Student of the week

Aaron Tekansik a first grader at Pine Bluffs elementary wins you over with his big brown eyes and gap-tooth smile. His friendly personality assumes you are a friend and someone he will enjoy talking to.

“I like math,” declared Aaron. “Grace (his older sister) has taught me a lot about it. I can almost do ‘times’. She is in third grade and knows a lot!”

Aaron is also a normal first grader and prefers recess to almost everything else. “I get to play with my friends,” smiled Aaron.

Aarons parents, Becky and Travis Tekansik, have instilled a hard working, farming background into Aaron that he plan...