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Today, December 4th, marks the 101st anniversary of the day South Dakota ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which recognized that women have the right to vote. Though the date may not serve as a formal holiday, this particular Governor thinks it’s worth remembering in a special way. South Dakota would be a very different state, and the country a very different place, without it.
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Cassie Jean Stewart, daughter of Dennis and Carol Stewart, was born February 7, 2003. Her sisters are Courtney and Katie. Cassie’s role models are her parents because they taught her responsibility.
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Fourth grade life for Brielle Voigt starts at 7 o’clock in the morning getting ready for her day at school. To start her day of right, she eats her favorite breakfast of a roll, toast, or some fruit. Voigt’s fourth grade “favorites” consist of having Baily Lagge as a teacher, getting to do her favorite subject math during the day, and getting to play outside with her friends.
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On Sunday, November 15, Sarah Swier (10), Reese Powers (11), Makayla Kopp (11), and Reece Loewe (11) did a final run through of their scripts before sending off polished videos for regions. Ten days later results came indicating if the girls made it to state. Swier placed second in Storytelling; Powers and Kopp topped the competition placing first in duet and Loewe came in second in Serious Prose!
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With another political election in the books, (We think!?) the senior government class has been arranging an election themselves. Seniors were randomly grouped into three different political parties: Republican, Democrat, and Constitutional. Each party has a presidential candidate that was randomly picked to be the “face” of their party.
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Brad Poppe, head coach of girls basketball, has set a goal with his 21 players this year to qualify for the girls basketball state tournament. “To do that,” he said, “is to get better each day!” Poppe believes that the girls basketball team’s strengths are the height, length, and speed of girls on the team. He also believes their weakness may be consistency.
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Throughout the course of this presidential election season, the Avon 7th graders held their own election. The class was divided into two groups, boys and girls, to debate against each other’s opinions. Miss Piggy (girls) and Yoshi (boys) were the representatives for the parties. Instead of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, the seventh graders split into Girl Power and Boy Power to avoid any controversy stemming from the current presidential election in our country.
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