
Aviation classes toured the Maverick Air Center! Students learned how the FBO works and the services offered, the aircrafts that are found, and how much different a medical aircraft is from a passenger aircraft. A huge thank you to Maverick for letting our students experience this!




Small Animal Science went to Mini Critters pet store to learn animal husbandry in retail. They made a few furry friends along the way!




AOF First Premier Bank Field trip!
Premier Way is how a bank represents their community. Over 30,000 volunteer hours to help promote financial support.
Helping people and business be successful with financial guidance. The main bank processes 12,000 business transactions a month. Networking is key in banking and Premier will help you grow your career in the banking industry. Thank you to Jay, Lisa, Mark, Tom, Payton, Scott and Dave for your time and expertise in this area of business!





Health Careers students learning about personal protective equipment to keep themselves and their patients safe. Also learning about needle safety!






Introduction to Auto Body disassembling their project doors! #learnbydoing


Mark your calendar for Tuesday at 6pm! SFSD and experts from Avera are teaming up for the second year of the Family Forum Series. It's 30-minutes of online learning that includes practical advice to strengthen families. September 19 Topic :Benefits of Setting Limits.


Goodbye house! The house from last year's build got moved to its new property this week! Students were able to witness prepping the house to be moved and were able to send it off in CTE fashion!




CTE Cyber Academy students installed processors and motherboards in class.





A HUGE thank you to the Sioux Falls Education Foundation for their morning delivery of Flyboy Donuts! The CTE Academy staff is always so thankful for what the foundation does for us! We "donut" what we would do without you!


Health Careers students learning the do’s and dont's of wheelchair use this week! #healthcareers #siouxfalls #sfcteacademy








Small Animal Science students were able to see “Annie” and “Story” in training for retrieving and scent tracking today at the CTE Academy. The two German Wirehaired Pointers are scent trained to find missing or injured human beings and wildlife. Story is owned by Chris Gross and Annie is owned by Dan Griffith. Chris, Dan and son, Phillip Griffith, demonstrated training techniques and the unspoken language between a person and their best friend! Learning about instinct, detection and tracking, our students were able to see two of the best at work and learn from three people that are willing to give of their time. Thank you Chris, Phillip and Dan!




Students in Nonstructural Repair class are learning how to install a door on a car. #autobody #sfcteacademy


For our students, summer vacation is over but the harvest from summer is on! Sweet corn in Culinary class – a lesson in food processing.




Health career students using a stethoscope to obtain an apical pulse for the first time!



Intro to Human Services classes are learning about communication! Students had to listen to what was being communicated to them verbally and draw what they understood.


Ever need a WhatDoYouCallIt? Day three in Auto Engine Performance and students are learning their tools. The real learning will take place when they really use all these tools!




The SFSD Leadership Team is just as happy today as they were as Kindergarten students! Together, they've been in school a total of 150 years! Show us your "First Day" photos with #SFSDFirstDay. Have a GREAT year!


SFSD congratulates its valued partner Steve Hildebrand of Promising Futures! Steve recently received the Community Service Award from the Associated School Boards of SD for his work to remove economic barriers so all students can see their bright futures ahead. Thank you, Steve!


Back-to-school paperwork just got easier! There's a new, fast, phone-friendly way to fill out the Free/Reduced Meals Application! You'll be notified immediately. Use the QR code or the link to complete it TODAY! Bonus points if you also complete your student registration! 🙂


Do you have a question for us? We've made the process of finding answers much simpler with our Let's Talk! communication tool. We now have our own Let's Talk! page where you can submit questions directly, and it's easy to navigate! Let's Talk! can be found on our school's homepage at either the "contact us" tab at the top or the blue "Let's Talk" tab on the side of the page.
