The Whittier Očéti Šakówiŋ Owáuŋspe (OSO) class visited Terry Redlin again this past week to mentor the elementary students. They played games together to learn about equivalent fractions. #WhittierInTheWild #HelpingHands
This past weekend, 8th grade basketball students traveled to USD with Promising Futures. Students heard about college life from an undergraduate student panel and took part in a relay race in the Dakota Dome. One of our students, Sam Dorbor, was on the winning team! They wrapped up the trip by watching the USD vs Oral Roberts basketball game where USD won by 1 point! #WhittierInTheWild
It's the last week of February! 👋 Be sure to come out and cheer on the Performance Dance team as they perform between the Whittier Basketball games this week. 🙌🏀 It's a great chance to support your Basketball teams, too! #WhittierPride
Poet Amanda Gorman's illustrated quote hangs in the halls of Whittier. Gorman is the youngest presidential inaugural poet in US history. #blackhistorymonth
"For there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it, if only we're brave enough to be it." - Amanda Gorman
Don't be a "poor unfortunate soul"! 🧜♀️ Come see Whittier's performances of The Little Mermaid Jr. Musical on Thursday, March 7 and Friday, March 8 at 7:00pm in the Whittier Auditorium. 🎶 Tickets are available starting Monday during lunch or at the door of each performance.
Your Special Edition Show Choir has their final competition performance of the year at the Washington High School Competition tomorrow night around 6:10pm. Let's show up, Whittier, and send them off right! 🙌🎉
Whittier Performance Dance Team has quite a few performances coming up! 💃🏽 Cheer them on at their very first performance TONIGHT between the basketball games at Whittier around 5:00pm.
We hope you've had a great weekend so far... and you still have a couple more days left! There's NO SCHOOL Monday and Tuesday for Presidents' Day. The rest of the week brings a field trip to Outdoor Campus, basketball games, Show Choir performance -- get ready! 🎉 #WeekAtWhittier
There will be No School on Monday and Tuesday for Presidents' Day. Enjoy your long weekend, Whittier! ✨
#ThrowbackThursday : Two weeks ago, Team 6-1 ventured to the Outdoor Campus for snowshoeing and ice fishing! They got in right before the weather warm-up, so there was still lots of snow and ice left to explore. #WhittierInTheWild
Tuesday, Feb 20 is a NO SCHOOL day, so be sure to stop by Oscar Howe Elementary for the second Community Health & Wellness fair, put on by the Community Learning Centers! There are lots of activities for kids, tons of community vendors, and amazing prizes for all!
Happy Valentine's Week, Whittier! 💕 A couple highlights:
💙 The Public Librarians visit Whittier Library for "Try-Something-New-Tuesday" -- come join the fun before school starts!
💙 Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held after school on Tuesday and Thursday.
#WeekAtWhittier
After School Program @ YMCA -- UPDATE for TONIGHT: The 5:30pm bus will take students directly home instead of to the YMCA.
The Whittier Ski Club got in one last run before Great Bear temporarily closed due to the warmer weather. ⛷️ They made it on the big hill this time and had the BEST day! Fingers crossed for one more session! 🤞❄️ #WhittierInTheWild
Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences are coming up next week, and we are looking forward to seeing you at Whittier! 🐺 We'll have conferences on Tuesday, February 13th and Thursday, February 15th from 4:15-7:45pm.
Whittier Jazz Band had a blast performing as the pre-game pep band at the Feb. 1 Sioux Falls Skyforce game! 🏀🎷 And what a win! #WhittierInTheWild
Whittier Boys' Basketball and Performance Dance student-athletes will take pictures on Wednesday, February 7th at PM practice. You'll need to be in full uniform for pictures! 📸 #WhittierPride
As a reminder, there will be NO SCHOOL on Monday. We also will follow the 2-Hour PROtime schedule on Friday so 6th and 7th grade students can complete their Junior Achievement materials. On an exciting note, 7th grade visits Great Bear on Wednesday for tubing! #WeekAtWhittier
There will be No School on Monday, February 5 due to Teacher Inservice. Enjoy your long weekend!
Whittier 8th grade Orchestra students were able to participate in a side-by-side concert with Washington High School. What a great opportunity to play alongside experienced musicians! ♫🎻♪
