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Avon School District Board Member Jeff Tolsma was honored by Associated School Boards of South Dakota with the Distinguished Service Award, which honors school board members for reaching milestone years in their service ontheirlocalschoolboard.
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The 3rd graders in Avon received a visit from members of the Avon American Legion Auxiliary. They discussed the usefulness of the information contained in a dictionary and presented each student with a dictionary of their very own.
Read morePIERRE, S.D. – Becky Haenfler, a middle school English Language Arts teacher at the Avon School District, hasbeennamedthe2026South Dakota Teacher of the Year. Secretary of Education Joseph Graves made the announcement at a banquet held this evening in Fort Pierre.
Read morePIERRE, S.D. – Attorney General Marty Jackley and three South Dakota law enforcement associations issued statements of support for the new prison plan. The South Dakota State’s Attorneys Association, the South Dakota Sheriffs’ Association, and the South Dakota Police Chiefs’ Association agreed on the significant need for a new prison, encouraging legislators to move forward with the proposed plan.
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Ms. Emma Reck teaches 5th grade and grew up in Sioux Falls. She attended Northern State University, where she earned her degree in Elementary Education. As a student she enjoyed Social Studies, and now as a teacher she loves guiding her students through both Language Arts and Social Studies.
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Mrs. Smith, who teaches PreK, grew up in Yankton and carried her love of learning to South Dakota State University where she earned two bachelor’s degrees, one in Early Childhood Education and another in Animal Science. As a student, she always enjoyed Social Studies, and today she brings that same curiosity and excitement into her own classroom.
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