Ms. Simmons' Secondary Scoop

With all of our snow days this year, we are anticipating several make-up school days at the end of May. To better balance out semester two, the last day of Q3 is now Thur, 3/16. Midterm will remain the same as it falls just before parent-teacher conferences, which should help provide informed and meaningful discussions during conferences.

After surveying parents/guardians and secondary staff, spring conferences will be held in the north gym instead of individual classrooms in a first come, first served format. Sign-up links to reserve a specific time will only be utilized by those indicated below. Here are the details:

• Spring conferences are Tue, 2/7 from 2:30-8 PM & Wed, 2/8 from 2:30-4 PM
• Mrs. Wold & Mrs. Yackley will still do a sign up & conduct conferences in their classroom/office. Mrs. Wold's conference link is available HERE & Mrs. Yackley's conference link is HERE.
• Special Education teachers will conduct conferences in their classrooms; if their door is shut, please wait outside the classroom until the door opens
• Mr. Harming will be available in his office
• K-12 specials teachers (art, music, PE, & band) will all be in the north gym during conferences
• Teachers will be spread throughout the north gym. A handful of teachers may briefly step away from their table to attend their own child's conference; thank you for your understanding as they do this as quickly as possible.

Attention Parents/Guardians of Current Juniors:

Last summer Humanity Launch hosted the inaugural Humanity Launch Service Leadership Academy at Augustana University in Sioux Falls. 70 rising high school seniors from all over South Dakota and SW Minnesota joined ten college students and their leadership team for 48 hours of leadership training and service opportunities. This summer they will be hosting two Service Leadership Academies at Augustana. They will host 70 members of the Class of 2024 from June 5-7 and a similar group on July 31-August 2. Due to the generosity of their sponsors, there is no charge for these 140 students to attend the Service Leadership Academy.

The goals of the academy are to grow participants’ leadership skills, nurture their service heart, connect rising seniors from the region, and have a lot of fun in the process. Humanity Launch has large group and small group activities, keynotes, panels, field trips, and lots and lots of fun activities. Some of the students coming to the SLA are familiar with The Humanity Launch as they have done retreats at their schools. The SLA will be similar to these retreats with more time to explore topics like leadership and service. A team of college students, area young leaders, and veteran educators are excited to make this a special event.

Current juniors that are interested in attending should complete an application ASAP by filling out this Google Form: https://forms.gle/vzqnzXDT9uNhiSFC7

• JH/HS student handbook

• JH/HS online lesson plans. Click the link below each email address for the staff member/course you’d like to see.

• Link to all school activities

As always, please let me know if there's anything I can do to serve you and our secondary students.

Sincerely in Education,

Website: https://www.elkton.k12.sd.us/
Phone: (605) 542-2541
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