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

Sept. 26 - 27 - Parent/Teacher Conferences - more information to come

Oct. 14 - 25 - Fall Break - NO SCHOOL!!!

Interested in coming on Monday? PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK TO LET US KNOW YOU ARE COMING! This will help us have enough supplies ready to go!

Scott Adams - Athletic Director

Joni Johnson - Athletic Trainer

9/12 AWAY vs. Tri-West 5:30PM

Good luck!

9/9 AWAY vs. Brownsburg East 5:30PM - Rescheduled from last Thursday

9/12 7th grade - HOME vs. Franklin Central 6:00PM

9/12 8th grade - AWAY vs. Franklin Central 6:00PM

Good luck!

9/10 HOME vs. Franklin Central 5:30PM

9/12 AWAY vs. Monrovia @ Heartland Crossing 5:30PM

Good luck!

9/11 HOME vs. Zionsville West 5:30PM

9/12 HOME vs. Plainfield 5:30PM

Good luck!

9/9 AWAY vs. AMS North @ Avon High School 5:30PM

9/11 AWAY vs. Plainfield 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:

Harmon McMickle

Henry Cummings

Easton Scudder

Violet Rivera

Rigo Munoz-Macias

Oscar Reyes

Bryan Bonilla Eguigure

Rayden Rowe

Dorwens Jicin

Jordan Jones

Briley Frierson

Raj Singh

Ryann Ring

Olam Kolurejo

Naomi Kinney

Micah Montgomery

Shawn Rivera

Joshua Walker

Jeffery Younghouse

Madalynn Younghouse

Foladara Adeigbe

Bentley Gillett

Vladimir Reyes

Eli Taylor

Abby Akinwekomi

Mofe Folagbeji

National Junior Honor Society will offer after school study help sessions on Wednesday’s after school from 4:10 - 5:00PM, starting the Wednesday, Sept. 18.

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

Next week, in Social Studies we will finish up our second unit with our test on Thursday! Math will be reviewing Unit 2 (Module 4) and taking the test on Wednesday (9/11). They will then begin learning about percent of change. Pre-Algebra will continue learning about proportional relationships. In Language Arts, students will continue reading A Raisin in the Sun, finishing Act 1, and working on constructed responses using the ToSEEEEC strategy. Next week, in Science, we will have a unit test on Tuesday, September 10th. We will start our CSA on Wednesday, September 11th -- creating a diagram of the rock cycle. This project will be due in class on Tuesday, September 15th.

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

This week in Science, we will be reviewing and preparing for our 1st test WITHOUT notes (40% weighted grade) over all of the information learned during our Geology Unit - Rock Cycle, Plate Tectonics, Continental Drift, Sea Floor Spreading and Types of Rocks. Our Test will be September 10th. In the last half of the week, we will begin discussing and working on our end of unit project that will show where the different types of rocks are formed within the Earth and where the different processes occur. This project will take place over several days and will be a 40% weight due on September 18th. ALL MISSING WORK for the Geology Unit will be due by September 19th. Next week, the Math students will be taking the Unit 2 Test over Operations with Rational Numbers. Students can get on McGraw Hill and try to do practice problems from each lesson and check their answers. Then we will start on Unit 3 (Reveal Module 2) over Solving Percent Problems. In Pre-Algebra, we will continue to work on Proportional Relationships. Next week in Social Studies students will be preparing for their unit 2 test. It will cover population, types of governments, economics, culture/race/ethnicity. Students will receive their study guide on Wednesday 9/11 and their test will be on Thursday 9/12. All study materials have been up on Schoology since the beginning of the unit, in the black folder labeled Unit 2 review games and activities. There are all kinds of digital flashcards, review activities, and games. Please have your student start studying now! The more review they do the better they will do on the unit test. Next week in Language Arts, students will continue reading and analyzing Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun. This week we are focusing on character analysis, and this will be quizzed in class on Friday the 13th (spooky!). Students will also complete our first writing CFA of the 7B Unit this week, so come to class with pencils!

