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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

5/20 - Oriole Flight - RESCHEDULED - more information below

5/24 - Last Day of School!!!!

We have had a change in the date that yearbooks will be handed out to those that have pre-purchased a yearbook, see below.

Since we had to change the day of Oriole Flight/Activity Day to Monday, May 20, we will not have time that day for the yearbooks on Monday afternoon. Students who purchased a yearbook will receive their yearbooks on Tuesday, May 21, during their 6th period class.

Students who did not purchase a yearbook may buy on a first come first serve basis beginning the morning of Wednesday, May 22. Students must have $35 cash to purchase a yearbook in the commons area just outside the office beginning at 9:10 am on Wednesday, May 22.

This past Thursday our students participated in our 2nd annual Cultural Fair. Please enjoy a few photos from the days activities.

Mr. Will Mahan, Athletic Director/Dean of Students

Ms. Joni Johnson, Athletic Trainer

5/21 HOME vs. Cascade MS 5:30PM

Good luck!

Happy Birthday

to our students celebrating a birthday this week:

Leiton Harris

Kassy Perez

Katie Ahern

John Karaffa

Aubree Singleton

Moses Ndayishimiye

Cooper Walters

Esther Shodeinde

Brooklyn Stansbury

Haleigh Holland

Pape Pene

Eiven Meles

Kinsley Gurka

Vanessa Medina

Blake Dugger

Keegan Nunamaker

Emma Staten

Mason Staten

Quinn Wilmot

Emily Camargo

Ose Iyere

Rashaad Mosley

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.

Mrs. Dugan, Mrs. Williams, Mr. Schubert & Mr. Uhl

In Language Arts, students will spend the last four days of the school year solving a mystery about Edgar Allan Poe. They will read new reports and get new evidence each day and work as a team to write an analysis each day. In Science, we will finish the year with an in-class project where we will create wind turbines to create sustainable energy. In Social Studies, we will finish up the year discussing Oceania and wind down with our final test on Friday! In Math and Pre-Algebra, we will be taking the last NWEA Math test of the school year.

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

In Science, we finished our last test of the year on Wednesday the 14th as well as checked organization of binders for 4th quarter. This coming week we will be doing some light research on windmills and constructing windmill blades that will be used to build wind turbines. The challenge will be to see which blade creates the most volts of power. Students will be graded on collaboration skills, use of time, and ability to use their observations to accurately discuss what took place during their builds. Social Studies students will finish out the year with a final unit test on Southeast Asia and Oceana on Friday 5/24, the last day of school. All 7th grade students in the building will be taking their social studies test at the same time. Please encourage your students to continue to work right up until the last day, we will be learning new material through Wednesday, Thursday we will review, test on Friday. In Language Arts, students will wrap up the year by beginning and finishing our Poe Murder Mystery group assignment. Students will work through a variety of works by Edgar Allen Poe in an attempt to reveal his (alleged) killer. This will be due Friday before the conclusion of the academic year and will serve as the final project for our Poetry and Poe unit. In Math and Pre-Algebra, we will be taking the last NWEA Math test of the school year.

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

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

Language Arts

Mrs. Ringham - In Language Arts, students will spend the week embodying characters from the stories of Edgar Allan Poe presenting and analyzing clues to unravel the fictional mystery of “Who killed Edgar Allan Poe?”

Mr. Thoennes - Students will be participating in a Poe Quest in which they will use deductive reasons to find out who murdered Edgar Allan Poe.

Math & Pre-Algebra

Mrs. Schaffer - Math 7 and Pre- Algebra students will be taking NWEA. Everyone will need their computers and chargers.

Mrs. Shambaugh - Students will take the last NWEA test of the year.

Science

Mrs. Miller - Science students will be finishing up the school year investigation wind turbine design and what design will give us the most electricity.

Ms. Schaber - In 7th grade we will be continuing our lab. This lab has students using their knowledge to make a wind turbine spin.

Social Studies

Mr. Leach - Social Studies students are learning about Australia and will be taking a quiz on the 24th of May. All late work is due May 20th.

Mr. McDonald - Students will learn about Australia and Oceania.

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

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

Language Arts

Mrs. Zimmerman - Students will read the short story Flowers for Algernon and complete a quiz.

Mr. Thoennes - Students will be reading Flowers for Algernon, culminating to a quiz on Thursday over the short story.

Pre-Algebra & Algebra

Mrs. DeBow - Algebra students will take their semester 2 final on Wednesday and Thursday. Pre-algebra's semester 2 final is on Thursday.

Mrs. Shambaugh - Students will review for the semester exam, which will be Thursday, May 23.

Science

Mr. Goson - Students will present their severe weather projects on Tuesday. We will take our final on Thursday. The final will cover materials from chemistry and weather.

Ms. Schaber - In 8th grade students will be finishing their weather project on Tuesday. After this our focus will be on our semester exam which will be on Thursday.

Mrs. Hood - Biology students will dissect dogfish sharks and then prepare for the final that is on Thursday, 5/23. A study guide has been given and extra copies are available on Schoology.

Social Studies

Mrs. Mellen - We will be finishing up our Civil War Unit and taking our test on Friday. They have until Thursday, May 23rd to do the Black Belt and turn in any missing work!

Mr. McDonald - Students will Learn about Reconstruction and the 14th and 15th Amendments.

