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December 7

Spanish Immersion

Kindergarten 2018

Parent Information

Meeting—5:30pm-

6:30pm—Library

December 8

Dress Up day—PJ/

Comfy Clothes Day

Last day to turn in

Santa Letters

December 9

Project Warm-Up at

SSE 10:00am-3:00pm

December 11

PTO/PASI Meeting—

6:30pm—Library

December 12

Band/Orchestra Con-

cert—6:15pm– Gym

December 22

Winter Festival—

1:45pm-2:45pm-

Classrooms

December 25-

January 2

No School—Holiday

Break

January 3

Classes Resume

Greetings Sonia Sotomayor Families!

It is so great to be back at school! Last week Jenni Egstad, our librarian, and I traveled to

Guadalajara for the International Book Fair. The Expo Center was filled with more than 2,000

book vendors from many different countries and to be honest, it was a bit overwhelming at

first! Luckily, Mrs. Egstad had developed a relationship with a book company called Lecto-

rum who works with over 60 publishers who feature Spanish books. Lectorum gave us an

iPad with a scanner and we spent the next three days scanning over 750 titles that will arrive

within the next 6-8 weeks! Lectorum also agreed to free shipping and 35% off each book!

We were very good stewards of the $10,000 PASI granted the school for library books. The

American Library Association sponsored our hotel rooms, breakfast each morning, and gave

us a $100 travel voucher towards our airfare. What a wonderful opportunity it was for us to

attend with over 60,000 people from all around the globe!

I would like to thank all of you who attend PASI’s Great Gatherings last month. It was a beau-

tiful event with many incredible auction items and gatherings to sign up for. It was great to

see the teachers and interns dressed up and having a fun time socializing with parents,

friends, and colleagues. If you didn’t have an opportunity to sign your child or yourself up for

a Great Gathering event, you can do so until Dec 21st at the following link: http://

www.payit2.com/e/ggremainingspots

In November we held 3 informational meetings and have one more to go. We have had fan-

tastic attendance and our 5th grade students are doing a fabulous job presenting and provid-

ing tours of the school. We are excited to have more applications for kindergarten than we

have spots to fill! This is a wonderful problem to have!

This weekend we will once again host Project Warm-Up! Please consider stopping by any-time between 10:00am-3:00pm for the BIGGEST Blanket Making Party ever! Donations of fleece and funds are still being collected! Please take a few moments to view the 2017 PWU video: https://animoto.com/play/RC6O61T7k56hFDI96N4Ybg We are challenging the stu-dents to count the number of SSE staff in the video. It’s a lot! I would like to all of you for the generosity and support you continue to show our program,

our staff, and those around us who are facing one hardship or another. We are blessed with

so many wonderful families and staff! Thank you for all that you do to help us make Sonia

Sotomayor Elementary a wonderful place to learn and grow.

Blessings to you and yours,

Tracy Vik

Wanted: Internships/Apprenticeships

By Dr. Brian Maher, Superintendent

Think back to the time in your life when you were making the choice about your

future. Maybe you decided to enter the work force immediately after receiving your

high school diploma. Perhaps you entered a branch of the military and served our

country. Some of you enrolled in a two-year or four-year postsecondary institution to

learn the skills needed to start a career. How did you choose your path? Did you have all

of the information you needed? Are you doing today what you thought you would be doing back then?

Today’s students have more career options than ever before, thanks to technology and fast-

paced advances in nearly every job on the planet. All of these options are great – unless, of course, you

find out you don’t enjoy your career or that it doesn’t fulfill the financial needs and wants of your family.

Or, maybe you took out loans to pay for college and the right opportunity never came along.

These concerns are real. That is why the Sioux Falls School District and Southeast Technical

Institute applied for, and received, a $250,000 grant from Citi Foundation to hire Career Coaches and an

Internship/Apprenticeship Coordinator. Further, Governor Dennis Daugaard is committed to the cause

and has assigned Career Advisors in four South Dakota communities (Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Yankton and

Brookings) to improve the workforce climate and help students determine the right path to achieve

their goals.

In addition to working with students, these coaches/advisors will be making connections in the

community. Internships/Apprenticeships (unpaid or paid) are needed to allow high school students a

hands-on, first-person look at local companies and how they contribute to our vibrant local economy.

The goal is to spark a student’s interest and to try them out as a future employee. We hope to offer

experiences to 150 students starting second semester.

The District already enjoys strong partnerships with many local businesses. These additional

efforts will serve to educate both students and their parents about the career opportunities available

right here in Sioux Falls.

