Due to technical difficulties within the Districts' ability to livestream on Facebook this evening, the 5th Grade Music performance at 7pm tonight, will be recorded and made available to view on a different platform, at a later date. Please watch this page for a link to the performance in the coming days.
Thank you
The best voting happened in 1st grade at Pettigrew on Election Day!! Which Oreo would you choose? Double stuff or Birthday Cake? We had fun learning about voting and having our own Voter Registration cards!
Everything is Possible: We are capable of living extraordinary lives
October Students of the Month exemplified the Seven Mindset quality of EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
Congratulations to these students for continuing this Seven Mindsets quality and working on their PAWS everyday!
THE NOVEMBER MINDSET WILL BE:
Passion First: The focus on finding our unique talents and interests
PAJAMA DAY!!
Tomorrow, Friday, November 1st, will be a school wide PAJAMA DAY to celebrate making our PAWS goal for October! WAY TO GO PANTHERS!!
~Positive~Accountable~Wise~Safe~
Report Cards are available ONLINE. Please see the illustration below on how to navigate to your report child's report card.
If you need help with access to Infinite Campus please contact the Pettigrew office for assistance.
Pettigrew is in need of small sized pants for girls and boys!
We routinely run out of spare clothes for students that have bathroom accidents.
If you are cleaning closets, Pettigrew would sure appreciate donations of the following items:
*Boys Pants sizes 4/5 (XS)and 6/7 (S)
*Girls Pants size 4/5 (XS) and size 6/7 (S)
(Stretchy elastic waist pants are preferred)
New this year at Pettigrew~ We are celebrating students that achieve Perfect Attendance by quarters! Congratulations to the following students for being here every single day, every single minute, of our first quarter!!
The Pettigrew PTO Trunk Or Treat was a smashing good time!!! There was a solid line of families enjoying the trunk or treat from 6:00pm until the last trunk or treaters came through the lines at about 7:15. So many great costumes and happy faces! Good thing "Costco" was there to pass out samples!!
Pettigrew 3rd Graders celebrated a Kindness Day with a FLOWER DAY! Students made beautiful bouquets and colorful signs, then distributed them all around Pettigrew to sprinkle cheer around our building.
It is Trunk or Treat season!!
We start off with the Pettigrew PTO Trunk or Treat this Friday evening, October 25th from 6-7:30 pm for Pettigrew families in our main parking lot.
THEN the RHS Student Council would like to invite you to their Trunk or Treat on Wednesday, October 30th from 4:30-6pm in the RHS main lot. (ONE CANNED FOOD ITEM REQUIRED for the RHS EVENT)!
Get those costumes ready for some awesome trunk or treating!!
Retakes are on Wednesday! Please return complete picture packets with your students if they are having retakes on Wednesday!
Several of our students paraded through the Pettigrew office today to wish Mr. D and Mrs. Walden a Happy Boss's Day! The bosses sure enjoyed their cards, posters, treats, and well wishes!
Stop by the Scholastic Book Fair in the MPR during conferences!
Tuesday, October 15th 12pm - 7:30pm
&
Thursday, October 17th 3:30pm - 7:30pm
It is time for our students to celebrate all their hard work on our very successful Fun Run fund-raiser activity a couple of weeks ago, with a super fun themed school wide Dress-Up Day!
Dress like ROYALTY Day!!
*When - Friday, October 18th
*What - Castle theme dress up day (to coincide with our castle lessons we had that week).
*Dress Like a Prince, Princess or other characters you would find in a castle!
OR
*Dress in the color of royalty and wear your Purple/Pettigrew gear!
We will be celebrating with a castle-themed banquet at lunch on Friday too!!
Be sure to participate in this school-wide reward!! It will be a GREAT DAY TO BE A ROYAL PANTHER!!
**NO SCHOOL**
Monday, October 14th and Tuesday, October 15th, in observance of Native American Day on Monday and Parent Teacher Conferences on Tuesday.
If you have not yet scheduled your Parent Teacher Conference please reach out to your child's teacher as soon as possible, as conferences are held next week on October 15th and 17th.
Enjoy the long weekend!
Students gathered after school on Monday to create posters to carry in the upcoming Native American Day Parade on October 14th in Sioux Falls.
They created some very unique posters that signify the importance of their Indigenous culture.
Believe it or NOT, our winter weather months are rapidly approaching!
When we have winter weather, bus transportation could be delayed. Please be sure to check your StopFinder App for the most up-to-date pick-up and drop-off times for your child. StopFinder is your best resource for notifications about bus delays and changes.
If you don't have the StopFinder App you can find information about getting the app on our district website.
https://www.sf.k12.sd.us/page/busing-boundary-information
Once you have the App loaded then you will need to request an invite from the Let's Talk forum at https://www.k12insight.com/Lets-Talk/embed.aspx?L=PF6R97KXT3LT
Then click on TRANSPORTATION to submit a request.
You may also use the Bus Stop Mapping tool if you do not use the StopFinder App.
https://infofinderi.com/ifi/?cid=H-SFSD43XJZI4RXF
Pettigrew had a special performance this morning from the Memorial Middle School Marching Band! Our students lined the parade route excited to see friends and siblings in the band!
Congratulations to several of our teachers on receiving a grant from the Sioux Falls Education Foundation to Replenish The Room! Our Art teacher Katie Meyers was a recipient of one of these grants and she used her funds to purchase these great items for art classroom!
#siouxfallseducationfoundation
There are available enrollment spots in the Pettigrew Community Learning Centers (CLC) out-of-school time program. Click on the following link to express your interest, and the CLC will then be in contact with you: bit.ly/40VMdOL
The CLC runs Monday through Friday from school dismissal time until 6pm and is held right at the elementary school. Tuition assistance may be available to qualifying families.
