Avon School District 4-1

Here is the schedule for the double header basketball game with Centerville on Thursday, December 15th: 6-7 Girls Game: 4:00 PM in Main Gym JV Girls Game: 5:00 PM in Auxiliary Gym JV Boys Game: 5:00 PM in Main Gym Varsity Girls Game: 6:15 PM in Main Gym Varsity Boys Game: 7:45 PM in Main Gym

Congratulations to Sarah Swier for being selected as a Page for the upcoming legislative session. Sarah will be traveling to Pierre in February. We know she will represent our school well! Congratulations!!

We officially have 4 authors in our community! These students wrote and created "Our Jungle Journey." It's a story about the animals you would see in the jungle. They researched and wrote about the various animals and illustrated the pictures. Great job!

Thank you to all who came and supported the Junior class Saturday night! They had a great turn-out for their soup supper and Bingo night! We greatly appreciate your support of our school!

The Avon Oral Interp Team competed at the 113th SDHSAA State Oral Interpretation Festival December 2 and 3rd in Mitchell. The following students received Superior rankings and gold medals: Ashley Tolsma (humorous), Kate Swier (storytelling), Sarah and Kate Swier (duet), and Sarah Swier (serious). The Avon team was also awarded a Class B Team Excellence award. Congrats, Team & Coach!!

Congratulations! 5th/6th Avon Invitational Tournament Champions🤍

Gold Standard Pirates of the week are Kaelee Pazour, Jaden Stahl, and Oaklie Petrik! Congratulations! The PK-4 celebrated another 500 coins today with a PJ day. Grades 5-8 earned 500 coins at the end of this week and will be celebrating next week with a PJ day as well! Keep up the great work!!

The season of giving has begun in the preschool room! The preschoolers held a pajama drive! We have 13 pairs to donate to the Scholastic Pajama program! For every pair of pajamas donated, Scholastic donates a book to a child. Amazing job Preschoolers!

Junior Class Fundraiser Saturday night!

Below is the link to the Bon Homme/Avon Wrestling apparel store. The store will close on Saturday, December 10th. https://teamgear.rudis.com/t/bon-homme-avon-wrestling-team-store-2/?team_id=280824&set_team_auth=1

Reminder about the wrestling dual Thursday evening December 1st at Avon. Bon Homme/Avon will be taking on Wagner at 6:30 PM. There will be a meal at 5:15 PM in the Auxiliary Gym. Free will donation for the meal. There will also be youth exhibition wrestling matches from 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM in the main gym.

After Student of the Month presentations, the student council members refreshed the Gold Standard Pirate Expectations with the elementary.

Here is the livestream link for the Wrestling Dual between Bon Homme/Avon and Wagner on Thursday, December 1st. Start time is 6:30 PM in Avon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Hr1bnClvc

Last day of November! Today we recognized our November Student's of the Month! Kley Heumiller - HS Student of Excellence Treyvan Talsma - HS Positive Pirate Sydney Johnson - MS Student of Excellence Addisyn Fathke - Elementary Student of Excellence Mason Milk - MS Positive Pirate Blake Olson - Elementary Positive Pirate Congratulations!!

Congratulations to the 2022 LMVC and Great Plains All-Conference volleyball players. LMVC First Team: Courtney Sees, LMVC Third Team: McKenna Kocmich. Great Plains All-Conference: McKenna Kocmich, Lila Vanderlei (honorable mention), and Courtney Sees. Congratulations ladies!

Congratulations to the members of the 2022 9B All-State football team. Kley Heumiller was selected as an Offensive Lineman and Brady Bierema as a Special Teams Player. Congratulations gentlemen.

Congratulations to the 2022 Great Plains All-Conference football players. Pictured from left to right: Cade Faulkner, Paxton Bierema, Kley Heumiller and Brady Bierema.

The Avon Oral Interp Team will leave for the State Festival on Friday, December 2nd at 7:15 AM. The event will be held at the Mitchell High School December 2 and 3 and is open to the public. Awards are given after each session. December 2 9:00 AM - Readers' Theatre (Avon competes #8) 1:30 PM - Humorous (Ashley Tolsma competes #4) 6:00 PM - Storytelling (Kate Swier competes #9) December 3 9:00 AM - Duet (Swiers competes #12) 1:30 PM - Serious (Sarah Swier competes #10)

On Thursday, December 1st the Bon Homme/Avon Wrestling team will host a dual vs Wagner in the Avon Gymnasium at 6:30 PM. This will be first wrestling match in Avon since 1978. There will also be a meal in the Auxiliary Gym before the match. Pork loin sandwiches will be served and it will be a free will offering, with the proceeds going to the Bon Homme Youth Wrestling team. Come out and support the Bon Homme/Avon wrestling team!!

Gold Standard Pirates of the Week! PK-4: Kaylee DeJong 5-8: Jayden Petrik 9-12: Nick Brandt Congratulations!