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

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

Smiles Club having fun during their first club meeting.

Please enjoy some photos from our Twining Day this week!

First meeting will be October 28th - after Fall Break!

If you have any questions you can send a Schoology message to Ms. Lucas or Mr. Osen.

Meet the Career class students! These hard-working kids are excited to be opening a store called The Perch, specifically designed for our teachers. The store will offer a variety of beverages, including water, tea, coffee, and soda.

This initiative provides students with a fantastic opportunity to apply their skills in a real-world setting. They will stock the store, practice counting money and items, enhance their organizational skills, and tackle problem-solving tasks. These experiences are invaluable as they prepare for future job roles.

Items in The Perch will be priced affordably, and all proceeds will be used to restock the store and purchase materials that will help students learn essential job skills.

Thank you for your support as we embark on this exciting project!

Scott Adams - Athletic Director

Joni Johnson - Athletic Trainer

10/ 2 AWAY vs. County Rd. 1 @ Plainfield 5:30PM

10/3 AWAY vs. County Finals - location and time TBD

Good luck!

10/2 HOME vs. Brownsburg West 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:

Makayla Gardner

Robbie Melcher

Mary Mockler

Emry Hollingsworth

Isaac Wood

Joseph Diaz Ramiez

Saiyal Puri

Bella Fisher

Rohen Bell

Malachi Thompson

Camille Ladner

Wihelm Blaauw

Heritage Raphael

Walt Lacey

Gabe Holmes

Emerson Wolf

Ariel Woods

Savannah Falbe

Gillian Kelly

Conner Lamb

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 Science, we will discover how Earth's resources are changing due to human consumption. Math will be taking a test over Unit 3 on Tuesday 10/1, and then beginning our unit on proportional relationships. Pre-Algebra will be finishing our unit on consumer math and taking a test on Friday 10/4. Next week in Social Studies we will begin learning about the Indus River Valley. In Language Arts, students will continue reading A Raisin in the Sun, Act 2. They will also begin reviewing our first four stems lists for a bonus opportunity before Fall Break.

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

In Science, we will continue learning about how minerals are distributed unevenly around the Earth as well as how humans are impacting the amount of minerals on Earth. We will be investigating this through an interactive mining lab. Math students will be continuing working on percent proportions and preparing for their test on Friday, October 4. Pre-Algebra students will be learning how to use proportions to solve problems involving percent's. Their next test is scheduled for Wednesday, October 9. Social Studies students will be wrapping up our ancient civilization’s unit with the end of Ancient China and EGYPT! Students will learn about the GRAPES (Governments, Religion, Achievements, Political systems, Economics, and Social Structure) of the ancient world. Students will start preparing for their unit test on October Wednesday October 9th. This will be over all ancient civilizations. The study materials are already posted on Schoology in the black folder at the top of the page labeled Unit 3- Ancient Civilizations study materials games and activities. Next week in Language Arts students will be starting work on our Stems Review Extra Credit Opportunity! Instead of a new Stems list, students will review our previous 4 lists for an extra credit quiz on October 11th. We will continue reading Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, and we are currently scheduled to finish Act 2, Scene 1 by the end of the week!

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

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

Language Arts

Mrs. Ringham - Language Arts students will discuss the concept of being a realist versus an idealist by analyzing the character’s reactions to challenges in A Raisin in the Sun.

Mr. Thoennes - Students will be reading act 2 of A Raisin in the Sun.

Math & Pre-Algebra

Mrs. Schaffer - In 7th Grade Math and Pre-Algebra, student will take a test on Module 2, which is on solving problems with percents. The tests will be on Wednesday, October 2. Students will be provided with a study guide that they can complete multiple times. Following the test, 7th Grade Math will begin Module 1, where they will explore unit rates, proportions, and proportional relationships. Pre-Algebra will begin Module 4, where they will be working with exponents and scientific notation.

Mrs. Shambaugh - Math 7 students will wrap up our Percents Unit with a test on Tuesday, October 1. We will then begin exploring proportional relationships.

Science

Mrs. Miller - Next week in Jaguars Science we will be talking about how humans impact our Earth’s natural resources and their distribution. We will also be “mining” for resources in an investigation activity! Have a great week!

Ms. Schaber - Students will continue to learn about natural resource distribution. They will be doing a lab where they get to “mine” and see their impact on land and the distribution of resources.

Social Studies

Mr. Leach - Students will be learning about the Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economy, and Social Structure of the Indus River Valley.

Mr. McDonald - Students will continue learning about Ancient Egypt and the Indus Valley Civilizations.

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

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

Language Arts

Mrs. Zimmerman - Students will complete the Frankenstein Volume 1 quiz on Tuesday, October 1st.

Mr. Thoennes - Students will continue reading the graphic novel version of Frankenstein.

Pre-Algebra & Algebra

Mrs. DeBow - Algebra students will solve multi-variable equations. Pre-algebra students will solve equations using the distributive property.

Mrs. Shambaugh - Pre-Algebra students will continue solving equations by using the distributive property.

Science

Mr. Goson - Science students will wrap up our mini unit on classifications of living things. We will have a practice quiz on Wednesday, and then take the actual quiz on Friday, October 4th. Biology students will continue the second part of our ecology unit by continuing to evaluate ecological populations focusing on human population growth and our ecological footprint.

Ms. Schaber - Students will continue to learn about the classification and characteristics of life. They will then be quizzed.

