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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.

April Hollingsworth One of this week’s WCS seniors featured in this week’s senior spotlights is April Hollingsworth. April is the daughter of Melissa Ulmer.

Effective medical diagnosis depends not just on looking, but on truly perceiving. Recognizing this, many medical training programs have adopted Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) discussions about art to enhance students’ skills in nuanced observation, inference, and communication.

National Newspapers in Education Week was celebrated March 2-8. We would like to recognize and applaud Avon School District’s own Jolly Roger staff for all of their creativity and hard work that they put into putting the Jolly Roger together.

Andes Central hosted an instrumental contest that was supposed to be held at Gregory on Monday February 24th. The contest began at 8:30 a.m. in the school’s library. Families were welcome to attend.

Emery Bultje This week’s featured Andes Central senior is Emery Bultje. Emery is the daughter of Brice and Darci Bultje. She has an older sister, Riata, and a younger sister, Marin.

Andes Central held their annual National Honor Society (NHS) Induction Ceremony on Friday, February 28 in the high school auxiliary gym. Four members of the sophomore class Marin Bultje, Callie Bergin, Madelyn Janis and Madeline Derry were inducted in the Andes Central NHS Chapter.

P ROVERBS 21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts. (KJV) LUKE 16:15 And he said unto them, ye are they which justify yourselves before men: but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

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.

From the Files of the Wagner Post 10 YEARS AGO 2015 The Wagner Chamber of Commerce celebrated the Fort Randall Casino’s restaurant renovation. Lawrence “JR” Kiyukan was named the South Dakota State Dart Champion in the singles bracket in Division “I”.