Avon School District 4-1

The Lady Pirate's annual Dig Pink Night will be Monday, Oct 18th. JV starts at 6:15 and varsity to follow. Wear pink!!

Congratulations to Tyler Tjeerdsma and Rilyn Thury for qualifying for the State XC Meet at today's region meet in Freeman. State XC is Saturday, October 23. #piratepride

After-Prom Pizza Fundraiser. Please return forms to Avon School by Thursday, October 21.

Parent's Night for the Avon Pirate Football team will be this Friday, October 15th before the Hitchcock-Tulare game. We will start announcing for Parent's Night at 6:45 PM sharp. Go Pirates!!

Mark your calendars! The Avon Lady Pirate Volleyball Tailgate is Oct. 15th from 5-7 pm @ Football Field.

Congratulations to the Avon Oral Interp Team for placing 1st at the Avon Oral Interp Meet. The following students received trophies: Reece Loewe - Champion Serious Caleb Wallinga - Runner-up Non-original Oratory Reece Loewe - Runner-up Poetry Sarah Swier, Reece Loewe, Gracie Small, Courtney Sees, McKenna Kocmich - Runner-up Reader's Theatre Ashley Tolsma - Champion Humorous Kimmy & Ashley Tolsma - Champion Duet Thank you to all the parents and fans who attended the event or volunteered to bring treats. The team competes next Saturday, October 16th at the Brandon Valley Invite. #piratepride

Avon Pirates 2021 Great Plains Conference Champions. It’s a great day to be a Pirate!!

The Science Club Raffle Board is available. See the attached picture on how to purchase tickets.

The public is welcome and encouraged to attend the Avon Oral Interp Invite tomorrow at the Avon School. There will be six schools in attendance. Below is the schedule of speakers and the rooms they will be in. Duet Acting/Duo Interp - Ashley Tolsma and Kimmy Tolsma (D1) Rd. 1 (9:15 AM) - Section B - Room 16 Rd. 2 (11:45 AM) - Section A - Room 100 Duet Acting/Duo Interp - Jaden Stahl and Kley Heumiller (D3) Rd. 1 (9:15 AM) - Section A - Room 100 Rd. 2 (11:45 AM) - Section B - Room 16 Humorous Prose - Ashley Tolsma (D1) Rd. 1 (8:00 AM) - Section B - Room 14 Rd. 2 (10:30 AM) - Section A - Room 13 Humorous Prose - Landon Thury (D2) Rd. 1 (8:00 AM) - Section A - Room 13 Rd. 2 (10:30 AM) - Section B - Room 14 Non-Original Oratory - Caleb Wallinga (D1) Rd. 1 (8:00 AM) - Section A - Room 12 Rd. 2 (10:30 AM) - Section A - Room 16 Poetry Reading - Macy Voigt (D1) Rd. 1 (8:00 AM) - Section A - Room 16 Rd. 2 (10:30 AM) - Section A - Room 12 Poetry Reading - Reece Loewe (D2) Rd. 1 (8:00 AM) - Section A - Room 16 Rd. 2 (10:30 AM) - Section A - Room 12 Readers Theatre - Courtney Sees, McKenna Kocmich, Gracie Small, Sarah Swier and Reece Loewe (D1) Rd. 1 (8:00 AM) - Section A - Room 100 Rd. 2 (10:30 AM) - Section A - Room 100 Serious Reading - Erica Cahoy (D2) Rd. 1 (9:15 AM) - Section A - Room 14 Rd. 2 (11:45 AM) - Section A - Room 14 Serious Reading - Reece Loewe (D1) Rd. 1 (9:15 AM) - Section A - Room 14 Rd. 2 (11:45 AM) - Section A - Room 14 Storytelling - Sarah Swier (D1) Rd. 1 (9:15 AM) - Section A - Room 13 Rd. 2 (11:45 AM) - Section A - Room 13

Results of the Ethan-Parkston Cross Country Meet: Varsity---Boys Tyler Tjeerdsma 17 John Fathke 31 Haden Cahoy 45 Varsity---Girls Rilyn Thury 26 Mylie Bares 28 Maesa Kuhlman 29 JV Boys Rance Kuhlman 3 Medaled Trevor Eggers 14 Jack Fathke 16 Pierce Jonkers 17 JV Girls Jordyn Voigt 8 Medaled This was a tough course and a good warm-up for the regions which are next Wednesday in Freeman at the Freeman Golf Course.

