounds to begin reading, and helping them explore school as a whole new experience, this team is amazing at helping all of our kindergarten students!
With five classrooms of kindergarten and two student teachers preparing to become teachers, this team is working hard with all of our early learners! From helping students count numbers, learn letters and sounds to begin reading, and helping them explore school as a whole new experience, this team is amazing at helping all of our kindergarten students!

Meet our Anne Sullivan Staff for the 2025-2026 School Year!
We are well underway with this new school year and wanted to take a minute to introduce all of our amazing teachers and staff. Each week we will send out different grade levels and Anne Sullivan teams.
First, meet our office staff. They are here for all of your needs with paperwork, enrollment, infinite campus, and greeting you with a welcoming smile!
Nikkie Duin - Principal
Nikki Karst - Assistant Principal
Lisa Jennings - Secretary
Kenzi Bengtson - Secretary
Lisa Gaede - Nurse
We are well underway with this new school year and wanted to take a minute to introduce all of our amazing teachers and staff. Each week we will send out different grade levels and Anne Sullivan teams.
First, meet our office staff. They are here for all of your needs with paperwork, enrollment, infinite campus, and greeting you with a welcoming smile!
Nikkie Duin - Principal
Nikki Karst - Assistant Principal
Lisa Jennings - Secretary
Kenzi Bengtson - Secretary
Lisa Gaede - Nurse

USF Community Engagement
As part of the University of Sioux Falls Freshman Community Engagement project, USF students came to Anne Sullivan to spend time with our students learning and laughing together. USF students spent time practicing sight words and math facts in 1st grade, helped in Library and gym with 4th grade, supported our kindergarten students and lunch, and spent time in the hallways saying hi to students of all ages!
Thank you to our USF students for coming in and helping all of our students!
As part of the University of Sioux Falls Freshman Community Engagement project, USF students came to Anne Sullivan to spend time with our students learning and laughing together. USF students spent time practicing sight words and math facts in 1st grade, helped in Library and gym with 4th grade, supported our kindergarten students and lunch, and spent time in the hallways saying hi to students of all ages!
Thank you to our USF students for coming in and helping all of our students!


Washington High School Homecoming 2025!
Let's join our high school students in celebrating this year's homecoming week! Each day this week we will have a different dress up day!
Let's join our high school students in celebrating this year's homecoming week! Each day this week we will have a different dress up day!

Continuing our Leader in Me journey!
Again, this year we will be working with students on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People! Our students will be learning about and practicing their skills in leadership, culture, academics, and becoming life-ready leaders!
Each month we will focus on a different skill and help our students put those skills to work.

TOMORROW is Picture Day!
Forms were sent home with students this last week! If you need a new one, please contact your child's teacher or the office.

Reminder!
Anne Sullivan Families, there is no school this Friday the 29th and Monday the 1st! Enjoy the long weekend and the beautiful weather!
We will see you on Tuesday, September 2nd at 7:50am!
Anne Sullivan Families, there is no school this Friday the 29th and Monday the 1st! Enjoy the long weekend and the beautiful weather!
We will see you on Tuesday, September 2nd at 7:50am!

