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.
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Part 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 phone rang, and I answered it because the call was from a nearby community. No big surprise that the caller was obviously not from anywhere near, and the caller was asking for a donation for some organization in which I had no interest. I said, in a kindly tone, “No thank you,” and hung up. They will never end the call. YOU MUST HANG UP.
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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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