Avon School District 4-1

Due to Snow, the Regional Science Fair was held over Zoom. The Middle school had 10 projects entered and the high school had 15. It was an interesting time doing 25 zoom presentations of projects! Category winners at the region science fair in the SENIOR DIVISION were 1st place Landon Mudder and Terran Talsma: “How Does Telephone Pole Height and Spacing Affect Pole Strength?” Jasmin Frank and Hayden Talsma : “The Effect of Urea on Seed Germination” 2nd place winners Were Ava Cline “Light Intensity & Angle” Ella Grant “Can you design a better coffee sleeve?” Ella Small and Erica Cahoy “The Effect of Salt Concentration on the Mortality of Water Fleas” Maesa Kuhlman and Kaeli Wallinga “The Effect of UV light on Bacterial Growth” Maddy Huitema and Kindra Mixon “The Effect of Concentration on Visible Detection for Red Food Dye #40” 3RD Place winner: Charli Paulsen “Are LED Lights Brighter Than Incandescent Light Bulbs?” Category winners In the JUNIOR DIVISON were 3rd place winners: Jeanah Ratzlaff “Does the stress of a drought affect the nutritional value of test white corn? Bailey Kemnitz “How does wind speed affect cooling rates?” 2nd Place Winners: Linkin Akridge and Parker Podzimek “Does grain moisture affect the amount of crop lost during harvest?” The students also won 26 specialty awards. Ms. Jurrens and Mr. Kuhlman would like to thank all of the students for their hard work and patience. It was a little disappointing that we could not make the trip to Brookings, but the students adapted very well. In addition, we would like to thank all the teachers at the school for allowing the students to miss their classes for their zoom sessions. Finally, thank you to everyone who helps by volunteering your time, expertise or sending in donations. It is greatly appreciated!

Reminder: Sunday, April 21 @ 6 pm in the gym will be baseball and softball sign-ups!

Amazing concert by the elementary tonight! Thank you to Mrs. Schultz, Mr. Sexe, and Mrs. Brandt for getting the kids prepared to put on a great show!

The gold meet for tomorrow, April 18th, has been postponed until May 13th.

Last Friday, Mr. Brad Poppe was recognized as the Avon Invitational Honorary Referee. Congratulations!

Yesterday some of our students had the opportunity to go to the Bon Homme School and attend a Mini Makers camp put on by Lake Area Tech. Some areas covered were cobots, 3D Printers, soldering, energy systems, machining, autonomous vehicles, and drone making.

Avon School District 4-1 Special Meeting of the Avon Board of Education Monday, April 22, 2024, 6:00 p.m. Agenda: 1. Call meeting to order: roll call and establish quorum. 2. Adopt Agenda. (m) 3. Accept Staff Resignations. (m) 4. Executive Session—SDCL 1-25-2 (1)—personnel and (4)—certified teacher, classified staff, and administrator negotiations. (m) 5. Approve Certified Teacher Negotiated Agreement, Classified Staff Settlement, and Administrator Negotiated Agreement for the 2024-25 school year. (m) 6. Approve the issuance of Certified Teacher Contracts, Classified Staff Work Agreements, and Administrator Contracts based on mutually agreed to terms for the 2024-25 school year. (m) 7. Other Business. 8. Adjourn. (m) Published once at the total approximate cost of __________.

Congratulations to Sydney Johnson for winning the Arbor Day Creative Writing Contest! She was chosen out of 778 writers state-wide! Sydney was awarded with a plaque and check. For more information regarding the award and contest, please read the News article that has been posted to the school's Facebook page and web page. Congratulations Sydney!

The track team will not being going to Mount Vernon on Friday April, 19th due to the winds and cold temps.

JH track will not be going to Platte Thursday April, 18th.

The JH/JV golf for tomorrow has been postponed as well as the track meet in Bon Homme.

Gold Standard Pirates from last week! PK-4: Bronc Cihak 5-8: Sean Schryvers 9-12: John Fathke Congratulations!

Congratulations to Bode Podzimek, Brynlee Odens, and Parker Cihak for meeting their Book It reading goal for 6 months straight! They celebrated last Friday morning with Breakfast Club at A-1.

Summer Baseball and Softball sign-ups will be on Sunday, April 21st at 6 pm in the Auxiliary gym. More information will be sent home next with kids regarding coach information, city fees, etc. Thank you!

Bracket for softball tournament tomorrow beginning at 9:30 am. Go Lady Pirates!

The Softball Tournament for tomorrow begins at 930 with Avon vs Hanson, and Bon Homme vs Scotland Menno. Its $5 for adults and $3 for kids, good for the day. Hope to see you there!

CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION RETURNS AVON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4-1 This is to certify that the results of the School District Election held on the 9th day of April 2024, were as follows: Craig Vanderlei 131 Votes, Matthew Grant 71 Votes, Annie Thury 152 Votes, Bridgette Muller 172 Votes and Joe Paulsen 29 Votes. The two candidates with the most votes were elected to three-year positions. There were 292 ballots cast out of the 401 official ballots. There were 292 ballots cast out of 794 registered voters, for a total voting percentage turnout of 36.7%.

Congratulations to Lila Vanderlei, Carmindy Ferwerda, Kaeli Wallinga, and Abby Gretschmann who won the 3rd place  team award in the small school division at the USD math contest.  Carmindy and Abby both received Outstanding awards while Kaeli and Lila received a superior. Lila finished second and Kaeli finished 1st in the Algebra II division. Great Job girls and thanks for your dedication to math!

The Elementary students had fun this afternoon playing some minute to win it games!

Gold Standard Pirate of the Week! PK-4: Lucy Schloss 5-8: Jaelin Ratzlaff 9-12: Lila Vanderlei Congratulations!