There is no reason to leave career planning “to chance.” The District looks forward to creating

more meaningful career opportunities for students, a skilled workforce for employers, and the

satisfaction of parents who can rest comfortably, knowing their child has a bright future ahead in a

career that is just right for them.

Please remember to send

your child with tennis shoes

for P.E. class.

Please check out our NEW web-

site at www.sotomayor-

sfsd.org!

Content includes:

Sonia Sotomayor Calendar

Teacher Websites

Newsletters

Tutor Information

Volunteer Information

Links to school related events, and

more!

ORCHESTRA and BAND CONCERT!!!

You are invited to the orchestra and band concert here at Sonia S. in the gym. Becuase our orchestra is so large, we need to have separate concerts for the 4th grade orchestra and the 5th grade orchestra and a concert for the 5th grade band. The concert will be, Tuesday, December 12. 6:15- 4th grade orchestra concert 6:45- 5th grade orchestra concert 7:30- 5th grade band concert Please have your students here 15-20 minutes before their concert time to get ready! Our students have worked really hard and it's going to be amazing! Hope to see you there! Mrs. Sip and Mr. Eckart

Please consider supporting the

12th Annual Project Warm-Up

Saturday, December 9th

10:00-3:00

Sonia Sotomayor Elementary School 1510 S Lake Avenue, Sioux Falls

Over the past 11 years Project Warm-Up has collected and distributed

over 18,000 blankets to local children and families in need due to

financial hardship, family tragedy, illness, loss of home due to flood,

tornado, fire or poverty.

Project Warm-Up is fully funded by the generous donations of

wonderful people in our local communities.

To continue to our mission-

We need your help!

Host a blanket making party with your club, team, youth group, book

club, colleagues, class, family, or friends!

Donate funds

Donate fleece (sizes: 1.25 yard, 1.5 yard, 1.75 yard, or 2 yards) Donations can be dropped off at Sonia Sotomayor Elementary School

or the Instructional Planning Center

Join us on Saturday, December 9th at Sonia Sotomayor Elementary

for the biggest blanket-making party ever!

Thank you for helping us, help others!

For more information contact:

Tracy Vik : Tracy.vik@k12.sd.us

605-360-4858

Like us on Facebook: Project Warm-Up

www.projectwarmup.org

Student Cold Weather Safety

How can Parents / Guardians Support

Student Safety in the winter?

Send students to school wearing snow

pants, boots, winter coat, and gloves or

mittens. Assume that your child will have

outdoor recess before school.

If your child often forgets his/her winter

gear, hang this reminder checklist below by

the door as a visual reminder.

Checklist:

▪ Hat

▪ Gloves/Mittens

▪ Snow Pants

▪ Coat

▪ Boots / Tennis shoes

What the School Does to Determine Indoor/Outdoor

Recess Before and During the School Day:

Recess decisions before and during the school day are

based on temperatures being monitored at

www.weather.gov using zip code 57105.

Students are indoors if the wind chill or air temperature is

below 0° F.

Students are outdoors if the wind chill or air temperatures

are 0° F or above 0° F.

Recess supervisors report ice and unsafe conditions to the

office.

A Note from the School Nurse

Head lice can happen to anyone, it's not uncommon. Most head lice are transmitted by head to head contact. Check your child's hair regularly; if head lice are found, consult a health care provider regarding treatment options. Follow package directions and comb out lice and nits thoroughly. While this is a time consuming task, it is also very effective at pre-venting repeat cycles. Clean all items that may have been in contact with your child's head such as combs, brushes, linens, and stuffed animals. Let your child's close friends and par-ents know so they too can check regularly.

Report all cases to the school nurse. The nurse will provide you with more detailed infor-mation on treating your child, and can re-check your child when they return to school. For more helpful information click here.

News & announcements from your child's school art room. November 27, 2017

COUPON!!

from Sonia Sotomayor Art

Hello parents and friends of Sonia Sotomayor art students!! Holidays are approaching so i thought i'd share a coupon code with you all for Artsonia products. As always our art program gets 20% of the money you pay for products. Artsonia is offering 25% off of one item with the code HolidayFunds17. Mugs, cards, and ornaments are currently on sale as well! Happy Holidays and thanks for supporting our art program! Thank you, Tessa VanRavenswaay

Artsonia is the largest student art museum in the world! Our dream is that every young artist will have an online art gallery, preserving their master-pieces in a digital portfolio!

