Ms. Kaiser's English classes are wrapping up the school year with NWEA Testing and Final Projects. For Final Projects, students have a choice of making a presentation, photo journal, podcast, or an essay over their morals and values. If students don't want to talk about themselves, they also have the option of reading a novel and taking a quiz over it instead.
Reminder: Andes Central will have their KG round-up on Friday, May 9th from 9:30am-11:30am at the school. For more information, please click on the link or go to the school website under Documents-Parents. https://5il.co/3euh5 There will be no school for the Kindergarten students on May 9th.
Mr. Brevan Hooks' Elementary PE class is participating in their final stations for the year!
The first graders in Mrs. Hellenga’s class have been learning about the life cycle of butterflies. They have been observing the caterpillars growing and forming their chrysalises. Each day, they writing about their observations. They are anxiously waiting for the butterflies to emerge from their chrysalises.
Students in Miss Keizer's Psychology Class wrap up their unit over Developmental Psychology by observing the physical, social and cognitive changes that occur in adulthood thru old age. Afterwards, students reflected on lifestyles and habits that could cause shorter lived lives if healthier lifestyles are not adopted.
To wrap up the year in Mrs. Johnson's 6th Grade class, students are learning about the medieval times of England.
Mrs. Maynard’s classroom attended the Missouri River Watershed Festival in Yankton, SD where students leaned about the Missouri River.
Encouragement from others can help increase confidence so the 8th grade CASE class is working on posters to hang in the halls to help give students the confidence to finish the year strong.
Andes Central School Upcoming Events for May 5th-10th.
Mrs. H's preschool class has been exploring insects. They have been having fun searching for and discussing them. This week we have been learning about how insects change. We made caterpillars and we painted wings to change them into butterflies.
Andes Central School will have their Kindergarten round-up on Friday, May 9th from 9:30am-11:30am at the school. For more information, please click on the link or go to the school website under Documents-Parents. https://5il.co/3euh5 There will be no school for the Kindergarten students on May 9th.
Reminder: Andes Central School's Preschool Round-Up will be on Friday, May 2nd from 10:30am-Noon in the PK classrooms. For more information, please click on the link or go to the school website under Documents-Parents. https://5il.co/3efpa
2nd graders have been working hard this year on improving their reading skills. This week in Reading Interventions, students read 100 sight words, read long-vowel decodable stories, and used letter tiles to spell words with vowel pairs.
Andes Central upcoming events April 28th -May 2nd
Andes Central School will be having their Preschool Round-Up on Friday, May 2nd from 10:30am-Noon in the PK classrooms. For more information, please click on the link or go to the school website under Documents-Parents. https://5il.co/3efpa
3rd grade cleaning up on Earth Day!
The first graders celebrated Earth Day by picking up trash near the school. Thank you for helping to keep our town clean!
Mrs. Maynard's Physical Science class toured the AES Prevailing Wind Park to learn more about how wind turbines generate energy. Thank you to Tyson Brooks and Todd Hornstra for the tour.
6-12 choir students are researching music for their upcoming year 2025-26.
Andes Central MS/HS families are invited to "A Slice of What's Next" to learn about what to expect for the next school year. Each session will be from 4-5pm in the library, with pizza!
For the '25-'26 school year:
11th & 12th grade families, come by on April 23rd
9th & 10th grade families, come by on April 30th
6th grade families, come by on May 8th
If you have any questions, reach out to Mrs. Wilbur: synnora.wilbur@k12.sd.us or 487-5201
