Principal's Message
Greetings Sonia Sotomayor Families!
The weather outside is frightful, so bundle up your children before sending them to school. Please remind your child that students must wear snow boots and snow pants to play on the snow hill or field. Please make sure all snow pants, boots, and coats are labeled with your child’s name. We have many, many pieces of winter gear in our Lost and Found. Encourage your child to check it out to claim any missing personal items. Parents are also welcome to come check out the lost and found. We know how expensive these warm winter items can be!
Students have been busy completing the Winter MAP Growth Assessment. The Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) is given in the Fall, Winter and Spring to all Sioux Falls School District elementary schools and is designed to measure student achievement in the moment and growth over time, regardless of grade level. MAP Growth begins with a question at each student’s grade level and adjusts the level of difficulty based on individual performance. You will receive your child’s scores in January. Growth scores provide parents an opportunity to talk to children about setting goals, reading every day to improve reading scores, and using Dreambox daily to increase their math scores. No matter what their beginning or end scores, we would love to see all of our students obtain ‘high growth’ between testing sessions.
After six weeks at home with her new baby boy, Isaiah, our Dean of Students, Mrs. Jess Ries, is officially back! We are so excited! We want to thank Mrs. Heather Conrad for stepping out of the comfort of her gym to assist in the office. She did a fabulous job!
On Friday our specials teachers arranged a service learning project for our students! Over 700 students, staff, and parents worked together throughout the day to create over 70 blankets for Project Warm-Up! Over 1300 blankets are boxed up and ready for delivery to every school building in the SFSD! Blankets will also go to the Ronald McDonald House, Sanford and Avera Children’s Hospitals, Children’s Inn, Child’s Voice, and more! Thank you so much for your support of this project that has distributed over 32,000 blankets to children and families in need across the Sioux Empire and beyond!
Bless you all during this holiday season!
Your principal,
Tracy Vik
Jania Rodriguez-Education Assistant
Jania loves cooking, working out, traveling, and spending time with her family. She is currently studying Criminal Justice at Colorado Technical University. This is her first year at Sonia Sotomayor Elementary and she is loving it!
Ana Azumatan-SPED Education Assistant
I was born in Guatemala. I have lived in the United States since the year 2000 with my husband Luis. We have lived in Florida, California, and finally South Dakota where we raised our family. I have three children who are already young adults. I graduated as a teacher in Escuintla, Guatemala and worked there for three years. Once I moved here, I never thought about teaching again. However, when this opportunity presented itself to me, I was very happy to pursue my dream of teaching, which I never imagined would be possible again.
CONTACT US
Email: tracy.vik@k12.sd.us
Website: https://www.sses.sf.k12.sd.us/o/ssspes
Location: Sioux Falls, SD, USA
Phone: 605-367-4655
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