View Comments Tuesday marked the first day in history the new Jefferson High School in Sioux Falls awarded high school credits to students, as incoming freshmen completed summer Connections. Connections is a 10-day, half-credit elective course those freshmen can take to become better acquainted with their new high school. The campus is opening this fall after voters passed a $190 million bond in 2018 to establish this school and Ben Reifel Middle School, along with other projects meant to help with overcrowding and building updates. The class provides connections with math, reading and writing skills, in addition to helping new high schoolers meet their peers and learn the school’s layout. Students learn “high school 101,” read the novel “Pop” by Gordon Korman and learn electronic organization in the course.