Third grade went to the “Outdoor Campus”. The Outdoor Campus’ mission is to provide education about

outdoor skills, wildlife, conservation, and management practices of South Dakota Game Fish and Parks to

all ages in order to preserve our outdoor heritage. The “Outdoor Campus” offers free classes that

promote nature and recreation. Sonia Sotomayor´s third graders had a session on Food Chains. The third-

grade students had the chance to create food chains using different audio-visual aids as: puppets,

flashcards, and a “matryoshka doll”, which was a set of rolls of decreasing size, placed one inside the other,

symbolizing predators and preys. Also, they examined owl pellets. It was a wonderful and great

experience!

3rd Graders Visit the Outdoor Campus

Hola!

Last week, Senora Vik and I had the opportunity to attend an international book fair called FIL (Feria Internacional del Libro) in Guadalajara, Mexico. With thousands of vendors and even more publishers, FIL was bigger than I could have ever imagined. It was incredible to be able to make connec-tions with publishers, meet authors and illustrators, and network with Librarians who serve in Spanish Immersion schools and Latino communities across the United States. We literally looked through thousands of books - it was so powerful to be able to look at a book, the illustra-tions and the way it was written to be able to decide if it was a good fit for our students and the Sotomayor Li-brary. A huge THANK YOU to PASI for the $10,000 to con-tinue growing our Spanish collection! I am SO excited to

share all our new titles with the students!!

This holiday season, I am so very thankful for a job where I am supported, encouraged, and absolutely love coming to each and every day! Sotomayor is a very special place to be;

and I’m blessed to be a part of it!

Happy Holidays!

Mrs. Egstad

Birthday Book Donations

Applications for the 2018-2019 Kindergarten year are due

by 5:00pm on Tuesday, January 11th. Applications can be

turned in to the school office. Please remember that sib-

lings of current Sonia Sotomayor students are given priority,

but an application MUST be completed and turned in by the

deadline. Applications can be picked up in the office or

found on the school website at www.sotomay-sfsd.org.

Please contact the school office with any questions.

Oliver Konz The Night Gardener

Sam Bratkiewicz El Titanic; Libro Dos

Piper Anderson In My Heart

Quinn Kompelien Amanda Panda Quits Kindergarten

Lucy Bender The Cow Loves Cookies

Alexander Wilds My New Friend Is So Fun!

