District Dialogue

We are giving the Sioux Falls School District website a refreshed look to better serve our staff, students and families!

Here’s what you can expect:

• Fresh Design: A modern update to the homepage for the District and all schools.

• Streamlined Navigation: Not to worry! The menu will stay the same and your bookmarks will still work!

• Current Information, FAST!: The Live Feed and News sections are combining for quick access to the latest updates.

• Spotlight on What Matters: The About Us section will feature key information for each school and the District.

The new design will go live on December 13th during the day!

We are excited to share these improvements and enhance your experience. Stay tuned!

Today we are celebrating the amazing staff who make our Special Education program so impactful. In the Sioux Falls School District, we serve 4,154 students ages 3-21, which is an increase of 0.7% since last year. This growth reflects our commitment to providing individualized support and fostering an inclusive learning environment for all.

Thank you to our Special Education team for your dedication to helping every student thrive!

This FREE event includes:

• Over 50 vendors providing free community resources
• Free health screenings
• Interactive activities for kids
• $1,000+ in door prizes at each event

Door prizes will be announced every hour. Bring the whole family to explore health and wellness in our community! We hope to see you there!

SHINE stands for Scholarship, Honors, Innovation, Networking and Exceptionalism. We’re looking for stories we can tell about high school seniors, any-age students, staff (yes, you can and should absolutely fill out this form for yourself!), projects and programs. Have a new partnership that is benefitting the classroom? Win a grant you think the world should know about? Get nominated for or receive a state-wide, regional or national honor? Know a senior stand-out on a team, in the fine arts arena, or in the classroom? How about younger students who are leading by example, making giving to charity a priority, or are making the most of a bad situation? Should a program or portion of your school be highlighted? What about some current projects: experiments, field trips, new collaborative lessons?

Do you have a coworker or colleague who is constantly going above and beyond? Do you notice when somebody is going out of their way to make a student's day just a little bit brighter? Do you have a staff member who consistently brings their best, day in and day out? We want to hear about it! We know that amazing things happen every day in every building of the Sioux Falls School District, and we need your help to tell those stories. Recognize a coworker for their amazing dedication to the work of SFSD.

Please consider signing up to volunteer or donating to our hygiene kit fund for students this holiday season!

Monetary donations can be sent to the SFSD Office of Indian Education

201 E. 38th Street. Sioux Falls, SD 57105. Memo line: Winter Solstice

Sign up to volunteer by clicking the button below!

The Sioux Falls School District has launched a SFSD Archives YouTube Channel. And let us be the first to say, there is some GREAT content on here! Especially if any of you were once SFSD students yourself! We encourage you to visit the channel and search up anything from your school's graduation ceremony, coronation, choir concerts, etc. These videos capture all kinds of memorable events that highlight what makes our District special. Especially if you were once a student within the District, it's fun to experience those moments from a whole new perspective.

Check it out when you get a chance: SFSD Archives YouTube Channel. You'll be amazed by the stories—and maybe even spot a familiar face or two!

Just a reminder the wellness program will need to be completed by March 1st, 2025, to qualify for the wellness discount. Below is the link to the wellness program and the physician form to bring to your wellness visit.

https://sfsdwellness.com

Preventative Care Form

Questions? Contact the Benefits Office at (605) 367-7662

SandCreek, our Employee Assistance Program, is free, confidential, and available to ALL Sioux Falls School District employees and their family members. As a part of their extensive list of offerings, SandCreek offers FREE monthly webinars that cover a variety of topics. Below are a couple upcoming ones!

Unable to attend the webinar live? SandCreek has recorded versions of all past webinars available in their Webinar Library. Visithttps://allonehealth.com/webinars/ to view the library!

To register for a SandCreek account, visit www.SandCreekEAP.com and click the “Sign Up” link just below the Log In button. Enter siouxfalls as your company code and complete the signup process! A confirmation email will be sent to complete the registration.

The Connection Between Exercise and Mental Health

Wednesday, December 11th, 2024 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Register Online!

As of January 2025, SandCreek will be using the WebEx Platform for their webinars. Multi Language closed captioning will be available at that time!

Taking Control of Your Finances

Wednesday, January 8th, 2025 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Register Online!

PrudentRx Your employer has chosen to utilize PrudentRx for copayment assistance for specialty medications. PrudentRx will assist you by helping you enroll in drug manufacturer copay assistance programs. If you are taking a medication included on the PrudentRx drug list, PrudentRx will contact you directly to enroll.

If you enroll with PrudentRx to get copayment assistance for your eligible specialty medication, you will have $0 out-of-pocket responsibility for prescriptions covered under the PrudentRx drug list.

If you do not enroll in the PrudentRx program, by expressly refusing to enroll, or by not responding to PrudentRx’s attempts to contact you, you may be responsible for the full coinsurance related to specialty medications, but said coinsurance may not count toward your out-of-pocket maximum.

The PrudentRx drug list can be found at Wellmark.com/member/prescriptiondrugs.

PrudentRx drug list

Your mental health and well-being matter to us, and we are proud to offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides mental health counseling and a range of whole health support services for you and your family.

Our EAP partner, SandCreek, recently announced that effective January 1, 2025 will be changing its name to AllOne Health. While the name is changing, you can rest assured that your access to all the benefits will continue seamlessly through the transition.

Curious about what’s included in your EAP? Click HERE to check out their flier and explore the resources available to you.