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Mrs. Ethel Cooper, Ms. Mataya Larsgaard and Mrs. Raja Brandt directed the elementaryoperetta Bring on the Snow! on December 1 in the main gym. Preschool sang “I’m a LittleSanta,”"Ring the Bells,” and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” Fifth grade band performed “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Good King Wenceslas,” and “Jolly Old St. Nicholas.” Kindergarten did “Blitzen Boogie,” and firstand second grade sang “Someone’s in the Chimney,” and “Merry Christmas to You from the Red, White, and Blue.” The show ended with third through sixth grade singing “Bring on the Snow!” “Ready, Set, Snow,” “Over the River,” “Game Show Music,” “HOT Chocolate!” “Angels in the Snow,” “Blizzard on the Way!” and “Bring on the Snow!”
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Throughout the course of this presidential election season, the Avon 7th graders held their own election. The class was divided into two groups, boys and girls, to debate against each other’s opinions. Miss Piggy (girls) and Yoshi (boys) were the representatives for the parties. Instead of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, the seventh graders split into Girl Power and Boy Power to avoid any controversy stemming from the current presidential election in our country.
Read moreWith the upcoming cheerleading season coming to a start we have eight fun and caring girls on the basketball cheer team. We have seniors Allyson Hamilton and Keely Bares, junior Reese Powers, sophomores Kimmy Tolsma and Sarah Swier, and freshman McKenna Kocmich cheering on our boys basketball team this year.
Read moreJust a week before Thanksgiving on Monday, November 16, the Bon Homme-Scotland-Avon wrestling season kicked off. There are about 40 athletes out and two of them are from Avon, Brady Bierema and Tyler Tjeerdsma.
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Cassie Jean Stewart, daughter of Dennis and Carol Stewart, was born February 7, 2003. Her sisters are Courtney and Katie. Cassie’s role models are her parents because they taught her responsibility.
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On Sunday, November 15, Sarah Swier (10), Reese Powers (11), Makayla Kopp (11), and Reece Loewe (11) did a final run through of their scripts before sending off polished videos for regions. Ten days later results came indicating if the girls made it to state. Swier placed second in Storytelling; Powers and Kopp topped the competition placing first in duet and Loewe came in second in Serious Prose!
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With another political election in the books, (We think!?) the senior government class has been arranging an election themselves. Seniors were randomly grouped into three different political parties: Republican, Democrat, and Constitutional. Each party has a presidential candidate that was randomly picked to be the “face” of their party.
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Fourth grade life for Brielle Voigt starts at 7 o’clock in the morning getting ready for her day at school. To start her day of right, she eats her favorite breakfast of a roll, toast, or some fruit. Voigt’s fourth grade “favorites” consist of having Baily Lagge as a teacher, getting to do her favorite subject math during the day, and getting to play outside with her friends.
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