Abild, Evan

Aguilar, Cooper

Ailts, Zachary

Ailts, Maya

Akossi, Raelle

Alberico, Lucius

Alberico, Avery

Aloe, Leticia

Anderson, Piper

Arnott, Joslynn

Arriolacolmenares, Elijah

Artz, Ares

Atkinson, Eli

Barenklau, Rayann

Baron, Hannah

Batcheller, Wells

Bauer, Maxwell

Bauer, Julia

Bausch, Jakob

Bearden, Ruby

Becker, Andrew

Becker, Jacob

Begeman, Mason

Bengford, Sophia

Benitez, Cruz

Bennett, Xuvo

Bennett, Javi

Berg, Maeley

Berg, Jorgen

Blauth, Maria

Blauth, Isaiah

Blom, Taysia

Blom, Tyson

Blom, Julia

Boese, Henry

Bohorquez Renteria,

Bolger, Sullivan

Bosler, Grier

Bosler, Fletcher

Bratkiewicz, Samuel

Brockevelt, Leighton

Brockevelt, Emery

Brooks, Makai

Brooks, Mya

Brouwer, Morgan

Broveleit, Meena

Brown, Elle

Brown, Jake

Brunner, Brielle

Buck, Brooks

Buck, Drew

Buckley, Baren

Buckley, Bausten

Burchett, Benjamin

Burchett, Jacob

Burggraff, Jack

Burggraff, Katy

Burke, Ava

Butler, Elliot

Buttke, Caroline

Carolan, Thomas

Carolan, Connor

Christensen, Josephine

Christiansen, Ella

Cole, Simon

Conover, Anna

Conover, Elena

Cook, David

Cramer, Adelita

Crawford, Hudson

Crawford, Charlotte

Daly, Samantha

Davis, John

DeGroot, Sophie

DeGroot, Samuel

DeKam, Sienna

Dengler, Colby

Dumansky, Andrew

Dumdei, Zachary Dumdei, Ethan Dyck, Finley

Eastman, Abigail

Eberline, Avalee

Ehresmann, Marek

Ehresmann, Willa Eidsvoog, Oscar Eidsvoog, Oliver

Erdmann, Vanessa

Etrheim, Griffin Figueroa, Jessica

Flynn, Mya

Flynn, Traysen

Garcia, Arely

Garcia, Kaiden

Gerling, Marlo

Getahun, Hannah

Gilbertson, Jack

Glanville, McKinley

Glanville, Jackson

Glaser, Kobe

Goff, Tatum

Gonnerman, Livia

Grade: KG

Grade: 1

Graning, Annika

Grauf, Samuel Gray, Connor

Gustin, Harper Hahn, Caleb

Hanisch, Jacob

Hanisch, Jaxton Hansen, Cidney

Hanson, Ethan

Hartmann, Sydney

Hartmann, Matthew

Hartmann-Johnson, L

Hedrick, Elise

Heidelberger, Kayla

Heinrich, Quinn

Heinrich, Mikah

Hendricks Leuning,

Herbst, Alice

Herbst, Nathanial

Hernandez Ruiz,

Hiatt, Lucas

Hilmoe, Loften

Hilmoe, Holden Hitchcock, Eden

Hitchcock, Lazarus

Honkomp, Sophia

Honkomp, Lucas

Hooker, Madison

Hoover, Isaiah

Huber, Caroline

Huber, Lauren

Hurney, Eloise Husser, Connor

Husser, Jacob Hutchinson, Evie

Hutchinson, Kalette

Hutchinson, Connor

Isaak, Jacob

Jal, Jakob

Jal, Jenna

Jenkins, Brielle

Jennings, Dylan

Jensen, Camden

Jensen, Maddux

Jensen, James

Jepsen, Miya

Johnson, Oscar

Johnson, Harper

Jones, Amari

Jones, Owen

Jones, Anthony

Jones, Lily

Jorgenson, Jonah

Kennedy, Ashlyn

Kenyon, Evan

Kenyon, Kyler

Kenyon, Chalease

Kiesow Knudsen,

Kiesow, Henry

Kiesow, Lillian

Kiesow-Knudsen, Vivian

Kimber, Kade

Kirsch, Bergen

Kirsch, Taryn

Kirschenmann, Cash

Kirschenmann, Isabel

Klaahsen, Noah

Klaahsen, Ava

Kleinjan, Evelyn

Kleinjan, Johanna

Kleinschmit, Emmett

Kleinschmit, Wyatt

Klemme, Zoey

Klemme, Anya

Kompelien, Quinn

Kompelien, Reese

Konz, Edwin

Konz, Noah

Kool, Paislee

Kool, Jerzi

Krempges, Sydney

Krempges, Isaac

Krenik, Samuel

Krenik, Maxwell

LaBore, Aleigha

Langdon, Brianna

Langdon, Ayva

Langenfeld, Camila

Langenfeld, Finley

Larson, Deacon

Lease, Emily

Leuning, Molly

Lidel, Elizabeth

Lidel, Lauryn

Lilke, Mason

Linton, Eva

Loween, Ashton

Loween, Jacob

Loween, Austin

Lundberg, Frances

Malchow, Katie

Malchow, Cole

Malchow, Jake

Manning, Remi

Maravel, Evelyn

Martin, Tate

Martinez-Wimes, Maliyah

Mathiesen, Aliza

Mathiesen, Chloe

McChesney, Julian

Mebius, Kayanna

Mebius, Quinn

Medema, Evan

Meyerink, Holland

Meyerink, Claire

Miller, Andrew

Miller, Joshua

Minister, Soren

Minister, Scout

Moberg Jackson,

Moeding, Madelynn

Mujadzic, Medin

Mujadzic, Leila

Mulder, Eli

Mulder, Noel

Neiderhiser, Johanna

Nelson, Sophia

Niederauer, Ainsley

Nolan, John

Nolan, Natalie

Nour, Broxton

Nour, Brody

Olesen, Amelia

Olesen, Elizabeth

Olson, Macie

Ott, Carolyn

Ott, Alexander

Pascoe, Fiona

Pascoe, Sophia

Pass, Elena

Pate, John

Pederson, Lucy

Perry, Alice

Perry, Liv

Peters, William

