Sturgis Elementary Newsletter

South Dakota Weather:

Just a reminder to please have your students come to school in appropriate dress. If it isn’t below zero, raining, or large winds, students will be outside for recess. Our weather can change drastically during the day. Please make sure to send your child with a coat to school.

South Dakota State Assessment:

All third and fourth grade students will be taking a state assessment in the areas of English Language Arts and Math during the month of April. These assessments will occur in the month of April. Teachers have been making preparations by teaching test taking strategies and technology skills that will assist students in completing the online assessment. Students will have four to five testing sessions to break up the assessment. Please make every attempt to minimize appointments to allow us to complete the required state required assessment.

School Attendance:

Our school has had its share of absences with all the seasonal colds and flus going around. Because of these absences that are out of our control, I kindly ask you to please consider absences that are in your control to minimize the amount of days your child misses from school. Up to seven days are excused in a trimester. Anything more than seven within a trimester is considered unexcused unless you provide a doctor’s note excusing the absence.

Title I Summer School:

Due to funding, Sturgis Elementary will not have a Title I Summer School this upcoming summer. Title I teachers will provide parents of students they serve with resources the students can work on throughout the summer.

2024-25 School Year

The open enrollment and in-district transfer requests for the 2024-25 school year will be opening February 1 - March 31 and again April 15 - Summer 2024. All new students entering the Meade School District must have the following:

• copy of birth certificate
• immunization records

Open enrollment for the remainder of the 2023-24 school year is currently open.

If your student is interested in participating in the Sturgis Elementary Talent Show,

please use the link below to sign up and grant permission.

Lunch Times:

Kindergarten (Abell, Marcoe, J. Anderson) : 10:50-11:20

Kindergarten (Jones, Woods, T. Anderson) : 11:00-11:30

1st Grade (Snyder, Hoppe, Wilson) : 11:10-11:40

1st Grade (Dillman, Treloar) : 11:20-11:50

2nd Grade (Kleinsasser, Schubauer, Monahan) : 11:50-12:20

2nd Grade (Dahl, Inhofer) : 12:00-12:30

3rd Grade (Stagner, Seyer) : 12:10-12:40

3rd Grade (Russell, Romey, Williams) : 12:20-12:50

4th Grade (All) : 12:45-1:15

If eating school lunch with your student, please bring the exact amount - $4.85

There is not change available in the lunchroom.

2237 W. Sherman Street • Sturgis, SD 57785

(605)347-5066

Patrick Reinard, Transportation Manager

Educating youth takes a community effort, and because of that the Meade School Board is encouraging parents, guardians and other interested patrons to volunteer their time, knowledge and talents.

Members of the community bring new energies and resources into the schools and expand the walls of the classrooms. School volunteers enrich the educational program and strengthen the schools’ relationships with homes, businesses, public agencies and private institutions. All volunteers in the Meade School District do so without pay or employee benefits, except for workers’ compensation. For those interested in volunteering.

Mail to Meade School District, 1230 Douglas Street, Sturgis, S.D. 57785.

Katy Jutting, Assistant Principal

Email: MeadeSESOffice@k12.sd.us
Website: https://www.meade.k12.sd.us/sturgis-elementary/
Location: 1121 Ballpark Road, Sturgis, SD, USA
Phone: 605-347-2386