Andes Central School District is seeking to fill the position of Bus Route Driver for the 2025-2026 school year. If you are interested, please go to the website, click on employment, and fill out the application. Please see the attached ad for more information.
Last week, the 5th grade class spent 2 days in the STARBASE program. They did a lot of fun STEM activities.
Andes Central FFA held their annual banquet last week.
Kindergarten had fun with shaving cream! We wrote words and sentences while cleaning the tables! We are really proud of all the things they have learned this year!
Elementary students playing BINGO!
Ms. Janish’s kindergarten class had a great time on our field trip to North Point. We rotated through hands-on stations to learn about turtles, mammals, casting, and water safety. We also learned a new game, played with frisbees, and spent a little time in the park. Everyone had a great time!
The AC/DC Thunder Track team had some record breaking moments yesterday at the Ft Randall Invite in Avon. Josie broke her own 300H record running a time of 47.56; The boys team of Kruze, Tate, Ruger, and Apollo broke the 4x1 record by running 53.8. The old record was 58.97; Lily threw the shot put 30'5" for a new record. The old was 30'. Congrats Thunder!
Did you miss the Family Info Nights for incoming 6th grade students, 9th & 10th grade students, or 11th & 12th grade students? Check out Mrs. Wilbur's website for the slide decks with the information!
https://sites.google.com/view/ac-mshs-counseling/family-resources
The 5th graders completed the 5th grade transition activities on May 7th. They heard from most of their 6th grade teachers, toured the middle school, and got to ask current middle school students some questions. Way to be leaders, Sam, James, and Kruze!
Congratulations to Emery who was honored as the top one percent of her Senior class in Pierre on April 28th! Emery received recognition for Academic Excellence by Governor Larry Rhoden and the Associated School Boards of South Dakota.
Andes Central's Upcoming Events for May 12th-16th. Elem Track & Field Day is for KG-4th grade.
5th grade will not participate as they will be at Starbase.
The medley relay record was broken by Tate, Kruze, Ruger, and Apollo on Monday, May 5, at the JH Track Meet in Wagner. They ran 1:55.54. (previous record 2:06.21). Congrats!!!
Congratulations Andes Central Class of 2025! The graduation tomorrow will be live streamed: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/sd/lake-andes/organization/18768/andes-central-high-school
NHS held their 1st Annual End-of-the-Year celebration luncheon where they recognized seniors and incoming officers.
Congratulations to Emery, AJ, and Mahpiya for all graduating as Distinguished Members of NHS earning their NHS Collar.
Congratulations to the officers for the 25-26 school year: President, Rory; Vice President, Madilyn; Secretary, Cambria; and Treasurer, Katelyn.
Elementary students had the opportunity to take a field trip to North Point last week!
Ms. Kaiser's English classes are wrapping up the school year with NWEA Testing and Final Projects. For Final Projects, students have a choice of making a presentation, photo journal, podcast, or an essay over their morals and values. If students don't want to talk about themselves, they also have the option of reading a novel and taking a quiz over it instead.
Reminder: Andes Central will have their KG round-up on Friday, May 9th from 9:30am-11:30am at the school. For more information, please click on the link or go to the school website under Documents-Parents. https://5il.co/3euh5 There will be no school for the Kindergarten students on May 9th.
Mr. Brevan Hooks' Elementary PE class is participating in their final stations for the year!
The first graders in Mrs. Hellenga’s class have been learning about the life cycle of butterflies. They have been observing the caterpillars growing and forming their chrysalises. Each day, they writing about their observations. They are anxiously waiting for the butterflies to emerge from their chrysalises.
Students in Miss Keizer's Psychology Class wrap up their unit over Developmental Psychology by observing the physical, social and cognitive changes that occur in adulthood thru old age. Afterwards, students reflected on lifestyles and habits that could cause shorter lived lives if healthier lifestyles are not adopted.
