Yesterday was full of Book Battle Championships!
Congratulations to all Book Battle participants for their hard work and dedication! A special shoutout to the winning teams for their outstanding performance. Your love for reading and teamwork truly shined—well done!
5th grade winners: The Bookworms
4th grade winners: Dream Team
3rd grade winners: Rainbow Readers
Congratulations to the 5th grade book battle champions: The Bookworms.
📢 Exciting News! 📢
We are thrilled to announce the finalists for the 3rd Grade Book Battle! 🎉📚
🥇 Cute Readers
🌈 Rainbow Readers
Congratulations to both teams for their hard work, dedication, and love for reading! We can't wait to see the final showdown.
📢 Exciting News! 📢
We are thrilled to announce the finalists for the 4th Grade Book Battle! 🎉📚
⭐ Dream Team
😂 We Can’t Think of a Team Name
Congratulations to both teams for their hard work, dedication, and love for reading! We can't wait to see the final showdown.
📢 Exciting News! 📢
We are thrilled to announce the finalists for the 5th Grade Book Battle! 🎉📚
📖 The Readers
🐛 Bookworms
Congratulations to both teams for their hard work, dedication, and love for reading! We can't wait to see the final showdown.
Reach for a Sweet Read Update!
Can you believe our JHE gum ball machine?
Our students have been reading and tracking their progress for ONE WEEK, and we've already reached an incredible 16,981 books read so far! Keep turning those pages and aiming for new goals… Keep on reading!
Last week closed out with Pajama Day!
Reminder that daylight saving happened this weekend! We sprung forward this time, so be sure to set your clocks ahead one hour to keep everyone on time for school on Monday! ⏰
4th graders had a wonderful time at the Water Festival on Tuesday!
4th graders had a wonderful time at the Water Festival on Tuesday!
This team welcomed over 70 future JHE kindergartners last night!
Our Hurricane Helpers served as guides at kindergarten registration tonight! It was so great seeing future John Harris students in the building!
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024-25 John Harris Science Fair:
1st: Bouncy Ice Bubbles by Nora Johnson (503) and Penny Gedney (501)
2nd: The Stuff that Matter by Bentley Carlisle (501)
3rd: Stroboscopes by Oliver Ollerton (404)
Happy Social Worker Week!
In the Sioux Falls School District, every student's journey is unique. For many of the kids we serve, our school social workers are there every step of the way! Whether offering a listening ear, connecting families to resources, or advocating for students' well-being, their dedication ignites hope and creates lasting impact in our schools.
This year's theme, Unite to Ignite: Celebrating Our Impact, is a perfect reflection of how our social workers bring people together to create brighter futures for students.
THANK YOU to our incredible school social workers for your compassion and care!
Candy day!
🎉 Reach for a Sweet Read has officially begun! 🎉
Please encourage your child to read and track their books or minutes throughout the month of March. The library is fully decorated to inspire and excite students about reading! Let’s work together to make this a fun and rewarding experience for all.
Thank you for your support in fostering a love for reading! 📚🍭✨
Stay tuned for updates as our gumball machine fills up!
REACH for a Sweet Read
Get ready for a month-long celebration of reading! From March 1-31, we’re diving into the world of books with REACH for a Sweet Read! To kick things off, we’ll have fun dress-up days that will inspire us to read!
Let’s make this a month full of adventure, imagination, and, of course, sweet reads!
We are still celebrating last night's wonderful Teacher of the Year event! So many amazing educators to celebrate! Congratulations again to 2025 Teacher of the Year, Bruce Rekstad, who left with a $4,000 check, courtesy of our friends at Vern Eide. Also, a huge congratulations to the other four finalists, Jennifer Aerts, Bryan Aukerman, Scott Amundson, and Jessica Foley. New this year, thanks to the generosity of the Sioux Falls Public Schools Education Foundation, these four finalists walked away with $1,000 each. So many wonderful memories were shared last night! We are so grateful to everyone who attended, from nominees and their friends and families to past ToY winners, past educators, school board members, SDEA friends, and SFSD administrators, it truly was an unforgettable night! Were you at the event? Feel free to get your photos here! https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC3KKk You can watch the full video of the event here! https://youtu.be/D-60TEv2ijA
Tonight is the night! The 2025 Teacher of the Year will be announced at an event starting at 7:00 PM. Watch live with us here! ---> https://youtube.com/live/MnFs9wL28Oo?feature=share
While it has been nearly two weeks since the second and third graders performed the musical "Flakes!," directed by Mrs. Fitz and her student teacher Ms. Leewarner, we can't get the music out of our heads! Thanks and congrats to students, directors, and parent volunteers! Thanks to teachers for adjusting schedules to accommodate rehearsals for this wonderful performance!
