There will be no school on Friday, April 18th for Good Friday and Monday, April 21st for Easter Monday.
Mr. Halverson's 5th period class was enjoying their DEAR time and wanted to show off our good book wall.
Mrs. Wilbur's South Dakota Week of Work Speaker Series included:
Katie Swatek-Hjelm: Professional Photographer
Joe Berven: Truck Driver, Sales Rep, and Recruiter
Baylee Johnson, Trisha Deurmier, Brooke Plooster, Brianna Deurmier, and Tiff Hrdlicka: Healthcare Careers
Don Soderlund and Liz Julian: Wildlife Law Enforcement Officer & Wildlife Refuge Specialist
Lisa Keizer: Teacher
Amelia Spotted Eagle: Entrepreneur & Barista
Seth Stluka: Ferrier (Horseshoer)
Thank you to all who came to talk with the Andes Central students about your jobs!
The 5th grade class was practicing their writing skills with different prompts in a game of WeWillWrite.
The 4th grade class enjoyed doing a STEM contest. Students worked together with a partner to build the tallest tower using only plastic cups and popsicle sticks.
Third graders are playing a game of Jeopardy to review their math skills.
Due to the wind and temperatures, the JH track meet in Gregory scheduled for tomorrow, April 14th, has been cancelled.
Students in Mr. Winter's HS Painting class recently completed an impasto painting. The goal was to apply thick layers of paint and then use paint shapers to create unique tactile textures.
Contact Wagner Community Clinic-Avera for more information.
Andes Central's Junior/Senior Prom Grand March will be tomorrow night in the Auxiliary Gym @ 7:30pm. If you can't attend, it will be live streamed at: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/sd/lake-andes/organization/18768/andes-central-high-school/schedule?date=2025-04-06T05%3A00%3A00.000Z&range=Week&s=U2NoZWR1bGVFbnRyeVB1YmxpY1N1bW1hcnk2N2YzZjViNTY0NGNmNWQ0NDZiODM3ZTg%3D
Congrats Thunder Track Team!
Andes Central MS students participated in the Mitchell Band festival last week. Students from 19 schools attended this festival. Congrats AC band on a great job!!!
On April 3rd and 4th, FFA members traveled to Brookings to compete at State FFA. Emery and Madeline competed in Floriculture, Luke competed in Livestock Judging, and Marin competed in Horse Judging. Congratulations to AC FFA on a great year!
This week is South Dakota's Week of Work . Mrs. Wilbur put together a Speaker Series for the high school students this week, check out the lineup! To learn more about the South Dakota Week of Work and find other resources about different jobs, visit https://weekofwork.sd.gov/.
Andes Central Prom Grand March will be Saturday, April 12th @ 7:30pm in the Auxiliary Gym.
Students in Ms. Kaiser's English class are working on various poetry projects in April to recognize National Poetry Month. Seniors used old books donated by the school library to create their own poems through the process of Blackout Poetry.
Another busy day! Among many other things, Mrs. K's kindergarten class used dominos to practice their subtraction skills and teams competed in an online quiz after learning about Simone Biles.
Extra! Extra! Ms. Keizer's World History class cooked up some newsworthy stories about influential scientists and philosophers of the Scientific Revolution.
Reminder: Andes Central students will dismiss @ 12:30pm today, April 2nd for Staff Inservice.
Ms. Janish's kindergarten class was practicing writing words while they enjoyed the sunny weather.