Social Studies

Mrs. Mellen - Next week, we will be finishing talking about the lead-up to the American Revolution. Our test will be next Friday, 10/4.

Mr. McDonald - Students will continue to learn about the causes of the Revolutionary War.

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

In Science, students will be investigating the classification of organisms and taking a quiz on Friday. Biology students will be studying population demographics. In Pre-Algebra, students will be solving problems using equations. They will begin using the distributive property to solve equations. Algebra students will be taking the Chapter 3 Test. In Social Studies, students will identify colonial reactions to British actions leading up to the Revolutionary War. Language Arts classes will be reading volume one of Frankenstein and practicing paraphrasing and analyzing literature.

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

In Science, students are going to continue classifying organisms. We will have a quiz over classification and the characteristics of life on Friday, 10-4. Biology students will be exploring the human population growth, our impact on the environment due to this growth, as well as biomagnification. In Language Arts, classes will continue reading Volume I of Gris Grimly's Frankenstein. Social Studies students we will be finishing up Unit 3 Road to Revolution with topics including the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Declaration of Independence. The Unit 3 Test will take place on Tuesday October 8. On Tuesday, October 1, we will be visiting Area 31 Career Center at Ben Davis High School. Pre-Algebra students will be introduced to solving more complex equations that include using the distributive property and square roots. The Chapter 3 Test will be the following week! Algebra classes will be working with multivariable equations, and we will begin our closure activities to review for the Chapter 3 Test scheduled for Oct. 8th.

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 learning about activities they like and dislike to do. Quiz on Wednesday over the activities.

Japanese

The Japanese class topics will be: hiragana n and h groups, handakuten, reading words written in hiragana, making suggestions.

Computer Science

7th grade students will be starting a new 9 weeks so we shall be setting up classroom expectations, getting them into code.org, and starting a first lessons.

8th grade students will be starting a new 9 weeks so we shall be setting up classroom expectations, getting them into PLTW, and starting to look at the code structure through Makecode.

Art

In art, we will be talking about the elements and principles of art and beginning our mandala project.

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

7th & 8th grade- We will be starting a new nine weeks this week and students will be starting off with an overview of class expectations and safety. We will be taking a Safety test on Thursday Oct 3rd and students must pass with an 85 or higher on the test to be able to go into the shop for the projects.

Digital Literacy & Communication

This week in Digital Literacy, we are starting off by getting to know each other and Mr. Tarnowski's class expectations, then learning about media and advertising!

Robotics

Robotics 1 – Students will be introduced to robotics and engineering concepts.

Robotics 2 – Students will review gear ratios and begin building gear mechanisms.

Flight & Space

Welcome to 2nd quarter! We will be doing procedures and rules for the first week. So excited you are here!

Medical Detectives

Welcome to 2nd quarter! We will be doing procedures and rules for the first week. So excited you are here!

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

As we begin a new quarter, PE students will be introduced to their teachers, our class expectations, and our warm up procedure. Students new to PE will also receive a locker in the locker room. In PE class, all students are expected to change into gray shirts and black shorts. If students would like to purchase a uniform, these are available for $14.25 cash or check. The order form is attached. If students have their own gray shirt and black shorts, they may use these. Students will also need a pair of tennis shoes for class. These can be stored in the PE locker along with deodorant. Students new to PE will also be bringing home a class expectations sheet that needs to be signed and returned to school. We are looking forward to a great quarter. Our units for quarter 2 will be basketball, volleyball, and fitness.

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

Band

Our Fall Band Concert is THIS Tuesday!

All details are posted in ParentSquare!

Choir

Our last September performance in choir is this Friday! Other than that we have begun refining the National Anthem for our Veteran’s Day performance, as well as begun our music for the Winter Concert.

Orchestra

For All Orchestras:

-Quarter 1 has ended. Students need to finish eLearning assignments and have them completed and with them on Monday, September 30th. Our student teacher's last day is next Friday, October 4th, and Sean will be missed!

7th Grade Orchestra: We have a few instruments without shoulder rests still, in week 9, now going into Quarter 2. Please check ParentSquare for preferred shoulder rest purchase. You can also >>>click here<<< for the shoulder rest link. Playing tests for Quarter 1 are now complete. Keep encouraging your students to practice at home and play for you! Our orchestra concert for 7th grade and 8th Grade is Thursday, October 3rd at 6:30pm. Students should arrive by 5:45 at the latest. They need to wear their polo shirts, black dress pants and black dress shoes.

8th Grade: Our orchestra concert for 7th grade and 8th Grade is Thursday, October 3rd at 6:30pm. Students should arrive by 5:45 at the latest. They need to wear their polo shirts, black dress pants and black dress shoes.

Chamber Orchestra: Please continue to encourage your students to practice and play for you at home! Chamber orchestra students will be receiving Veteran's Day music as well as Winter Concert music this week.

More info to come once Quarter 2 starts!

Mrs. Sever

Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15th to October 15th each year. In the library and on Sora, we have a variety of books written by Hispanic authors and featuring Hispanic characters and culture. This week, I would like to highlight a book by Pura Belpré Honor Author Donna Barba Higuera called The Last Cuentista.

Había una vez . . .

There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita.

But Petra’s world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children — among them Petra and her family — have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race.

Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet — and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. A sinister Collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity’s past. They have systematically purged the memories of all aboard — or purged them altogether.

Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future. Can she make them live again?

– Provided by Levine Querido

To immerse yourself in this story-centered science fiction novel, check out a copy of The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera from the AMS South library!

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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