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For most Wagner residents, it is no surprise to see construction happening at the Wagner Community School. This year is no exception. Construction began in early April with the dirt work for the WCS garage project and demolition of four existing bathrooms within the school. The school is constructing a 6,500 square foot garage for vehicles and maintenance storage west of the high school parking lot. When completed there will be five garage stalls for vehicles and two oversized stalls for maintenance storage.
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Service Learning is a method of learning that incorporates research, action, and reflection. To provide additional electives and provide opportunities for juniors and seniors to connect to their community and surrounding areas, the pilot course began in January. In other words, students who took the new course this spring researched needs within the community. From that research, they identified a topic with which they were most interested, partnered with a community member and created a plan to help their community. Each student created a schedule for the project unique to their talents and interests. Each community partner was someone able to support the student’s project idea because of the community partner’s interests and expertise. As the classroom facilitator, I would like to thank every person and/ or business that showed interest in supporting our students as community partners. The students put in many hours of work, and I enjoyed watching their ideas bloom with their selected community partner’s guidance. Sphynx Foster, after researching, found the area had a high need for mental health resources. She was able to contact the Helpline Center and obtained promotional materials to pass out at the school play. She distributed materials that promoted area resources for anyone struggling with mental health issues. She has partnered with Ericka Kotab, a school psychologist, as her community partner to provide guidance.
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Most people have heard of the iconic Kevin Costner movie, “Dances with Wolves”. “Dances with Wolves” was a western adventure movie that was released over 30 years ago in 1990. The movie stars Kevin Costner as a Civil War soldier that develops a relationship with a band of Lakota Native Americans. After spending time with the Lakota, Costner’s character, Lieutenant Dunbar, decides to leave the life that he knows behind and travel with the Lakota. This iconic movie was originally set to be filmed in Kansas, but after the director and producers saw the buffalo at the Triple U Buffalo Ranch in central South Dakota, they changed the filming site.
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McKenna Kocmich placed 1st at the Burke/Platte-Geddes invite at Dakota Trails golf course last week with an 82! Congratulations Kenna! Courtesy Photo
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AVON PRESCHOOL PRESENT CIRCUS
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GOLD STANDARD PIRATES OF THE WEEK
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Explorers Credit Union of Yankton teamed up with the South Dakota Department of Labor to bring the Bite of Reality Simulationtothehighschool studentsofAvon.Theeventtook placeattheAvongymnasiumon Wednesday,May1,from10a.m. until 11:30 p.m. Avon Chamber of Commerce members, Deb Voigt and Nyla Raysby, scheduled 14 community volunteers to assist with the simulation.
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