We Are South, We Are One!

Email: msattendance@avon-schools.org
Website: https://www.avon-schools.org/mssouth
Location: 7199 East US Highway 36, Avon, IN, USA
Phone: 317-544-5700
Twitter: @avonsouth

May 12, 2025 - 8th Grade Job Shadow or College Visit Day - No 8th graders at school today

May 14, 2025 - Cultural Fair

May 23, 2025 - Oriole Flight (May 27 is the rain date)

Upcoming ILEARN Test Dates:

May 8 - 9: Biology (Thursday - Friday)

RSVP for the upcoming meeting by following this link https://rsvp.eftours.com/gve4u67

Do you have a son or daughter interested in STEM? If so, the Engineering & Tech teachers at AHS are putting on a STEM Summer camp for students through 7th grade. Please see the link provided for more information regarding the camp and who to contact if interested.

https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1742305776/avonschoolsorg/yhy1cllpnvdh7sbnarog/STEMCampFlyer.pdf

A HUGE thank you to everyone who donated items for I-Learn and Teacher Appreciation Week. Here are a few examples of how those items were used! The teachers also had a Chick-fil-A lunch today to round out the week.

The below group of students ranked 4th in the state for math in the Indiana Academic Super Bowl!

Mrs. Shambaugh, along with the staff, could not be more proud of their hard work and dedication!

Below students left to right:

Tani Okanlawon, Bini Leulseged, Abdul-Fareed Aromire, Taha Agha & Jesus Linares

Here is our drive schedule link on its own: https://donateblood.versiti.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/11612940

Scott Adams - Athletic Director

Joni Johnson - Athletic Trainer

5/14 AWAY vs. County - Location TBA 5:00PM

Good luck!

HOME golf matches will be at Oak Tree Golf Course

5/12 HOME vs. Plainfield MS 5:30PM

Good luck!

5/12 HOME vs. Plainfield MS 5:30PM

5/13 HOME vs. Bethesda Christian 5:30PM

Good luck!

5/12 AWAY vs. County 5:00PM @ AMS North

5/13 AWAY vs. County 5:00PM @ AMS North

5/17 AWAY vs. Conference @ AMS North 10:00AM

Good luck!

5/16 Conference AWAY @ Zionsville High School 5:30PM

Good luck!

Avon Middle School South will be offering an online ticket option for all athletic events. Online tickets will be available for purchase on the platform EventLink. These tickets will become available for purchase ten days prior to the date of the event. We encourage you to download the EventLink application on your mobile device from the App Store or Google Play Store.

All athletic tickets cost $5. Children between the ages 0 and 5 years old will be free in addition to adults who are 62 years old and older. When purchasing a ticket online through EventLink, there will be a service fee included.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU:

Waylon Hickey

Chloe McCaslin

Emma Alcalde

Lizzie Alcalde

James Granada

Princess Porter

Jovie Vinson

Navroop Kaur

Saachi Prajapati

Sammy Beekley

Matthew Ford

Hunter York

Kirah Bailey

Rowyn Lang

Daniel Akhirevbulu

National Junior Honor Society will offer after school study help sessions on Wednesday’s after school from 4:10 - 5:00PM.

During this time, there will be a NJHS teacher sponsor with the students while they wait for the late bus to arrive. Students that will be a car rider home on these days can be picked up at door 1 at 5:00PM. Students will then go to the front commons area and wait for the late bus or parent pick-up.

If your student will be staying for the study session and they need bus transportation home they must sign up for the late bus in the Guidance Office at lunch that day. For those students taking the late bus home, the bus will leave AMS South at 5:10pm.

Each week your child's team will give an update about the current week or week ahead. Please find your child's team below for that information. In addition, you will find news from our Encore teachers, Media Center, and PE/Wellness teachers.

Ms. Costello, Mrs. Dugan, Mrs. Williams & Mr. Uhl

In Language Arts, students will learn about different types of irony and continue to work with “The Cask of Amontillado” as they prepare for their last unit test. Their Unit 7D test will be on Friday. Next week in Social Studies, we will begin learning about Southeast Asia and Oceania. Math will begin reviewing their Statistics and Sampling unit and will take the unit test on Friday (5/16). Pre-Algebra will continue learning about Pythagorean Theorem. Science classes will be finishing up our rollercoasters on Tuesday, May 13th and jumping into the fire with our Thermal Energy Unit! We will be learning about different types of heat transfer through our roasted marshmallow lab and experimenting with how insulators and conductors work to keep our drinks either cold or hot.

