The 8th grade CASE class looked at goals a little differently for this semester by creating a BINGO board. They chose 6 school goals, 6 personal/fun goals, 6 self-improvement goals, and 6 things to do to boost people's moods at school. They have them taped in their locker so they don't forget!
Tuesday means Ties and Tiaras! Mr.DeNeui and the elementary students received some extra help from some high school students yesterday.
AC/DC Thunder Basketball will travel to Wessington Springs for a double header tonight. JV boys will play @ 5pm in the Rec Center, JV girls will play @ 5pm in the main gym, V girls will start @ 6:15pm w/boys to follow. Main gym games will be live streamed at: https://wessingtonspringsspartans.liveticket.tv/ Good Luck Thunder!
Andes Central Jag class visited the second grade on Monday, January 27. They worked with the students on spelling words, place value to the ones, tens, and hundreds, and telling time to the five minutes. The students always enjoy having Jag come and the extra practice of skills they provide as mentors.
Mrs. Herrold's first graders created diagrams of the water cycle while studying weather. We also placed a full cup of water on our shelf and are gradually watching it disappear and become water vapor.
Mr. Halverson's Algebra I class has been working on graphing systems of equations to find the solutions. They were also using the slope and y-intercept directly from the equations to determine the number of solutions.
We are 100 days smarter in Mrs. Herrold’s class! To celebrate the day, the students enjoyed building with 100 legos, pattern blocks and cups. We also took 100 licks from lollipops and made cool glasses.
2nd and 4th grade celebrated the 100th day of school together. The students had to solve the mystery of who stole the pencil sharpener. In order to do this each group had to complete a task to get a clue. Everyone in each group had to complete the task before their group was given the clue. At the end of the five tasks, they had enough information to solve the mystery if they correctly interpreted it. The students had a great time with this activity that promoted teamwork and higher order thinking.
Mr. Watkins' 7th grade Science class transplanting the cutting they had rooted a few weeks ago.
Mr. Cole Johnson's 7th grade classes participated in a fun game of BINGO while reviewing and preparing for interim assessment. This is important to become more readily prepared for the state test. Students had a blast!
On January 22, Middle School students participated in an incentive during advisory period. Mrs. Altenburg took a group of students to the gym to play basketball. The criteria to participate included: all assignments completed for all classes, no tardies, and good behavior. Some students participated in other activities and a homework room. We plan to offer this incentive a couple of times a month.
8th graders are learning about their interests and how to strengthen them in Mrs. Wilbur’s CASE class. They interviewed a classmate about one of their interests to learn more.
Andes Central FFA is having a Crumbl Cookie Sale! Pre-order now by scanning the QR code or clicking on the link. Orders due by today @ Noon and will be ready for pickup @ the DH BB game vs Bon Homme on January 30th. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PVN42lH2Hc5orV9zOdpb9BYb-wAdBZjs8WM9FYcYZ0E/edit
The preschool class started the new year learning about buildings. We are talking about the planning stages through every part of the building stage. In Mrs. Derry's classroom, our dramatic play area has been turned into a construction zone. Where we have big blocks that resemble bricks, and the students love building towers with these blocks. We have used small blocks as well to make buildings during circle time to learn how to describe what we built. Last week, we drew pictures of our homes and talked about the shapes that we use to make buildings. This week we are building on our light table and learning about the tools workers use while creating buildings.
Andes Central School is preparing for Strategic Planning. If you live in the district and do not have any students currently attending Andes Central, we would appreciate it if you could fill out the Community Survey. Please click on the following link. Deadline to participate is January 24th. Thank you for your time. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V66FVD2
State wrestling tickets are available for purchase. At this time, only the All-Session tickets can be purchased. There will be no refunds on any ticket orders. The All-Session Adult ticket cost is $50 and the All-Session student ticket cost is $30. Please contact Erica Svatos at 487-7671 if you have any questions. Orders can be placed by stopping in the office, email or by phone. All orders are due and must be paid by Thursday, January 23rd.
Tonight, the AC/DC Thunder basketball team will host Corsica/Stickney @ DC. JV girls will start @ 4pm with JV boys to follow. V girls will start @ 6:15pm with V boys to follow. Games will be live streamed at: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/sd/lake-andes/organization/18768/andes-central-high-school Good Luck Thunder!
Last week, Andes Central Elementary held their annual family breakfast.
Mark, from the IHS Diabetes Prevention Program has been coming in once a month to teach Mrs. Swanson's third graders about making healthy eating choices and incorporating exercise into their daily routine.
Due to the weather conditions, we will have a 10am start tomorrow, January 21st. We will have Preschool. Breakfast will not be served.