☔ Raindrop Book Count! ☔
Anne Sullivan's current total: 8,195 books!!
Sioux Falls current total: 94,698!! We are excited to get to the 100,000 books read!
📚 Remember to read at home and have students keep the count in their classroom. 📚
🎶 2nd Grade Concert!!! 🎶
All 2nd grade students had their Music Concert today!
📚 Everybody Reads 📚
The 3rd Annual Everybody Reads initiative is intended to encourage reading throughout our schools and community by tracking how many books are read from Friday, March 1, to Friday, March 22, 2024.
Students, staff, parents and community members will track how many books they read. The school libraries and the public Siouxland library branches will have a weather-themed visual display set up in their buildings.
Thanks to Overdrive, Follett, and Bound to Stay Bound, we will make a donation to REACH Literacy for every 100,000 books read! We hope you will all participate and help us reach a city-wide goal of reading 300,000 books between March 1-22!
The importance of routine and structure for children!
Spring feels like it is just around the corner! As we approach the last 12 weeks of school, I wanted to remind you of the importance that routine and structure have for our students. Not only do routine and structure help kids to feel safe, but it also helps them to develop lots of important skills such as independence, time management, and self-discipline. Routine and structure provide a framework that supports the academic, social and emotional growth for students and helps set them up for success in school and beyond. Here are a few ways you can help your students maintain a positive routine and schedule:
1. Set Clear Expectations (reading time, family chores, and other responsibilities)
2. Create a consistent schedule
3. Provide Support
4. Encourage Healthy Habits (Exercise, eating nutritious foods, drinking water and limiting screen time)
5. Limit Screen time (Too much screen time has a negative impact on brain development and attention and emotional well-being)
6. Set a Bedtime Routine (Consistent bedtime each night, brush teeth, read a book and no screen before bed)
By utilizing these strategies, parents can support their children’s routines there by promoting a sense of stability, security and well-being in their daily lives.
🌧 ☀ "Rain or Shine, Everybody Reads All the Time!" 🌧☀
This school-wide and city-wide reading challenge starts Friday, March 1st!!
Each day in March students and teachers will track how many books they read each day. We will then track the number of books we read using raindrops.
*Students can add tallies for books they read at home in the morning when they come to school.
🙂 If we reach 300,000 books read across the whole city, then REACH Literacy will receive $1,500. 🙂
1st and 2nd Grade Field Trip!
Our students got to enjoy a trip to the Washington Pavillion to watch a play and enjoy a trip away from school.
Language Club Begins
Anne Sullivan will start Language Club today. This is an after-school program for students who speak Nepali, Spanish, or Kunama. Below are the groups listed and when those students will meet.
- Nepali every Monday from 2:45 to 3:45 in the Library.
- Spanish every Monday from 2:45 to 3:45 in the Orchestra.
- Kunama every Tuesday from 2:45 to 3:45 in the Library.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call the office.
Tuesday, Feb 20 is a NO SCHOOL day, so be sure to stop by Oscar Howe Elementary for the second Community Health & Wellness fair, put on by the Community Learning Centers! There are lots of activities for kids, tons of community vendors, and amazing prizes for all!
🌟 REMINDER!! 🌟
Parent-Teacher Conferences start today! Our first times for conferences are today from 12-7pm and again on Thursday from 3-7! Please call the school if you are not sure of your time to meet with the classroom teacher!
There is also a book fair in the Anne Sullivan Library to come and check out! 📚
📚 At Home Reading Event 📚
Each student will get a bookmark where kids can keep track of their reading done at home. Each heart earned equals 15-20 minutes of reading. Kids/Parents can pick up 1 bookmark per child in the lunchroom during conferences or see Mrs. Yee in the Library.
Students who complete the bookmark can turn it into the library teacher for a PRIZE!!
👏 Thank you for encouraging reading at home school-wide! 👏
🌟🥫 Souper Bowl Challenge!! 🥫🌟
The Anne Sullivan Student Leadership team is putting on the annual “Souper Bowl” Challenge the week of February 6th – February 9th, 2024.
For this event, we will be collecting canned goods and other non-perishable food items for the Sioux Falls Food Pantry. Students can bring any canned or non-opened non-perishable food item to school. Below, you will see a picture of just a few of the items that we accept. Each classroom will earn points for items brought in and the classroom with the most points will earn a pizza party, one pizza party per grade.
We will also have dress up days to support this fun event:
Monday, February 5th: No School
Tuesday, February 6th: Warriors Day (wear orange and black)
Wednesday, February 7th: Wacky Wednesday (wear something crazy!)
Thursday, February 8th: Pajama Day (Wear your favorite PJs)
Friday, February 9th: Sports Day (uniform, jersey, or sports clothing)
Is your 5-year-old ready for the rigors of Kindergarten? Get all of your questions answered Tues, Feb 13 at Susan B. Anthony Elementary. Families from all SFSD schools are welcome!
Parent/Teacher Conferences are coming!
Next Monday, February 5th from 12-7 and Thursday, February 8th from 3-7 there will be conferences at Anne Sullivan for all Kindergarten through 5th grade students. Please reach out to the school if you do not know your conference time.
There will also be a Scholastic Book Fair for all families and friends to check out!
Report Cards Coming Home!
Parents and Guardians, please check your child's backpack this week for school report cards! This is a great way for you to check in with your child and see how school is going! If you have any questions about the report card, feel free to call the school or reach out to your child's teacher!
Also, parent teacher conferences will be coming soon, February 5th and 8th! More information to come on those!
Time for Kindergarten Registration for the 2024-2025 School Year! See the attachment below or reach out to the elementary school near you to get registration started.
English Classes for Parents hosted by Reach Literacy starts tomorrow! 8am at the Community Learning Center connected to Anne Sullivan! If you have any questions please stop in or call the office, 605-367-6084!
Dental Van Time
This week the Dental Van is coming to Anne Sullivan! It will be here all week to check in with students and see how their mouth health looks. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the school.
Anne Sullivan Families!
Tomorrow, Tuesday, January 16th will be a 2-hour late start!
Reminder: please bring back iPads or chromebooks with charger cords when your student returns!
Dangerous weather conditions mean all activities/events for SFSD students for the
evening of Fri., Jan 12 and all day Sat., Jan 13, 2024 are being postponed.
No School Reminder!
Friday, January 12th and Monday, January 15th there will be NO SCHOOL in observance of Martin Luther King Day! We will be back in school on Tuesday! Enjoy the four-day weekend and be safe!
