Oriole's Nest
January 22, 2021
Avon Middle School South
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
Click below to take you the ACSC 2020-2021 School Calendar
Please note there has been an update to the 2020-2021 school calendar. Click the link below to take you to the updated calendar.
Upcoming Important Dates
Wednesday, Feb. 10 - Student E-Learning Day
Monday, Feb. 15 - NO SCHOOL Snow Make Up Day
Wednesday, Mar. 10 - Student E-Learning Day
Upcoming Athletic Events & Information
Celebrating Birthday's this week!
Happy Birthday
to our students celebrating a birthday this week:
Mubarack Olalekan
Aadh Singh
Ethan Hayes
Jonathan Reyes-Hernandez
Makynlee Light
Ciro Sampayo
Matthew RiveraCamryn McCollum
Elijah Linares
Jayce Patterson
Lindy Canada
Notes from our School Nurse
Stay Hydrated
Just a friendly reminder to make sure you are sending a water bottle to school with your student each day. Keeping our students hydrated each day is crucial for so many reasons. Staying hydrated will help with prevention of infection, improve our sleep quality, cognition and even our mood. Students are encouraged to use our water refill stations located throughout the building.
School Issued Quarantine Return to School Dates
If your student is placed on quarantine due to close contact to a +COVID individual at school, please check your Parent Square messages to help with their return to school date. ACSC is following the CDC guidance and enforcing a 10 day quarantine as long as the student remains without any symptoms. They are required to continue to wear their masks, maintain 6 feet distance at all times and daily monitoring for symptoms on days 11-14.
Parents may also receive a survey with notification from the ISDH with quarantine information. The state has recommended to continue the 14 day quarantine. Parents have the option to follow either direction. If you are going to keep your student home the extended 14 day quarantine, please notify the school. Furthermore, if your student develops any symptoms of illness, please keep your student home and contact the school nurse.
2020-2021 Yearbook Information
Yearbooks are still available! Buy yours today for $26.00. Want to personalize it with your child's name, or an icon? Personalization for yearbooks will only be available until January 29th.
Just follow this link and it will bring you to our school's page: https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1073425/Avon-Middle-School-South/
If you have questions, or aren't sure if you have purchased one already please contact Ms. Jalk via email: lljalk@avon-schools.org
First Semester Honor Roll Lists
STUDY TABLES
National Junior Honor Society will offer after school study help sessions on Monday’s and Wednesday's after school from 2:45 - 3:30PM. Students will then go to the cafeteria and wait for the late bus. During this time, there will be a supervisor in the cafeteria 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 3:30PM.
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 4:30pm.
TEAM NEWS
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.
Grizzlies News
Ms. Weinstein, Ms. Tomlinson, Mr. Livingston & Mr. Fields
In Language Arts, students will learn about an early brain science debate between two schools of thought (the whole brainers and the localizers). They will use this information to further analyze Phineas' case, and create a model of these two theories. Next week both Pre-Algebra and Math 7 will continue working on solving equations and inequalities. Pre-algebra will have a test on Friday over slope and two-step equations and Math 7 will have a quiz over solving equations and inequalities. Social Studies students will finish up our intro to the Indus River Valley and dig deeper into the two main religions of the region, Hinduism and Buddhism. Science students will be learning about minerals and how to identify them.
Jaguars News
Mrs. Ringham, Miss Hickey, Mrs. Fee & Mr. Wolf
Math 7 students are working on equations and inequalities. Pre-Algebra students are also working on equations. In Science, students are working on minerals and the rock cycle. Students will begin an Ancient China Unit in Social Studies. In Language Arts, students are discovering the parts of the brain and lobes of the cerebral cortex to understand how Phineas Gage’s injury affected him psychologically and physically.
Jaguars who stand out:
Alivia Penn, Emma Roland, Mikela Givan, Aidon Orange, Joshua Couch,
and all the students working from home who are doing a great job keeping up
with their assignments.
Knights News
Mr. East, Miss Skoniecke, Mrs. Snyder & Mrs. Wheeler
In Social Studies, we will continue working to finish our ancient Mesopotamia Journals on Monday. We will then spend a couple of days working to introduce other ancient river valley civilizations. In Science, this week students will identify the characteristics of minerals and do a lab to identify several minerals. Then, students will learn the rock cycle. In Language Arts, we will learn about an early brain science debate between the “Localizers” and the “Whole Brainers.” We will apply this information to our understanding of Phineas’s case, and students will create their own model representing the two theories. Math 7 will be starting their lessons on inequalities. Pre-Algebra will be continuing their lessons on equations. They will have a test on January 29 over equations and graphing.
Foresters News
Mrs. DeBow, Ms. Tobin, Mr. Rodgers & Mr. Thoennes
Social Studies students will study the causes and effects of the War of 1812. Language Arts students will participate in a Socratic seminar about the space race. Science students are analyzing evidence pertaining to evolution. Pre-Algebra students will calculate volume of prisms, pyramids, and spheres. Algebra students will test over exponential functions on Thursday.