Mrs. Barnes, Mr. Blackmore, Mrs. Boroff & Ms. Weinstein

In Language Arts, student will be completing their work with Edgar Allen Poe, and we will review for our final Unit Exam that is currently scheduled to be taken on 5/16. Any late work for this course needs to be submitted by this date if you would like to earn partial credit. Math students will be taking their sampling and statistics test on Wednesday, May 14 and then will begin a unit on angle measurements. Pre-Algebra students will be studying algebraic functions and solving system of equations by graphing. Their test is scheduled for Thursday, May 29. In Science, we will be testing and evaluating our roller coasters on Monday. Tuesday we will begin our unit on Heat Energy, which will be our last unit for the year. Students worked on vocabulary terms for this unit during our E-Learning Day. Our current plan is to have our end of unit test on Wednesday, May 28th. Social Studies students will be starting our last unit over Southeast Asia and Oceana, the Vietnam war, Australia and New Zealand. The unit test will be on the last day of school May 30th. Mrs. Weinstein’s last day of school will be May 19th as she is having knee surgery. There will be a permanent sub, Mrs. Clark for the last eight days of school. All graded assignments the last two weeks of school will be digital and will be automatically updated in the gradebook through Schoology. She will be unable to answer any messages after 5/19.

Mrs. Blaske, Mr. Leach, Mrs. Ringham & Mrs. Schaffer

Mr. McDonald, Ms. Schaber, Mrs. Shambaugh & Mr. Thoennes

Language Arts

Mrs. Ringham - Language Arts students will be finishing their work analyzing the characters in The Cask of Amontillado. They will read some of Poe’s other shorter stories and poems to prepare them for the Poe Quest. Language Arts stays fluid to match the needs of students, so our unit test will either be on May 16 or pushed to May 19.

Mr. Thoennes - Students will start analyzing Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado” by looking at the choices the author made and choices a movie director would make when casting the story.

Math & Pre-Algebra

Mrs. Schaffer - This week, Math students will review concepts on Monday and Tuesday in preparation for the Unit 11 Test on Wednesday. After the test, we will dive into our new unit on lines and angles. Pre-Algebra students will also focus on review sessions Monday and Tuesday, culminating in their Unit 4 (Course 3) Test on Wednesday. Following the test, we will start Unit 5, which focuses on solving systems by graphing.

Mrs. Shambaugh - Students will learn about triangles and angle relationships.

Science

Mrs. Blaske - Science students will finish their roller coaster project and then start our last unit of the year about thermal energy.

Ms. Schaber - Students will finish their roller coaster project on Tuesday 5/13. Students will then begin learning about thermal energy.

Social Studies

Mr. Leach - Social Studies students will begin our final unit on Southeast Asia, Oceania, and Australia. Please note that our final test will be given on the last day of school, May 30th.

Mr. McDonald - Students will learn about the geography of Southeast Asia.

Mrs. DeBow, Mr. Goson, Mrs. Mellen & Mrs. Zimmerman

Mr. McDonald, Ms. Schaber, Mrs. Shambaugh & Mr. Thoennes

Language Arts

Mrs. Zimmerman - Students will begin reading "Hidden Figures Young Reader's Edition."

Mr. Thoennes - Students will be starting their Space Blogs where they write as if they are a cosmonaut or astronaut traveling in space.

Pre-Algebra & Algebra

Mrs. DeBow - Algebra students will practice solving equations using a variety of strategies. Pre-algebra students will begin investigating nonlinear types of growth.

Mrs. Shambaugh - Students will investigate growth in patterns and how this relates to functions.

Science

Mr. Goson - Science students will begin researching their weather phenomena for our weather project. We will learn how to create a weather map for specific weather events, and they will create posters for them. If you have any extra craft/ coloring utensils, please send them with students next week for the project. Biology students will wrap up the change over time unit with a test over what we have learned about natural selection.