Peters, Cecilia

Peterson, Molly

Pfeiffer, Kinsley

Phillips, Trent

Picotte, Dante

Powell, Eleanor

Powell, Robert

Preto, Adriana

Quello, John

Rabanales, Xander

Rabanales, Tristian

Raph, Trey

Raph, Maddox

Rasmussen, Ivan

Rasmussen, Henry

Rassier, Cora

Rave, Briar

Rave, Calla

Reed, James

Reed, Owen

Reilly, Max

Remme, Dawson

Remme, Addison

Richter, Flora

Ringing Shield,

Rivera Nemmers,

Robbins, Jack

Rood, Amaya

Rusk, Cole

Sage, Emmalyn

Sagness, Zoe

Schempp, Jack

Schempp, Jaden

Schmaltz, Summer

Schmidt, Selah

Scholla, Jordan

Scholla, Tessa

Schramm, Spencer

Schultz, Cooper

Schumacher, Hudson

Schumacher, Lincoln

Scott, Ashton

Scott, Boston

Segura, Kaydin

Seruyange, Simeon

Shockman, Jack

Sieve, Maci

Sipma, Kelsie

Slade, Brielle

Slade, Nolan

Somerset, Liam

Sorensen, Lillian

Sortino, Christopher

Southwick, Grady

Spaans, Kaden

Spanos, William

Spanos, Anna

Stahlecker, Raylan

Stamp, Tate

Stamp, Brady

November Perfect Attendance Achievers

Statema, Kenley

Statema, Lauren

Statema, Lily

Stormo, Brayden

Stormo, Madison

Streufert, Samuel

Stroh, Jackson

Summers, Fletcher

Swanson, Aaliyah

Syverson, Ryder

Talley, Violet

Termaat, Ella

Thomas, Elaine

Thompsen, Jade

Thompsen, Thomas

Thompson, Wesley

Thury, Amrit

Timat, Bo

Timat, Jude

Tinguely, Eleanor

Tollinger, Paige

Tollinger, Josie

Tolly, Isaac

Tschetter, Lily

Tunge, Joseph

Turcios, Elijah

Twa, Isaac

Twa, Alexander

Umstead, Tessa

Umstead, Cole

Umstead, Carter

Valdez Valdez,

Valdez, Carlo

Van Arkel,

VanBeek, Mae

VanBeek, Oliver

VanRoekel, Miles

VanVeldhuizen, Sasha

Ventura, Allysen

Ventura, Lillyanna

Vergara, Sofia

Walling, Christian

Warden, Lydia

Weber, Kade

Werner, Andrew

White, Jaxon

White, Kiera

White, Nico

White, Nora

Whiting, Brendan

Wiebe, Ariah

Wiessner, Britta

Wiessner, Grant

Wilds, Alexander

Williams, Lila

Winrow, Madison

Wolbrink, Aliesha

Wolbrink, Jamari

Wrotenbery, Christine

Wynstra, Daniel

Year, Harper

Yunag, James

Zell, Lucinda

Zell, William

Ziebarth, Meta

October Perfect Attendance Winners

Kinder Broxton Nour

1st Grade Caroline Huber

2nd Grade Paislee Kool

3rd Grade Medin Mujadzic

4th Grade Evan Abild

5th Grade Taryn Kirsch

203 and K04 had the highest percentages of class attend-

ance!

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PASI NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2017

PARENT ADVOCATES FOR SPANISH IMMERSION To advocate and support the Spanish Immersion program in the Sioux Falls Public Schools with the primary focus on interns who enhance the language and cultural experience in the classrooms and

community.

ADVOCATE Immersion Research

21EARN SCRIP

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UPCOMING EVENTS

PASI MEETING

Monday, December 11th 7:15 pm Sotomayor Library

- Middle/High School Families Invited. PASI

Serves K-12 community

2018 Kindergarten Registration

Deadline

January 9 5pmTurn applications in

at SSE

Amazon Smile Email

GREAT GATHERINGS small gatherings~big results

On November 17, 2017 was the first Great Gatherings Event. The goal of this event was two fold-raise money to pay for our classroom interns and create a way for the families of the Spanish immersion program build community together. This was not a small task, but we are so grateful for the support and fun that was had at this event!

A HUGE thank you to everyone who donated- time, creativity, Gatherings, Silent Auction packages, printing, gift cards, and more! This event was successful because of the families of this amazing program and the great community that we live in. Thank you also to the classroom coordinators for helping to keep families informed about the event and collect donations.

While the accounting of sales, purchases and donations is still happening, here are some high level totals from the night. (Once all expenses have been paid an official announcement will be made.)

-Over 400 people attended! -Silent Auction items $30,460-Wreaths-$4,000 -Great Gatherings $15,000 and growing!!

