Ever thought about cheering for Washington High School? Tryouts for competition cheer and football sideline cheer will be held May 9th - 11th in the WHS gymnastics room from 3:15 pm - 5:30 pm.
Congratulations to Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda who was named the 2021-22 Gatorade South Dakota Girls Basketball Player of the Year! Mwenentanda is the first Gatorade South Dakota Basketball Players of the Year to be chosen from Washington High School.
Congratulations to WHS senior Hannah Dayaget for winning the state Poetry Out Loud competition!! Hannah will move on to the semi finals and compete against 54 others on May 1st.
Maxed out on NCAA basketball? Switch gears and take in some football to raise funds for Sioux Falls Schools without PTA/PTOs! The Sioux Falls STORM take on the Iowa Barnstormers (that's the team Kurt Warner played for before he became SuperBowl MVP!) at 7:05pm tonight at The Premier Center.
50% of net proceeds from tonight's game go to Night of Hope & Caring!
https://www.ticketmaster.com/sioux-falls-storm-vs-iowa-barnstormers-sioux-falls-south-dakota-03-28-2022/event/06005C3CC1FA7A1E
SFSD students had a direct line of communication with the SD Secretary of Education Tiffany Sanderson today. The Superintendent's Student Advisory Council welcomed Sanderson at their quarterly meeting to discuss higher ed, workforce, and student assessment. #LoveSFSD
Community Engagement is a strong focus for the Sioux Falls School District. Take this 7-question survey to help us learn more about your interactions with your school and with other families.
https://survey.k12insight.com/survey1.aspx?k=SsXRVPsQQSYsPsPsPsYQRWQRXQQ&lang=0
Please help us give a BIG congratulations to WHS senior, Ndjakalenga Mwenentand for being named the 2021-2022 Gatorade Player of the Year! 🏀
This award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence along with high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the court. Mwenentanda is the very first Gatorade South Dakota Girls Basketball Player of the Year to be chosen from Washington High School. She is now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year award to be announced in March.
Congrats, Ndjakalenga!
Ndjakalenga was recently one of the Sioux Falls School District's Senior Spotlight features. If you haven't seen it yet, check out her episode here! ---> https://youtu.be/9XWl9BYUw2o
As Read Across America Week comes to an end, here are some fun photos from Washington High School's Teacher Pathway students reading to Rosa Parks Elementary students!
Superintendent Jane Stavem hosted nearly 50 future educators Tuesday for "Bagels with the Boss." Student teachers currently working in SFSD classrooms joined us to learning about job opportunities, hear about the support offered by the District's Instructional Coaches, and connect with leadership. We look forward to adding many of these new teachers to our team in the Fall!
The Sioux Falls School District is excited to partner with Siouxland Libraries for a community-wide reading initiative. Throughout the month of March, students, staff, parents, and community members are being encouraged to track how many books they read. View the Count here! https://www.sf.k12.sd.us/page/everybody-reads The goal is to create a community of readers ages 0 –100!
Native American Connections program renamed to Očéti Šakówiŋ Owáuŋspe (OSO)! The Native American Connections program, often referred to as ‘NAC’ is a program in the Sioux Falls School District that connects Native students with the culture, traditions, and heritage of the Oceti Sakowin. To center Indigenous language and culture in its programming, Native American Connections has collaboratively determined to rename its programs to Očéti Šakówiŋ Owáuŋspe or OSO. The program will continue to have OSO facilitators in all elementary buildings and offer OSO classes to Indigenous middle and high school students. In addition, OSO has renamed its Lakota language classes at the high school level which will now be titled Languages of the Oceti Sakowin. Our Languages of the Oceti Sakowin and Indigenous Studies courses are available to all high school students in the Sioux Falls School District. See more here: https://youtu.be/HdDc-JLLRCE
Project Search 2022! While it may not be a brand-new program, it is one that is having a huge impact on many Sioux Falls School District students! Project Search is an innovative, business led transition program for special education students ages 18-21 who have completed all high school requirements. The program is a partnership between the Sioux Falls School District, Dow Rummel Village, Department of Human Services, Transition Services Liaison Project, and Department of Labor and regulation. With the help of a classroom environment and Sioux Falls School District staff, students in the program learn and develop their employability skills. Students then apply those skills while participating in targeted internships at Dow Rummel, 5 days a week. The ultimate goal of Project Search is to find competitive employment for each intern upon completion of the program. The program’s strong partnerships are helping to develop the workforce of tomorrow, while gaining valuable interns and future employees along the way. To see more about Project Search, visit our YouTube page: https://youtu.be/5NsEybdUU94
Thank you, School Bus Drivers!
February 22nd is National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day! Our School Bus drivers have been through a lot this past year. From picking up extra routes due to driver shortages to having to pivot on a dime almost daily. We cannot emphasize their importance enough. Please help us say thank you to our bus drivers not just today, but every day!
No School February 21-22!
Don’t forget, President’s Day Break is Monday, February 21st through Tuesday, February 22nd. There will be NO school these days. See you on Wednesday, February 23rd!
Future Warriors!! Thanks, BRMS!
Game on Club! WHS would like announce the newest club- Game On. The idea behind this club is to give students a place to meet new people in a friendly, competitive atmosphere of board games! Meeting in E112 Wednesdays during 4A, feel free to come join! Questions can be directed to Emma Eaglestar, Izzy Ramm or Mrs. Hessa.
https://youtu.be/9XWl9BYUw2o
You likely already knew her name. What you might not know is that she's currently taking 4 Advanced Placement classes, she has a perfect 4.0 GPA, she serves on Student Council, is a part of Black Student Union, helps with LINK crew, and volunteers her time to teach elementary students about leadership and character. She's been recruited by colleges since the 8th grade, but she still trains every day like her spot depends on it. Our loss after graduation is a gain for the Longhorns, but she leaves an incredibly legacy behind.
