For SEVEN weeks in a row we have exceeded 91% attendance. For the week of October 28 through November 1 our Garfield families got their kids to school at a rate of over 92%. For the second week in a row 3rd grade led all grade levels. They showed up at a rate of 95%. Way to go 3rd graders and your families!
5,000 Leader Cards = DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!
We have a goal of 5,000 earned Leader Cards. We will have a DANCE PARTY as reward for all our students’ hard work. We’ve already given 2,891 cards. We are over half way there!
Good attendance. GREAT TIMES! At school kids start to form many of those deep relationships that may influence the rest of their lives. We are going to encourage some classroom camaraderie this next month. The classroom with the best average daily attendance in the month of November will be celebrating some GREAT TIMES! Everyone in the winning classroom will be awarded a prize package including Skate City passes, Ring Pops, and more to be announced. Plus, any students who have 100% attendance will be presented with an MVA (Most Valuable Attender) award with additional prizes.
For SIX weeks in a row we have exceeded 91% attendance. For the week of October 21 through October 25 our Garfield families got their kids to school at a rate of over 92%, up one percentage point from last week. Plus, every grade level exceeded 90% with 3rd grade showing up at an outstanding 94%. Way to go 3rd graders and your families!
We want our students to experience success at school! Research has shown the sooner we can build good attendance habits with our students and their families, the better learners they will be in later years. A California study shows 64% of third graders were able to read at grade level when they missed less than 9 days of school in both kindergarten and 1st grade. In turn, only 17% of 3rd graders were able to read at grade level when they missed 18 or more days in each kindergarten and first grade. The first step in achieving that goal of success is being at school on time and ready to learn.
For five weeks in a row we have exceeded 91% attendance. For the week of October 14 through October 18 our Garfield families got their kids to school at a rate of over 91% again. And wow did the 5th graders show up! They topped 96% for the week. Way to go 5th graders and your families!
October 16th is Boss’s Day and we are excited to celebrate ours! Kristin Skogstad, our Principal and Alisha Bell, our Dean of Students, have proven to be good friends to both our students and our staff. Thank you!
For four weeks in a row we have exceeded 92% attendance. For the week of October 7 through October 11 our Garfield families got their kids to school at a rate of over 92% again. For that week third grade really came through showing up at a rate of over 93%. Way to go 3rd graders and their families!
Our students have some SWEET moves! During conferences, October 15: 12:00 - 7:30 pm Thursday, October 17: 3 - 7:30 pm, they’re going to be looking to you to share some sweet moves with them. They will be selling candy and popcorn. The money from these sales will go to things like our dance party and in helping causes in school and the community.
Garfield is proud to have the most Native American students of any elementary school in Sioux Falls and we want to show our full support of them. The Sioux Falls Native American Day Parade will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday 14th. Garfield will represent at the parade with our own entry. We encourage you to show your support too by attending the parade and cheering Garfield on!
For three weeks in a row we have exceeded 92% attendance. For the week of September 30 through October 4 our Garfield families got their kids to school at a rate of over 92%. Fifth grade really came through during that week! Fifth graders showed up at a rate of over 94%. Way to go 5th graders and their families!
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Tuesday, October 15: 12:00 - 7:30 pm
Thursday, October 17: 3 - 7:30 pm
Here’s your chance to visit with your child’s teacher about your child’s education and how they spend their day, to see their school and walk where they walk on a daily basis. And we’d love to see and talk with you! And while here spend some time in the Library shopping at the book fair. Book Fair times are Tuesday the 15th from 12 - 7 pm and on Thursday the 17th from 3 - 7.
Please reserve your time with your child’s teacher by returning the form sent home with your student. If it has been misplaced please contact our office and we will get you a new one.
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. At Garfield we want our students to be safe from bullying. We work to promote a friendly, safe environment. We’d like us all to be good friends!
The Ready. Set. Go! race on Friday was a huge success! The kids (and the adults) had so much fun. Check won the race but Garfield Elementary won the day!
Way to go Garfield Families! For two weeks in a row we have exceeded 93% attendance. For the week of September 23 through September 27 our Garfield families got their kids to school at a rate of 93.5%. All the grades exceeded 91% and the 2nd grade was above 95%! You’re awesome 2nd grade!
We have the most Native American students of all the elementary schools in Sioux Falls and we are proud of them and want to honor their heritage! Monday September 30th, 2024 is Orange shirt day which began in Canada in 2013. It promotes awareness about the history of American Indian and Native Residential boarding school systems which still impact Native American and First Nations communities in the United States and Canada. The day honors the children who were removed from their families and forced into boarding schools and remembers those who never returned home.
WOW! What a week! The week of September 16 through September 20 our Garfield families really knocked it out of the park. They really showed up for our students and their education by sending their kids to school at an attendance rate of over 93%. Third grade totally rocked it with an attendance rate of over 95%. Way to go third graders and thank you third grade families!
Excitement is running high! Race day is closing in! It'll be Friday the 27th at 2:10.
So much fun! We’d like to thank everyone who showed up for our Family Picnic Thursday evening. We had so much fun and we are looking forward to when we can get together again!
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