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April 12th last week was a gorgeous warm day after many long months of winter. Wagner Rotary members gathered for their weekly meeting with one guest present, Julie Doom. Rotarian Bill Heermann gave thanks for the beautiful day and warm weather.
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Congratulations to the following Category winners at the ESDSEFRegionalScienceFairCourtneySeesandMcKenna Kocmich: 2nd Place Computer Science/Engineering/Math Megan Gretschmann and Landon Thury 2nd Place: Earth/ Planetary/Weather/Environmental Science Charlianna PaulsonandEllaGrantMiddleSchool2ndPlace,FoodScience Thanks to all the students, you represented Avon well and we really appreciate all the effort you put into your projects!
Read moreDo you prefer online learning or face-to-face learning better? I prefer face-to-face learning better because you can comprehend the knowledge that you are gaining. The positive effects of online learning are flexibility, reduced cost, and more free time you have to spend on other things that you have going on. Personally, I think online learning is harder to comprehend the knowledge that you are taking in. Online learning makes it more difficult to ask your teacher questions on your assignments that you have. Some other negative effects of online learning are that students use more screen time, and some students have a screen time limit. Also, online learning may not work for some students because some parents can’t afford WIFI. Some student’s parents can’t afford devices that the students can do their assignments on. In addition, some kids get bad grades from online learning and they may not be able maintain their grades because of not asking teachers the question that they for them.
Read moreThe Avon Big and Little Dance was a dance for all preschool-6th grade students along with their parent or guardian. It was held in the Avon School Gym on Monday March 27th, 2023. It cost $4 per person for the dance and $1 per person to watch the grand march. The dance was put on bytheAvonMusicDepartment. Autumn Schulz commented, “We are very lucky that a lot of effort that goes into making this community event happen is taken off of our shoulders. The Juniors allow us to utilize the gym for this dance using the same decorationstheyusedforprom. This in itself takes hours and hours of work off of my to-do list. Since it is a fundraiser for our Music Department we also have the high school choir and band members sign up to bring drinks and treats for the event. I really get a kick out of watching the snack table get bombarded with humans as soon as the Grand March is over! Thanks to everyone that makes this all work, including my great coworker Mataya Larsgaard, our awesome DJ Matthew Grant, and people thatvolunteeredtotaketickets including Jennie Leibel, Mylie Bares,andWhitneyPodzimek. We also appreciate the Cahoy family for letting us use their lights and Gregg Voigt and ShariTjeersdmaforhelpingus clean up the gym afterwards. I hope everyone enjoyed a night outmakingpreciousmemories with your littles!”
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A big CONGRATUATIONS goes out to Avon Senior, Taylor Naser for winning FIRST PLACEintheJeromeNorgren Poetry Creative Writing Contest in the high school division sponsored by South Dakota State University. Mrs. Hurd submitted Taylor’s piece titled, “LadyMacbeth’sPointofView” and it was chosen out of hundreds ofentriesfromacrossthe state! Taylor now has the opportunity todoalivereadingof herpoemattheOnlineNorgren and Witherington Celebration Reading on April 22. Not only will she have the opportunity todoalivereading,herwriting will also be featured in a chapter book that will be published andmailedtotheschool. Below is her winning poem: Lady Macbeth’s point of
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The Avon Chamber of Commerce held their annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Avon Park on a beautiful Saturday morning with temperatures in the 60's. Several eager Easter Egg hunters enjoyed searching for their Easter Basket and spending time at the park. Thanks to the Avon Chamber of Commerce for hosting this event for the kids!
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