Oriole's Nest
September 18, 2020
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
Upcoming Athletic Events
Cross Country - 9/21 AWAY vs. Cascade MS 4:30PM
Volleyball - 9/22 HOME vs. Center Grove North 5:00PM
Boy's Tennis - 9/22 HOME vs. Brownsburg West 4:00PM
7th grade Football - 9/23 HOME vs. Zionsville MS 5:30PM
Cross Country - 9/23 AWAY vs. Zionsville MS 5:00PM
8th grade Football - 9/24 HOME vs. Zionsville MS 5:30PM
Girl's Golf - 9/24 HOME vs. Zionsville MS 4:00PM
Volleyball - 9/24 AWAY vs. Tri-West 5:00PM
Saturday 9/26/2020 Conferences
Cross Country AWAY at Brownsburg East MS 1:00PM
Volleyball AWAY at Zionsville MS 8:30AM
Boy's Tennis AWAY at AMS North 8:00AM
Good Luck to all of our teams this week!
Celebrating Birthday's this week!
Happy Birthday
to our students celebrating a birthday this week:
Naomi Fecadu
Gabriel Paradise
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 Science we are wrapping up the quarter with a Quarter 1 test. Math 7 will continue learning about the properties of operations and will have a quiz over that on Wednesday. Pre-Algebra will begin learning about ratios and proportions. Language Arts students are going to finish reading The Red Scarf Girl, read non-fiction articles about the Cultural Revolution, and start writing a narrative essay. Social Studies classes will be learning about different physical features and landforms around the world. We will also be starting to understand the different climate zones around the globe.
Jaguars News
Mrs. Ringham, Miss Hickey, Mrs. Fee & Mr. Wolf
On the Jaguars team, Social Studies will be starting climate zones; Science will review for a test Thursday over Engineering Design Process & Scientific Method; Math 7 will be multiplying and dividing integers; Pre-Algebra will start working with proportional relationships; and Language Arts will be finishing Red Scarf Girl Unit and writing a narrative essay.
Celebrating Jaguars who stand out
Gracin Loy, Cailyn Hohmann, Mario Siddons, Zahn Lewis, Gabriel Clark, Kendra Griffin,
and Harvir Lakhan.
Jaguar students creating “Build Up” posters in home room.
Knights News
Mr. East, Miss Skoniecke, Mrs. Snyder & Mrs. Wheeler
In Social Studies, students will continue to learn about the physical forces shaping the earth's surface. Once we have completed this, we will begin to study various landforms and how they are created.
In Science, we will be reviewing for our quarter exam. It will cover the design process and the scientific method. The exam will be Thursday. In Language Arts, students will write a narrative essay from the perspective of someone involved in the Cultural Revolution. We will use nonfiction sources about this topic for inspiration. Students will spend class time planning, writing, and revising their work.
Math 7 students will continue their lessons on properties and also begin multiplying/dividing integers
Pre-Algebra will be beginning their unit on ratios and proportions.
Mrs. Snyder would like to recognize Claire Rininger and Colten Dooley as her students
of the week for their hard work and dedication to class.
Foresters News
Mrs. DeBow, Ms. Tobin, Mr. Rodgers & Mr. Thoennes
Science students will test on Tuesday over the Scientific Method and unit conversions. Language Arts students will listen to and analyze the music of slavery. Pre-Algebra students will formalize their work with tile patterns to connect them to equations of linear functions. Algebra students will multiply and divide polynomials. Social Studies students will study the French and Indian War and its impact on the upcoming revolution.
Greyhounds News
Mr. Gullion, Mr. Casey, Mr. Osen & Mrs. Warthan
In Math, we are working on multi-representations of linear functions. Algebra students will be multiplying polynomials and solving equations. Social Studies students will be studying the French and Indian War. In Science, students will be working on the classification of life. In Biology, we will be working on Ecology populations. Language Arts class will continue our study of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave.
Panthers News
Mr. Brooks, Mrs. Hood, Mr. Jaynes & Mr. Williams
In our Science classes, will have a test is Tuesday on Scientific processes. Then begin characteristics of life studies. Biology students will have a test this Tuesday on Ecology. Then begin Population studies. Social Studies will begin looking at causes of the American Revolution. Pre-Algebra is extending his/her understanding of Linear Equations in Real World settings. Algebra will be working on operations with monomials, binomials, and polynomials. In Language Arts, we are continuing our study of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave.
