The SFSD’s official online registration for Kindergarten for the 2025-26 school year is open! Current families, please log in to your parent portal. On the left side, select "More" and then select “KG and New Student Registration."
Families who are new to the SFSD - who do not have any students enrolled - please go to https://www.sf.k12.sd.us/page/school-registration. Please make sure you select the correct school year (25-26) or you will have to start over.
For the upcoming 100th day of school (February 4), students in classroom K04 made portraits of what they will look like when they are 100 years old. What a good-looking group of grandmas and grandpas!
With Valentines Day coming up, love and kindness is in the air! So, Discovery is having Kindness Week February 10 - 14 with dress up days and activities. Kindness is free - so let’s sprinkle that stuff everywhere!
After classroom K05 read “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus" by Mo Willems, students made their own pigeons! A bus driver begins the story by expressing to readers the importance of not letting the pigeon drive the bus while he is gone. The story teaches the reader about promises and persuasion.
Here are the classroom and student winners from the third week (January 20 - 24) of our DreamBox Challenge. Keep up the excellent work, Discovery! Week 4 starts today!
Classroom 301 is learning about genetic traits and inheritance. Students read “the code” from parent 1 and parent 2 to create offspring with similar traits.
Students in classrooms 203, 204, and 301 shared their word of the year: https://youtu.be/uVWHjxWdemU. What’s your word of the year?
Here are the classroom and student winners from the second week (January 13 - 17) of our DreamBox Challenge. Keep up the excellent work, Discovery! Week 3 starts today!
EmBe’s “Girls on the Run” program at Discovery is looking for one more coach. If you or someone you know is interested, please contact the Program Coordinator listed on the flyer.
Classroom 301 is learning about perimeter. Students quizzed themselves with an activity called “Toothy”. The Toothy character has a big, open mouth in which the students draw teeth every time they answer a question correctly. The goal is to give Toothy a full mouth of teeth!
Discovery has THREE Education Assistant positions available! If you or someone you know is interested, please complete the online application at: https://sf.schoolspring.com/. In the Search Jobs section, enter “Discovery” to narrow your search.
Here are the classroom and student winners from the first week (January 6 - 9) of our DreamBox Challenge. Keep up the excellent work, Discovery! Week 2 starts today!
In classroom 402 science studies, students explored the fascinating ways plants and animals are designed for survival. As part of the investigation, students examined the skulls and pelts of carnivores and herbivores. They discussed how differences in their teeth - sharp for tearing meat or flat for grinding plants - help them meet their needs. The pelts revealed how fur and skin can offer protection, camouflage, and temperature regulation - all essential for survival in different environments. Students also observed how the placement of their eyes contributes to their survival, providing an advantage in spotting prey or predators. These activities helped students understand how both internal and external structures are perfectly suited for each animal’s way of life.
Ms. Knight and these 5th grade students are reading and discussing the book, “Alexandra the Brave” by Joy S. Noyes. The students were sharing their interpretations of the book. As American journalist Margaret Fuller once said, “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”
Discovery is having a “DreamBox Challenge” starting today through January 31. Lessons done at home and school count. Total lessons will be collected every Thursday/Friday with weekly winners:
- The classroom from each grade level with the most lessons will win a treat!
- The students with the most from each grade level that week will get to pick a prize from the prize room!
For the grand finale, the two classrooms that completed the most lessons by January 31 will receive a pizza party! It will be one classroom from KG - 2nd and one classroom from 3rd – 5th.
Good luck, Discovery!
Happy New Year from everybody at SFSD! Here's to another year of opportunities and possibilities. We are excited to welcome back students and staff TOMORROW, January 2nd, 2025! We can’t wait to see everyone!
Parents/guardians who are volunteering for tomorrow’s, Friday, December 19, winter classroom parties, if your student normally rides the school bus or goes to daycare after school - and he/she will be going home with you - please let us know. This is very helpful at dismissal! Please email Jennifer.Hogan@k12.sd.us or Jasmine.Iddings@k12.sd.us – or feel free to call the office. Thank you!
On Tuesday, Discovery looked like Whoville with plenty of Whos and Grinches!
Reminder! Tomorrow, Thursday, December 19, is the last day to look for lost items. Our "Lost & Found" is overflowing! Anything not claimed will be donated on Friday, December 20, at 8:00 am. Lost and found is located inside the school, so you will have to check-in at the office to look for lost items.
