Avon School District 4-1

Attention - The community access for gym memberships is now on summer hours. Summer hours are 5 AM to 11 PM.

Here is the Livestream link for the Region Track Meet in Avon on May 20th: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kgQCLx3bY84

Congratulations to the Avon Class of 2021! We wish you the best in all your future endeavors. Here are a few throw back pictures of the class from 1st grade! Can you guess the students?

Region 6B Track Meet will be held this Thursday, May 20th in Avon. The schedule for the day is below: Thursday, May 20 2021—10:00 a.m. Andes Central/ Dakota Christian – Avon –Burke/South Central – Colome – Corsica/Stickney –Gregory – Kimball/White Lake – Marty – Scotland – Tripp-Delmont/Armour There is an entry finalization meeting at 9:00 a.m. on May 20. Field Events Wednesday, Time TBA Girls pole vault, followed by boys in Tyndall. 10:00 Girls Discus 11:30 Boys Discus Girls Long Jump Boys Long Jump Boys High Jump Girls High Jump Boys Shot Put Girls Shot Put Boys Triple Jump Girls Triple Jump Girls Pole Vault Boys Pole Vault First Session 11:00 100 Meter Hurdles Girls Prelims 11:15 110 Meter Hurdles Boys Prelims 11:30 3200 Meter Relay Girls Finals 11:45 100 Meter Dash Girls, Boys Prelims 12:05 3200 Meter Relay Boys Finals 12:25 100 Meter Dash Girls, Boys Semis Final Session 1:30 100 Meter Hurdles Girls Finals 1:40 110 Meter Hurdles Boys Finals 1:45 100 Meter Dash Girls, Boys Finals 1:55 800 Meter Relay Girls, Boys Finals 2:15 1600 Meter Run Girls, Boys Finals 2:35 400 Meter Relay Girls, Boys Finals 2:50 400 Meter Dash Girls, Boys Finals 3:20 300 Meter Hurdles Girls, Boys Finals 3:40 Medley Relay Girls, Boys Finals 4:00 800 Meter Run Girls, Boys Finals 4:20 200 Meter Dash Girls, Boys Finals 4:40 3200 Meter Run Girls, Boys Finals 5:10 1600 Meter Relay Girls, Boys Finals 15 minutes after the conclusion of the last race, there will be a coaches’ meeting to verify State Meet qualifiers. All head coaches need to attend; medals will be handed out at the end of this meeting

Preschool graduates! Off to Kindergarten they go! #piratepride

The Avon School District is hiring a SPED teacher for the 21-22 school year. Starting base pay is $42,400. Benefits include: SDRS 6% matching retirement, full single health insurance through Wellmark, and life insurance. To apply, please email tom.culver@k12.sd.us. #piratepride #expectexcellence

Thank you to Elton Rokusek fro making the tootsie roll donation to the Avon School. Elton has been selling tootsie rolls for the Tyndall Knights of Columbus for 42 years and making donations to local schools. This year’s donation was for $375!

Congratulations to Loretta Knodel the Avon School District Educator of the Year!!

Congratulations to Jim Christjans our Avon School District Classified Staff member of the year!!

Sixteen 5th and 6th graders completed the Summer Reading Challenge! We enjoyed a tour of Barnes and Noble that included some book browsing and a Starbuck’s stop. #piratepride #expectexcellence

The Jim Flevares Battle of the States Track Meet that was scheduled for April 20th in Tyndall has been cancelled.

The Avon/Scotland Junior High and Junior Varsity Golf Meet scheduled for Tuesday, April 20th has been postponed until Thursday, April 22nd. The Junior High will be playing Scotland and the Junior Varsity in Tyndall. Start time is 10:00 AM.

The Wagner track meet scheduled for today has been cancelled.

School Board election is tomorrow, April 13th at the Avon Fire Hall. The poll is open from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Make sure you bring your drivers license to vote.

The Avon Lion's Club has decided to cancel the Fun Fest that was scheduled for April 23rd in the Avon Gym.

Congratulations to the Avon wrestlers that are members of the Bon Homme Youth Wrestling Team. The team finished 6th overall out of 106 teams that competed at the State AAU Wrestling Tournament. Pictured are Avon students that placed over the weekend at the tournament. Great job all wrestlers that competed. Brady Bierema 1st Cowan Wolf 1st Tyson Voigt 2nd Tucker Tjeerdsma 5th (Not Pictured) Colt Wolf 6th Raegan Brandt 6th Weston Bierema 7th Sydney Johnson

The Avon Drama Club will be presenting "The Purrfect Crime" written by Todd Wallinger with permission from Pioneer Drama Service. The presentation will be on Saturday, April 17th. Dinner at 6:00 PM and show at 7:00 PM. Tickets can be purchased at the Avon School Business Office for $12. Purchase your tickets by April 9th.

We're excited to announce our new website and mobile app!

We love our students and cannot wait until we're able to return to normal!

Welcome to Avon School District 04-1!