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

In Science, students will be presenting their extreme weather events activity and taking their final exam on Thursday, May 23. Biology classes will be dissecting sharks and taking their final exam on Wednesday, May 22 and Thursday, May 23. In Pre-Algebra, students will be reviewing for the exam on Thursday, May 23. Algebra students will be reviewing for the exam on Wednesday, May 22 and Thursday, May 23. Social Studies classes will be preparing for their Unit 10 test on Friday, May 24 over the Civil War & Reconstruction. In Language Arts, students will be reading “Flowers for Algernon.” There is no final exam for ELA.

Mrs. Hood, Mr. Rodgers, Mrs. Taylor & Mr. Williams

In Language Arts, students will read, and complete activities related to the short story “Flowers for Algernon.”. Science students present their weather posters and prepare for the final that is on Thursday 5-23. A study guide has been given and extra copies are available on Schoology. Biology students will dissect dogfish sharks and then prepare for the final that is on Thursday 5-23. A study guide has been given and extra copies are available on Schoology. Pre-Algebra will be reviewing for our final exam on Thursday. All missing assignments and late work are due no later than Monday, May 20th to receive credit. Algebra students will be reviewing for our final exam. This exam will be given over 2 days, Wednesday, and Thursday May 23 and 24. All missing assignments and late work are due no later than Monday, May 20th to receive credit. Social Studies: The Unit 10 test will be on the last day of school. We will spend a couple of days discussing Reconstruction and how it ties to the modern Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s.

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

Spanish students have a final exam on Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday is Listening (earbuds needed) and vocabulary. Thursday is reading and culture. Please make sure the students have their study guide completed on Tuesday. Any more details on final can be found on my ParentSquare sent Tuesday, May 13th.

Japanese

This week in Japanese we will be reviewing and then have our final exams.

Computer Science

7th graders will be working wrapping up their final game project and will be playing all the games on Thursday with Friday being a wrap up day!

8th graders will be presenting their projects Tuesday-Thursday, and wrap up tear down on Friday!

Art

This week in Art, students will finish painting their projects and then will introduce and practice neurographic art for the rest of the week.

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

7th grade: We will be ending the year off working on a final project that have the students building Board game with pieces in a 3d model setting. If time allows students might be able to 3d print some of these game pieces. 8th grade: Students will be ending the year off by creating a device stand or a wooden amplification box.

Digital Literacy & Communication

This week in Digital Literacy, 7th grade students are putting the finishing touches on their Shark Tank projects and 8th graders are doing their final preparations before beginning our own trial next week.

Robotics

Robotics 1 – Groups will finish building and coding their spinning billboard projects.

Robotics 2 – Groups will finish building and coding their elevators and free choice projects.

Medical Detectives

Medical Detectives will complete their Outbreak! Project. They will finish filming their PSA videos and submit them to me no later than Thursday 5/23. We had such a great time this quarter. Students learned a lot and did such an amazing job participating. It is always so much fun to see them play doctor and diagnosis their patients. I'm very proud of them. Thank you for a wonderful year!

Flight & Space

Flight and Space students will complete their egg drop projects. Mrs. Snyder will take the projects to the roof of the school and drop them off. We will see whose "astronaut" will survive. We had an absolute blast this quarter. Students really loved this class, especially the space topics. I'm so proud of how hard they worked. Thank you for a wonderful year!

Mrs. Fair, Mrs. Lucas & Mr. Jackson

PE students will be taking their final exam this week which is 20% of their grade. All study guides are posted and we ask that students please look over the material to be prepared for the test. We will also have out fitness tests this week. This includes the sit up test, the push-up test, and the pacer test. PE locker clean out will be on Friday.

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

Band

The students were awesome at their Spring Concert! All school owned instruments need to be returned by Monday, May 20th. Our last day of playing for the year will be next Wednesday, May 22nd. Instruments must go home Wednesday afternoon. Please make arrangements to get instruments home that might not be allowed on a bus.

Choir

In Choir, we celebrated our successful concert we held earlier this week! Now working through a musical theatre unit, as well as some preparing for a final exam mid-next week.

Orchestra

Check email for summer camp info for those who signed up.

5/21 - Orchestra Final

5/22 - Second half of Final

5/23 - Instrument cleaning

Have a great summer!

Ms. Sever

All books were due Friday, May 17th. Book overdue notices have been sent home via the email provided to AMS South daily. They will continue to be sent home every day until the end of the school year as long as your student still has materials on their account. Please encourage your students to check their lockers, classrooms, and personal belongings at school and home for any books that they might need to return to the library before we leave for Summer Break, especially as students move from 8th grade to Avon High School. Any books not returned or fines not paid will be added to the student’s account as an additional fee to be paid.

Please have your student stop by the library or message Ms. Sever (Cassidy Sever) on Schoology with any questions. Ms. Sever can also be contacted via phone at (317) 544-5700 ext. 5730 or via email at casever@avon-schools.org during school hours. Thank you for helping your student return their library books before we move to 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.

** 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 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.

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 leaving early for a doctor/dentist/orthodontist appointment, please provide verification note from the appointment to the main office to ensure that the absence is excused.

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.

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 may not be granted during the following circumstances:

• I-Learn

• During semester exams

• 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.

Below is our Pre-Arranged Absence form.

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

7th and 8th grade parents: Your children may be eligible for a college scholarship!

If your child qualifies for free and reduced lunch they are automatically enrolled in the 21st Century Scholars Program.

View the form below for more information.

Avon Community Schools has chosen Worth Ave. Group as the vendor of choice to insure school-issued laptops. 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. Please note this insurance does not cover accidental loss of the laptop, and families will be charged the full replacement cost for a lost device.

• Coverage Term: July 18, 2023 - July 18, 2024
  • It is up to you to renew yearly.

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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)

at Avon Intermediate School East

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

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