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Sara Elizabeth Soukup, age 44 of Lake Geneva, WI and formerly of Wagner passed away Thursday, December 02 at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial was held Friday, December 17 at St. Vincent Catholic Church, Springfield with Rev. Joe Forcelle officiating.

Andrea Tjeerdsma, wife of of Matt Tjeerdsma, is excited to welcome all customers from the surrounding areas to her new business on Main Street in Wagner. Andrea completed 400 hours to become a Nail Tech at Stewarts in Sioux Falls. Nails by Palomma opened for business on October 26th.

Mrs. Connie Gretschmann’s sophomore geometry class has been doing geometry activities to get into the holiday spirit. One of their activities was making a Christmas tree out of geometry shapes.

Every holiday season the cheerleaders love to spread cheer throughout the whole school. The girls are able to spread cheer by selling candy grams. They have done this for the past eight years. The candy grams are sold for $1.

Charlianna is a 7th grader at Avon. She starts her school days by getting up at 6:45 a.m. If she could have one food for breakfast she would choose pancakes, but on the daily she has cereal. After she gets ready, she reads until it’s time to go to school. At 7:40 a.m., her dad drives her to school.

Holiday cheer begins early for school activities. On December 9, the Avon Junior High and High School choirs performed their Christmas pieces to the public.

On Thursday, December 2, preschool through fifth grade performed “Karaoke Christmas” at their Christmas Operetta. Mrs. Raja Brandt directed the preschoolers, Miss Mataya Larsgaard directed the fifth grade band, and Mrs. Autumn Schultz directed and choreographed kindergarten through fifth grade.

As the new year approaches, Avon School says goodbye to our business manager of over five years, Sara Hento. Hento’s highlight of her time in Avon was getting to know the community and staff closer than when she had previously worked in Yankton.

Studying living cells is essential in the study of biology. Creating a replication or interpretation of the cell has become an essential project. This project consists of a 3D model, a t-shirt or a poster. The students get to choose which cell project they want to do.

Christmas is upon us, and the sounds of Christmas could be heard at Avon School on December 9 at the Winter Concert. Band Director Mataya Larsgaard tried to pick challenging songs for the students but also pick songs that they would like.