Ms. Schaber - Students will continue to learn about weather. This week we will be starting their project over a weather event of their choosing.

Social Studies

Mrs. Mellen - Next week, we will be continuing our study of the Civil War, looking at important battles and leaders during the war. The second attempt for Red Belt will be on Friday 5/16.

Mr. McDonald - Students will continue learning about the major battles of the Civil War.

Mrs. Warthan, Ms. Kegley, Mr. Casey & Mr. Osen

Science: Science students will be preparing their "Weather Event" presentations.

Biology: Biology students will be conducting an experiment on natural selection.

Pre-Algebra: Students will be exploring linear and non-linear growth.

Algebra: Students will be exploring new methods for solving equations

Social Studies: Students will begin mapping the major battles of the Civil War.

Language Arts: Students will be creating a space blog from the chosen perspective of a cosmonaut or astronaut.

Mrs. Cadle, Mr. Garrison, Mrs. Hood & Mr. Williams

Science: Students will begin their pathfinder to prepare their poster of major weather events.

Biology: Students will continue with their evolutionary unit. They will be doing a survival of the fittest activity to sum up what they have learned so far. They will take their quiz over Evolution and natural selection on 5-15.

Language Arts: Students will continue writing their entries for their space blog writing assignment. The final draft with all three entries will be due on Thursday. They will then begin a series of readings about animals sent to space during the Space Race.

Social Studies: Students will continue learning about the major battles of the Civil War and life during the war. They will also learn the importance of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Pre-Algebra: Students will be learning about the development of math concepts from civilizations around the world throughout history leading up to our school's Cultural Fair! We will also begin looking at non-linear relationships later in the week.

Algebra: Students will expand their understanding of solving equations. We will be looking at equations in new formats and determining what skills they have already learned to solve them!

Señora Barker (Spanish), Mrs. Hauptmann (Japanese), Mr. Parr (Computer Science),

Mrs. Leonard (Art), Mr. McFarlin (Engineering and Technology), Mr. Wolf (Robotics),

Mrs. Snyder (Flight & Space and Medical Detectives),

and Mr. Tarnowski (Digital Literacy & Communication)

Spanish

Next week students will be learning one more chapter of vocabulary which deals with many sports. We will start reviewing for our final exam as well which will be May 28th and 29th.

Japanese

The Japanese class topics will be: drawing katakana characters from memory, recognizing kanji characters, cardinal directions, and giving directions.

Computer Science

7th graders will be working on their final game of the year. Focusing on creating proper functions.

8th graders will be working on their final projects as well, looking ta examples of commercials and shark tank type presentations.

Art

This week in art class we will be using plaster fabric and tempera paint on plastic cups to make canopic jars about ourselves. This project will be messy, so I am including recommendations for cleaning any clothing that may get paint or plaster on them.

We will be using tempera paint which is mostly washable but can stain as pigments are stronger than others. If any paint gets on clothing I would scrape off any excess paint, then pretreat the stain with a liquid laundry detergent, gently blot with a damp cloth, and rinse with cold water; for stubborn stains, you can try soaking the fabric in a diluted solution of laundry detergent or a commercial stain remover before washing as usual. It can sometimes take a few times in the washer for it to come out.

We will be using plaster fabric which is very dry and dusty. We will dip it into water and apply it to the plastic cups to make our sculptures. If the dry plaster is on clothing it can be dusted off. If wet plaster is on clothing, I would first scrape off any excess plaster with a knife, then pre-treat the stain by applying white vinegar and gently rubbing it in; soak the garment in a solution of hot water and vinegar or baking soda for at least an hour before washing with regular detergent as usual; repeat if necessary.

7th grade Engineering and Design & 8th grade Gateway to Technology

7th Grade: Students will be finishing up their puzzle cube timing competition for the toughest cube. We will start working on our 3rd project the Air blaster cars later on this week.

8th grade: Students will be finishing their light boxes and then start working on their 3rd project the crash test cars.

Digital Literacy & Communication

This week in Digital Literacy, 8th graders are continuing to learn about the process of court trials and beginning to gather evidence for their own mock trial while 7th graders are finishing research on their Shark Tank products and creating their persuasive speeches.

