JHS Freshman Isabelle Hastings was announced as the winner of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition for South Dakota. Her acrylic painting, “Blushing” received the top ranking from the South Dakota Arts Council. Her work will be on exhibit at the U.S. Capitol for the next year.
The JHS Library led by librarian Ms. Gulck and supported by principal Mr. Conrad was awarded the 21st Century School Library Award. Each year the SD State Library recognizes libraries based on three areas: Place , Program, and Professional.
Congratulations to our senior student athletes, Taliyah Hayes, Kirynn Engelbrecht, Marissa Haensel, and Katelyn Erickson, who have committed to continuing their athletic careers at the next level.
School Info 5.13.22
• Classes in-session and on-time today
• Bus routes may be impacted
• No tardies this morning
• Final day May 25, 2022
After finishing a holocaust novel study, Mrs. Wheeler's English students created visual one page summaries to display and share with their classmates.
Today is School Nurses Day! Our school nurse gives her compassion, commitment, and love to students. She is dedicated to students overall health and safety every day. Today we recognize her work keeping Jefferson healthy!
Wednesday afternoon, the Jefferson administration and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Boysen, honored and celebrated JHS seniors who have opted to enlist in the U.S. armed forces after graduation. Thank you for your service!
Check out some of the awesome art work tonight that JHS students have been creating this year! The Art Show is FREE and will be in the H-Wing Hallway from 4:30-6:00.
United States Senator for South Dakota, Mike Rounds, stopped by Jefferson today to share his experiences working in the US Senate, and answer questions posed by government students.
One hundred and two students in general foods class took part in a chocolate chip cookie experiment this week. They were tasked with making three types of chocolate chip cookies…one made with butter, one with vegetable oil and one with solid vegetable shortening. In a pre-assessment, 82% of students predicted they would like the butter cookies the best.
The results were very surprising! 46 students (45%) preferred the cookies made with solid vegetable shortening (Crisco), 33% (32%) pick the vegetable oil cookies, and only 23 students (23%) preferred the butter version.
Today is National School Lunch Hero Day! We have awesome nutritional staff across our building who prepare and serve healthy meals and snacks to our students and staff. Today, we recognize their hard work and say thank you for all they do!
This week Mrs. Bonham’s Child Development Class has been hosting Play School for preschool aged children. The class has planned activities and lessons to give students experience working with children and sample what working in early childhood might be like.
Parent/guardian feedback is important to SFSD! We just launched a 7-question survey - which takes 5 minutes or less - to help guide the next steps toward becoming the BEST school district in the nation!
Check your email or paste this URL in your browser: https://survey.k12insight.com/r/QDVv1e
The survey is open until the end of the school year. Take the survey once for each child enrolled. If you prefer to only take it on, please reference the oldest child in your household. Thanks for your participation!
Ms. Werner's biology classes have been learning more about natural selection. Students chose a species to research, and then created a comic to demonstrate their understanding.
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Jefferson teachers are passionate, innovative, kind, generous, inspirational, creative, and so much more! This week, take a moment to thank a teacher and let them know how much you appreciate them.
This week, students in PBL physics are studying light behaviors to answer questions like "Why is the sky blue? How do sunglasses work? Why do leaves change color?"
“Friends stick together” was the theme for Best Buddies on Wednesday! Art teacher Brittany Carmany led the painting and about 80 students participated and created their own version of something wonderful!
Jefferson High School presents Spongebob the Musical! Check out this fun show Thursday - Saturday at 7:00pm, or Saturday at 2:00pm. Tickets are available at the door 30 minutes before showtime.
Administrative Professionals Day recognizes the hard work of secretaries, administrative assistants, receptionists, and support professionals. These are the people who make every day at Jefferson a success! Please take a moment today to thank them for all they do!
Monday night, 59 students were inducted into the Jefferson High School chapter of the National Honor Society. Congratulations students on your hard work and demonstration in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, and character.