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

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

Language Arts

Mrs. Ringham - Language Arts students will be analyzing characterization by comparing what a character wants, the obstacles they face, and how they respond in the face of the obstacle.

Mr. Thoennes - Students will be continuing to read A Raisin in the Sun by Loraine Hansberry and will have a STEMS quiz on Friday, 9/13.

Math & Pre-Algebra

Mrs. Schaffer - In Math, students will review Module 4 and test on Wednesday. Following our test, we will begin Module 2 where students will solve problems involving percent of increase and decrease. In Pre-algebra, students will continue with Module 1 on ratios, rates, and proportions.

Mrs. Shambaugh - Students will continue to practice operations with rational numbers. The Unit 2 Test will be Wednesday, September 11. We will follow with Unit 3, which includes percents and proportions.

Science

Mrs. Miller - In Science students will be taking a Quiz on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, over Dynamic Earth. Students should use their notes and their study guide to prepare for the Quiz. Later in the week we will be working on our Rock Cycle Project CSA in class.

Ms. Schaber - Students will be continuing our unit over earth science. We will be taking a quiz over everything we’ve learned on Tuesday, September 10 and will be starting our first project after that over the rock cycle.

Social Studies

Mr. Leach - Social Studies students are finishing their Country Culture Projects. We will be working on our study guides and taking our Unit 2 Test this week. We will be starting Unit 3 ancient civilizations on Friday.

Mr. McDonald - Students will take their Test over Governments Economics and populations.

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

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

Language Arts

Mrs. Zimmerman - Students will take their Unit 8A Test on Wednesday, September 11th. The unit test day also marks the last day for students to turn in any missing work from 8A.

Mr. Thoennes - Students will take their Unit 8A assessment on Tuesday, 9/10. They will also begin reading Masque if the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe.

Pre-Algebra & Algebra

Mrs. DeBow - Algebra students will learn how to write equations of parallel and perpendicular lines and take the Chapter 2 test on Friday. Pre-algebra students will begin to solve equations using algebra tiles and take the Chapter 2 test on Thursday.

Mrs. Shambaugh - Students will complete Unit 2 by solving equations with and without algebra tiles. The Unit 2 Test will be Thursday, September 12. Unit 3 begins with finding patterns and rules, which we will use to write and solve equations.

Science

Mr. Goson - General Science: Students will take a look at their ecological footprint and learn about how much of an impact we have on our environment. Biology: Students will continue working on their bio bottles. We will then learn about symbiosis and how it occurs in nature.

Ms. Schaber - Students will continue to learn about human impact. This week we will be discussing our ecological footprint.

Social Studies

Mrs. Mellen - Next week, we will examine the Triangular Trade, Adam Smith and Capitalism, and the Enlightenment. We will be taking next Wednesday in remembrance of 9/11.

Mr. McDonald - Students will learn about the movements that influenced the Revolution.

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

In Science, students will be investigating pollution runoff. Biology classes will be conducting their Bio bottle pollution study. In Pre-Algebra, students will practice solving equations with and without algebra tiles. Students will also take the unit 2 test. Algebra classes will learn to write equations of parallel and perpendicular lines. Students will also take the chapter 2 test. Social Studies classes will understand how The Great Awakening and The Enlightenment impacted the 13 colonies. In Language Arts, students will be taking the Unit 8A Test and practicing reading a graphic novel in preparation for Frankenstein.

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

In Science, students will be investigating how their Ecological footprint impacts the environment around them. Biology classes will be building their Biobottle project. They will also be wrapping up their Radish lab. WE STILL NEED 2-LITER BOTTLES. In Language Arts, students will be taking their Amplify Unit 8A test on Tuesday. For the rest of the week, they will be working with Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Masque of the Red Death." Social Studies students will be finishing up Unit 2 Colonization with lessons on Triangular Trade, Mercantilism, and the Great Awakening. Unit 2 Test will be on Friday, September 13. Pre-Algebra classes will practice solving equations and review Chapter 2 material to prepare for our test on Thursday, September 12! In Algebra, we will finish up Chapter 2 by exploring the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines and using those relationships to write more equations of lines. Our Chapter 2 test will be on Friday, September 13!

