Contact Information
| Phone: | (605) 362-4885 |
| Fax: | (605) 362-4882 |
| Monday: | 8:30 AM - 8:00 PM |
| Tuesday: | 8:30 AM - 8:00 PM |
| Wednesday: | 8:30 AM - 8:00 PM |
| Thursday: | 8:30 AM - 8:00 PM |
| Friday: | 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM |
| Saturday: | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM |
| Sunday: | Closed |
In the Community
At Sylvan, we enjoy playing an active role in our community and want to share our educational expertise with you. Contact us today to find out how we’re working with other local businesses, community groups and schools to promote the importance of learning and education!
School Visits
School visits are central to our mission at Sylvan. Keith and Audra regularly visit with community leaders, service providers, area administrators, guidance counselors and teachers to discuss their needs and how we can assist them in their efforts to educate their students. Also, upon consent from a parent, Carol Hofman, our Director of Education, will correspond with their child's teacher(s) as we become part of the team that is educating their child. School communication is critical to every student's success at Sylvan.
Lutheran Social Services School-Based Mentor Program
We believe in the value of mentoring our youth in our community. Therefore, our Marketing Director, Audra Staebell, mentors a student in the LSS school-based mentoring program at Memorial Middle School. Every Thursday during lunchtime, Audra and her mentee talk and laugh, sharing their thoughts, experiences and life's ups and downs. "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." - Winston Churchill
Click here if you'd like to become a mentor
United Way BackPack Program
Sylvan is proud to volunteer our time and efforts to the Sioux Empire United Way's BackPack Program. The BackPack program provides at-risk children with nutritious, easy-to-prepare foods for the weekends. The food is packaged and distributed in bags that children can easily fit into their backpacks and carry home.
•Started in 2007 with 100 backpacks to both Hawthorne Elementary and Axtell Park Middle Schools.
•Currently more than 2,700 food packages are provided at 31 public schools, two private schools and 4 other agencies.
•Feeding South Dakota purchases the food at low-cost. Volunteers pack all food packages on Wednesdays. Feeding South Dakota staff delivers the packages to schools on Thursdays. School staff distribute to students on Fridays.
•Each package costs $3.75/week or $135 for a year per child.
•Packages may include: cereal, oatmeal, juice, fresh fruit, a protein, granola bars, fruit cups, raisins, and nuts.
Junior Achievement
Sylvan Learning believes one of the best ways to educate students in our local schools about achieving and become contributing members to society is through volunteering through Junior Achievement. Every year Audra Staebell, our Marketing Director, teaches "JA in a Day - Economics for Success" to the 6th graders at Memorial Middle School. Click the link below to learn more about Junior Achievement.
Junior Achievement
Museum of Visual Materials
Keith Huber, Sylvan's Executive Director, is on the board at Sioux Falls's Museum of Visual Materials. Keith regularly attends board meetings which guide the museum's events and mission. There is so much to do at the Museum of Visual Materials (MoVM) of Sioux Falls. They offer a unique museum experience in many different senses, five to be exact. The MoVM is a hands on experience where you will learn by your sense of touch, smell, hearing, taste and of course sight. The MoVM gives you the chance to experiences things like no other museum with all of the materials and facilities for you to expand your horizons for free. It's so different; you might forget you're in a museum!
Museum of Visual Materials
Family Connection
We are excited to contribute our time and talents to Family Connection in Sioux Falls. Our Marketing Director, Audra Staebell, as been asked to be on the Board of this wonderful organization for 2012 - 2014.
Since Mother's Day weekend 1996, Family Connection continues to serve and support individuals and families with loved ones in prison. They began with a hospitality house on the corner of Minnesota Avenue and 7th Street. Over the years, they’ve grown, adding a second hospitality house. They've also added a new program called Children’s Connection, which provides support for children with a close family member in prison.
Today they serve hundreds of people each year in their houses, making it possible for them to visit family members who are incarcerated. Guests are not charged, but they do ask for a $5 donation if possible. And, this year Children’s Connection worked with nearly 150 children. For these children, they offer group counseling sessions during their lunch periods. This program has grown tremendously – the goal is to provide support for these children in the hope of lowering the rate of cyclic familial incarceration. But over 800 children in the area have a loved one and prison, so there’s still a long way to grow.
They invite you to join Family Connection and Children’s Connection through volunteering or making a donation. Thank you for your support!
Leadership Sioux Falls
We are proud that our Marketing Director, Audra Staebell, is an alumni and part of the 25th class of Leadership Sioux Falls which is supported through the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of Leadership Sioux Falls is reflected in these goals:
• To develop awareness of the Sioux Falls area — its challenges and opportunities.
• To strengthen leadership abilities by identifying leadership styles, skills and possibilities.
• To form a network of informed, concerned citizens who can help guide the future growth of the community.
• To educate and motivate leaders to greater involvement in the community.
Sales and Marketing Executives Scholarship Committee (SME)
Audra Staebell thoroughly enjoyed her time as Chair of the Scholarship Committee for the 2010-11 year and looks forward to Jennie Doyen's leadership for 2011-12. SME is one of the top sales and marketing associations in the country. SME of Sioux Falls is a group of executives dedicated to advancing sales and marketing excellence. SME promotes local educational and meeting opportunities to improve sales and marketing management skills through workshops, newsletters, interesting meetings, events and idea-sharing discussions. SME members include CEOs, marketing managers, sales managers and other senior level executives who contribute to the advancement of sales and marketing management.
Sales and Marketing Executives works with students enrolled in South Dakota educational institutions to promote the SME Scholarship Program. Scholarships are awarded based on academic excellence, community involvement and leadership.
This year the Scholarship Committee is happy to announce that SME Sioux Falls will again be giving away $5500 in scholarships with the highest amount that can be received, $3,000.
To learn more about SME and the scholarships they offer, use the link below.
Forward Sioux Falls
Forward Sioux Falls is the proven and successful joint venture economic development partnership between the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce and the Sioux Falls Development Foundation. Since 1987 they have raised nearly $25 million to enhance our economic development efforts and improve our quality of life in Sioux Falls. We at Sylvan are proud and excited for Forward Sioux Falls VI 2011-2016.
Click here to learn more about Forward Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls Chamber Small Business Council
We continue to be active, influential members of the chamber. Along with monthly meetings in which small business leaders attend, SBC offers insightful, effective "Brown Bag Lunch" Seminars January through March. April through September we offer the Chamber Cafe where area business leaders discuss various topics in their area of expertise. You can learn more about the SBC at the link provided.
Small Business Workshops and Seminars
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