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Avon students spend their Valentine’sDayshowingtheir projects at the school science fair.
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What better way to spread love on Valentine's day than by the gift of song? This past February 14th, Avon’s choir teacher Autumn Schultz and her senior choir students “serenaded” members in the community and neighboringtowns.TheysangthesongHome by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 41 times in the course of the day. Senior Kenzie Sassaman said, “The day was a lot of fun. We saw some tears, a few laughs, and a lot of embarrassing looks on some people's faces! Overall I loved brightening people's day.” The moneyraisedfromtheserenadeswillbeused for the senior music trip this June.
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On February 8th, 2023, Music Teacher, Autumn Schultz and the Avon choir went to Yankton for the small group contest. They had 20 different small groups going to the competition. The competition was scored by a large variety of judges, some more strict than others. The grading scale goes from the lowest at V (5) to the highest at I (1).
Read moreNew selections at the library: “The Heartsong of Charging Elk” a novel, by James Welch. Richly imagined from historical fact, this is a novel of cultural crossing, as Charging Elk, an Oglala Sioux, joins Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, journeying from the Black Hills of South Dakota to the back streets of nineteenth-century France.
Read morePROVERBS 3:7-12 7) 'Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
Read moreMembers of the Unity Team have begun to plan for the third annual 605 Unity JAM that will be held in Wagner on Sunday, June 11 at the Wagner Lake. The event is a Jamboree of Arts and Music and is a multi-cultural celebration for our part of South Dakota.
Read moreIf you are a parent of a senior high school student or an adult who lives in the community and has thought about going on to more education and training at Mitchell Technical College, Southeast Technical College or Lake Area Technical College, but not sure how you would pay for this education and training, then you should read on. The Yankton Sioux Tribe and Build Dakota Partnership Scholarship and the Wagner Area and Build Dakota Partnership Scholarship are both offering full ride scholarship that will help meet the cost of tuition, books, fees and tools needed to get trained for a wide variety of technical jobs. This information has been mentioned state wide and locally for the past few months, except now the 'deadline to apply is here'. If you have an interest in building a better future for yourself, but the lack of money has been an obstacle then you need to contact Dana Sanderson by texting him at 605-491-0804 'immediately before the opportunity has slipped away”. Good jobs are at the end of this educational opportunity!
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PARKSTON AREA SPECIAL OLYMPIC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
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