Andes Central JAG students attended the Career Development Conference in Mitchell on March 5th. Students had the opportunity to compete in 5 different competitions: Knowledge Bowl, Project Base Learning, Employability Skills, Financial Literacy, and Prepared Speaking. Andes Central's Knowledge Bowl Team placed second & qualified for the National Career Development Convention in St. Louis, Missouri April 18-20th. Congratulations to Anaias, Syrianna, Mahipya, & Muriel on a job well done! Good Luck at Nationals!
There will be a TDA/AC/DC Thunderhawk football meeting on Wednesday, March 13th in Armour @ 6:30pm. This meeting is for 8-12th grade students who intend to go out for football in the fall of 2024.
UPDATE TO MS TRACK: The first day of practice for MS track will be Monday, March 18th.
For elementary & middle school students:
The application period for the last Tutor Tracks term (running March 18-May 3, 2024) is now open! This is a FREE seven-week, guided tutoring program for South Dakota students grades 1-8. For more information & to apply, please click here: https://fs27.formsite.com/SDBOR/p2l4oxbolh/index
The MS/HS Spring Concert has been moved to Thursday, April 4th @ 7pm in the aux gym.
HS track practice will start tomorrow, March 5th after school. MS track practice will start March 11th. Golf practice will start March 25th. If your student plans to participate in athletics, they will need to have their physical & athletic forms completed before they can practice. Forms can be found in the MS/HS Principal's Office or on our website.
Mrs. Miller's 4th grade class celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday by making book covers.
February 18th-24th was National FFA week and the Andes Central FFA Chapter did activities and dress up days to celebrate! Tuesday was Owl day/wise person day. We also held a Staff Appreciation Breakfast to thank the staff for everything they do! Wednesday was Plow day/dress up like a farmer and we held a canned food drive. Thursday was red, white, and blue day and had a dirtiest vehicle contest. Friday was blue and gold day. We held an AG Olympics game with bale throwing, nail pounding, grain relay race, corn scrabble word find, lick tub flip, and an exhibition tug-of-war! The winner of the Ag Olympics was the sophomore class! Thank you to everyone who dressed up and participated, making it such a great week!
Mrs. Spaans and her preschoolers spent the afternoon deep sea diving. We are learning about the Ocean Habitat this week. We grabbed our goggles and searched around the room for ocean animals.
AC/DC Thunder Girls Basketball Team will travel to Parkston tonight to play Ethan @ 7pm for the SoDak 16. Game will be live streamed at www.trojansportslive.com and on radio station 107.3 Good Luck Lady Thunder!
The JAG students had a Zoom meeting with VJ Smith - the author of "The Richest Man in Town". They read this book in class & were able to ask questions regarding the book. Our students were engaged and did a great job.
Good Luck to the Andes Central students who will be traveling to Dakota Christian today for the Region Spelling Bee!
Tonight, the AC/DC Boys Basketball Team will travel to Armour to play TDA @ 7pm for Region 5B action. The game will be live streamed at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgc4KSWDo-SX0aP15FkSuMA/featured Good Luck Thunder!
There is FREE online tutoring for K-12 students. Check out https://ourdakotadreams.com/elementary-middle-school/online-tutoring/ to find out more information.
Don't forget to sign up for the Blood Drive @ Andes Central School on Wednesday, February 28th from 12:30-6pm. Please see attached flyer for more information.
Congratulations to the AC/DC Thunder girls basketball team as they defeated Avon last night and advanced to the SODAK16! They will play Ethan @ Parkston on Thursday, February 29th @ 7pm. Way to go Thunder!
P is for popcorn! Mrs. H's preschool class explored how popcorn seeds turn into the popcorn we eat. We made predictions about what was going to happen to seeds once we put them in the popcorn popper. Then we patiently watched, listened and smelled the popcorn as it began to change. Students were so excited to see what happened and even more excited to get to eat it!
The JAG students worked with the Second Grade class to create Heart Magnets for their parents & the Andes Central staff. The students worked well together and the hearts turned out amazing!
Tonight, the AC/DC Thunder Girls Basketball Team will travel to the Corn Palace to play Avon @ 7:30pm for Region Semi-Finals. If you can make it to Mitchell, the theme is jersey's. Wear any jersey to support the Lady Thunder. If you can't make it, watch on https://acdc.liveticket.tv/ Good Luck tonight!
Andes Central 4th grade had the opportunity to learn about different rocks from the High School Environmental Science Class.
