Andes Central School District

Good Luck to the AC/DC Thunder at they travel to Wagner for a double header tonight. JH boys will start @ 4pm at the Armory with two games. JV girls will start @ 5pm in the aux gym, JV boys @ 5pm in the main gym, followed by the V girls, then the V boys. Games will be live streamed at https://redraiders.live/

Reminder: Tomorrow, February 6th is Staff Inservice; No school for students.

Congratulations to Andes Central Elementary Spelling Bee Winners!!!
1st grade -
    1st place-Teagan, 2nd place-Cheyenne, 3rd place-Dominic
2nd grade -
    1st place-Azriel, 2nd place-Adriel, 3rd place-Cason
3rd grade -
    1st place-Evyn, 2nd place-Waylon, 3rd place-Christina
4th grade -
    1st place Memphis, 2nd place-Ivy, 3rd place-Heaven
5th grade -
    1st place-Bradley, 2nd place-Kyvon, 3rd place-Ariel

1st and 2nd place contestants will move on to the Missouri Valley Regional Spelling Bee in Bonesteel on Feb. 19th.

The Freshmen wrote about what they love about Andes Central 

Mrs. Deurmier's class and Mrs. Johnson visited the Lake Andes Nursing Home on January 28. The students and residents enjoyed making some Valentine's Day crafts together.

The 7th graders in Mrs. Johnson’s History class are learning about the Constitution. They are watching/listening to fun videos about the Bill of Rights, Amendments, etc., while completing a variety of tasks such as notes and coloring.

Andes Central School Teacher Spotlight ~ Ms. JoMarie Garcia

The JH boys basketball game at DC today, Jan 30th will now start at 5pm.

The Thunder Basketball team will travel to Tyndall today for a double header vs Bon Homme. MS Boys will start @ 3:45pm in the aux gym with two games; JV girls will follow @ 5pm in the aux gym (3 quarters); JV boys will start @ 5pm in the main gym, followed by V girls @ 6:15pm, then V boys. Games will be live streamed at: https://bhcavs.liveticket.tv/ Good Luck AC/DC Thunder!!!

Mrs. Storms' 4th graders are using white crayons and  watercolors to practice for the spelling bee!!

Reminder: Tomorrow, January 30th is an Enhancement Day for Andes Central students.

Miss Ekroth's 2nd grade class has been learning about important people and their impacts by reading biographies during the month of January. Last week, the class read a biography about Helen Keller and completed a fact file based on their research.

Students in Ms. Dvorak's Career Exploration are on the Marketing & Sales Career Cluster. They are brainstorming ideas for a product they will "design", "market" and "sell". For this project, they have to use their imagination and decide on a product. It can even be something completely impossible, but creative, keeping in mind the idea "my life would be easier if". They will have to design their product and create or bring in a prototype of the product. They will have to design a logo and create and slogan for their company, that they will use in their "ads" that they will also have to design and create. Lastly, they will be making a digital advertisement/commercial aka a video for their product. 

The 6th graders have been studying weather. On Monday, they had two guests (Peter and Matt) from the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls visit to talk to the students about how they predict weather.  They showed the students the different instruments they use including a weather balloon, discussed what conditions make weather severe, and what to do in case of severe weather. 

Good Luck to the Thunder Basketball team as they host Wessington Springs in DC tonight. JV girls will start @ 4pm, followed by JV boys. V girls will start @ 6:30pm, followed by V boys. Games will be live streamed at: https://liveticket.tv/acdc/ DC will also be serving pulled pork sandwich & potato salad meal, along with a bake sale.

In social studies, the 5th graders are working in groups to create a presentation about four important religious wars from the 16th and 17th centuries. They are learning about what caused each war and what happened because of it. When everyone is finished, the groups will share their presentations with the class and teach their classmates what they learned.

Last week, Mr. Johnson's class worked with expressions and specifically evaluating expressions when given values for variables. Students used white boards and saw different answers students had. By doing this students went back through their work to ensure they followed correct order operations to find the correct value after evaluating.

Good Luck to the AC/DC Thunder as they travel to Platte-Geddes for a double header tonight in Platte. JV boys & girls will start @ 5pm, followed by V girls @ 6:30pm, then V boys. Games will be live streamed at: blackpantherslive.com

It's National School Choice Week this week! Of all your educational options, thank you for choosing Andes Central!

Andes Central School Teacher Spotlight ~ Miss Lisa Keizer