AISW Weekly Parent Update
Week of February 6, 2023
Avon Intermediate School West
Email: akwalters@avon-schools.org
Website: aiswest.avon-schools.org
Location: 176 South Avon Avenue, Avon, IN, USA
Phone: (317)544-5900
Facebook: facebook.com/AvonISWest
Twitter: @avoniswest
Mark Your Calendar:
Monday:
- Major Savers Campaign - start bringing in orders
- 230-315 Math Bowl after school pick up at door 28
- 215-315 SOAR Ambassadors in the gym, pick up at door 1
Tuesday:
- Major Savers Orders due-return into office wtih folders in the morning
- 220-320 Honors band- pick up at AIS East- door 11
- 230-330 Chamber Orchestra- pick up at door 1
Wednesday:
- Major Savers Orders due-- turn into office wtih folders in the morning
- 6th grade field trip to Symphony
Thursday:
- Major Savers Orders due-- turn into office wtih folders in the morning
- 220-320 3d Printing club pick up at door 1
- Food Pantry Open 5-6pm
Friday:
- West Mart Open
- Major Savers Orders due-- turn into office wtih folders in the morning
A special thank you to our Cummins Counselors Jodie & Kaneyia who serve our students who are Cummins clients at West.
Dates to Remember:
- 2/6-2/10 Happy School Counselor Week! How can you thank our amazing school counselors?
- February is Black History Month!
- 2/8 6th Grade Field Trip to Symphony!
- 2/9 RTI Meetings
- 2/13-2/17 Kindness Week
- 2/20 President's Day - No School
- IREAD 3 retakes - begin March 6
- ILEARN - late April
Parent action items:
______ 6th grade Permission slip and $10 due for field trip
_____ Show Your Love for our Staff: Complete this formCLICK HERE to share a short or long) message
_____ Better Together donations for staff: CLICK HERE Share the Love Sign Up Genius:
_____ Make sure your son/daughter charges his/her laptop each night and brings their laptop AND charger to school each day
_____ Check your child's grades in Power School at least one x per week
_____ If eligible or think you may be eligible, fill out a free and reduced lunch application https://family.titank12.com/
Are you a 6th grade parent and wanting to attend the field trip? If so, YOU MUST have a background check on file or you CANNOT attend. Please verify with front office to make sure this is complete by Tuesday.
Student ID's are required for lunch and breakfast = $1
Valentine's Day is one week away! Here are a few reminders about the Intermediate procedures for Valentine's day:
- No deliveries of any type for students at school. (No balloons or flowers can be accepted here at school on any student’s behalf. With allergies to latex, pollen, etc. we cannot allow these to be taken to classrooms or on school buses.)
- Any individual student gifts should be exchanged between students outside of school.
- No sweet treats UNLESS approved by the classroom teacher. If the teacher has approved any items to bring in for the class, please make sure that these items are store-bought, prepackaged, and approved for students to eat (peanut allergies, etc.).
- Thank you all for your help! Our student's safety is our #1 priority.
* You will be getting specifid information from your child's team of teachers this week.
7th grade Course selection for AMS South:
On Monday, February 6, all 6th grade students attending AMS South will view. a video from South about selecting their classes for teh 23-24 school year. They will receive a course selection guide to bring home to you at the end of this meeting.
Parents- you should expect a parent square message from Principal Dan Chapin at AMS South tomorrow, Monday, February 6 with the form needing completed to officially select courses and other important information.
If you have any questions about course sleection, please call AMS South.
Student of the Week: Week of February 6
- Avery Cantrell
- Abolade La Wai
- Samuel Melaku
- Aiden Collins
- Paxton Daum
- Caleb Awambeng
- Ebbie Clark
- Lucas Qui
- Khosi Moyo
- Prestyn Scudder
- Saiyal Puri
6th grade:
- Colton Townsend
- Alisa Blue
- Isabel Phelps
- Joshua Tate
- Ethan Hemphill
Bryce Dunagan - Emalee Pee
- Adi Vansickle
- Maddi Gregory
- Jeffery Younghouse
- Marcus LaCroix
Related Arts/ Sped/ Counselors:
- PE- Porep- Conner Lam, Michael (Roman) Moore, Carly Sutter,
- PE- Rasheed- Lucas Sullivan, Madalynn Younghouse
- Art- Wolf- Sophia Jiminez Butcher
Black History Month!
