Office: 605-367-7643

Email: SFSDEdisonOffice@k12.sd.us

Counseling Center: 605-367-8331

Fax: 605-367-8457

Newsletter Date:

October 1, 2019

Volume 1, Issue 3

(605)367-8331

sfsdedisoncounseling@k12.sd.us

Becca.Dravland@k12.sd.us

All 6th (Honors excluded)

7th A-L (Honors excluded)

Philip.Biteler@k12.sd.us

7th M-Z (Honors excluded)

All 8th (Honors excluded)

Sonja.M.Smith@k12.sd.us

ALL Honors Program students

Mentors

Over 80 students at Edison have been matched with an adult mentor who meets with the student once each week for 30-40 minutes. However, many of our students would still like a mentor. If you are willing to volunteer at Edison for 30-40 minutes each week, please connect with one of the counselors or call the School-Based Mentor Program at 221-2346.

SD MyLife

Coming this fall, the 8th graders will begin building their portfolios for SD MyLife. This will help them understand their interests and begin looking at career possibilities based on these interests that would be the best match for them. The program consists of an interest inventory which lines up with 16 career groups, called career clusters. Inside each of those clusters, there are several jobs listed which would be possible matches for the student. Information about these careers from income and education requirements to working conditions would be then available.

This will be saved for them and they can build on it throughout high school. Along with the careers, the program can show them classes that are needed to prepare them for their career match in both high school and college. It will also give them information on where colleges or technical schools are located that have majors available for your career match and contact information for these schools.

Once in high school, students will revisit this program to build resumes, post their information, and reassess their career course they are taking towards getting a job that will best fit them. Knowing that this program is beginning in 8th grade and their work life is in the distant future, there will be many opportunities for them to make changes and updates as they grow and change. It does get them to begin to think about the whole purpose of school and that is to prepare them for the future!

8th grade students:

If you are interested in or planning to attend New Technology High School next year, you and a parent are required to attend a visitation session on either Tuesday, Oct. 29 or Thursday, Nov. 7. The sessions are at New Technology High School from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. We are looking forward to seeing lots of you!

JA Inspire

As many of you may be familiar with “JA in a Day,” there is now a new transformation of this program at the 8th grade level. Rather than having community members come in and work with students in the schools, students are completing their SD MyLife inventories and, based on those results, take a tour of several business opportunities at the convention center. 8th grade students will be involved in 90 minutes of career activities with roughly 100 business partners from the community at this location. There will be preparatory work done at school by staff in October and early November with the trip to the convention center happening the morning of November 21st.

Our 6th and 7th grade students will still have a school-based JA experience, but that will also be modified. Rather than a whole day, these grade levels will have a morning of activities. We are excited to see how these opportunities “inspire” our students for their career related futures.

Stop Bullying

We will continue the push to keep Edison a safe, productive place. Olweus anti-bullying classroom meetings will be held monthly in PRO-Time with extended classes to ensure enough time for discussion and understanding. Each grade level will have their own lessons but will follow a school-wide theme for the month.

COMING UP:

Mix It Up Day @ Lunch

October 22nd 6th graders will mix it up at lunch with 8th grade WEB Leaders! Mix It Up @ Lunch is a national campaign launched by Teaching Tolerance. It encourages students to identify, question, and cross social boundaries by participating in a simple activity with a WEB Leader.

Binders Needed…

Every year we have students that are unable to purchase binders and try to unsuccessfully organize themselves in other ways. We try to help provide students with binders that cannot afford binders and need one.

We can always use more zipper binders to help our students in being more successful. If you would feel the urge to help some of our less fortunate students out, we would appreciate donations of binders to the Counseling Center. OTHER school supplies are also accepted including pens, pencils, folders, pencil pouches, notebooks, composition books, etc.

Parent Teacher Organization

PTO meetings happen at noon on the third Wednesday of every month. The first PTO meeting was well attended. Check out the minutes at www.edisonsf.org.

