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Arthur Wissman Unit #150 recently sponsored the Americanism Essay and Poetry Contests. The essay theme was 'What America the Beautiful Means to Me' and the poetry theme was 'Honor Our Heroes.' Thank you students, parents, teachers, and everyone for honoring our service members and being patriotic and faithful to our country.
Read morePart of the job of being a middle school and high school counselor is offering student discussions as well as teaching students the skills that are needed to be able to cope with everyday life as they navigate the current world as adolescents. There are three different topics that will be the focus of this school year’s small groups. The topics include Pause & Reflect, G.I.R.L.S. and Resilience Alliance. The topics for the small groups were offered based off of the data that Andes Central school counselor Synorra Wilbur collects as well as staff member observations. In addition to the data, she also asked the middle school and high school students what topics they would be interested in talking about in a small group setting. Synnora also utilizes Facebook in order to receive feedback from parents/guardians on important topics that the school staff may not see or be aware of.
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The Lady Raiders headed out to Spearfish this last weekend for the girls class A state tournament. Wagner opened up with the undefeated Mahpiya Luta. Wagner would find themselves trailing 15-14 after the first period then trailing by 9 at the half. A scoring drought from the last 2 minutes of the first half and the first 5 of the third quarter would not make it any easier on the Raiders as they would eventually fall 39-76. Mahpiya Luta would use their relentless press and cause 37 turnovers for the Raiders. Wagner would attempt 39 shots and convert on 41% while Mahpiya Luta would convert on 33-74 for 45%. Wagner would out rebound Mahpiya Luta 28-27. Ashlyn Koupal would lead the Raiders with 25 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks. Lydia Yost would finish with 5 points, and 4 boards. Genesis Patterson would tally 4 points, while Braxton Nedved would finish with 3, 3 boards, and 5 assists. Ravyn Medricky would round out the scoring with 2 points and 3 boards. “This was a very good team that we faced. They loved the up-tempo style. When we got them into a half-court game we did a lot of things very well. We scored at a high rate and on the defensive end we made the hit shots in which they were struggling. It’s very hard to win games with 37 turnovers and let the opposing team take 44 more shots than you. We also hit that 7-minute scoring drought that let them push the lead to 20 early in the 3rd and that can be demoralizing as a team, but our girls played hard to the finish.”
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National Newspapers in EducationWeekwascelebrated March 2-8. We would like to recognize and applaud Avon School District’s own Jolly Roger staff for all of their creativity andhardworkthatthey putintoputtingtheJollyRoger together.
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The Lake Andes Volunteer Fire Department held their annual steak supper during the last weekend of February. Members that received recognition for their dedication to the fire department were Will Bennett who has been with the department for 15 years. Both Eric Schoenfelder and Dave Stimpson were recognized for giving 10 years of service to the department. First year coats were given out to firefighters: Ryan Frederick, Grant Petrik and Jacob Wenzlaff.
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The Lady Raiders traveled to Winner for the Sodak 16 to take on the Lakota Tech Tatanka for a berth to the Class A State Tournament. Both teams would come out firing and exchanging baskets only to find Lakota Tech leading 18-17 after the first period. Wagner would build a 5 point advantage in the second period only to find the scored knotted at 31 after the first half. The Raiders would though start attacking off the dribble and forcing Lakota Tech in foul trouble. The third quarter Wagner would start to impose their will on the inside with a paint touch after paint touch. Wagner would shoot 18 free throws in the third quarter alone. The pounding of inside touches would continue in the 4th. Wagner would take a 7 point lead early in the 4th but the Tatanka would knot up the score at 50 all with about 4:41 left in the game. Wagner would hold their composure and then once again attack the rim off the drive or get the ball inside. Wagner would go 9-9 from the charity stripe in the 4th and build as much as a 10 point lead with just under 2 minutes remaining. The Raider would punch their ticket for the 3rd time in 4 years to the STATE tournament with a 66-58 victory. Both teams wouldn’t shoot it that well from the field as they would both shoot 33% from the floor. The Tatanka would go 24-72 from the floor while the Raiders would go 15 for 45. The game would weigh in the balance of the charity stripe where Wagner would convert on 34-43 free throw attempts compared to 3-7 for Lakota Tech. The Raiders would also dominate the glass 43-30. Wagner would have 19 turnovers compared to 12 from Lakota Tech. Ashlyn Koupal would lead all scorers with a monster double-double 38 points, 19 boards, 5 blocks and 2 steals. Lydia Yost would reach double figures with 10 points, 9 boards, and 5 assists. Ravyn Medricky would add 9 points, 11 boards, and 2 steals off the bench. Hayden Knudsen would chip in 6 points, 3 boards and 5 assists. Braxton Nedved would round out the scoring with 3 points and 2 steals. “This was a hard fought battle. It’s sometimes hard to find a rhythm when you haven’t played for a week. We didn’t shoot it the best tonight but defensively we didn’t put them on the line and we did enough to disrupt their dribble drive. We got them in major foul trouble early in the third quarter but they just kept coming at us and hitting big shot after big shot. In the second half we dominated the paint on offense. The first half we may have got only a couple paint touches. In the second half we lived there and they had no answers for it. This was a great challenge for us and we are proud of how the girls played and represented Wagner. Let’s go make some noise now at the STATE A’s in Spearfish!”
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There are six schools that are a part of the Missouri Valley Regional Spelling Bee including Andes Central, Burke, Dakota Christian, Gregory, Platte-Geddes and South Central. Every year the regional spelling bee is held at a different school’s location. This year, Andes Central hosted the regional contest. On Monday February 24th, the first and second place winners from each school from grades 1st through 5th competed at Andes Central looking to see who would win in each grade division amongst these sensational spellers. Spellers that competed at the regional competition from Andes Central included Evelyn Swanson, Adrian Neault, Christiana Habben, Evyn Frederick, Sully Calandra, Heaven Never Misses A Shot, Kyvon Hart, Bradley Drappeau, Addisyn Deurmier andIshaArchambeau.Notonly does each contestant have a chance to place in their grade level, but each contestant that places scores team points for their school. The school that earns the most points wins the travelling trophy for the year, with Gregory being this year’s winner.
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