Revised Results from the Burke Cross Country Meet: Girls Varsity Rilyn Thury 25 Maesa Kuhlman 29 Mylie Bastes 30 Jordyn Voigt 43 Boys Varsity (Non-conference portion) Tyler Tjeerdsma 16 Medaled John Fathke 35 Rance Kuhlman 43 Boys Varsity (Conference portion) Tyler Tjeerdsma 7th Medaled JV---Boys Trevor Eggers 7th Medaled Pierce Jonkers 35

Results from the Burke Cross Country Meet: Varsity—Boys Tyler Tjeerdsma 16 John Fathke 35 Rance Kuhlman 43 Haden Cahoy 51 Varsity—Girls Rilyn Thury 26 Maesa Kuhlman 29 Mylie Bares 30

The October 2021 school board agenda is available at the below link. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 PM on Monday, October 11th in the board room. https://5il.co/zv3d

The Avon Pirate Oral Interp Team had a retreat today to work on their pieces. Their first competition is Saturday, October 9th from 8:00 AM-3:00 PM at the Avon School. The meet is open to the public. #piratepride #expectexcellence

Congratulations to Superintendent and Head Football Coach Tom Culver on being a finalist for the National Coach of the Year for football through the National High School Athletic Coaches Association (NHSACA). Coach Culver's career record currently stands at 174-79. #piratepride #expectexcellence

Information for the Great Plains Volleyball Tournament at Gayville-Volin this Saturday: We will have livestream of all three courts. Direct anyone to our website and their will be a heading for GPC Tournament Livestream. I don’t have the URL’s yet. Also, the livestream of the two main courts in the gymnasium may change once the court gets turned for the bracketed portion. That should all be spelled out on the links on the www.gayvillevolin.k12.sd.us website homepage.

Great Plains Conference 2021 Varsity Volleyball Tournament Gayville-Volin Gymnasium Pool A: Court 1 Pool B: Court 2 Pool C: Court 3 #1 Avon #2 Burke #3 Gayville-Volin #6 Corsica-Stickney #5 Colome #4 Tripp-Delmont-Armour #7 Scotland #8 Andes Central/DC #9 Alcester-Hudson #12 Marty #11 Freeman Ac/Marion #10 Centerville Pool Play Schedule: Start time 9:00 AM Pool A: Corsica-Stickney vs Scotland Avon vs Marty Corsica-Stickney vs Marty Avon vs Scotland Scotland vs Marty Avon vs Corsica-Stickney Pool B: AC/DC vs Freeman Academy/Marion Burke vs Freeman Academy/Marion Colome vs AC/DC Colome vs Freeman Academy/Marion Burke vs AC/DC Burke vs Colome Pool C: TDA vs Alcester-Hudson Gayville-Volin vs Centerville TDA vs Centerville Gayville-Volin vs Alcester-Hudson Alcester-Hudson vs Centerville Gayville-Volin vs TDA **Teams will be seeded after pool play in the championship bracket. **Top two teams from each bracket will advance to the championship bracket.

The Great Plains Conference Volleyball Tournament will be held this Saturday in Gayville. The tournament starts at 9:00 AM. The Lady Pirates are the number 1 seed in the tournament.

Addition to Platte-Geddes Cross Country Results: Varsity: Haden Cahoy 59

Results of the Platte-Geddes Cross Country Invite Girl's Varsity Maesa Kuhlman 23 Mylie Bares 29 Boy's Varsity Tyler Tjeerdsma 26 John Fathke 37 Rance Kuhlman 40 Boys JV Jack Fathke 22 Pierce Jonkers 27