Andes Central Elementary Track & Field Day will be Monday, May 18th. 3rd-5th grade will hold their events from 9am-11:30am; K-2nd grade will hold their events from 1pm-3:30pm. We will be watching the impending weather & let parents know if there will be a change in the schedule.
Andes Central School Teacher Spotlight ~ Ms. Candace Dvorak
Learning to sew can be an incredibly rewarding skill! It opens up a world of creativity, allowing you to design and create your own clothing, home decor, and personalized gifts. Thank you to the IEC for helping purchase ribbon and fabric 15 young girls made skirts. A beautiful way to connect with cultural heritage and express personal identity. These skirts are more than just clothing: they're symbols of resilience, strength and cultural pride.
Please join us in celebrating Andes Central's Class of 2026 Graduation on Saturday, May 16th @ 1pm in the Auxiliary Gym. Graduation will be live streamed: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/sd/lake-andes/organization/18768/andes-central-high-school?shared=true
Andes Central Middle School Music students had a very busy month of April. First, they attended the Mitchell Music Festival. There were two bands. the beginner band (6th Grade) and the advanced band (7th and 8th grade). Each band played a variety of music and played with students from approximately 15 other schools. Eleven students represented Andes Central at the Platte Instrumental Contest. The students prepared ensembles and solos for this event.
Congratulations to Rory who was awarded the Academic Excellence Award in Pierre on April 27th! This award is presented to South Dakota's class of 2026 top 1 percent of graduating seniors for their academic achievements.
Andes Central will not have school tomorrow, May 15th; The last day of school is Tuesday, May 19th and students will dismiss @ 12:30pm.
Andes Central School Teacher Spotlight ~ Mrs. Diane Deurmier
The 5th graders got to practice opening some lockers to prep for The Big Move to middle school.
Congratulations to Carson and Declan as they are Lakeview Colony's April Students of the Month!
Congratulations to Ellray, Heaven, Matthew, and Zintkana as they are Andes Central's April Students of the Month! These students bring a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and show respect in the classroom.
To finish off this year's JAG Capital Conversations, Andes Central JAG students had the pleasure to visit with our very own Andes Central alumni and current Yankton Sioux Tribe Chairwoman, Chelaine Knudsen. She explained to the students how Business and Claims meetings are run and how most decisions are made for the tribe.
Chairwoman Knudsen also gave the students a bit of her history as a combat veteran for the Army National Guard and explained to the students the many opportunities the military provided for her. After the military she spent many years pursuing and obtaining a few different college degrees. Accordingly, she is a strong advocate for education and encouraged the students to pursuit any and all opportunities for higher education. Keeping that in mind, she also informed the students about a few different programs, through the tribe, that they could utilize to get much of their education, if not all, paid for.
Chairwoman Knudsen also gave the students a bit of her history as a combat veteran for the Army National Guard and explained to the students the many opportunities the military provided for her. After the military she spent many years pursuing and obtaining a few different college degrees. Accordingly, she is a strong advocate for education and encouraged the students to pursuit any and all opportunities for higher education. Keeping that in mind, she also informed the students about a few different programs, through the tribe, that they could utilize to get much of their education, if not all, paid for.
AC/DC Thunder Track team will be attending the Kimball/WL track meet instead of the Parkston track meet tomorrow, May 14th. Javelin-9am, field events-10am, running-starts at noon.
The Biology class attended the Missouri River Watershed Festival to learn more about the Missouri River.
Ms. Janish's kindergartners are playing phonics dominoes and roll-a-word to practice reading long vowel words.
Reminder: Andes Central MS/HS Academic Awards will be tomorrow, May 11th @ 2:30pm in the Aux Gym.
Andes Central School Week of Events May 11th - 16th
The fourth graders have been having a lot of fun exploring different science experiments for the last three weeks. They started off with making solar ovens to roast marshmallows on a hot day. Now they are making paper roller coasters, and testing them out using a marble!
Kindergarten practiced subtraction with the "Inside/Outside" game. Students took turns tossing bean bags at a hula hoop to create a subtraction fact by counting the bean bags that landed inside the hula hoop.
Seniors in Ms. Kaiser’s English class wrote four page, kid-friendly stories. They focused on keeping one tense and using dialogue correctly. When they were done writing, they got to read their own stories to Miss Ekroth’s 2nd graders!
