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For the third year in a row, a portion of the monies raised from the sales of the shirts are donated to a local community member who is battling any form of cancer, to help them defray costs of medical bills and/or travel.
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SHIRLEY SOUKUP INDUCTED INTO 2023 PINK LADIES HALL OF FAME
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Mundt Oral Interp Meet October 21st. Twenty-four teams were in attendance. The Avon Team received the Class B 2nd place Team Sweepstakes Award.Thefollowingstudents competed: Noah Watchorn Serious Prose and Reader's Theater, Erica Cahoy - Poetry and Duet, Ashley Tolsma Humorous Prose and Duet, Abby Gretschmann - Reader's Theater, Kaeli Wallinga Reader's Theater, Kate Swier - Duet and Storytelling, Lexi Vanderlei - Reader's Theater and Non-original Oratory, Hope Kemnitz - Reader's Theater, Jake Namminga - Reader's Theater and Duet, Charli Simpson - Humorous Prose. KateSwierreceived1stplacein Honors Finals for storytelling. LexiVanderlei,KateSwier,and Ashley Tolsma also qualified for Honors Finals.
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GOLD STANDARD PIRATES OF THE WEEK
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TJEERDSMA PLACES 22ND IN THE STATE
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Thisweek’sClassroomofthe Weekisthekindergartenclass. The kindergarten teacher is Mrs. Kocmich. In a typical day, she is very busy. She has many different kinds of activities throughout the day to keep the class actively involved in theirlearning.OneofMrs.Kocmich’s favoritememoriessofar this school year is winning 1st place in the homecoming parade withherclass.Everyyear she looks forward to watching her kids grow and learn. Mrs. Kocmich says “It is amazing whattheylearntodoinayear.”
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Also on October 14th, the high school band, along with director Autumn Schultz and parent Matt Grant, attended part of Hobo Days in Brookings. They were able to witness the Hobo Days parade, at which many marching bands performed. They saw bands with as few as 20 people and in contrast, very large marching bands as well. After the parade, they attended the football game, where SDSU dominated the UNI Panthers. When asked about her experience, Erica Cahoy stated, “It was fun to see all the different local bands come out to the parade and to see what a college marching band looks like.”
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