Robotics

Robotics 1- Students will continue working to code digital and analog sensors on testbed project.

Robotics 2- Students will work with team to design, build, and code a 3-level elevator.

Flight & Space

Flight and Space will begin their final project! They will build a "Mars Lander" prototype. The prototype will have an egg placed in it (their astronaut) and will be dropped off the roof. The students love this project and are very excited to begin.

Medical Detectives

Medical Detectives will be working on Project 2.5. They are to diagnosis a patient with a neurological disorder and make a patient education brochure.

Mrs. Lucas, Mr. Jackson & Mr. Van Winkle

This week, we are excited to continue our Quarter 4 units. Dressing out is crucial for participation, accounting for 30% of the overall grade. Students should wear grey shirts, black shorts, and tennis shoes to every class.

Study Resources Matter!

Students who utilized Blooket and study guides for test preparation have seen great success. We encourage all students to continue using these resources to prepare for upcoming assessments.
✅ Blookets are posted and available for students to review.
✅ Study guides are posted and available for students to review.

Quarter 4 Units

Students have transitioned to their last unit of the quarter, and will continue participating and building skills in:

• Ultimate Frisbee
• Pickleball
• Fitness

Reminder

PE is a high school credit course, and the grade will be part of your student’s academic record. Please encourage your student to come prepared and actively participate each day.

Thank you for your continued support!

Mr. Basso (Band), Mr. Miller (Orchestra) & Mr. Nelson (Choir)

Band

Our band students continue to prepare for their next performances and are busy in class each day! Band Concert this week!

Band parents: for more specific information, please consult Mr. Basso's band newsletter.

Choir

Our Spring Concert was on May, 8th, students did a great job! So excited to share everything we have accomplished this year. After the concert we will have a musical theatre unit, a final music project, as well as talking about identifying key signatures. That will take us to the end of the year!

Orchestra

We have received official confirmation that the bands and orchestra received the All Music Award presented by ISSMA this year. This is a first in the history of Avon North and South's Orchestra programs! Congratulations everyone!!!! The Chamber orchestra played for the Avon Business Leaders meeting on Friday at 11:30am, and they played beautifully!

Spring Concert is this Thursday May 15th at 6:30pm! Check in with your students to make sure they are completing playing tests. We had on due on E-Learning day, May 1st and another due last week. Playing tests need to be completed by May 16th to be considered for credit. At our concert, You will hear music by Ariana Grade, Chappell Roan, Coldplay, and Adele with a few other standard orchestra tunes!

KING'S ISLAND

The trip is Saturday, May 17th. Updated King's Island information will be sent out soon. Thanks!

After our concert, we will be continuing in our books, sight-reading new music, taking our orchestra finals, and learning to clean and care for our instruments.

Mrs. Sever

All library books are due back to the library on Friday, May 16th. Parents and guardians will continue to receive notification until all books are returned. Please remind your student(s) to check their lockers, backpacks, classrooms, and any spaces at home. Students are responsible for any and all books checked out on their accounts. If you have any questions, please contact Cassidy Sever at casever@avon-schools.org during school hours. Thank you for your help in making sure materials are returned for our students next school year!

ABSENCE PROCEDURE

If a student is absent from school, the PARENT must call the school by 10:00 A.M. to report the absence. If no call is received, the automated school system will make an effort to contact the parent, but if NO PARENT CALL has been received by 3:00 P.M. the day following the absence, the student will be charged with an unexcused absence. You may also send an email to us to notify us of your child's absence at msattendance@avon-schools.org.

EARLY DISMISSALS

Please be advised that we cannot take early dismissal information over the telephone.

If your child needs to leave school early during the school day please send a note in with your child to bring to the office first thing in the morning or email us at

msattendance@avon-schools.org with all the necessary information: students name, date and time picking up, and the name of the person picking your child up if someone other than a parent or guardian will be picking up. This email will go directly to the front office secretaries and they will be able to get your child an early dismissal pass so that they can be in the front office when you are ready to pick them up. If leaving early for a doctor/dentist appointment, please provide doctor/dentist verification to ensure that the absence is excused.

