Tiger Times

• February 27-March 3: Read Across America Week **See dress-up days below!

• March 2: Kindergarten Registration 4:00-6:00pm

• March 7: Science/Hobby Fair (set-up 6:00-6:30pm, exhibits open 6:30-7:30pm)

• March 9: Early Childhood - No School

• March 10: No School

• March 16: 2nd Grade Musical 8:30am & 7:00pm

• March 17: Fun Run Kick-Off

• March 21: PTA Meeting at Morningside Community Center 6:00pm

• March 22: End of 3rd Quarter

• March 27-30: Fun Run (during PE Classes)

• March 27-31: Early Childhood - No Classes (Home Visits/Kindergarten Transition Meetings)

Note, the scheduled last day of school is May 24th at this time. This day may be adjusted by the SFSD School Board as we get through the winter months to make up the snow days.

Greetings Harvey Dunn Families,

If you have an upcoming Kindergarten student, please go online to register your child for the 2023-24 school year. 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, 2023 to register for Kindergarten. Please visit the following LINK for registration. We are so excited for our young Harvey Dunn Tigers - Class of 2036 to join us!

Speaking of the start of a new school year, we will be working on the 23-24 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 23-24 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 April 11, 2023.

Kindest regards,

Mrs. Chamberlain, Principal

Hello, Harvey Dunn families!

In December's newsletter, I wrote to you that Harvey Dunn students have been working to build up a "toolbox" of strategies that they can use to cope with different emotions when they find themselves feeling dysregulated. This month, I want to share a little more about the background of this work, and the framework we use as a school to support students as they learn to self-regulate.

At Harvey Dunn, we use the Zones of Regulation to help students build emotional vocabulary, identify a range of emotions, recognize what different emotions feel like for them, and choose strategies to help them regulate when they are not feeling at their best. The Zones teaches students that all emotions and feelings are okay - everyone experiences those less comfortable feelings of anger, sadness, frustration, etc. However, the Green Zone is the "sweet spot" where we are ready to focus and do our best learning at school. Managing big emotions does not always come naturally, and so the Zones provides a framework to explicitly talk about and practice emotion management.

Below you will see a graphic from the Zones of Regulation curriculum showing the four basic zones - the Blue Zone, Green Zone, Yellow Zone, and Red Zone - and the emotions that fit within each different zone. Through our daily Tiger Times, classroom counseling lessons, and teacher-led activities, we work with students to build their capacity to recognize what Zone they are in and choose an appropriate way to cope with their emotions.

I encourage you to ask your student to explain each of the Zones to you, and what strategies they know for getting back to Green! If you would like more information about the Zones, reach out to Mrs. Craghead!

Will you have a Kindergarten student who will be joining us at Harvey Dunn Elementary? Join us for our Kindergarten Registration on Thursday, March 2nd from 4:00-6:00pm. Children must be 5 on or before September 1, 2023 to register for Kindergarten. This link goes straight to the district website for Kindergarten registration information. Registration is open now.

The City of Sioux Falls is once again organizing the Everybody Reads challenge from March 13 - 31st. This year, the reading goal is to reach 300,000 books and for each hundred thousand books up to the goal for the city, a donation will be made to REACH Literacy. REACH Literacy is a nonprofit organization that provides literacy instruction and experiences for adult and youth readers each year. Anyone can enter the books read online to contribute to adding stars to our galaxy. Clink on the LINK for more details and to enter books read at home. Our school will track and enter the books read at Harvey Dunn. Help us REACH for the Stars!

Levo is giving away six $500 classroom awards to teachers through their Adopt A Classroom promotion. Have you noticed a teacher that created amazing learning opportunities? Let Levo know the impact they have made and your favorite teacher could win $500 to cover out-of-pocket classroom expenses.

LINK for more information

Science/Hobby Fair

The Harvey Dunn All-School Science/Hobby Fair will be held on Tuesday, March 7th from 6:30-7:30pm in the multi-purpose room. All Harvey Dunn students grades K-5 are invited and encouraged to enter an original science project, invention or hobby which may be done individually, in groups, or as a family. Projects are to be done at home, outside the school day. The primary purpose is to promote the joy of learning about science and to share learning with others.

Science/Hobby Fair projects are classified into the following categories: Experiments, Inventions, Research or Hobby. This guide will help you and your child(ren) develop a project. Parent guidance may be needed. To participate, fill out the online form by the end of Tuesday, Feb. 28th. (Registration form LINK)

PTA Meeting:

Tuesday, February 28th at 6pm in the Community Center. Join us to hear from Jamie Craghead, school counselor, regarding Zones of Regulation and how it is used at school and can be carried over at home as well.

Fun Run

Kick-Off for the Fun Run is March 17th! Funds raised this year will go toward an outdoor classroom at Harvey Dunn. More information to come! (The run will be during PE classes March 27-30th.)

Check out the Harvey Dunn Elementary PTA Facebook page! Click "Follow" to see the happenings throughout the school year and stay up-to-date.

Upcoming PTA Events:

March 7 - Hobby and Science Fair

March 21 - PTA Meeting

March 17 - Fun Run Kick-Off

March 27-30 - Fun Run (During PE Classes)

April 4 - Skate City

April 14 - Book Bingo

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.

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.

No school on Friday, March 10. Open gym on this day from 1:00-5:00pm

Principal: Mrs. Chamberlain

Email: Jennifer.Chamberlain@k12.sd.us

Dean of Students: Mrs. Muchow

Email: Stephanie.Muchow@k12.sd.us

2400 South Bahnson Ave.

Sioux Falls, SD 571203

605-371-4120