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More than 1,500 graduates walked the stage Sunday: 67 seniors from New Technology High School, 452 from Washington High School, 461 from Lincoln High School and 560 from Roosevelt High School.
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Rahele Megosha, a senior at Washington High School, won $20,000 Thursday night in the national Poetry Out Loud competition. I m still in shock; it hasn t really hit me yet, Megosha told the Argus Leader on Friday morning. I wasn t expecting to win $20,000.
Megosha was the best of nine student finalists from across the nation. She is also the first student poet from South Dakota to ever win the competition. This has been such a crazy opportunity, she said. I didn t expect any of this to happen. I had a week to prepare for (the preliminary competition), and everything has been such a journey ever since.
Sioux Falls School Board approves salary boost for new teachers By Carter Woodiel
May 11, 2021 | 8:49 AM
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) – New teachers in the Sioux Falls School District will make more than they used to after the school board approved a new salary structure Monday.
The new structure increases the district’s base starting salary to $41,000 from $37,735 and gives the school board the option to raise it again if there is money available in the future.
A first-time teacher will earn $13,395 more over their first four years under the new system if nothing changes between now and then, according to district business manager Todd Vik.
Educators, historians and some elected officials are urging South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and the state Department of Education to keep politics and personal bias out of the process to develop a new and enhanced civics and history education program for public K-12 schools across the state.
In her State of the State speech in January, the governor proposed one-time funding to enhance and expand teaching of civics and history in public schools, and the state Legislature approved her $900,000 request during the spring session.
In response, the state education department has embarked on development of the South Dakota Civics and History Initiative, a two-year, four-pronged plan to create new teaching content, provide new resources and training for teachers, and increase access to civic and historical lessons and experiences for students, especially at the elementary level. When the plan is finalized, use of the program will be optional for school districts.