If someone other than a parent or guardian will be picking up your child we MUST have this information in writing from a parent/guardian, please include his or her name on the note or email. Once we verify their photo ID then the student can sign out and leave. If you are unable to email us we will need you to come into the office with your valid ID, once we verify it is a parent/guardian picking up we will be able to call the student down for dismissal.

Using this email will ensure your child will get a pass out of class to be in the office. Please do not use Parent Square to send a message to your child's teachers as we cannot guarantee that this message will get to the front office to get your child a pass. Our teachers are very busy throughout the day and may not be able to check Parent Square often, or if the teacher is out that day we would not get that message in the front office in time to get your child an early dismissal pass.

We want to make sure that your information is getting to the right person in a timely manner, and hopefully prevent any miscommunication or missed messages.

If your child will be absent from school due to a virtual doctor appointment, whether leaving early or coming to school late, to ensure that the absence is excused we will need you to provide written documentation of the appointment from the doctor. Please be sure to ask your doctor to email you a note to provide to school for the appointment. You can either print the email out and send to school with your child to bring to the office, or you can email it to our attendance line at

msattendance@avon-schools.org.

It is our belief that students can best achieve academic success by being in school every day. We also understand that a student may occasionally have an opportunity to experience extraordinary opportunities that may result in a missed day of school. The principal or designee may grant a pre-arranged absence if the absence provides an extraordinary opportunity for the student and/or family. The request must be submitted at least five school days in advance of the requested absence. The student will be required to complete all missed work upon his/her return to school.

No more than three days of pre-arranged absences will be approved each year.

Pre-arranged absences will not be granted during the following circumstances:

• NWEA and ILEARN testing
• End of Quarter Assessments
• Last three days of a semester
• When the requested absence would push the student’s attendance record into excessive absence status or if the student has surpassed the allowable number of absences.

You can either print this form out and complete the information requested and send into school with your child to bring to the front office, or you can fill it out and email it to our attendance email address at msattendance@avon-schools.org

For Visitors to our Building

Avon Schools require all visitors to check-in at the front office using our visitor management system, Safe Visitor. This system requires visitors to scan their driver's license or state identification card for a check of their record. A temporary badge is provided to all visitors to wear while in our buildings. As our visitors leave school, they scan and return that badge to front office staff.

Entering the Building

Anyone entering our building beyond the front office will need to have a valid photo ID with them so that they can be checked in through our Safe Visitor Solutions system. You will be given a badge to wear while in the building so that you are identified as a visitor. When leaving you will return to the front office so that we can check you out of Safe Visitor Solutions and take your badge.

Visiting Students during Lunch

At this time, we are allowing parents/guardians to have lunch with their child during their specified lunch time in our commons area outside of the cafeteria. Parents must follow our policy for entering our building listed above; present a valid photo ID and be checked into our Safe Visitor system. Please take note that this process may take a few minutes to get you checked into our system so please allow for a few extra minutes for that process.

**If someone other than a parent/guardian would like to have lunch with your student, we MUST have that information in writing in advance from a parent/guardian. You can either send a note in with your student to bring to the office when they arrive at school in the morning, or you can email our attendance line with the information at msattendance@avon-schools.org

Avon Community Schools has chosen Worth Ave. Group as the vendor of choice to insure school-issued laptops rented by students. Insurance with Worth Ave. Group will protect the device against: Accidental Damage, Theft, Fire, Flood, Natural Disasters, Power Surge and Vandalism. This insurance policy will provide full replacement cost coverage and will protect the item worldwide (on and off school grounds). The policy is also transferable to a replacement unit. Insurance plans may be purchased online.

• Coverage Term: July 18, 2024 - July 18, 2025
  • It is up to you to renew yearly.
• Enrollment Deadline: September 6, 2024
• Cost is prorated for policies purchased after September.

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Call the Homework Hotline

1-877-ASK-ROSE

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The Mary Lee Maier Community Pantry is available to Avon school families and employees.

Every Thursday from 5:00 - 6:00PM (when school is in session, see district calendar for these dates) at Avon Intermediate School East, southside of building enter door #13.

Please do not arrive before 4:30PM due to AIS bus/school traffic

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