Avon School District 4-1

State Oral Interp begins today! Best of luck ladies!

The Preschool class took part in the 16th Annual Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive (partnered with Scholastic)! Every year, hundreds of classrooms around the nation collect brand new pajamas to support the children that Beyond Bedtime supports. As is tradition, Scholastic has pledged to match every pair of donated pajamas with a brand-new storybook, up to 100,000 books!
By generous donations from the preschool families, we collected 20 pairs of pajamas! They will be donated to a local shelter.

Student of the Month HS Student of Excellence: Abby Gretschmann MS Student of Excellence: Anna Small Elementary Student of Excellence: Addisyn Fathke HS Positive Pirate: Ella Grant Elementary Positive Pirate: Jarod Maggs MS Positive Pirate: Kendle Hartnett Congratulations!

The JH Girl's basketball team plays in Avon tomorrow!

It's WRESTLING SEASON! Triangular with Vermillion and Wagner on Thursday starting 5:00 pm. Schedule: Wagner VS Vermillion Vermillion VS Bon Homme/Avon Wagner VS Bon Homme/Avon

Parents:
We need your help! As part of an upcoming school report, we are asking families to complete a short survey. Your feedback is incredibly valuable in helping us continue to grow and improve.

Please take a few moments to complete the attached survey by Christmas break. We truly appreciate your time and input!

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Great way to kick off the holiday season with the Christmas Operetta!! Thanks to Mrs. Schultz, Mr. Sexe and Mrs. Brandt for helping the kids put on a great show! Join us next week for the MS/HS Concert on Thursday, December 11 at 7:30 pm.

Regular Meeting of the Avon Board of Education
Monday December 8th, 2025, 6:30 PM
Board Room
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Agenda:

1. Call to order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Student/Staff “Shout Outs!”
4. Approve the agenda. (m)
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.
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
9. Approve the minutes from the November 10th Board Meeting (m)
10. Approve Financial Report. (m)
11. Approve December claims/payment of bills. (m)
12. Discuss and take any necessary action on Communicable disease policy for students and staff (m)
13. Discuss and take any necessary action on the Generator and purchase agreement with BonHomme county. (m)
14. Discuss and take any necessary action on upgrading sound system in gym (m)
15. Approve Phase Money (m)
16. Declare surplus property at no value, to be disposed of in accordance with state law. (m)
17. Consider date for January board meeting (m)
18. Set time and date to evaluate the business manager and superintendent (m)
19. Committee Reports
a.) Budget/Negotiations
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
20. Other business
21. Executive session if needed
22. Adjournment


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Took this picture on the way to school. Find something beautiful or remarkable today! Those moments are there if we look for them. Then be Thankful. Enjoy the day!

Join us today for the Elementary Operetta!

Avon School is having technical difficulties with the phone system. If you need to contact the school, please email or use cellular if you have the numbers. We will update as soon as the issue is resolved.

Freshmen got some early practice for next semester’s speech class! They wrote and delivered persuasive speeches, from the perspective of their assigned turkey, and pleaded about why they should be pardoned! Some of the groups really got into it by providing their own props and giving their best gobble! Mrs. Hubbell was impressed!

Soup from a stone…fancy that! The kindergarten class enjoyed listening to their treasure book and ended the day with a nice warm bowl of stone soup. They were thankful for another great day of school! Happy Thanksgiving!

Congratulations to these Pirate athletes! Volleyball: LMVC All-Conference: Rilyn Thury, Jordyn Voigt, and Brielle Voigt Great Plains All-Conference: Rilyn Thury, Jordyn Voigt, Brielle Voigt, and Honorable mention Kaydence Metzger. Football: Great Plains All-Conference: Trenton Soukup, Al'Shamon Gunter, Randall Powers, Cale Cooper, and Honorable mention Braylon Fathke All-State: Al'Shamon Gunter- Tight End Randall Powers- Offensive Line Trenton Soukup- Honorable Mention Academic All-State: Treyvan Talsma, Abby Gretschmann, and Kate Swier Congratulations to all!

The 3rd graders are thankful for great friends and good food! 

The Sophomores got a chance to check out the career fair in Armour and try out a few different career options!

The preschoolers are thankful for our families, friends, food, our houses, and more! Happy Thanksgiving!

The Conceptual chemistry class celebrated a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving by making butter and enjoying toast, jellybeans, and popcorn! The students will look at the properties of butter, calculate their percentage yield, and finally determine at what price they would need to sell their butter to make a profit.

These 5 girls are heading to the state oral interp competition! Abby gretschmann qualifying in serious Kate Swier qualifying in storytelling Ella Hamilton and Abby Gretschmann qualifying in duet Hope Kemnitz, Kate Swier, Abby Gretschmann, and Lexi Vanderlei qualifying in Readers Theater. Congratulations!

Please come enjoy a night of soup and Bingo with the juniors on December 6!