Avilla Elementary Family Newsletter
February 2023
Avilla Families,
Our final full month of winter is here and we have a lot to look forward to in our spring months. Please mark the following dates on your personal calendar if they apply to you and also share with friends and family of students that may be coming to Avilla next year. As always please contact me with any feedback you have. Thank you for your continued support of your student's education!
Mark your calendar upcoming dates (also below in all of our dates):
February 23 Parent Teacher Conferences (winter conferences by invite only) 3:00-7:00
March 6-10 Third grade IREAD testing
April 13 Kindergarten round up 5:30 to 7:00
April 20 Preschool round up 5:30 to 7:00
April 28 PTO Carnival 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Jeff Harper, Principal
email: jharper@eastnoble.net
February iReady student incentive
On March 10 our school will have a magic show for any students that sold fundraiser items. These students automatically get in. Other students will be admitted for completing 10 reading and 10 math iReady lessons with 80% passing or above on both subjects. Lessons and pass rates for this incentive start being counted on February 1. Students will have until the end of the day on Sunday, March 5 to complete their lessons toward the magic show incentive.
McMillen Health Visits
McMillen visited Avilla in January to talk to all grade levels about emotions and managing emotions. K-2 students learned how to identify and name specific emotions and what to do if an emotion gets too strong. They also learned about how our brain tries to protect us from danger but sometimes goes a little overboard. 3-5 students learned about the emotion center of the brain and the thinking center of the brain and how they communicate with each other and what happens when that connection isn’t working right. They also learned strategies to help them handle strong emotions.
January School Counselor Lessons
K-2 students have been learning about how they can make their minds strong by practicing strategies that promote emotion regulation and problem solving skills. This includes words of affirmation, list making, positive visualization, and how to manage fear.
3-5 students learned about mentors and how they can help them handle life’s ups and downs. They also learned about their communication style and how that can impact how they handle conflict. They learned the communication style they tend to lean towards and what they need to be aware of so that they can handle
Panther Pride Celebration and Awards for January
Kindergarten Panther Pride Award Winners
1st Grade Panther Pride Award Winners
2nd Grade Panther Pride Award Winners
3rd Grade Panther Pride Award Winners
4th Grade Panther Pride Award Winners
5th Grade Panther Pride Award Winners
Parent/Teacher Organization (PTO) Notes From PTO President Angie Gump
Our next PTO meeting is Monday, February 6 at 3:30 in the Avilla school library. Please contact me if you would like to volunteer to help out at any PTO events using the email below.
Angie Gump
Angie Gump
Knights Closet Information
Knights Closet is an East Noble based donation center. Donated items are sorted, cleaned, and placed out for any East Noble family to come and shop for. Recently, an online order form was created to make the process a little easier. With this order form you can ask for the items you need, and your order will be filled and ready to be picked up at your convenience. Since this is a donation-based shop, we are limited in our supplies. Any item requested on the online order form is not guaranteed, but we will do our best to fill the order as much as we can. You can access the order form by going to our website EastNoble.net – selecting menu- selecting- documents- and scrolling to the bottom and selecting Knights Closet Online Request form. The form will be offline during our winter break and will resume January 3rd. If you have any questions, you can contact our Community Outreach Coordinator, Jami Hall – jhall@eastnoble.net.
Winter Weather Reminder for Recess
We try to take kids outside daily, even in the winter months. Students need to have a hat, gloves, and winter coat daily. Snow boots are needed if kids want to walk in the snow covered ground, and snow pants are needed to play in the snow. Otherwise, they are limited to the cleared off black top.
Please take time to label your children's winter gear by writing their name on a tag of each item.
Before/After School Care Available at Avilla. See Champions flier below.
Online Payments
To deposit lunch money, follow this link and the instructions on the page: https://sendmoneytoschool.com/Dashboard/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
To pay book fees or monthly preschool tuition, follow this link: https://payments.efundsforschools.com/v3/districts/55562
Avilla Apparel Store is Open!
We are partnering with Betty Lou Designs in Kendallville to provide families different options to purchase Avilla Elementary gear. This is our second year of this partnership and we are very happy with their quality, service, and pricing. Here is the link to our online store: https://avilla-school.itemorder.com/shop/sale/
Follow us on our website or Facebook
We post a lot of fun updates and important information on our website and Facebook page. You can find us by searching for Avilla Elementary on Facebook. You can find our website on the East Noble app or at www.eastnoble.net
Car Line Reminders
We would like to thank you for helping to make our car line arrival and dismissal process nice for everyone!
To avoid waiting for long periods of time in our car line, we recommend that you show up close to our school start and dismissal times. When too many people show up too early, it creates a line that can disrupt Avilla's street traffic. Please be sure to display your car number when you are picking up a student in the afternoon. All car rider students enter and exit at door 2.
School start times:
Mondays: school begins at 8:45 am, door 2 opens for breakfast at 8:30 and opens at 8:35 for everyone else.
Tuesday - Friday: school begins at 8:00 am, door 2 opens for breakfast at 7:45 and opens at 7:50 for everyone else.
School dismissal: 2:45 pm daily
*Please don't enter our car line before 2:35 pm to avoid creating an unnecessarily long car line. Our preschool car line is in place before Kindergarten - 5th grade parent car line.
Important Upcoming Dates
2022-23 School Year
Click here for access to the 2022-23 school year calendar
February 17 Valentine Dance from 6:00 to 7:30 in the gym
February 23 Parent Teacher Conferences (winter conferences by invite only) 3:00-7:00
February 24 Staff PD day--No student eLearning
March 1 Spring picture day
March 10 Magic Show for fundraiser sellers and IReady lesson incentive earners
March 10 Avilla Elementary Komet hockey game night at the Coliseum at 8:00 pm
April 11 Math Bowl competition at North Side Elementary 5:30 pm
April 13 Kindergarten round up 5:30 to 7:00
April 20 Preschool round up 5:30 to 7:00
April 27 School Smiles dental program at Avilla-more information to come
April 28 PTO Carnival
May 1 - 5 Teacher Appreciation Week
May 1 Preschool Grandparents Day morning session 10:00-10:30, afternoon session 1:00-1:30
May 2 Grades 1, 3, 5 spring music program at 6:00 pm in the gym
May 18 5th grade trip to Junior Achievement Biz Town
May 19 Field Day (Make up day is Monday, May 22)