Avon School District 4-1

The track team will not being going to Mount Vernon on Friday April, 19th due to the winds and cold temps.

JH track will not be going to Platte Thursday April, 18th.

The JH/JV golf for tomorrow has been postponed as well as the track meet in Bon Homme.

Gold Standard Pirates from last week! PK-4: Bronc Cihak 5-8: Sean Schryvers 9-12: John Fathke Congratulations!

Congratulations to Bode Podzimek, Brynlee Odens, and Parker Cihak for meeting their Book It reading goal for 6 months straight! They celebrated last Friday morning with Breakfast Club at A-1.

Summer Baseball and Softball sign-ups will be on Sunday, April 21st at 6 pm in the Auxiliary gym. More information will be sent home next with kids regarding coach information, city fees, etc. Thank you!

Bracket for softball tournament tomorrow beginning at 9:30 am. Go Lady Pirates!

The Softball Tournament for tomorrow begins at 930 with Avon vs Hanson, and Bon Homme vs Scotland Menno. Its $5 for adults and $3 for kids, good for the day. Hope to see you there!

CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION RETURNS AVON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4-1 This is to certify that the results of the School District Election held on the 9th day of April 2024, were as follows: Craig Vanderlei 131 Votes, Matthew Grant 71 Votes, Annie Thury 152 Votes, Bridgette Muller 172 Votes and Joe Paulsen 29 Votes. The two candidates with the most votes were elected to three-year positions. There were 292 ballots cast out of the 401 official ballots. There were 292 ballots cast out of 794 registered voters, for a total voting percentage turnout of 36.7%.

Congratulations to Lila Vanderlei, Carmindy Ferwerda, Kaeli Wallinga, and Abby Gretschmann who won the 3rd place  team award in the small school division at the USD math contest.  Carmindy and Abby both received Outstanding awards while Kaeli and Lila received a superior. Lila finished second and Kaeli finished 1st in the Algebra II division. Great Job girls and thanks for your dedication to math!

The Elementary students had fun this afternoon playing some minute to win it games!

Gold Standard Pirate of the Week! PK-4: Lucy Schloss 5-8: Jaelin Ratzlaff 9-12: Lila Vanderlei Congratulations!

March Student of the Month HS Positive Pirate: Landon Mudder MS Student of Excellence: Bree Vanderlei HS Student of Excellence: Charli Paulsen Elementary Student of Excellence: Lucy Schloss Elementary Positive Pirate: Iris Newman MS Positive Pirate: Johanna Namminga Congratulations!

The fourth graders completed a bridge for their latest STEM project. They learned about the strongest shapes and structures, how different bridges are built across the world, and got the opportunity to test theirs to see who could hold the most weight.

The Avon School Board Election will take place on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Avon Fire Hall. Five school district residents are on the official ballot, running for the two 3-year terms on the Avon School Board. They include incumbents Bridgette Muller and Craig Vanderlei, and Annie Thury, Matthew Grant, and Joe Paulsen. Profiles on each of the candidates can be viewed in this week’s edition of the Avon Clarion.

Congratulations to Mrs. Haenfler for being selected as Region 7 Assistant Girls’ Coach of the Year!

Avon National Honor Society students asked staff and students to wear blue today to help recognize World Autism Day and the turn out was awesome! Great job!

If any community member would be willing to help out at the JH or HS track meets on April 11th and 12th, the help would be greatly appreciated. Contact tim.leibel@k12.sd.us if you are interested.

Awards Banquet Tickets available through April 26, 2024.

The softball game for Monday has been postponed.