Black History is 365 days a year.
At AIS West, we are engaging in activities this month and throughout the year to recognize Black History.
Our teachers are planning meaningful lessons this month - some include learning about inventions developed by African Americans and creating bulletin boards to showcase these inventions. Our fifth grade students are participating in Morning Meeting activities focused around black history month. Our staff is reading award winning children's books written by and/ or about African Americans. So many wonderful experinces are happening around the building to grow our students learning.
Check out a few of our very own staff reading to our students! Also, more fun resources below if you would like to play a read aloud book for your family.
We are BETTER TOGETHER!
Mrs. Goudie reading Change Sings by Amanda Gorman
Mrs.Sexton reading Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
Mrs. Walters reading I am Every Good Thing by by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James
Mrs. Lofgren reading Whoosh! by Chris Barton
Come to the AMS South HOME Wrestling Meet: Monday, February 6th @ 530pm HOME AISW has 3 amazing 6th graders on the team. Lets show our SUPPORT!
Check out the Rioux family, part of our AISW family, on the cover of Avon Magazine this month!
AEF Monte Carlo Tickets are on sale NOW!!
AEF Monte Carlo Tickets are on sale NOW!!
Join us for the 9th annual Monte Carlo Night featuring casino games by the Broad Ripple Sertoma Club. At the end of the night chips will be turned in for tickets to use at our raffle prize table. Many other prizes can be won throughout the night via our silent auction. AEF Monte Carlo night is always a must attend event, you won’t want to miss it!
Saturday, March 11, 2023
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Washington Township Parks and Recreation Department
435 Whipple Lane
Avon, IN 46123
Find more details and purchase tickets on our events tab on our webpage.
Cell phones & Smart Watches
We need. your help!
Per our Handbook, student cell phones and smartwatches are to be in lockers upon arrival to school. They should not have these back out until dismissal.
We have many students who follow these rules everyday and are choosing to do the right thing.
However, we also have some students who are not choosing to follow these rules and are using their phones and/or smart phones throughout the day in class and/ or in the restrooms.
They are making tik toks, snap chats, etc. in the restrooms, taking pictures in the restrooms, etc.
We need your help and support by reviewing these expectations with your child.
Please know that if your child is caught with their phone and/ or smart watch during the day it will be taken and you will be asked to come pick it up. The student will not be permitted to bring it back to school.
We are at school to focus on learning and need to ensure we are making every minute count.
Volunteer Opportunities! We would love to have you.
Our teachers would love help making copies so they can keep teaching.
Volunteer to help teachers make copies- Click here!
*any questions about volunteering to make copies, please email Amber Klein at alklein@avon-schools.org
Our media assisstant would also love help in the media center reshelving books and doing many other things. Volunteer in the media center- Click here!
* Any questions about volunteering in the media center, please email Paula Kopp at pgkopp@avon-schools.org
If you can help, please make sure your back ground check is current. If not, you cant renew by completing the process here: Start the Background Check Process Here
We need Media Center Volunteers to help Mrs. Kopp shelve books. We would love to have some parent volunteers!
Temperatures are DROPPING, but we still go outside for RECESS!
In the Intermediate Parent/Student Handbook it states:
- All students are expected to participate in recess and physical education. The students will go outside, except during inclement weather, and should dress appropriately (coat, hat, gloves, etc.). The schools will use the following guidelines: If the temperature with wind chill is above 20 degrees, students will have outdoor recess.
Parents, please help make sure your students come dressed appropriately to go outside for recess, as all students will be required to go outside. Please make sure they have a coat, hat, gloves, etc. Please make sure they are wearing pants and not shorts on days it is cold outside.
