Harvey Dunn Elementary Newsletter

March 2024

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March 1 - PTA Book Bingo 6:30 pm

March 3 - 7th - Read Across America Week *dress-up days below

March 5- 2nd grade musical - 8:30am and 7:00pm

March 7 - Kindergarten Registration 4-6pm

March 12 - PTA Mtg 6pm & 4th Gr sings National Anthem at Skyforce game

March 14 - PTA Skate City Night

March 15 - No School

March 20 - End of 3rd Quarter

March 29 & April 1 - No School

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Read Across America Dress Up Days

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Book BINGO - Friday, March 1st

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Stay up to date on all the happenings at Harvey Dunn through our facebook page. We upload pictures for Wow Wednesday, Fun Friday and any other special days that we might have going on.

Follow us at Harvey Dunn Elementary School.

Harvey Dunn Activities Calendar 2023-24

Sioux Falls School District Parent Calendar

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Principal's Corner

Greetings Harvey Dunn Families,

If you have an incoming Kindergarten student for the 2024-25 school year, please go online to register your child. If you have a friend or neighbor who will be entering their first child in school, please inform them of registration as well. Children must be 5 on or before September 1, 2024 to register for Kindergarten. Please visit the following LINK for registration. We are so excited for our young Harvey Dunn Tigers - Class of 2037 to join us!

Speaking of the start of a new school year, we will be working on the 2024-25 class rosters later this spring. In doing so, it is incredibly important to balance the classrooms in areas such as students' academic needs, social needs, emotional needs, etc. If you believe you have information about your child that would be necessary for our administration team to know as we create balanced 24-25 class rosters, you may pick up and complete the Parent Input Form from the school office. Please understand, the Parent Input Form is not a teacher request form. It is our job as an administrative team to know our staff and to match your child's needs with a teacher while creating balanced classrooms. The information you share on the form will remain confidential. The completed Parent Input Form is due to the school office by 4pm on Thursday, April 11, 2024.

Kindest regards,

Mrs. Chamberlain, Principal

SD State Assessment

See the attached letter regarding the SD State Assessment that will be administered during the school day to all 3-5th graders. The following is the tentative testing timeline for Harvey Dunn:

April 8-12 -- 5th grade science

April 15 - 19th -- 3-5th grade ELA

April 22-26 -- 3-5th Grade Math

LINK to PARENT LETTER

Superintendent Column

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Everybody Reads - March 1 - 22nd

Siouxland Libraries is excited to partner with the SFSD to encourage reading in our community from March 1-22nd, 2024. We will be tracking reading at school to contribute to this project. Books read at home can count for this as well!

Promotional video by Dr. Stavem & Mayor Ten Haken - LINK

Website to watch how many books are read - LINK

Thank you Junior Achievement Volunteers

PTA Information

Mark your calendars for the following upcoming events:

Book BINGO - March 1st @ 6:30pm
Pizza Ranch - March 5th
PTA Meeting March 12th @ 6pm
PTA Skate City night March 14th

Our monthly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6 PM. Please follow our Facebook page where can find the meeting schedule and info on events. LINK

As always, our events are not possible without the help our parents. Please consider giving an hour or so of your valuable time to volunteer for one of more events. PTA Parent Volunteer FORM

Volunteer Registration Form

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Parking Lot Reminders - Thank you for reviewing and keeping students safe!

Students' safe arrival to and departure from school is a top priority. Please take time to review the reminders below. We are all here for the same reason, the children. When we all follow the guidelines during drop off, you help your child start their day off in a positive and safe manner, as well as the other families around you. Thank you for doing your part to make this process and procedure work.

Park vehicles in the parking lot and walk students to and from the school using the crosswalks. If you are choosing to drop off students, use the circle drive or north drive.
Only vehicles with handicap parking permits can park in the handicap spots.
When pulling up in the circle drive or north drive before or after school remain in your vehicle and move forward as the line moves. This helps keep traffic moving.
Students exit on the passenger side of the vehicle. In the circle drive, once you are in the student drop-off zone, students exit the vehicle. When more students are exiting the vehicles, we are able to move traffic through more efficiently.
The north drive might be a faster alternative for morning drop-off when the circle drive is busy. Remain in your vehicle and move forward as the line moves. This helps keep traffic moving.

Harvey Dunn Parent Handbook

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Breakfast & Lunch

Breakfast begins at 7:30am. Each grade level has a separate lunch time (see schedule).

Lunch money can be deposited into your child’s account by using the MySchoolBuck on-line system. MySchoolBuck App is available on the Apple Store and Google Play.

Free & Reduced Lunch Application

Lunch Menu