Andes Central School District

AC Events for May 6-11th: 05/07-LVC Graduation 1pm; 05/07-MS/HS TR-Fort Randall Invite @ AC 10am; 05/08-Feather Ceremony @ 1pm Aux Gym; 05/09-HS TR-Ethan/Parkston Invite @ Parkston 2pm; 05/10-KG Round-Up 9:30-11:30am (No KG Class today); 05/10-V Golf @ Springfield 10am; 05/11-Graduation @ 3pm Aux Gym

Andes Central students had the opportunity to participate in a contest to name a food/snack program that will start next school year. Genesis was the winner with the name "Eagles Eat" and received a gift card from Mighty Mojo. Congrats Genesis!

Andes Central JAG students went to St. Louis, Missouri for the National Career Development Conference April 16th-21st. Their days were filled with NCDC activities and ceremonies, meeting new people, as well as exploring the city. These students had a wonderful experience & did a great job representing Andes Central! Congratulations to Anais, Syrianna, Mahipya, Muriel, Kashton, and Mr. Hooks on a job well done!

Reminder for this week: Today, May 1st AC will have the MS/HS Academic Awards @ 1pm in the Aux Gym; May 2nd Senior Projects displayed 3:45-4:45pm in the Aux Gym; May 3rd Preschool Round-Up 10:30-Noon

Come check out what the Class of 2024 has been working on this year for their Service Learning Capstone Class! The presentation will be May 2nd from 3:45-4:45pm in the Andes Central Auxiliary Gym.

Andes Central second and fourth grade celebrated Earth Day together by cleaning up the track and school grounds. Taking part in this cleanup effort is a reminder that we all have a role and responsibility to take care of our environment. 

Charles Mix County Deputies Deurmier and Rolston visited the Andes Central Elementary second grade on Friday, April 19. Students had the opportunity to ask the deputies questions about what it's like to be a police officer, training requirements, duties, and the things they do within our community. They showed the students their vehicles and discussed safety tips on what to do when they see emergency lights coming. The students enjoyed this learning experience and would like to thank the deputies for taking the time to speak to them.

The AC/DC Thunder Track Meet scheduled for tomorrow, April 27th, has been cancelled.

Students in Mrs. Maynard's Physical Science class have been learning about waves. Here they are experimenting with the different properties of light.

On Tuesday, AC/DC Thunder JH Golf team went to a meet in Corsica, where Taylor placed 15th and Aiden placed 9th. On Thursday, the JH Golf team went to Tyndall where both Lane and Taylor placed 13th. Congrats on a great week of golf!

Andes Central School Upcoming Events in May: Wed, May 1st – MS/HS Academic Awards @ 1pm-Auxiliary Gym; Thurs, May 2nd – Senior Projects displayed for the community 3:45pm-4:45pm Auxiliary Gym; Fri, May 3rd – Preschool Round-Up 10:30am-Noon; Wed, May 8th – Feather Ceremony @ 1pm-Auxiliary Gym; Fri, May 10th – Kindergarten Round-Up 9:30am-11:30am (No Kindergarten class today due to Round-Up); Sat, May 11th – Graduation @ 3pm-Auxiliary Gym; Tues, May 14th-Last day of school for students dismiss @ 12:30pm

On Thursday April 18th, Andes Central FFA state qualifiers left for Brookings to attend the 96th Annual State FFA Convention. They competed in their respective events: Horse Evaluation 9th-Out of 50 teams! Riata - 6th place out of 140 participants! Callie - 44th Marin - 56th Floriculture  Emery - 40th Natural Resources  Abigail - 83rd Congrats to FFA Advisor Mr. Deneui, Riata, Luke, Abigail, Marin, Callie, and Emery on a great job representing AC FFA at the State Convention!

AC/DC Thunder held their Winter Sports Awards night in DC with the following conference awards: Girls Basketball: SCC All Conference-Josie, Halle, and Mahpiya LMVC All Conference-Josie and Mahpiya GPC All Conference-Josie, Mahpiya, Halle, and Leah Class B 3rd Team All State-Josie Boys Basketball: LMVC All Conference-Hunter and Peter; Honorable Mention-Ryder GPC All Conference-Hunter and Peter; Honorable Mention-AJ SCC All Conference-Hunter and Peter Congratulations to all the athletes on a great season!

Andes Central will have their Preschool Round-Up on Friday, May 3rd from 10:30am-Noon. Kindergarten Round-Up will be Friday, May 10th from 9:30am-11:30am.

The HS track meet scheduled for Fri, April 19th @ Mt Vernon has been cancelled due to the forecast. A HS track meet has been added to the schedule for Sat, April 20th @ Platte-Geddes starting @ 10am. Good Luck Thunder!

Elementary students were invited to make a diorama in one of ten categories for National Library Week and School Library Month. The kids did an amazing job & their projects were displayed in the library all last week. Congrats to our 1st place winner Tate, 2nd place winner Memphis, and 3rd place winner Taryn!

Come check out what the Class of 2024 has been working on this year for their Service Learning Capstone Class! The presentation will be May 2nd from 3:45-4:45pm in the Andes Central Auxiliary Gym.

Last week, Andes Central students were collecting bricks for repurposing projects for next year.

Congrats to Ruger, Apollo, Tate, and Mason who broke the record for the MS 4x1 Relay and Mila who broke the MS Long Jump record at the SCC Meet in Platte!

Andes Central's Junior/Senior Prom will be tomorrow, April 13th. Grand March will be @ 8pm in the Auxiliary Gym.