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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

5/14 - AMS South Spring Choir Concert - more information below

5/16 - School Dance - more information below

5/17 - Oriole Flight - more information below

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

The AMS student council is sponsoring a neon themed spring dance for the 8th and 7th grade students on Tuesday, May 16th.

The 7th grade dance will take place immediately after school until 5:30PM. Pick up will be at the back of the building (exit on 267). We ask that 7th grade students are picked up no later than 5:30PM.

The 8th graders will return to school for their dance which will occur between 6:00 and 8:00PM.

Drop off will be at the front of the building (exit on 36); pick up will be at the back of the building (exit on 267). We ask that 8th grade students are picked up no later than 8PM.

If you are willing to help supervise the dance, we would love to have you. If you can supervise, please contact Mrs. Warthan at: wlwarthan@avon-schools.org

We are excited about several fun opportunities that are students will have as we near the end of the school year. Attached is a document with two volunteer opportunities for parents. Please visit the document for more information and instructions to sign-up if interested.

Thank you

Students who purchased a yearbook will receive their yearbooks on Monday, May 20 during the last 15 minutes of sixth period.

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.

Mr. Will Mahan, Athletic Director/Dean of Students

Ms. Joni Johnson, Athletic Trainer

5/14 HOME vs. Cascade Middle School 5:30PM

Good luck!

5/13 HOME vs. Horizon Christian School 5:30PM

5/15 HOME vs. Danville Middle School 5:30PM

Good luck!

Happy Birthday

to our students celebrating a birthday this week:

Zixuan Zhou

Silas Cross

Nifemi Ogunniran

Alex Serrano

Sophie Muwallif

Annabelle Miller

Jack Clephane

Emma Alcalde

Lizzy Alcalde

James Granada

Princess Porter

Jovie Vinson

Sammy Beekley

Mathew Ford

Hunter York

Rowyn Lang

National Junior Honor Society will offer after school study help sessions on Wednesday’s after school from 4:10 - 5:00PM. Students will then go to the front commons area and wait for the late bus or parent pick-up. During this time, there will be a supervisor 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.

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.

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

In Language Arts, students are taking NWEA this week and preparing for the Poe Quest. In Social Studies, we will begin learning about Southeast Asia and Oceania! In Science, we will be studying for our test on natural resources on Wednesday. In Math, we will be reviewing measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode, range), line plots, and box plots. In Pre-Algebra, we will be reviewing for and taking our Unit 15 Module 5 Test on Solving Systems of Equations.

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

At the beginning of next week, Science students will be reviewing for our last test of the year on natural resources. Students will receive a study guide that is due on test and will count as a portion of their overall grade. The test will be on Wednesday, May 15th. We will close out the year with a challenge to build the best wind turbine blades. Next week in Language Arts, students will begin the week by wrapping up our final Unit Test on Monday. Any late work for the 7D: Poetry and Poe Unit should be submitted no later than 4pm Monday, May 13th. Students will then take their English NWEA Assessment, which will run from Tuesday to Thursday. Social Studies students will be continuing our unit on Southeast Asia and Oceana. Our final unit test will be on Friday May 24th. Students will get to experience the culture fair on Thursday and Oriole flight on Friday, should be a wonderful week at South! In Math, we will be reviewing measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode, range), line plots, and box plots. In Pre-Algebra, we will be reviewing for and taking our Unit 15 Module 5 Test on Solving Systems of Equations.

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 finish their Unit 7D assessment and take NWEA.

Mr. Thoennes - Students will be taking part 2 of their Unit 7D Assessment on Monday, May 13 and NWEA Testing from Tuesday to Thursday.

Math & Pre-Algebra

Mrs. Schaffer - In Math, will be reviewing mean, median, and mode along with different ways of graphing data. Pre-Algebra students will practice solving systems of linear equations.

Mrs. Shambaugh - Students will explore data analysis by finding mean, median, and mode of data sets and by creating line plots and box plots.

Science

Mrs. Miller - Science students will be reviewing and taking a test over the Distribution and Human Impact on Natural Resources.

Ms. Schaber - Next week we will be finishing our natural resource unit. We will do this by preparing for and taking a test on Wednesday.

Social Studies

Mr. Leach - Social Studies will be staring a new unit on Southeast Asia/Australia and Oceania. All late work for the Japan and Korea unit is due on Friday 5/17.

Mr. McDonald - Students will learn about imperialism in Southeast Asia.

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

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

Language Arts

Mrs. Zimmerman - Students will complete NWEA testing next week in their ELA class period.

Mr. Thoennes - Students will be taking NWEA testing from Tuesday to Thursday.

Pre-Algebra & Algebra

Mrs. DeBow - Pre-algebra will explore the sorts of functions (quadratic and exponential) they will study further next year as algebra students. Algebra students will learn multiple methods and ways of thinking to solve complex equations efficiently—including one equation with FOUR solutions!

Mrs. Shambaugh - Students will review 8th grade standards in preparation for the final exam.

Science

Mr. Goson - Students will continue their deep dive into our weather unit by focusing on a specific phenomenon to research and study. They will create posters and be expected to be able to explain aspects of their chosen weather event.

Ms. Schaber - Next week we will be continuing our weather unit. We will do this by starting our final project for the unit.

Mrs. Hood - Biology students finish the survival of the fittest lab. They will also be having their Natural Selection quiz on Wednesday 5-15.

Social Studies

Mrs. Mellen - Next week, we will be studying Gettysburg and a Civil War Escape Room.

