Trailhead Learning Center

JrK had such a great day! The Oak room sweethearts loved snacking, playing with friends and feeling loved! Happy Valentine's Day!

JrK had the sweetest Valentine’s Day celebration! 💌 A huge THANK YOU to Creative Hands Art Studio and the incredibly talented Isaura Solis for making our JrK party extra special with beautiful face painting. The smiles on our students’ faces say it all! 🎨✨ We are so grateful for your time, creativity, and kindness! 💗

Jr. K free play time is not only fun, it allows children to problem solve together. The Oak kids enjoyed free play today!

Jr. Kindergarten students worked on graphing skills by comparing colored candy hearts. This was a sweetheart of a lesson!

In JrK, we learned about groundhogs day! Last week, each student voted whether or not the groundhog would see his shadow and we made a groundhog to eat using a cookie. Today, we watched "the news," and found out 6 more weeks of winter! We compared votes then had a dance party!

The Physical Education classes at TLC with Mrs. Tramp had a fun time practicing their catching skills with their juggling scarves and a fan!

HIP HIP HOORAY! IT'S OUR 100th DAY! How did we start the celebration? A glow party of course! Followed by activities like finding 100 hearts, dot painting 100 gum balls, licking a lollipop 100 times, just to name a few! Mrs. Binde's class definitely feels 100 days brighter!

The TLC Kindergarten students are 100 days brighter! ☀️🩷🧡🩵💙

Paging all doctors and nurses! 🩺 Our JrK friends are caring for patients, practicing kindness, and learning through imaginative play.

Is your child turning 5 by September 1, 2026?
JrK and Kindergarten are right around the corner! Join us for our Trailhead Learning Center Open House on Thursday, February 12, from 4:30–6:00 PM, and explore our bright, welcoming classrooms.

👉 Beat the rush—register online today for the 2026-2027 school year at
www.ysd.k12.sd.us/o/ysd/page/school-registration
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We can’t wait to welcome you and your child!

The Junior K Oak kids are enjoying new friendships each day!

Nothing says Christmas like jammies, The Grinch, popcorn, and coloring with friends 🎄❤️ Such a joyful JrK celebration!

Best way to begin Christmas vacation? New Christmas socks of course! Merry Christmas from Mrs. Binde's kindergarten🎅❤️🎄

After assessing the road conditions in the rural areas, the late start for Yankton School District has been canceled. Yankton School District will not have school today, Monday, December 15, due to the poor road conditions in several rural busing areas. Our first priority is the safety of the students, and the current road conditions in several areas put them at risk at this time.

This week, Ms. Akre, Ms. Baumgartner, and Ms. Wentworth successfully completed their master’s degrees in Early Childhood Curriculum and Instruction from Wayne State College. With this accomplishment, every preschool and junior kindergarten teacher at TLC now holds a master’s degree. Yankton School District is incredibly proud and excited to celebrate this achievement, as it reflects our continued commitment to excellence in early childhood education.

The only thing better than making pumpkin pie puzzles is eating some too! Happy Thanksgiving from Miss Baumgartner's T/TH 3 AM preschoolers!

Happy Thanksgiving from the JrK turkeys! 🦃

TLC Kindergarten loved collaborating together to make a turkey for each of their houses. Each student decorated a feather. Our family project was to disguise a turkey! We are thankful for our creative kindergarten students! 🦃

Our Trailhead preschool students learned about Gravity, Force and Friction today!