3-d Printing Club with Mr. Sogard & Ms. Bischoff
When: Thursdays, November 4th until January 26th
Time: 2:20-3:20
You MUST have reliable transportation to be able to join the club.
AMS South Wrestling Meet Schedule: Come cheer on our 6th grade students who are on the wrestling team!
Cell Phones, Apple/Smart Watches and Wireless Earbuds:
** If there is an emergency and a student needs to reach you, they will be permitted to use the school phone.
** if you need to leave a message for your child, please call the front office and they will make sure your child is given the message by the end of the day.
In the event they are to have their cell phone out of their locker, the following steps will be taken by the teacher:
- First time- warning: the teacher will ask them to go put it in their locker and share that next time it will be confiscated.
- Second time- The teacher will ask the student to give them the phone and the teacher holds the phone until end of the day. The teacher returns the phone at the end of the day when the student gets on the bus/ goes to their car in car rider line and reminds the student of the school wide expectations. This will be documented as a disciplinary referral and parents will be notified.
- Third time and beyond: The teacher will ask the student to give them the phone and the teacher will take the phone to the front office for a parent/guardian to pick up the phone. during regular school hours. The teacher will communicate with the parent to inform the parent that the phone has been out three or more times and now they must pick it up the phone from the front office. This will be documented as a disciplinary referral. The student will not be permitted to bring the phone back to school.
*** If students choose to bring their phones or other devices to school, Avon Schools are not responsible for lost or stolen devices or personal belongings.***
WestMart: Our New School Store is open on Fridays for students to make purchases!
Check out the great new SPIRIT WEAR Items-- hoodies, tshirts, and bags. Check out the other great items too--- school supplies and fun items for students, too. All profits that are made go to support student and staff activities for the year!
Register your Kroger card and support AIS West!
https://www.kroger.com/account/enrollCommunityRewardsNow/
AIS West will receive funds from KROGER for every card that is registered! Every time you shop, you are helping AIS West!
Important Attendance Reminders
We need a lot of help ensuring EACH West student maintains a 96% attendance rate. There is a direct correlation between attendance and student achievement, so we are returning to our pre-Covid attendance procedures. You can review the Attendance Policy in the Intermediate Student-Parent Handbook.
General Procedures:
- After the fifth (5) absence, an attendance letter will be sent home to inform parents that absences are beginning to accumulate.
- After the eighth (8) absence, a second attendance letter will be sent home stating that an excessive number of absences have occurred.
- After the tenth (10) absence, the school will work with the family to create an attendance contract.
- Upon the fifteenth (15) absence, excused or unexcused a referral will be made to Project Attend.
Project Attend is a cooperative effort between the Schools, Prosecutor, and Child and Family Services in Hendricks County. The goal is to work collaboratively to increase attendance rates and reduce truancy.
It is ok to bring your child before or after an appointment too! Remember to get a doctor’s note for school. 😊
Do you have changes to your child's transportation?
Please do NOT call the teacher, leave a voicemail for a teacher or send an email/ parent square message for the teacher, as there is NO GUARANTEE that they will get the message before dismissal. They teach all day and are unable to check messages during the day.
Call the front office at 317 544 5900 with any changes to how you want your child to get home!
School Meal Prices and Free/Reduced Meal Benefit Applications
The US Government program that enabled us to provide free school breakfasts and lunches during the last two school years has expired. Avon Schools will return to our former model for the upcoming school year. To eliminate any remaining confusion, please read the following information and contact us if you have additional questions.
Meal prices for the 2022-23 school year are as follows:
- Grades K-12 Breakfast, $1.85
- Grades K-4 Lunch, $2.85
- Grades 5-12 Lunch, $2.95
- AHS Premium Meal, $3.95
Free/Reduced Meal Benefit Applications
We are continuing to accept applications for free/reduced meals. Directly certified families received a separate message from the Food Service team and need not apply. If you have qualified for free and reduced school meals in the past or if you believe you qualify, please apply today.
Questions?
Contact the Food Services team at (317) 544-6000.