Great news Garfield families! Eat Well Mobile Market is bringing healthy affordable food to our neighborhood. They are going to be at Garfield Elementary on Thursdays from 1 pm to 6 pm. AND, they will be at DOW Rummel at 1321 W. Dow Rummel St. on Thursdays from 10 a.m. until noon. We are so excited to have easier access to healthy affordable groceries for many of our families. You can find more information at siouxfallsthrive.org/eatwell/
We’ve finished our third week of our “Get up. Show up. Thumbs up!” challenge and we are still on track to achieve our goal of 4,000,000 student minutes in school for April. After 3 weeks we are at 2,677,728 minutes. Every minute is going to count going into the last week of April. We can do it Garfield!
We are rockin’ it Garfield families! The week of April 15th through April 19th we rolled past our goal of 90% with an outstanding 92% attendance. Third grade was our attendance leader with an outstanding 94%. In fact, all of our grades exceeded 90%. WOW!! Let’s keep going strong!
Be sure to click the link below to see the Garfield April newsletter. This month's issue has important information about upcoming school events and more!
Newsletter Link: https://www.smore.com/n/zq06y
U.S. Senator John Thune is showing his support for our students who get up and show up for school. Let’s really get behind our kids for the last bit of this school year. They’re working hard and need all the support they can get. Remember, you’ve got FRIENDS at Garfield!
Things are ramping up with our Get up. Show up. Thumbs up challenge! Cagey from the Sioux Falls Canaries is giving a thumbs up, or would it be feathers up, to show support to our students who get up and show up for school. Join him by sending us a pic of you giving a thumbs up and we will get it printed and hang it with all the others who are supporting our kids.
All the way from Washington, D.C., Rep. Dusty Johnson is showing his support for Garfield students who get up and show up for school. Join him by sending us a pic of you with a thumbs up and we will get it printed and hung in the school were the kids can see it.
Mayor TenHaken is showing his support by giving a Thumbs up! to students who get up and show up for school! Thank you Mayor TenHaken for being a friend! Join him in support by sending us your pic or commenting with it.
Kirk Zeeck, our new Assistant Superintendent, is stepping up to show his support for students who get up and show up for school. Thank you Mr. Zeeck!
We’re getting support for our students internationally! Pictured here is Muriel Summers with friends who are leading the Leader in Me in Brazil. They are supporting our students who Get up and Show up for school here by giving a Thumbs up!
Now Thunder from the Sioux Falls Skyforce is joining in! He wants to show his support to students who Get up and Show up by giving them a big Thumbs up! Please join Thunder in showing your support for our Garfield students by sending a pic of you giving a Thumbs up. You can do it in the comments. The picture will be printed and hung in the entryways so kids will see you’re with them in heart and spirit as they come to school.
Superintendent Dr. Stavem is showing her support by giving a Thumbs up to Garfield students who Get Up and Show Up for school. Please show your support for our Garfield students too by sending a pic of you giving a Thumbs up. The picture will be printed and hung in the entryways so kids will see you’re with them in heart and spirit as they come to school.
What a great comeback Garfield families! After a previous tough week of weather we came back strong with 91% attendance the week of April 1 through April 5th. And 4th grade really rocked it at 94% (almost 95%). Way to go 4th grade! Great recovery Garfield; let’s keep going strong!
Let’s show our students our support as we head into the last of the school year! We are going to print pictures of everyone who is giving our students a Thumbs up! and place them where our students can see the pictures as they enter the building. Take a picture of you giving a thumbs up and put it in the comments, or IM it to us, or email it to keith.lapour@k12.sd.us, or bring a 4x6 print to the office. We will get them posted so the kids will know you’ve recognized they got up and showed up!
🗳️ Help shape the future! Five candidates are vying for two open seats on the Sioux Falls School Board. Learn about them and make time to get to the polls on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. https://www.sf.k12.sd.us/page/elections
Get up. Show up. Thumbs up!
Our next attendance event is about to start up. During the month of April we’d like to fill up our classrooms with happy learners so we’re going to track our whole school's attendance down to the minute. Our goal is to accumulate 600,000 student minutes in school through the month of April. That’s about 90% attendance. If we reach our goal we will have a day for everyone to warm up wearing our comfiest pajamas. Plus, we will have some surprise rewards. We will follow up with more details. Remember, every minute counts!
SFSD wants your feedback! Our annual parent/guardian survey is now open through Friday, April 19, 2024. Check your email for an active link and share your experiences with us as partners in your child's education! https://survey.k12insight.com/r/6HS2G1
Mrs. Bell is a good friend at Garfield! April 2nd through April 5th is National Assistant Principal week and we’d like to thank her for all she does here at Garfield, which is A LOT! Plus she’s displaying her school spirit in this picture by showing off the Garfield G.
The winner of the BIG attenDANCE bracket challenge for 2024 is… (insert dramatic pause here) FOURTH GRADE! They won with a staggering 92.76% in the final week of the competition. That’s the kind of dedication that wins championships. Great job fourth grade!
All of Garfield were winners as part of the BIG attenDANCE but there were a few students who won a little bigger. Pictured are some of the winners of our raffles and pop-up perfect attendance winners. We’d like to put out a special thanks to Sioux Falls Skyforce, Skate City, Burger King, Scheels, University of Sioux Falls Athletic Department, and Sisson Printing for their support and generosity! What a fun week made especially so by our GREAT students!
