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
The 4th and 5th graders participated in March Madness by creating their own basketball brackets. There was a three way tie for first place!
There will be no school on Friday, April 18th for Good Friday and Monday, April 21st for Easter Monday.
Mr. Halverson's 5th period class was enjoying their DEAR time and wanted to show off our good book wall.
Preschoolers have been on an adventure learning and finding insects! We have learned about the characteristics of an insect and worked on our categorizing skills. We have also learned about where they live, and which bugs live in our community! We learn best through play so during recess you may see us outside investigating and collecting bugs!
Mrs. Wilbur's South Dakota Week of Work Speaker Series included:
Katie Swatek-Hjelm: Professional Photographer
Joe Berven: Truck Driver, Sales Rep, and Recruiter
Baylee Johnson, Trisha Deurmier, Brooke Plooster, Brianna Deurmier, and Tiff Hrdlicka: Healthcare Careers
Don Soderlund and Liz Julian: Wildlife Law Enforcement Officer & Wildlife Refuge Specialist
Lisa Keizer: Teacher
Amelia Spotted Eagle: Entrepreneur & Barista
Seth Stluka: Ferrier (Horseshoer)
Thank you to all who came to talk with the Andes Central students about your jobs!
The 5th grade class was practicing their writing skills with different prompts in a game of WeWillWrite.
Third graders are playing a game of Jeopardy to review their math skills.
The 4th grade class enjoyed doing a STEM contest. Students worked together with a partner to build the tallest tower using only plastic cups and popsicle sticks.
Due to the wind and temperatures, the JH track meet in Gregory scheduled for tomorrow, April 14th, has been cancelled.
Students in Mr. Winter's HS Painting class recently completed an impasto painting. The goal was to apply thick layers of paint and then use paint shapers to create unique tactile textures.
Andes Central's Junior/Senior Prom Grand March will be tomorrow night in the Auxiliary Gym @ 7:30pm. If you can't attend, it will be live streamed at: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/sd/lake-andes/organization/18768/andes-central-high-school/schedule?date=2025-04-06T05%3A00%3A00.000Z&range=Week&s=U2NoZWR1bGVFbnRyeVB1YmxpY1N1bW1hcnk2N2YzZjViNTY0NGNmNWQ0NDZiODM3ZTg%3D
Andes Central MS students participated in the Mitchell Band festival last week. Students from 19 schools attended this festival. Congrats AC band on a great job!!!
On April 3rd and 4th, FFA members traveled to Brookings to compete at State FFA. Emery and Madeline competed in Floriculture, Luke competed in Livestock Judging, and Marin competed in Horse Judging. Congratulations to AC FFA on a great year!
Congrats Thunder Track Team!
Contact Wagner Community Clinic-Avera for more information.
This week is South Dakota's Week of Work . Mrs. Wilbur put together a Speaker Series for the high school students this week, check out the lineup! To learn more about the South Dakota Week of Work and find other resources about different jobs, visit https://weekofwork.sd.gov/.
Andes Central Prom Grand March will be Saturday, April 12th @ 7:30pm in the Auxiliary Gym.
Students in Ms. Kaiser's English class are working on various poetry projects in April to recognize National Poetry Month. Seniors used old books donated by the school library to create their own poems through the process of Blackout Poetry.
Another busy day! Among many other things, Mrs. K's kindergarten class used dominos to practice their subtraction skills and teams competed in an online quiz after learning about Simone Biles.