Great Opportunities: The Edison PTO is looking for a Vice President and a Co-Treasurer. If you would like to get more involved with the school, would like to meet interesting people, and want to make a difference, please think about taking one of these roles. It’s not as much work as you think it is...and it's wonderfully rewarding! Contact us at edisonsiouxfalls@gmail.com to learn more!

At press time, we are eagerly awaiting the Color-A-Thon on Friday, October 4. Proceeds are going to renovate the Edison library. Participation is looking great. You can still sign up to volunteer at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c054aaeac29a0fe3-edison4 You’ll have a blast...literally!

Fall Conference Meals

Fall Conferences are fast approaching. Please help us provide a hot meal for our teachers and staff on these long days. Check out the sign up for lots of opportunities.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054AAEAC29A0FE3-fall2

Go Cats!

Allison Pay Crawford and Shannon Van Buskirk

2019-20 PTO Co-Presidents

PTO Officers:

Co-President: Allison Pay Crawford

Co-President: Shannon Van Buskirk

Treasurer: Emilie Yu
Secretary: Karen Walters

Contact us

edisonsiouxfalls@gmail.com
www.edisonsf.org
Edison Middle School on Facebook

For the latest info, past minutes of meetings and

budget information, visit our website at edisonsf.org.

For those of you who have not had a chance to stop by the Spirit Wear table to grab a slip with the online web address, here's the link:

https://edisoncat2019.itemorder.com

The store closes this Saturday (Oct. 12th) at midnight. Items will be delivered to the school around the beginning of November.

Musician of the Month~

Each month the band, orchestra, and chorus areas will each recognize a 6th, 7th, and 8th grader that shows exceptional dedication, responsibility, and character each and every day.

Musicians of the month for September are:

Band: Sam Newitt (8) Savannah Woods (7) Bethel Woche (6)

Chorus: Clara Carlson/Molly Riffle(8) Aiden Scott/Laila Sumic(7) Josalyn Hiebert/Juan Bohorquez Renteria(6)

Orchestra: Sonnet Gripkey (8) Jackson Glanville (7) Malachi Oren (6)

Ensemble Schedule~

Jazz Band will be meeting Monday and Wednesday mornings from 7:45 – 8:45 a.m.

Wind Ensemble will meet Thursday mornings from 8:00 – 8:45 a.m.

Students who audition and are selected for the string ensemble, Brio, will meet Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8:10 – 8:45 a.m. Audition dates are above.

Inventions meets Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 7:40 – 8:45 a.m.

Illuminations meets Monday mornings from 7:40 – 8:45 a.m.

Variety Show~

Got a talent or unique skill you'd like to perform on stage?? Auditions for the Edison variety show will be on December 3, 4, & 5 after school in the auditorium from 4:00- 6:00 p.m. Sign-up sheets will be posted sometime in November by the chorus room. Any Edison student can audition for the variety show. The show will be performed on February 27 & 28, 2020.

Cleaning Your Closets?

The Sioux Falls School District is always on the lookout for donations of gently-used band and orchestra instruments. Given our funding challenges, this is a great way to increase our instrument supply and allow more students to play in band and orchestra. Please contact Mrs. Sip or Mr. Rygg for more information.

All-State Band~

The South Dakota Middle School All-State Band is a special event designed to inspire and encourage top band students from across the state. Tryouts are held in December, but interested students need to start practicing the required music now. For more information, please contact Mr. Rygg and/or Mr. Eckart or visit http://sdmea.net/ and look under the Events list and MSASB (Middle School All-State Band). We encourage you to give it a try!

All-State Orchestra~

The South Dakota Middle School All-State Orchestra is a new event (this is the third year) to encourage top orchestra students to play together in an ensemble from across the state. Tryouts are held in November, but interested students need to be practicing the music now. For more information please contact Mrs. Sip or visit sdmea.net. Mrs. Sip and Miss Abels have already given out the all state audition music to all interested students. It would be pretty awesome to be one of the best orchestra students in the State!

