The Avonworth baseball team has had many ups and downs this year. After losing 17-0 in a section game against New Brighton, they won their next game 2-1 against South Side Beaver, the best team in the section. Junior shortstop Eric Lippert said, “Our talent this year looks like we have the potential to be…
Author: Amelia Nahum
Home
I’m home, and being home feels strange. It feels strange because it feels like nothing has changed. I feel like I have just finished an incredibly moving book, but no one else understands the emotions I feel or the experience I’ve had. I have had trouble expressing how my experience was because people always ask,…
Passion for Fashion
Last week was one of the most tiring weeks of my life. On Saturday, March 8, the Cheyenne River Youth Project held an event called Passion for Fashion. At the event, middle school and high school girls pick out prom dresses, get their hair, makeup, and nails done, get a spa treatment, and choose accessories…
A Day in the Life of Amelia
I have been in Eagle Butte for over six weeks and I realized that I haven’t talked about what I do daily. Most days we have some sort of schedule, but sometimes when we have events we work strange hours and do different things than we normally would. I am supposed to be at…
A Long Week
Right now, everything seems to be falling apart. The internet is down, so I am using it next door at the other living quarters. Our hot water broke, so we have to shower here too. An alarm keeps going off every second because of the water situation. I also lost my phone on a run,…
Bon Appétit
I have realized that about half of my life now revolves around food. I have never cooked entirely for myself and now I have to. I also have to cook for the kids a few days a week, which is just an added challenge because kids seem to hate everything. Then there are additional events…
I Love It Here
I love it here. It’s hard but I love it. I am in South Dakota on an Indian Reservation volunteering for a program called the Cheyenne River Youth Project. I have been away from home for 3 days, but Tuesday was my first full day volunteering, and being here is quite an adventure. The Cheyenne…
A New Underdog Story
The Avonworth dodgeball tournament could be straight out of a movie. Will the underdogs rise to defeat the two-time champs, the Dodgefathers? On Thursday, December 5th at 7:00 pm, students and teachers in Avonworth High School will be facing off for the title of best dodgeball team in Avonworth. Gunner Goldie, a member of the…