Greyhounds News
Mr. Gullion, Mr. Casey, Mr. Osen & Mrs. Warthan
Biology students will continue studies on the cell cycle to include the regulations of it, which can lead to cancerous cells. In Science, students will be going over the evidence of change. Language Arts students will participate in a Socratic seminar about the space race. Social Studies is continuing it’s in depth look at the Presidency of Thomas Jefferson and the great expedition of Lewis and Clark in the Louisiana Territory. Algebra students will test over exponential functions on Thursday. Math students will be covering Volume of 3D figures.
Panthers News
Mr. Brooks, Mrs. Hood, Mr. Jaynes & Mr. Williams
Language Arts is preparing for and conducting a Socratic seminar (formal discussion) over topics related to the Space Race. Time permitting, the Unit 8F argumentative essay will be introduced. In Science, students will begin showing evidence that supports change over time with a lab on the opposable thumb. Biology students will continue studies on the cell cycle to include the regulations of it, which can lead to cancerous cells. Social Studies is continuing it’s in depth look at the Presidency of Thomas Jefferson and the great expedition of Lewis and Clark in the Louisiana Territory. Pre-Algebra is continuing our Geometry Unit. And exploring Volume of Cones, Pyramids and Spheres. We will also look at surface area of the Spheres. We will have a Unit Assessment the week of February 1st. Algebra is continuing Exponential Functions and making connections between graph, tables, situations and graphs. There will be a TEAM QUIZ on Tuesday Jan 26 and Unit Assessment on Thursday Jan 28.
Encore News
Señora Barker (Spanish), Mrs. Hauptmann (Japanese), Mrs. Rewolinski (Computer Science), Mrs. Leonard (Art), Mrs. Gleissner (FACS), Mr. Hamsley (Engineering and Technology),
and Mrs. Kimmell & Mrs. Woods (ELL)
Spanish
Students will be reviewing for a test on Wednesday. It will cover the unit 2a on school classes. The test will have a reading, listening, and short writing component.
Japanese
Japanese students will continue the study of kanji numbers, katakana characters, and prepositions.
Computer Science
In computer science this week students will be starting their first project, and working on digital literacy activities.
Art
This week we will begin a series of drawing studies before moving into portrait drawings.
FACS
7th Grade
7th Grade will continue the Sewing and Textiles unit and work on their sewing project.
8th Grade
8th Grade will wrap-up Adult Roles and Financial Literacy and begin the Nutrition and Wellness unit.
7th grade Engineering and Design
7th Grade will be fabricating and constructing their 3D puzzles.
8th grade Gateway to Technology
8th Grade will be finishing their 3D phone stands and starting their Furniture project.
PE/Wellness News
Mrs. Porep, Mrs. Lucas & Mr. Jackson
Congratulations to our badminton champions pictured below and our students of the unit: Darius Baker, Grace Cron, Chloe Cannon, Layton Kenney and Madalyn Jones
Students started new units this week in Weight Lifting, Lifetime Activities and Volleyball and will continue them next week.
Badminton Champions
1st Period - Timothy Santos, Carter Rininger, Dominic Pollard, Hannah Schubert
2nd Period - Ava Amick, Brittan Bills
3rd Period - Chloe Cannon, Sydney Huffman
5th Period - Jackson Norwalt, Christian Harden
6th Period - Jayce Cameron, Lucas Denson
Music Department News
Mrs. Wagoner (Band), Mr. Zimmerman (Choir) & Mr. Ziolkowski (Orchestra)
Band
Jazz band sectionals- Woodwinds and Rhythm section on Monday until 4:00 PM
Brass on Wednesday until 4:00 PM
All bands are working on counting charts weekly. They will complete on page per week and turn in to me on Friday for grading.
Band- 7th grade will be quizzing over their C major scale on Tuesday.
All students should be practicing their sheet music, warmups, and book for at least 30 minutes 4 days a week. Students should have their instrument at home with them every evening in case of quarantine. They will be expected to complete all assignments on the day they return or submit through SmartMusic or EEI.
Media Moments
Mrs. Winningham
Tasteful Tuesday's with Mrs. Winningham
Tasteful Tuesdays’ First Chapters is a blog by Mrs. Winningham where she is reading the first chapter of a book for students, teachers and family to enjoy. The books are available in the school library and may be requested by students thru Destiny Discover.
HOMEWORK HOTLINE
Need help with Math and Science homework?
Call the Homework Hotline
1-877-ASK-ROSE
Click below to visit their website
OFFICE PROCEDURES
AMS South's Attendance Policy
ABSENCE PROCEDURE
If a student is absent from school, the PARENT must call the school by 8:30 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
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.
Please be advised that we cannot take early dismissal information over the telephone.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Mary Lee Maier Community Pantry Information
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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