In Appreciation~ The Great Gatherings Committee & PASI Board

Couldn't attend the event but are interested in attending a Great Gathering event this year? There are still some events that have openings. Click below to register-first come

first served! https://www.payit2.com/e/ggremainingspots

Monday December 4th

7:00-8:00 p.m. Shannon Graber’s House

MS/HS Parent Council

PASI NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2017

What does immersion look like in Middle School?

Spanish immersion students continue their education in 6th-8th grade at Edison Middle School. While in elementary school, our students receive 80-90% of their daily instruction in Spanish. This changes in middle school to be about 40% of their day.

Classes that are delivered in Spanish at the middle school level include Social Studies, Science and Spanish Language Arts. That means students take English Language Arts, Math, Gym/Health, ICT (technology class) and any elective music classes (Chorus, Band, Orchestra) in English. Some students take a study hall (called directed studies) that would also be in English.

This model is common in many middle school immersion programs. As students get older, there is more differentiation of classes which make it difficult to offer something like a math class in Spanish. Since all students take Science and Social Studies these are great options. They follow the same curriculum and topics that are being taught in the English classrooms as well.

Spanish Language Arts in middle school offers students the opportunity to continue learning grammar, reading Spanish novels, and increasing vocabulary in Spanish. Pending approval of the District's wavier by the SD DOE- starting in July 2018, 7th grade students receiving a passing grade in Spanish Language Arts will earn credit for high school Spanish 2. Eighth grade students receiving a passing grade in Spanish Language Arts will get credit for high school Spanish 3. High School credit cannot be earned before grade 7, however any student that is interested could take a test after their 8th grade year to also earn credit for high school Spanish 1.

By continuing in the immersion program through middle school, our students can earn up to 3 high school credits before they arrive at high school.

Fifth graders are invited to an information meeting at Edison to learn more about middle school. Mark your calendars for January 29 at 630pm and plan to attend and learn more.

Spanish Immersion-not just Kinder-5th grade. What's next?

SCRIP- Many Earn BIG REBATES on promotional day! SCRIP offers families a way to earn money to help pay for the Fifth

Grade field trip to Concordia Language Villages. Families can begin participating when their student enters Kindergarten.

A few times a year there are special bonus days- Thank-SCRIP-ing days! The last one was November 21 and we had a great

participation from families!

***25 Families made purchases and earned a total of $892.43 in rebates on this one day! ****

Are you participating in SCRIP? Signup online to learn more and start earning today! www.shopwithscrip.com

PASI Organization Code: 23534FCB28631

Common Purchases Hyvee

Walmart/Sam's Old Navy/Gap

Dominoes Pizza Amazon.comLands End

Athleta Starbucks Scheels

And many more!!!

Registration for all siblings AND new students who plan to start kindergarten in the Fall 2018 is due by Tuesday, January 9 at 5pm. Applications can be delivered to the Sonia Sotomayor office. Sibling applications are required by this same deadline in order to be guaranteed a spot in kindergarten. Any applications received after this deadline will be placed on the waiting list in the order they are received-AFTER all of the applications that will be drawn in the lottery.

The lottery is open to the public. It will take place on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 in the Sonia Sotomayor Library at 6pm. Notification of acceptance or placement on the wait list will be done promptly via mail following the lottery.

PASI NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2017

The Top 5 Reasons to Learn Another LanguageFrom Concordia Language Villages

1. Open more doors for yourself. Learning another language opens doors into other cultures and communities and fosters friendships and opportunities. 2. Keep your brain revving in high gear. Studies have shown that the process of learning a second language improves memory and attention overall by 20%

3. Enhance your job prospects and earnings potential. In today’s increasingly global marketplace, the ability to communicate in another language makes you a more attractive job employee.

4. Travel with more confidence and derive greater personal benefit from those travels.

5. Better understand cultural contexts. Acquiring language skills is more than just learning vocabulary and grammatical rules; it’s learning how to communicate.

Kindergarten Registration for 2018-19 School Year

Remember to check out the updated PASI webpage at www.pasisf.org Lots of great information

including bios of our current interns working in our schools, SCRIP enrollment information, calendar of

events, and more! Make it one of your favorites! Also, if you are on facebook you can find more

information at https://www.facebook.com/PASIsf/.

FEE BASED BUSING Registration for 2nd Semester

Deadline to register for second semester is December 14 at 3pm. Use the link below to learn more about fee based busing and to sign up! Some routes are close to full so don't delay! http://www.sf.k12.sd.us/schools/specialized-programs