Avon School District 4-1

The Power Lifters traveled to Wolsey Wessington today for a meet. All placed in their weight classes. Lance Odens - 1st Al'Shamon Gunter- 2nd Caleb Tallman- 1st Jamie Pelton- 2nd Congratulations gentlemen!

The young Lady Pirates did well today winning the 6th grade division and 3rd grade division at the Bon Homme tournament. Congratulations ladies!

The girls wrestled in their last regular season tournament of the season! The team placed 4th overall out of 34 teams! The girls have a quad next Tuesday in Canton. Great job all! A little better everyday!! Sydney Johnson - 0-2 DNP Jasmine Ruelas - 3-2 5th Harper Kracht - 2-4 8th Hadlee Kracht - 4-1 3rd Bailey Kemnitz - 2-3 5th Peyton Hellmann - 4-0 1st Ashley Tolsma - 2-1 2nd Hope Kemnitz - 2-3 8th Congratulations to Peyton on getting 150 pins and being selected the outstanding wrestler of the tournament!

Gold Standard Pirates of the Week: PK-4: Mataya Schultz 5-8: Beau Tolsma 9-12: Landon Mudder Congratulations!

Congratulations to these groups for receiving the SDHSAA Academic Achievement Team Award. This award recognizes varsity athletic teams and fine arts groups for their academic excellence. The SDHSAA believes that high school students learn in two distinct ways: inside the classroom and outside the classroom on the stage and on the athletic field. These teams average above a 3.0 GPA. *Girls Volleyball *Girls Basketball *Boys Basketball *Oral Interpretation *One-Act Play *All-State Chorus *Football Cheerleaders *Boys Basketball Cheerleaders *Girls Basketball Cheerleaders Congratulations and continue to work hard!

PK-12 students can join in the fun next week for "Wellness Week"! We are celebrating health in conjunction with our Heart Challenge that we will soon be kicking off!

Attention Senior Parents: FASFA night will be February 12 at 5:30 pm. The location has been changed to the Computer Lab. Thanks!

Don't forget to pick up your Sportsmans Raffle tickets for the Science Club. Pick them up at the bank or Tolsma's Cove. You can also contact Mr. Kuhlman. Thanks for your support!

Kindergarten celebrated day 100 today!!

We welcome Delanie Warmbein as a student teacher to Avon School! She will be working under Ms. Wynia. This is National School Counseling week, so we thank them for all they do for our students!

Here are the pairings for the Girls' Basketball Great Plains Classic that will be held in Avon on Saturday, February 15th. Since this is a conference event, Avon passes will not be honored and students will have to pay.

***NOTICE THE DATE CHANGE**: Regular Meeting of the Avon Board of Education Wednesday, February 12th, 2025—6:30 p.m. Board Room Join Zoom Meeting https://sdk12.zoom.us/j/9883059751?pwd=dlJMZGRsb1NPcVMvd1cwakxUaGdzZz09 Meeting ID: 988 305 9751 Passcode: 3291 1. Call to order 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Student/Staff “Shout Outs!” 4. Approve the agenda. 5. Disclose any new conflicts of interest of public-school officers per SDCL 3-23-6 and determine if these conflicts of interest are fair, reasonable, and not contrary to the public interest. (m) 6. Principal’s Report. 7. Superintendent’s Report. 8. Public Input: According to Policy BDDH, which is available at https://www.avon.k12.sd.us/page/avon-school-policies a. Post Prom update 9. Approve Post Prom Bingo Saturday, April 12th, 2025. Wave gym rental (m) 10. Approve the minutes from the January 15th , 2025 board meeting (m) 11. Approve Financial Report. (m) 12. Approve February claims/payment of bills. (m) 13. Recognize and thank the School Board members for their service in honor of SD School Board Recognition Week (February 19th through the 23rd.) 14. Preliminary discussion of 2025-26 School Calendar. 15. Amend the 2024-25 School Calendar due to Funeral (m) 16. Accept Staff Resignation(s). (m) 17. Offer verbal administrative contracts to the K-12 principal, Superintendent, and business manager for the 25-26 school year. (m) 18. Appoint board members to the Negotiations Team (chairperson plus one more). (m) 19. Appoint a board member to the local Equalization Board. (m) 20. Consider date and time for the March board meeting (m) 21. Declare surplus property to be disposed of in accordance with state law. (m) 22. Committee Reports a.) Budget: Sees, Muller b.) Curriculum Committee: Sees, Thury. c.) Building/Grounds Committee: Tolsma, Ratzlaff. Input from Mr. Voigt d.) Policy: Muller, Sees. e.) Co-op Center Board: Muller 23.Other business 24. Executive session if needed 25. Adjournment Published once at the total approximate cost of ______________

Earning Superior Individual Actor at the One Act Region 4 Competition were Gunnar Voigt, Jake Namminga, Erica Cahoy, Kate Swier, and Landon Mudder.

The Girls' Basketball Game with Freeman has been rescheduled for February 10th at 6:15.

The Girls' Basketball Game with Freeman tonight has been postponed. We are trying to find to date to make up the game. That will be posted as soon as we find one.

The wrestlers were in Wagner on Saturday. As a team, they won 1st! Congratulations gentlemen!! Individual results below: Ryvr Larson 1st #106 Summyt Larson 6th #106B Asher Hellman 1st #106B Michael Branaugh 2nd#113 Devoone Sessler 3rd #120 Corbin Palsma 6th #126 Jackson Kaul 2nd #138 Jaden Bolt 4th #144 Weston Bierema 5th #150 Luke Guthmiller 6th #157 Carter Smith DNP #157 Kolton Vlcek DNP #165 Calvin Caba DNP #165 Caden Zolmer DNP #175 Isaiah Crownover 2nd #190 Caleb Cuka DNP #190 Cody Sassaman 4th #215 Randall Powers 4th #285

Girls placed 3rd out of 18 teams in Aberdeen today!! With all the girls making the podium! The girls wrestled great - a little better everyday!! Peyton ended up winning the Stan Opp Outstanding wrestler award! Results - Sydney Johnson - 1-3 6th Harper Kracht - 4-0 1st Hadlee Kracht - 2-1 2nd Bailey Kemnitz - 2-2 4th Peyton Hellmann - 2-0 1st Ashley Tolsma - 2-1 2nd Hope Kemnitz - 2-1 3rd Great job, ladies!

Good day on the hard wood for the Pirates. 6th girls were division champs at the Baltic tournament. The 5th/6th boys won their division at the Bon Homme tournament. The 8th graders placed 5th at their tournament. Great job!

There will be NO archery practice on Sunday, February 2nd.

Gold Standard Pirates of the Week Pk-4: Tenley Van Winkle 5-8: Kodi Maggs 9-12: Rilyn Thury Congratulations!