Gold Standard Pirates of the Week
PK-4: Reed DeJong
5-8: Piper Steffen
9-12: Madi Mudder
Congratulations!
TODAY is the last day to purchase Dinner Theater Tickets for the AHS Production of "The Mystery Murder at Manchester Manor" on Saturday, April 22. Please stop in the business office TODAY.
A softball game has been added to the schedule for Monday, April 17th in Wagner. The Varsity game will start at 4:30 PM followed by the JV game.
Prepayment for the 22-23 School Yearbook is due by April 25, 2023. Only a few extra copies are available when the shipment arrives next fall. You must prepay to guarantee a copy. Checks made payable to Avon School for $35.00.
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 11th day of April 2023, were as follows:
John Fathke, Jr. 95 Votes
Joe Sees 130 Votes
David Ratzlaff 139 Votes
Branden Baade 108 Votes
The two candidates with the most votes were elected to three-year positions.
There were 251 ballots cast out of the 459 official ballots.
The Annual Lion's Club/AHS Awards Banquet will be held on May 4, 2023. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL APRIL 28. Cost is $15 each and may be purchased at the Avon School Business Office, Community Bank, and Powers Furniture. This year's speaker is John Thayer "Voice of the Coyotes".
Avon School Board Election TODAY! Polls open until 7:00 pm at the Avon Fire Hall. Please get out and VOTE!
Dinner Show Saturday, April 22. Tickets for sale at the school till April 14.
Gold Standard Pirates of the Week!
PK-4: James Namminga
5-8: Jaelin Ratzlaff
9-12: Jacob Ratzlaff
Congratulations!
We would like to congratulate Avon Senior, Taylor Naser for winning FIRST PLACE in the Jerome Norgren Poetry Creative Writing Contest in the high school division sponsored by South Dakota State University. Mrs. Hurd submitted Taylor’s piece titled, “Lady Macbeth’s Point of View” and it was chosen out of hundreds of entries from across the state! Taylor now has the opportunity to do a live reading of her poem at the Online Norgren and Witherington Celebration Reading on April 22. Not only will she have the opportunity to do a live reading, her writing will also be featured in a chapter book that will be published and mailed to the school. Congratulations Taylor!
Avon School District 4-1
Regular Meeting of the Avon Board of Education
Wednesday, April 12th, 2023, 6:30 pm
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 988 305 9751
Passcode: 3291
1. Call to order
2. Approve the agenda
3. Conflict of Interest
4. Financial report
5. Approve minutes of the March 13th, 2023, board meeting and March 28th, 2023, Special board meeting.
6. Principal’s report
7. Superintendent’s report
8. Public input
9. Payment of bills
10. Consider, discuss, and take all necessary action to set Preschool fee for 2023-2024 school year.
11. Consider Resolution to join the SDHSAA for the 2023-2024 School Year.
12. Consider, discuss, and take all necessary action to approve the Schoenfish & Co. engagement contract for audit services scheduled August 2023.
13. Consider, discuss, and take all necessary action to approve ASBSD participation agreement and renewal motion for the 2023-2024 year.
14. Issue classified staff work agreements.
15. Consider, discuss, and take all necessary action to approve School Health Nurse Contract.
16. Curriculum committee
17. Building committee
18. Other business
a. Surplus Computers @ 0 dollar value
19. Executive session—Approve Certified and Classified Negotiations, Admin Negotiations 23-24.
20. Adjournment
Just a reminder that the school board election will be held Tuesday, April 11th from 7am-7pm at the Avon Fire Hall! See you there!
Avon had 8 archers that attended the 2023 state NASP tournament at the Black Hills State University in Spearfish on Friday, March 31st. The tournament is sponsored by the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks. Categories included were Bullseye and 3D animal targets.
Top archer from Avon was Noah Watchorn tying for 9th place in both categories for the high school boys division.
Congratulations to the following Category winners at the ESDSEF Regional Science Fair
Courtney Sees and McKenna Kocmich: 2nd Place Computer Science/Engineering/Math
Megan Gretschmann and Landon Thury
2nd Place: Earth/Planetary/Weather/Environmental Science
Charlianna Paulson and Ella Grant
Middle School 2nd Place, Food Science
Thanks to all the students, you represented Avon well and we really appreciate all the effort you put into your projects!
The girls softball game with Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy will be held in Avon on Monday, April 3rd, instead of Freeman. JV game will start at 5:00 PM followed by the Varsity game.
Gold Standard Pirates of the Week
PK-4: Emersyn Haenfler
5-8: Mya LeBeau
9-12: Mylie Bares
Congratulations!
March Student of the Month
MS Student of Excellence: Bailey Wynia
MS Positive Pirate: Alvin Gunter
HS Positive Pirate: Hayden Talsma
Elementary Student of Excellence: Emersyn Haenfler
Elementary Positive Pirate: Lucy Schloss
Not pictured HS Student of Excellence: Landon Thury
Thank you to all the dads and special guests that came to read and enjoy some donuts on Tuesday for "Donuts with Dad".
Special Meeting of the Avon Board of Education
Tuesday, March 28th, 2023, at 7:00 PM
Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 988 305 9751
Passcode: 3291
1. Call to order
2. Approve the agenda
3. Conflict of interest
4. Consider Resignation
5. Executive Session
a. Consider, discuss, and take all necessary action to approve Certified Negotiations 23-24
b. Consider, discuss, and take all necessary action to approve Classified Negotiations 23-24.
c. Consider, discuss, and take all necessary action to approve Admin Negotiations 23-24.
5. Adjournment