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 ** Our Team Members are Cheryl Larson; Hill, Brenda K ;Skogstad, Kristin A ; Moline, Megan L ; Hovland, Jessica M ; Vandrovec, Jessica R ;**       **Dsouza, Poornima**

UBUNTU!!! Welcome to the process of identifying, describing, and implementing the best information we have developed with the integration of the 21st Century Skills into the classrooms and lives of the students at Hawthorne Elementary School.

Welcome to the 21st Century Skills Guiding Team!!! We are grateful for their thoughts and efforts in reaching our goals.  Hi! I'm Jessica Vandrovec and I am a first grade teacher in the Sioux Falls School District. This is my 8th year teaching and First grade is my passion! I am fortunate to have such an amazing job and reminded daily how lucky I am to have the title of "teacher."
 * Hi! I’m Poornima D’Souza. I work as a School Home Liaison with the Sioux Falls School District. I’m a bridge between the ** [|school]   **and the refugee & immigrant students and their families. I absolutely love my job, as it is challenging and a new experience every day. **

Hi! I'm Jessica Hovland and I teach first grade at Hawthorne Elementary. I have been teaching for 5 years and I absolutely love first grade. I have taught at Hawthorne for 2 years. I love teaching first grade! My husband, Erick and I have two little boys, Brek and Cade, who keep us very busy.

Hello! I am Mrs. Larson, the fortunate principal of Hawthorne Elementary School. My life at school is spent with excellent teachers who work diligently to improve the lives of the 400 Title I students in their charge.

My name is Brenda Hill, the assistant principal and health literacy coordinator at Hawthorne. There is nothing more enriching in life than working with the students, staff, and parents at Hawthorne. I love to read, exercise, sing, and work outside. One of my life's resolves is taken from Jonathon Edwards: "To live each day as I will wish I had when I come to die." Each day working as part of the Hawthorne team helps move me in that direction. UBUNTU!