It's the beginning of the new semester! Who's ready for a fresh, new start? Boys' Basketball starts up on Monday after school. January Whittier Way & Student of the Month winners will be announced this week. 🤞 Get out and show your support for the Whittier Jazz Band by going to the Skyforce Game on Friday! 🎶🎷 #WeekAtWhittier
#ThrowbackThursday Just before winter break, 6th Grade students learned all about the Ancient Egyptian embalming & mummification processes in a simulation. What a way to "wrap" up this unit! #CreativityInTheClassroom
After the start of school last week, we have new standings for the January FREEZE Attendance Competition. Taking the lead, in 🥇, after 3 long January school days... Team 6-2! In 🥈... Team 7-Combo! The first place team will win a pizza party, while the second place team wins an ice cream party. Only 18 more days to go! #WhittierShowsUp
Jumping right back into it, Whittier! If you're interested in joining Boys' Basketball or Performance Dance, sign ups are taking place this week. Club Central Volleyball Tryouts are also happening this Thursday with Ms. Knowler after school. #WeekAtWhittier
The Whittier Attendance Committee recognizes PROtimes of the Week for Top Attendance & Most Improved. For Dec. 16-20, Top Attendance goes to Ms. Jorde, Ms. Sonnichsen, Ms. Honkomp, and Ms. Hoffman. Most Improved are Ms. Goeden, Ms. Siebenborn, and Ms. Divine. Congratulations! 🎉
Happy New Year from everybody at SFSD! Here's to another year of opportunities and possibilities. We are excited to welcome back students and staff TOMORROW, January 2nd, 2025! We can’t wait to see everyone!
Last day of ❄️Winter Break!❄️ Happy New Year! 🎉 We can't wait to welcome you back to Whittier tomorrow!
2 days left of ❄️Winter Break❄️ -- we're excited to see you back at Whittier on Thursday!
We hope you've been enjoying your ❄️Winter Break❄️ because the countdown for "Back to School" is on! 3 days to go...
Find your Chromebook and charge it up! ⚡ We are excited to see you back at Whittier this coming Thursday for the new year. 🎉 #WeekAtWhittier
Thank you to the Sioux Falls Public Schools Education Foundation for supporting Whittier by providing staff with brand new spiritwear! Whittier staff LOVE to show their #WhittierSpirit. 💙 We hope you all have a wonderful Winter Break and show YOUR #WhittierSpirit!
❄️Winter Break❄️ begins Monday, December 23rd and goes through Wednesday, January 1st. We'll see you back at Whittier on Thursday, January 2nd! Enjoy a relaxing and festivity-filled break! 🎉
Heads-up Whittier: When you come back in January, get ready to SHOW UP! 🎉 We have an All School Attendance Competition ramping up for January 2nd through 31st. The 🥇 Team gets a Chick-Fil-A party, and the 🥈 Team gets a pizza party! May the best Team win! #WhittierShowsUp
Congratulations to our Chick-Fil-A winners for this round of Keep Your Kids challenge -- Ms. Ibis & Mr. Menden's PROtimes! A big THANK YOU to everyone for your hard work focusing on attendance this past week. 💙 #WhittierShowsUp
Throughout the month of November, Ms. Nelson led a writing group during PRIDE for students interested in entering Siouxland Libraries' 2024 Teen Writing Contest. This amazing group of students brainstormed and wrote up their own creative stories around the contest theme, "The First Chapter." As you can see, they were excited to submit their final stories after a month of hard work! We're so proud of our Whittier contestants! #CreativityInTheClassroom
Winning entries for the Siouxland Libraries' 2024 Teen Writing Contest can be read here: https://www.siouxlandlib.org/news/2024/quarter-4-oct-nov-dec/teen-writing-contest-2024-winning-entries
The Whittier Attendance Committee recognizes PROtimes of the Week for Top Attendance & Most Improved. For Dec. 9-13, Top Attendance goes to Ms. Bills & Ms. Zoet, Ms. Hoffman, and Ms. Sonnichsen. Most Improved are Ms. Mickschl, Ms. Peska & Ms. Koenig. Congrats! 🎉
It's the last week before Winter Break! ❄️ Make sure you're following the 12 Days of Christmas Outfits -- everyone who dresses up gets a candy cane! And don't forget to attend the Whittier Winter Orchestra Concert on Thursday night for some lovely tunes. 🎻🎵 #WeekAtWhittier
Today's the day! 🎉 The Whittier Winter Band Concert is tonight at 5:45pm. Come join us in celebrating these talented Whittier musicians! 🎶
Congratulations to our December Student of the Month & Whittier Way recipients! Students nominated for #WhittierWay are always willing to lend a hand to support their peers. Student of the Month nominees listen with understanding and empathy and respect others' perspectives. 🎉
Through 12/17 the “Keep Your Kids” PROtime Competition is LIVE! The goal? To maintain (or improve!) your PROtime attendance this week. If you do, you get a prize from the Attendance Team. You'll also be entered for a Chick-Fil-A party on 12/20. May the odds be ever in your favor!
