5th graders just picked out their instruments for band two weeks ago!! They are working on reading notes and rhythms in class to get them ready for the first week playing their instruments! Quaver is such an essential and helpful resource for me as I use it to help teach the younger kids all of the basics of music, such as beat and rhythm. Quaver comes with worksheets, videos, and quizzes to help students stay engaged. These diagrams on the white board help them remember their notes at the beginning, but I’ve noticed some students starting to memorize their notes already!! They are learning very quickly and are eager to start learning their instruments. Very proud of their progress in such short time!
Jay Petrik from Andes State Bank presented to the Seniors in Andes Central's Entrepreneurial Skills Class. He discussed the 4 C's of Credit: Capacity, Capital, Collateral, and Character. He went over a mock loan application, discussed information regarding credit scores, and explained how income vs. expenses affect loans. Jay and Andes State Bank are a part of Andes Central's Entrepreneurial Skills Class. Thank you for working with our students on life skills that will help them be successful!
In Mrs. Johnson’s 6th grade ELA class, the students work in their creative writing journals once a week. They are given a prompt, and the rest is for their imagination!
The Andes Central FFA Chapter is selling t-shirts. If you are interested, please contact one of the FFA students or Mr. DeNeui. Orders are due September 25th.
The Andes Central Athletic Boosters is selling Dig for a Cure volleyball shirts. Click on the link to place your order by October 2nd. https://stores.inksoft.com/acdc_dig_for_a_cure/shop/home
The Thunder Volleyball team will travel to Tripp tonight to play TDA. JH A team will start @ 4pm, followed by the B team; JV will start @ 6:15pm, followed by the Varsity team. The games will be live streamed at: https://www.youtube.com/@tripp-delmont103sports2/streams Good luck AC/DC!!!
To bring awareness to National Suicide Prevention Month, all students in Ms. Emmarie Kaiser's classes wrote anonymous compliments to their classmates, school friends, role models, teachers/staff members, and selves. To keep the anonymity, Ms. Kaiser wrote each compliment for the students to read. When the students opened their envelopes and read other kids' compliments to them, they realized how big of an impact their words have on others. Students even made sure to compliment janitorial staff, kitchen staff, and students in the Special Education room.
The 4th graders read about energy conversions last week during science. To see this in action we converted chemical energy from potatoes into electrical energy to light up a small bulb!!
Check out September's "Supe's Scoop"! A monthly newsletter from Mr. Nelson with information on what's new at Andes Central, as well as upcoming events. Newsletters can be found on the website main page, as well as the Parent section. https://www.andescentral.k12.sd.us/documents/parents/supe's-scoop/29087124
Attendance Appreciation Day!
We celebrated the classes that were able to achieve 95% or better attendance by enjoying some popcorn and taking part in a fun STEM challenge.
Students designed, built, tested, and modified paper airplanes as they worked to see if they could get their airplanes to fly all the way to half court in the gym!
It was a great afternoon of celebrating good attendance, teamwork, creativity, and a little friendly competition. We are proud of these students for making school attendance a priority!
We celebrated the classes that were able to achieve 95% or better attendance by enjoying some popcorn and taking part in a fun STEM challenge.
Students designed, built, tested, and modified paper airplanes as they worked to see if they could get their airplanes to fly all the way to half court in the gym!
It was a great afternoon of celebrating good attendance, teamwork, creativity, and a little friendly competition. We are proud of these students for making school attendance a priority!
Mrs Deurmier's class enjoy watching online read alouds. The students get to take Accelerated Reader tests for many of these stories and earn points for prizes.
Andes Central School Picture Day will be Wednesday, Sept. 23rd. Picture packets were sent home with students. Please have them completed and turned in by picture day. You can also order your student's pictures through the following link: https://marksphotoimages.accessmyevent.com/andescentral
After the major hailstorm that went through Pickstown at the beginning of the month, Ms. Dvorak gathered a couple of her senior JAG students along with a few other volunteers from the senior class to help in the clean-up efforts.
Due to the weather conditions, the Cross Country Meet scheduled for today at Tyndall has been cancelled.
The AC/DC 7th grade volleyball team traveled to Wagner on Saturday and came home as tournament champions in their division! Congrats Thunder VB!!!
Congratulations to Declan, who is Lakeview Colony School's August Student of the Month!
Congratulations to Andes Central School's August Students of the Month! Gracie, Syndee, Adryl, and Jamian come to class with a positive attitude, respect for their peers and staff, as well as leadership in the school.
This week Mrs. H's class has been learning about who works at our school and how we all help each other to keep our school running smoothly, clean, and safe.
Today we went around school to talk to different staff members about what their responsibilities (one of our big vocab words) are and how what they do helps us all.
Today we went around school to talk to different staff members about what their responsibilities (one of our big vocab words) are and how what they do helps us all.
Andes Central School Teacher Spotlight ~ Mrs. Rebecca Jensen
Spelling + Basketball = A Winning Combination!
Last week, we turned spelling review into a little friendly competition! Our 5th graders raced to the board, put their spelling skills to the test, and then took their best shot at the basket.
There was lots of teamwork, excitement, and cheering along the way! I love seeing students practice their learning while having FUN!
We’re feeling ready for our spelling test!
Last week, we turned spelling review into a little friendly competition! Our 5th graders raced to the board, put their spelling skills to the test, and then took their best shot at the basket.
There was lots of teamwork, excitement, and cheering along the way! I love seeing students practice their learning while having FUN!
We’re feeling ready for our spelling test!