Mr. McDonald - Students will learn about the final battles of the Civil War.

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

In Science, students will be preparing their extreme weather presentation. Biology students will be preparing for their shark dissections. In Pre-Algebra, students will be learning about exponential growth. Algebra students will explore new equation-solving techniques. Social Studies students will be reviewing the most important events of the Civil War. In Language Arts, students will be taking the reading portion of the NWEA test.

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

In Language Arts, students will take the NWEA reading test Tuesday through Thursday. Science students are researching a major weather event and creating posters that will be presented the following week. Biology students finish the survival of the fittest lab. They will also be having their Natural Selection quiz on Wednesday 5-15. Pre-Algebra will be completing a Stained-Glass project, practicing solving equations, and will have a wonderful time on Oriole Flight Day. Algebra students will practice solving equations with fractional coefficients, factoring polynomials, and studying for our final exam along with enjoying an exciting Oriole Flight Day. Social Studies: This week, we will complete our study of the major battles of the Civil War and transition into examining the Reconstruction period that followed. This period of history is closely linked to the modern Civil Rights Movement.

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 reviewing for the final exam and have a 4b vocab quiz on Thursday. The final exam study guide will be passed out on Wednesday.

Japanese

The Japanese class topics will be recognizing kanji, asking, giving and refusing permission, and shopping.

Computer Science

7th graders will be starting their final project and working on it for the rest of the week.

8th graders will be finishing up their designs and working on their presentations for their final project.

Art

Next week we will finish up a two point perspective drawing and begin glazing finished ceramic projects.

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

7th grade - Students will be racing their cars that we have been making over the past couple of weeks. We will be doing 2 tournaments so that each student will have a minimum of four races total to try and make minor adjustments to their car win their race. We will also be calculating the speed of their car as well to see who has the fastest car in all 7th grade classes.

8th grade - Students will be finishing their lightboxes this week and then starting the phone stand project to end the nine weeks. Students will also be allowed to laser engrave these items before taking them home.

Digital Literacy & Communication

This week in Digital Literacy, 7th graders started their Shark Tank project by researching products while my 8th graders began learning about the trial process to prepare for our mock trial in the final week!

Robotics

Robotics 1 – Students will finish coding testbed projects and will begin planning and construction of spinning billboard.

Robotics 2 – Students will finish elevator projects and will begin planning their the final project of their choice.

Medical Detectives

8th Grade Medical Detectives will begin their final project. They need to solve a mystery on what toxin is poisoning a town and help stop the spread.

Flight & Space

7th Grade Flight and Space will begin their final project. This will include a Mission to Mars where they will choose their crew, decide on the rocket to launch, where to land on Mars, and finally, build a lander that will be dropped off the roof of the school.

Below are some photos that Mrs. Snyder took during classes this week, enjoy!

Canister Rockets-Students were to pick solids and liquid to mix together to create a gas that would launch the canister. The students loved this messy project and it is always a "blast" to watch.

Astronaut food-Students had to create astronaut food aka pudding. This was to show how astronauts rehydrate their food before they eat it. Students loved it.

Medical Detectives students dissected sheep brains in class, below are some photos of their experience.

Mrs. Fair, Mrs. Lucas & Mr. Jackson

Students will finish their final unit this week and will have a unit test on Wednesday. Study guides are posted in Schoology. We will then focus on preparing for our fitness tests and final exam next week. Students need to continue to wear their gray shirt, black shorts and tennis shoes for class. We have noticed that there are more students taking “no dress” days which results in losing points in class. As a reminder, dress is 30% of the overall grade.

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

Band

All band students had an awesome spring concert. This week ahead we'll be looking at a few new songs and preparing to clean up the band room for the summer.

Choir

Choir concert next week! Kids are all memorized and working hard this week to make the music as good as we can. Excited to showcase everything we've been working on!

Orchestra

8th Grade/Chamber King's Island Trip: Money/Permission slip past due. Trip is on Saturday, May 18th. Students need to report to South at 7:45am. More info to come.

8th Grade HS Audition/Playing Test Final: Mr. Powell will post results on the last day of school.

SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION: Avon MS Summer Camp is June 24-28 at AMS North from 9-11:45am. Registration forms have been passed out to students. Camp Fee is $115, and the form is due by May 17th.

Chamber Orchestra End-of-Year Party: We will have a combined Chamber Orchestra party at North on Tuesday, May 21st from 5:45 - 7:15pm. We will play our instruments altogether as one big chamber orchestra, play some games and then we will be providing students with pizza, cake and ice cream. Check ParentSquare for more updates.

Orchestra Final: Orchestra students will be given a written orchestra final on Tuesday, May 21st that will test their knowledge of key signatures, bowing terms and new orchestra vocabulary we have learned this year. There will also be a rhythmic understanding portion as well.

Thank you!

-Mr. Miller

Ms. Sever

All books are due Friday, May 17th. Book overdue notices were sent home via the email provided to AMS South this past Friday, May 10th. They will continue to be sent home every day until the end of the school year. 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 book bill as an additional fee.

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!

Also, please remind your students that reading for at least 15 minutes a day is just as important as going to soccer or softball practice. Sports require practice - so does reading! Stop by your public library, bookstore, garage sales, or check out eBooks and audiobooks on Sora over the summer. Continue to encourage your students to grow and prepare themselves for 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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Every Thursday from 5:00 - 6:00PM (when school is in session)

at Avon Intermediate School East

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