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Avon Oral Interp team will be attending the District Oral Interp meet in Mitchell on November 2. From there, those who advance from Districts will compete at the Regional competition on November 16. In order to move onto State Oral Interp in Huron on December 3-4, students will need to place in the top two or three, depending on how many are in their particular category.
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On October 23, Tyler Tjeerdsma (10th) and Rilyn Thury (7th) both competed in the State Cross Country meet in Sioux Falls at Yankton Trail Park.
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For the last several years, Live Ticket has made school events available to the public. Most recently that availability became more widely used during many bouts of COVID restrictions.
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Thursday, October 14, the high school choir was given permission by John Voigt to sing in his grain bin. When asked what made her decide to have her choir sing in the grain bin, Director Autumn Schultz said, “John approached me about it and said it would be empty for a while if I wanted to jump on the opportunity. He was kind enough to wait to start filling it...that same day.”
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Avon High School acquired two drones this past summer with COVID money designated towards the purchase of technology. So far, Mr. Brad Poppe and his students have used them to take pictures of football games and the town of Avon. “Drones are becoming more useful in our society, and it's so cool to see the students at AHS use them,” said Poppe.
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On October 19, the Zoomobile drove into town, and the Pre K through 6th grade classes welcomed Alison, an animal handler from Great Plains Zoo out of Sioux Falls. On the Zoomobile, Alison brought a chinchilla, a turtle, a bird, and a skink. Kindergartner Josie Schloss said, “My favorite part was the chinchilla because he was cool.”
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Katie Marie Gretschmnn was born on September 3, 2003, to Gene and Connie Gretschmann. She has two younger siblings, Megan and Abby.
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