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. Woods (ELL)
Spanish
Students will be talking about Hispanic Heritage month then starting new vocab to express
their likes and dislikes.
Japanese
Students will continue their study of hiragana characters. We will also discuss time
and weather.
Computer Science
Wrapping up web pages in HTML and CSS, and our Edutyping.com lessons.
7th grade FACS
Students will learn and practice how to sew a button and running stitch for clothing repair.
8th grade FACS
Students will learn about Child Development and babysitting.
7th grade Engineering and Design
Students will be finishing up their air dragsters and beginning their Scrap war projects.
8th grade Gateway to Technology
Students will be doing their DIY projects.
ELL
In Mrs. Woods' class, we wrote captions for a wordless picture book and then read them aloud to our classmates. It was interesting to see 15 different stories from the same set of pictures. Some students were a little nervous reading aloud, but we all offered encouragement, so hopefully it won't make us so anxious next time. This gives us an opportunity to practice our reading and writing skills in a safe environment.
PE/Wellness News
Mrs. Porep, Mrs. Lucas & Mr. James
Students selected a new unit this week. Several students selected the weight room for the first time. They are learning proper form and technique on weight machines to work different muscle groups. Lifetime Activities has been enjoying the beautiful weather by going to the track. They also have played some cooperative games in the gym. Volleyball is the new sport this week. Students spent the first two days working on skills. We ended the week playing Knightro Ball, which is similar to volleyball, but the net is lower and the ball has to bounce before they hit it. Wednesdays all students are focusing on core strength and flexibility.
Next week students will continue their current unit as well as complete the end of quarter fitness tests. The fitness tests are 30% of the quarter grade. Please remind your student to bring tennis shoes everyday (they have a locker to keep them in if they don’t want to carry them to and from school daily). If your child is injured, please send a ParentSquare message or a note to one of the PE teachers so they can be excused from activities.
Students are playing a volleyball game
Lifetime Activities doing a TABATA Core workout
Students lifting weights in the weight room
Students are playing a volleyball game
Students are practicing volleyball skills
Music Department News
Mrs. Wagoner (Band), Mr. Zimmerman (Choir) & Mr. Ziolkowski (Orchestra)
Band
7th grade will have a SmartMusic assignment due on Sunday, September 27th. We will also be taking a counting quiz this week.
8th grade will have mid semester exam over the first five major scales with arpeggios and the Concert Bb chromatic scale. We will also be taking a counting quiz over syncopation and ties. We will begin working on music for Veteran's day program as well.
Choir
Sight Reading factory assignment due Friday. Beginning new repertoire next week. Next two Paige's of theory book are due. Open mic next Friday.
Orchestra
First period will be reviewing and reinforcing the keys of D, C, G, and A. We will be continuing this for the next two weeks. Third EEI assignment due on Wednesday, Sept. 23rd. Questions for 2nd and 3rd period please contact Mr. Westman.
Media Moments
Mrs. Winningham
Here is a link to my monthly Book Rags for the parents, students and teachers.
Please follow the link below.
This week’s reading challenge winner is Alexandra Phelps of the Foresters team. She will be receiving either a Starbucks gift card or a free book.
Congratulations Alexandra!
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
When a student needs to leave school early for an appointment or any other reason, please email the school at msattendance@avon-schools.org with all the necessary information: Student name, reason for the early dismissal, and the time the student needs to leave school. If someone other than a parent or guardian will be picking up your student 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 leaving early for a doctor/dentist appointment, please provide doctor/dentist verification to ensure that the absence is excused. 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.
Early Dismissals for Students
msattendance@avon-schools.org with the students name, date and time picking up, and the name of the person picking your child 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.
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.
For more attendance & early dismissal information please read further down in this newsletter for AMS South Attendance Policy.
AMS South Visitors Policy
For Visitors to our Building
The safety, health, and well-being of AMS South students, staff, volunteers, and visitors is a top priority. For more details on the Avon Community School Corporation’s safety
procedures please visit our webpage or by following this link:
https://www.avon-schools.org/Page/6585
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 not allowing visitors during lunch periods as we are limiting the amount of visitors to our building.
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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