Redmen Review

The FCCLA Region Meeting was held on Wednesday, December 17th at Lake Area Technical College in Watertown. Chapter members participated in the general session where Chapter President Kayden Tchida introduced the chapter and advisors Ms. Prendergast and Mrs. Lehrke. Bella Davis (pictured right) gave her professional presentation titled 'Never Can Happen' and earned a silver. All members participated in knowledge bowl and completed the FCCLA escape room.

Students at SHS have been competing in the Key Club's "Giving Contest" throughout the month of December. Student have been encouraged to donate items including non-perishable food, personal hygiene products, and baby products that will be donated by the Key Club to the Community Food pantry on December 18th.

The Freshman are the winners with 160 donations and will recieve $50. Pictured is the generosity of the Junior class (a close second with 133 dontations), displayed in Ms. Eclevia's room.

Anyone wishing to change their second semester schedules will need to visit with Ms. Filipek. Schedule changes can be made throughout the first week back to school.

Friday, January 9th will be the last day to make schedule changes.

Students in the two Culinary Arts class have been busy creating graham cracker gingerbread houses and decorating them to celebrate the season. Students learned how to make royal icing and discovered how challenging it can be to achieve the right consistency. Students also had the opportunity to practice patience and learned to pay attention to small details in order to make their houses complete with doors and chimneys.

A variety of ingredients were used to create the masterpieces including --M&Ms, gum drops, candy canes, coconut, and chocolate kisses. Pictured are Keyes (above) and Jynavi (right) with their holiday creations.

Visitors from GrowSD visited Mrs. DeSpiegler's Personal Finance class on Wednesday. They spoke about financial wellness including topics such as monthly budgets, wants versus needs, financial goals and social media spending influences. Following their presentation, they led students through an activity to create a monthly budget where they found out they had spent more than they had made and needed to make some adjustments to their monthly spending habits. Great practical lessons for all!

The freshmen girls pictured above were pretty excited to have successfully completed their first HS Christmas Concert on Monday night.

Both band and choir students had spent weeks preparing, and their hard work paid off as they played to a full house of parents and community members, helping everyone get in the Christmas spirit.

Homework Help will resume on Thursday, January 8th. A reminder that Homework Help takes place in the HS Library and runs until 5pm each week.

December 19: End of Quarter 2

December 22-January 1: Winter Break

January 2: No School (Staff Professional Development)

January 5: School Resumes

January 7: Knowledge Bowl @ Concordia (rescheduled for weather)

January 28: Knowledge Bowl @ Fergus Falls

February 10: Parent-Teacher Conferences (4pm-8pm)

February 12: Parent-Teacher Conferences (4pm-8pm)

February 13: No School (Staff Professional Development)

February 16: No School (Presidents' Day)

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Website: https://www.sisseton.k12.sd.us
Location: 516 8th Ave. West, Sisseton, SD
Phone: (605) 698-7613
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