Greetings Eagle Families,

It was a busy week back in the nest! We kicked off the week with an end of the semester PBIS celebration with some animal friends from Barn Hill Preserve and ended it with a Jingle Jam for our 4th & 5th graders. In between we recognized our Bus Riders of the Month as well as enjoyed a beautiful chorus concert.

Last week the Georgia DOE released our annual CCRPI scores. I'm pleased to announce that we are 1 of 8 schools in Fulton County that met the criteria for being BOTH a Math and Literacy Leader for the state. This huge accolade will be recognized by State Superintendent Dr. Woods in January and will also be recognized at AES on Friday, December 20th with a Day of Play. Stay tuned for more information!

Yours in partnership,

Ms. Crawford

Let's celebrate and congratulate Anvika Jahagirdar (3rd) for wining this year's AES spelling bee. Also, Nichoals Varnas (4th) is our runner up. All of our spellers did an amazing job!

December:

10 –Special Olympics field trip (AU, MOID)

11 --NEW Cosmic Bowling with Ms. Morris @5-6pm in gym

12 – Jackson Healthcare Caroling (AU, MOID)

17- Holiday Parties (PK, 2, 4)

18- Holiday Parties (K, 1, 3, 5, AU, MOID)

20 -- Day of Play

23-31 - Winter Break

In an effort to continue to keep the safety of our students and staff as our top priority, I wanted to take a moment to remind our school community of the following processes we already have in place:

• Ringing the bell (now located on the right side of doors) when needing to come to the front office
• Having your ID on you and prepared to show prior to entering the building
• Please note, if you do not have your ID, you will not be allowed to enter the building
• Not holding the front door open for others
• Checking in and out at the front office
• Exiting the building through the front doors only

Report any safety concerns

Safety in Fulton Schools - Fulton County School System

Please reach out to Ms. Silverman, AP, (silvermanj@fultonschools.org) with any questions regarding safety in our building.

As some of you know, we have recently partnered with the City of Alpharetta to house a sub-station here at AES. Now Alpharetta PD can come into our building, work in a dedicated space and get to see our Eagles in action. This opportunity has been made possible by Alpharetta PD's community officer, Savannah Morton. If you have any questions, you can reach out to her directly at: smorton@alpharetta.ga.gov

In order to ensure safety across all areas of our school, we are now asking the following:

If visitor is here to have lunch with student:

• Visitor will show ID at the camera outside. Once let in- Front Office will greet the visitor and ask who they are here to have lunch with.
• Front office will look the student up on Infinite Campus
• If the name of the visitor is not listed on the Infinite Campus contact list, the primary contact will need to be called to get permission for the visitor to eat lunch.
• If the visitor is approved, they will need to sign in like normal and then sign back out.

Students can substitute up to 5 absences per semester (a max of 10 per year) with a remote learning day by meeting the remote learning participation benchmarks listed in FCS policy. This would result in the student being counted as present for the day(s) they participate remotely.

• To be marked present, work must be submitted within 2 days of absence.
• Students may not use a remote learning day on a test day.
• Parent/guardian or student must notify teacher in advance to the start of the instructional day to utilize the participation benchmark rule.
• Schools will make their best effort to provide instruction given early notice.
• For security reasons, students who are out of the country may not participate in remote learning.

Please reach out to your child's teacher directly to start this process. You can click here for more information.

Click here for link to 2024-25 AES Family Handbook

A few important reminders about morning arrival:

• No left turn is allowed onto Mayfield between 7:10 and 7:40 a.m. Please adhere to the posted signs and traffic laws.
• Carpool ends at 7:35 a.m. If you arrive after 7:35 a.m., you will have to park and walk your child in the front door. If the bell rings during this time, you'll need to sign your child in on the Checkmate system outside the front door.

Transportation Changes:

Transportation changes should be provided to your child's teacher on the "Notes from Home" pad you received in your red folder during open house. Please keep in mind that changes in transportation must be in writing and EMAILED to the front office (toppint@fultonschools.org).

Early Pick-Up:

When picking up your student early for appointments, you will need to present your driver’s license for safety and security. Early checkout will end at 1:30 pm.

AES Family Handbook:

CLICK HERE to access our Family Handbook and take a moment review some of the practices we adhere to here at AES. By doing so, that helps all of us be (and stay) on the same page!

The new 2024-2025 Student Code of Conduct is available on the Fulton County Schools website. Click Here for quick access. Ensure that you and your Eagle review this important document.

Please check your child's meal balance in their mypaymentplus account. Students with negative balances need to be paid as soon as possible.

Reach out to our cafeteria manager, Ms. Blyther (blyther@fultonschools.org) with any questions.

We already have lots of jackets & sweatshirts that are missing their home. If your child is missing anything, please remind them to stop by the lost & found (back of cafeteria). All items left by Winter Break will be donated.

PTO now has their own newsletter. Be sure to click on the link and read all about the great things PTO does to help AES!

https://secure.smore.com/n/fwzqd

Check out GA Tutor Home for more information.

Click on the link below for more information on how you can submit your poster.

202425 NATIONAL SCHOOL BUS SAFETY POSTER CONTEST.pdf