Tonight, the AC/DC Thunder boys basketball team will host Corsica-Stickney for the Region Quarter Finals @ 7pm at Andes Central School. Admissions is $6 for adults & $4 for students. Activity passes are not permitted. Kids are to be accompanied by parents when attending. Dress up theme in support of the Thunder tonight is Hawaiian/Beach. Game will also be live streamed at: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/sd/lake-andes/organization/18768/andes-central-high-school Good Luck Thunder!!!
Due to the impending weather, Andes Central School will have a 10am start tomorrow, March 7th. There will be no breakfast and no preschool.
Kindergarten students in Mrs. Sheppard's Elementary Music class played with boomwhackers!
Third grade has been working really hard on various research projects throughout the school year. After completing research, students will take the information to write a rough draft. Then, Mrs. Swanson revises their writing with them. After that, they type their research paper. Typing is a huge part of third grade as it is part of the standardized test that they will take later this month.
Mr. Sanne's 4th grade class has been working on researching an animal of their choosing and writing an essay about that animal.
AC Athletic Boosters has an online ordering link for your AC/DC Thunder
Track & Golf apparel that is due March 15th.
The remaining AC/DC apparel will remain on the store front for on-demand orders that can be placed anytime. Click on the following link to get your Thunder gear!
https://stores.inksoft.com/acdcspring25/shop/home
8th grade CASE class is finishing their SDMyLife Unit by researching a job and creating a presentation about it. They will present them in class next week.
Mrs. Harrington & Mrs. Derry's Preschool classes went on a Safari Thursday to end their exciting week of learning about the Savanna. They created binoculars and found hats to hit the long route around the school. Students went looking for rhinos, hippos, lions, and more. The preschoolers had a check list that they marked off the animals as they were found. We had a great time on our fun filled safari!
Due to the weather conditions, Andes Central will have a 10 am start tomorrow, March 5th. We will have Preschool and breakfast will not be served. There will be no early dismissal for staff PD. Studends will be dismissed at 3:25/3:35pm.
The Region Boys Basketball game scheduled for tonight vs Corsica-Stickney, has been moved to Friday, March 7th at 7pm @ Andes Central School.
Due to the weather conditions, there will be no school today, March 4th.
Andes Central students will dismiss at 12:30pm on Wednesday, March 5th, for Staff Inservice.
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 March 7th. Thank you for your time. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V66FVD2
Tonight the AC/DC Thunder girls basketball team will travel to Mitchell to play Corsica-Stickney @ 7:30pm in the Corn Palace for the Region Semifinals. Good Luck Lady Thunder!
Mr. Watkins MS Science classes are working on their Ecosystem project, as well as showing the first signs of spring with their seed project.
Elementary students are working on a hidden picture project together.
The fifth-grade class has been learning about planets. After researching a planet, the students used that information to create an alien that could live on the planet of their choosing.
Andes Central School hosted the Missouri Valley Regional Spelling Bee yesterday with Burke, Dakota Christian, Gregory, Platte-Geddes, and South Central schools also in attendance. Congratulations to Sully, who placed 1st in 3rd grade; Bradley, who placed 3rd in 4th grade; Kyvon who placed 1st in 4th grade! Great job representing Andes Central!
The AC/DC Lady Thunder basketball team is hunting for a victory! Get your camo and grab your binoculars to cheer them on in their first round of Region 5B basketball action. Tonight, the Thunder will host the Lower Brule Lady Sioux at DC starting @ 7pm. The DC student council will be selling slices of Casey's pizza at the concession stand. The game will be live streamed at: https://www.youtube.com/live/k5ubUEUzido?si=38xpdRsmI2R2_ZUe Good Luck Thunder!
The high school painting class started a fruit filled still life today using gouache paints. As it is real fruit and cannot be moved once they begin, the students have only one week to get it painted before the fruit starts to turn.