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

Students will be working with giving the day and date in Spanish and have a spelling quiz on the months and days on Wednesday. After the quiz, they will be learning about how to discuss the weather.

Japanese

The Japanese class topics will be: hiragana vowels, counting different type of things (counters), and the date.

Computer Science

7th graders will be working on their side scrolling project!

8th graders will be designing and building their “Shark Tank” project!

Art

In Art, we are working on a monochromatic landscape painting project! We will be using tempera paint, which is easier to wash from clothes, but I would be mindful of what students wear to school just in case.

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

7th Grade: We will be finishing up the puzzle cube project this week. Students will be asked to solve each other’s cube in under 5 Minutes. We will move on to the Pinewood Derby in the final two weeks of the nine weeks.

8th Grade: We will be finishing up the Light box project by the end of the week. Students will be testing their boxes for any faults within their design and then they will be able to take them home no later than Friday.

Digital Literacy & Communication

This week in Digital Literacy, 7th and 8th graders are starting their final unit, Argumentative Writing. In 7th grade, we will be researching products to put together a Shark Tank style presentation, while in 8th grade, we will be learning about court and the trial process so we can perform a Mock Trial!

Robotics

Robotics 1 – Students will begin learning how to code motors and sensors on their testbed projects.

Robotics 2 – Students will begin planning and construction of their 3-level elevator project.

Medical Detectives

It's brain time! Students will learn about the parts of the brain and how ours compares to a sheep's brain. Students will then dissect a sheep's brain.

Flight & Space

Students will learn what it takes to survive in space. They will learn how astronauts eat, drink, sleep, use the bathroom, and shower in space. They will also learn how water and air are recycled on the ISS.

Below are some photos from our Flight & Space class this week working on their cannister rockets, enjoy!

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

PE students will begin their final rotations of flag football, soccer, and fitness. We will continue to work on increasing muscular strength and cardiovascular endurance to prepare for fitness tests at the end of the month. As a reminder, please make sure to have clean uniforms on Monday.

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

Band

Be sure you have our Fall Concert on your calendar: October 1st.

Fundraiser deliver week is coming soon. If your child sold a large number of items, plan ahead for transportation of product.

IBA All Region Band Applications are due on Friday, September 13th.

Choir

In choir we are working closer to our September performances with the High School students, as well as our Veterans Day performance. Students are also moving quickly through our Q1 content!

Orchestra

For All Orchestras:

-FUNDRAISER is now complete. Thank you to all families who supported us as well as donations! Fundraiser delivery will be the week of September 16th. When I know the date, I will update. If you know your students sold many items, we will be asking you to pick them up after school the day of the delivery. More info to come.

7th Grade Orchestra: We have a few instruments without shoulder rests. Please check ParentSquare for preferred shoulder rest purchase. Our first playing quiz will be due on September 11th and 12th. Students will play live in class for me or for our student teacher. (We normally have students record themselves at home and upload their playing quiz, but we are working out a bug with cameras). Keep encouraging your students to practice at home and play for you!

8th Grade & Chamber Orchestra: We have now been through every measure of each piece of music. Our first playing quiz will be the second week of September, and we will have another two weeks later. Students will need to complete these by the day they are due. They always get at least a week preparation before the assignment is due. Late assignments will receive points taken off. Please continue to encourage your students to practice and play for you at home!

Mrs. Sever

This week in the library, Mr. Tarnowski’s classes will be down to learn about evaluating sources and comparing products as they begin their Shark Tank project to end the quarter. Mrs. Schroer, Mr. Blackmore, Mr. Thoennes, Mr. Williams, and Mrs. Zimmerman will also bring their classes down for checkout.

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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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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