Today kicks off Everybody Reads in our community! Our goal as a district is to read 300,000 books! Last year Harvey Dunn read 9,382 books. Our goal this year is to read 9,400 books. We are going to create a galaxy of readers. Each star added to our galaxy will represent one book read! Reading logs will be coming home from each classroom teacher to assist with tracking. Lets blast off to meet our reading goal!
Just 1️⃣ week until kick off for our Harvey Dunn Fun Run! You can get a head start by registering your student and donating TODAY to help our school.
Head to MYBOOSTER.COM now to register and give to our fundraiser. Thank you for your support!
Harvey Dunn PTA
The PTA Science/Hobby Fair was a success! Thank you PTA and thank you participants! Lots of fun projects were created and shared at the event. Check out a few photos from the fair!
The Sioux Falls School District is excited to partner with Siouxland Libraries again for Everybody Reads! From March 13-31, students, staff, parents, and community members are being encouraged to track how many books they read. The goal is to create a community of readers ages 0-100! Our visual display at Harvey Dunn is in progress and can be found on the wall in the main entrance hallway. During the three weeks, a new star will appear in the galaxy when a book is read. Once your student(s) completes a book, they will receive a star to add to the galaxy. We look forward to a bright galaxy with billions and billions of stars!
Wondering how you can get involved as a parent? Encourage your student to read at home and/or read to them! When they finish a book, color in a star on their reading log. (The reading log will be sent home on Monday, March 13th.) Return the reading log on or before March 31st. As mentioned, this is a community-wide reading initiative. Anytime you finish a book throughout the month of March, we would encourage you to stop by your local library to add your own star to the growing galaxy and record your progress at https://www.sf.k12.sd.us/page/everybody-reads
Thank you for your support and let's get reading!
We are highlighting our fourth graders this week for Wow Wednesday! They are learning about representing fractions on a number line and comparing fractions to the landmarks 0, 1/2, 1, and 2. Great job mathematicians!
Students in 103 and 401 spent time reading together during Read Across America Week.
Kindergartners loved having a Junior Achievement guest come to the classroom! They learned the value of coins, how to save money, and wants versus needs in many interactive ways.
Reminder - No school on Friday, March 10th
Today our 5th Grade Book Battle Champions, The Impastas, took on the John Harris Elementary 5th Grade Champions. Both teams did a fantastic job with the book battle going into three rounds of overtime questions. The Impastas came out with the win! Great job readers!
Congratulations to our 2022-2023 Book Battle finalists!
5th Grade - The Impastas vs Da Kids Who Read
4th Grade - The Smarties vs Pajama Girls
3rd Grade - Book Ballers vs Athletic Squad
Thank you Yellow Jacket Irrigation & Landscaping for sponsoring our fifth graders to attend a Summit League Basketball game. They had so much fun and made it on the big screen!
Students in K03 having fun reading poems with partners.
If you have a child who will be turning 5 on or before Sept. 1, 2023, it’s time to start thinking about Kindergarten Registration! Registration opened on February 1st, and this is an opportunity to come check out your child’s new school!
This week's Wow Wednesday highlights our Library. In library, Kindergarten and First grade students read their second Prairie Bud book called Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals by Katy S. Duffield. They learned that engineers and biologists worked together to create safe animal crossings when animals' natural habitats had roads passing through. Their challenge was to create a bridge. The bridge needed to allow a way for animals to cross safely using overpasses or underpasses. They tested their bridges using animals and cars.
Students in EC5 had lots of fun writing with shaving cream!
To allow extra time for safe transportation, Sioux Falls School District schools will be opening 2 hours late on Friday, February 24th 2023. Please check your email for more information on how this may impact your family.
Harvey Dunn Elementary staff and students are celebrating Read Across America Week, February 27-March 3, with dress-up days and stories.
Due to the ongoing winter storm, there will be no school in the Sioux Falls School District Thursday, February 23, 2023. School and District offices WILL open at Noon Thursday.
Junior Kindergarten students had fun coding a "robot" (caterpillar).
We celebrate our Junior Achievement volunteers in this week's Wow Wednesday. Thank you for sharing your knowledge about careers, money, owning a business, etc. with our students. Students are learning through engaging and interactive lessons.
