TOKA  NUWAÑ  WAYAWAPI

Woiwaġa Eeĥaċa:  Ťokedked Waeċon Iwaŋkam Wakiŋyan Owakihi He?

Essential Question: How can I soar above expectations?

Location:

ESDS is located in the Glacial Lakes region in NE South Dakota, six miles north of Waubay on 446th Ave (Co. Road 1). 

History: 

Established in 1938 and built by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the original school house of Enemy Swim Day School still stands in the Enemy Swim District of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate.  In the 1960’s & 70’s, ESDS provided education services in cooperation with Waubay Public School.  1983 began the transition from a 638 Grant School to a P.L. 100-297 Contract School. Presently, ESDS is chartered by the  Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and operated by a local School Board. In December 2005, under the direction of Dr. Sherry Johnson, ESDS moved to its new home north of the SWO Buffalo Farm.  Enemy Swim Day School added a full service child development center in 2007 to meet the child care needs of families in the area.  Serving general and community education. ESDS continues to offer quality education in the Glacial Lakes Region!

School Population and Staff: 

• Pre-K — 8 Education Offering Small Classroom Sizes and NCLB Highly-Qualified Teachers, High Expectation for Learning & Student Center Experiences
• Pre-K — 6 Classrooms
• Flex-scheduled Middle School offering Science, Math, PE, Dakota Studies, Language Arts/Reading, & Technology to 7th & 8th Grade
• Educational Support Staff & Administration
• Five-member Elected School Board serving 3 yr. Terms
• Full Time Guidance and Student Services

Academic Programs: 

· Dakota Language, Culture & History

· South Dakota State Content Standards Assessment

· Dakota Step Assessment

· STEP Up To Writing

· 4 Block Literacy Method

· Guided Reading

· School Wide Chapter I Program

· Speech, OT, PT, Early Childhood

· SPED: Pull-out & Inclusion

· Community Library

· 21st  Century Community Learning Center 

FACE Family and Child Education: 

The FACE program is a national model for children, prenatal through age eight and their parents or primary caregivers.

FACE’s focus is on literacy, life-time learning, school readiness and enhancing the Dakota language and culture.

FACE Components

• Home-based Parent Education

• Center-based Adult/Parent Education

• GED Readiness/Completion

• Early Childhood Education