Sign Language Interpreter~

Please notify your child’s director if you need a sign language interpreter for either the winter or spring concert. Notify the director at least ONE MONTH before the concert date. (Concert dates and director e mails are included in this ECHO.)

Edison Music Department Website~

The Edison Music Department has a website! Refer to this website for information and dates.

http://emsmusicdept.weebly.com/

“Like” us on Facebook!~

Edison Music Department has a Facebook page! This page will be used for informational purposes only. You can check concert dates, rehearsal dates, practicing tips, etc. on our page. We will NOT have any pictures of students posted, it will strictly be used for getting information out to you!

The page is: www.facebook.com/EMSMusicDept

There are other Edison schools out there so check before you “like” our site!

• Band directors – Jason Rygg - Jason.Rygg@k12.sd.us & Tim Eckart – Tim.Eckart@k12.sd.us
  

• Chorus directors – Amber Sundvold – Amber.Sundvold@k12.sd.us & Mollie Turbak – Mollie.Turbak@k12.sd.us

• Orchestra directors – Stacy Sip – Stacy.Sip@k12.sd.us & Shannon Abels – Shannon.Abels@k12.sd.us

“Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.” - George Eliot

CONGRATULATIONS TO....

Jackson Glanville! He was the winner of the $50 grand prize in the Edison Summer Reading Bingo!

Congratulations to the following students that completed the Edison Summer Reading Bingo Challenge! These students were invited to a celebration over their lunch hour. I am so proud of their efforts. Names with an asterisk (*) completed a blackout which means they read so much that they filled in every square! Thank you to all who participated!

6th grade

Anderson, Evan*

Arndt, Finley

Barakat, Rayan*

Brasel, Lola

Brost, Hunter

Buehring, Allyssa*

Buller, Sarina

Cummins, Mataya*

Erickson, Jacqueline

Jarrott, Madyson*

Jespersen, Naomi

Johnson, Meredith*

Kenyon, Chalease*

Kiesow, Lillian*

Maravel, Evelyn*

Marsh, Melanie*

Mazariegos, Andy*

McConnell, McKenzey

Minister, Scout*

Nordgaard, Alisyn

Oien, Noah*

Person, Norah

Schmaltz, Summer

Sumey, Elijah*

Walters, Nash*

Weinzetl, Kelai*

West, Avery*

Wu, Timothy*

7th grade

Aldrich, Allen

Anderson, Cameron*

Basel, Hannah*

Borchers, Seth

Boyd, Jonah

Bratkiewicz, Sam

Brenden, Luke*

Broveleit, Meena*

Buck, Drew

Bukovich, Cora*

Craig, Catlyn*

Dumansky, Andrew

Ensz, Vanessa*

Geffre, Nora*

Glanville, Jackson

Gruber, Lily*

Hansen, Cidney

Hitchcock, Lazarus*

Johnson, Ava*

Johnson, Ella

Johnson, Rawlin*

Kvale, Annika*

Masah, Melissa

Meyer, Carter*

Meyerink, Claire*

Miller, Laila

Olson, Kera*

Ortega, Emily*

Reents, Maddy

Sluiter, Matthew

Spencer, Elizabeth*

Surendran, Katya*

Terveen, Emma*

Tolly, Colton*

Ulin, Sarah*

Umstead, Carter*

VanRoekel, Liam*

Warden, Ella

Wilson, Phoenix*

Woods, Savannah*

Yunag, James

8th grade

Clark, Sage*

Deilke, Claire

Egland, Clark

Elrod, Katelyn

Ford, Mackenzie*

Groen, Hadlie*

Hamm, Jacob*

Helm, Michaela*

Huber, Ellie

Jennewein, Jasmine

Merrill, Ava

Moneke, Josephine*

Newitt, Samuel*

Smith, Alanna*

Stokke, Jadelyn

Walling, Ahna*