Avon School District 4-1

The Elementary earned another gold coin party! They enjoyed some snow cones!!

Gold Standard Pirates of the Week!
PK-4: Burk Baade
5-8: Kyzleigh Metzger
9-12: Lexi Vanderlei
Congratulations!

4th graders are thankful! They are thankful for friends and family, and even toilet paper!

Hooks up to Farm Credit Services as well as some anonymous donations to the Avon Pirate Angel Fund. This fund helps give a hand up to students in need. Much appreciated!

Youth wrestling information attached

Great opportunity to support our wrestlers! Reach out to any of the wrestlers or anyone on the Bon Homme boosters! Mark Johnson Todd Candy Kemnitz-Crownover Darren Kriz Ben Hellmann Travis Tjeerdsma Nick Wolf Deadline to sign up is December 1st!

The Creative English students enjoyed a visit from Mrs. Hubbell’s aunt Lisa, who publishes children’s books under the pen name Jo Night. She discussed her inspiration for writing and shared the process she goes through to write, illustrate, and publish her own books!

If you see any red cans around town they are for the Bon Homme Child Protection Team and they are raising money for families in the county to receive a holiday meal. In Avon, they are located at Made Coffee House, Ron's Market, and A-1 if you would like to donate. Below is some more information about the Bon Homme Child Protectection if you don't know who they are!

As you begin your holiday shopping, remember to shop our school store!

This month the National Honor Society students wanted to recognize diabetes awareness and asked students and staff to wear blue, as you can see we had an amazing turn out! There was quite a bit of SDSU blue too🙂

Thank you to all who joined us last night for our Family Reading Quest! It was a blast!

South Dakota Department of Education (DOE), Office of Special Education Programs, is accepting nominations from parents/guardians through January 9, 2026, for the 2026 SPED Staff of the Year.

We are blessed to have three exceptional special education teachers at Avon. Parents of our specials, please consider nominating them for this award! See below for nominating information.

This form can be completed by PARENTS/GUARDIANS of children in special education who wish to nominate a special education staff member who made an outstanding impact in the education of their child. Parents/guardians may nominate SPED teachers, SPED Directors, Speech/Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, School Psychologists, or Paraprofessionals who have served in their profession for three or more years. Staff member descriptions will be scored as 4=Exemplary, 3=Accomplished, 2=Developing, 1=Beginning.

DOE will invite the top five nominees to the 2026 South Dakota Special Education Conference Awards Luncheon in Sioux Falls on March 4, 2026, where the 2026 SPED Staff of the Year will be announced.

Fill out the nomination form at

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2SK_vxK7kP1CnILdXNcIQUZTUOgecy6rNFc-wfieC38GJSQ/viewform

Hooks Up to the SD National Guard for providing the new Window coverings on the Gym doors!

Family Engagement Night Tonight!!
This is open for grades PK-5! Come enjoy some snacks and reading games!

🏀Pirate Fans🏀 ⚡️4 more days to order Winter Apparel https://stores.inksoft.com/avonwinter25/shop/home ⚡️1 more day to order Wrestling Apparel https://stores.inksoft.com/bhwinter25/shop/home

🏈Congratulations Pirates! Class 9B Runner-up!! 🏈

Pirate fans are ready!! Let's Go!!! 🏈🏴‍☠️

Congratulations to the Avon School Board for earning a Gold Level ALL award for the 24-25 school year! This award from the Associated School Boards of SD, recognizes school boards that have participated in activities, board development, training, and demonstrated leadership throughout the 24-25 school year. Hooks Up to all of our school board members for their dedication to the Avon School!

The Football Dome shirts will be available for pickup in the gym lobby at 5 pm!!