Avon School District 4-1

Here is the bracket for the Region 5B Girls Basketball Tournament.

There will be a sendoff for the wrestlers that have qualified for the State Wrestling Tournament Tuesday morning, February 21st. Those wanting to participate are to form a tunnel out front of the school by 9:05 AM. The wrestlers will leave for Tyndall to practice at 10:00 AM and will leave for Rapid City at 12:30 PM to beat the forecasted storm. Good luck to all Bon Homme/Avon wrestlers!!

The Lady Pirate basketball team will take on Corsica-Stickney on Tuesday, February 21st in the Region 5B tournament. Game time will be 6:00 PM in Corsica. The earlier start time is to get fans home sooner before severe weather arrives. Admission for the games in $6 for adults and $4 for students. Good luck Lady Pirates.

Congratulations to the Bon Homme/Avon Wrestlers that qualified for the State Wrestling Tournament that will be held in Rapid City from February 23rd to the 25th. The individual tournament will be held on Thursday and Friday, with the team duals on Saturday. The Bon Homme/Avon wrestlers are the number 1 seed in the dual tournament. Good luck to all of the Bon Homme/Avon Wrestlers at the State Tournament.

We played bingo yesterday to celebrate each age group earning 500 gold coins! Teachers donated prizes for the winners. It was a blast! Thanks to the Legion for letting us use the bingo cards and machine!

Gold Standard Pirates of the Week! PK-4: Addisyn Fathke 5-8: Sophia Paulsen 9-12: Erica Cahoy Congratulations!

State Wrestling T-shirt orders DUE Monday, February 20, 2023

Here is the link to the page for the Pay-per-view Livestream of the boys basketball game in the Great Plains Classic. The game starts at Noon on Saturday, February 18th in Centerville. The link will be good for all 6 games of the Classic. Go Pirates!! https://tornadoes.liveticket.tv/

Congratulations to Courtney Sees for scoring her 1,000th point in the game against Gayville-Volin last night. Pictured is Courtney with Coach Poppe shortly after she reached the milestone. Great Job Courtney!!

Due to the weather tonight, the science fair will be held from 5:00-6:00. Parents should pick their children up at 6:00. Awards will be given out at a later date.

Congratulations to the 5/6 grade boys for winning their tournament in Armour!

Gold Standard Pirates of the Week! Pk-4: Haven Haenfler 5-8: Weston Bierema 9-12: John Fathke Congratulations!

Below is the link for the Livestream for the Great Plains Conference Girls Basketball Classic in Corsica this Saturday. There are 6 games starting at Noon, finishing with the conference championship game at approximately 7:30 PM. This event will be a pay-per-view event with a charge of $7, which will be good for all 6 games. The girls and boys classics are fundraisers for our conference and help pay for several other activities in our conference. The pay-per-per view cost is the same as the ticket price for the entire day. Go to the website below and clink on the Great Plains Conference ticket. https://www.jags.live

Congratulations to the members of the Avon One Act Play cast that received Outstanding Actor Awards at the competition last week. Pictured from left to right are Erica Cahoy, Ashley Tolsma and Caleb Wallinga. Also, congratulations to all of the cast and Mrs. Knodel for an outstanding showing at the State Competition.

Here are the pairings for the Great Plains Girls Basketball Classic this Saturday, February 11th at the Corsica-Stickney Gym.

Congratulations to these Lady Pirates for being awarded Academic All-State in volleyball. Congratulations, Kimberly Tolsma, Gracie Small, and Sarah Swier!

The Avon Fire Department will be escorting the Avon Act Play team back to town tomorrow, February 5th. The bus will be at the 5 mile corner at 1:00. Cars can line up at 12:45 PM.

Gold Standard Pirate of the Week! PK-4: Junior LeBeau 5-8: Rowan Brandt 9-12: Landon Mudder Congratulations!

This morning we recognized those students who had perfect attendance for the Fall semester. Following student of the month presentations, our student council members walked the elementary students through the Gold Standard Expectations to reinforce what we expect out of our students. Perfect Attendance students recognized were: James Namminga, Jon Vanderlei, Dalton Gramkow, Sarah Swier, Kimberly Tolsma, Madilyn Mudder, McKenna Kocmich, Courtney Sees, Grace Vanderlei, Abby Gretschmann, Kindra Mixon, Gunnar Voigt, Easton Sees, Parker Podzimek, Viktor Voigt, Rex Baade, Haven Haenfler, Oaklie Petrik, Amber Beeson, Hudson Sees, Isaac Wynia, Rykr Hamilton, Dakota Leibel, Camben Frank, Palmer Podzimek, Eli Olson, Zander Fathke, Corbin Tjeerdsma, Addisyn Fathke, Austin Ramirez, Keira Fathke, Brandon Beeson, Brynn Baade, and Wyatt Avant.

January Student of the Month MS Positive Pirate: De'Ambria Miner HS Student of Excellence: Kimberly Tolsma HS Positive Pirate: Jaden Stahl MS Student of Excellence: Grayson Ratzlaff Elementary Positive Pirate: Dakota Leibel Elementary Student of Excellence: Colt Wolf Congratulations!!