Asheville Primary School
APS Family Connection 9/17/2021
Mums the Word...except in this case, tell everybody!
Building Connections
Try this "I Love You" Ritual with Your Child to Build Connection
Great Teachers
Thank you for caring so much about our students and working together to make sure they receive the best instruction possible!
Meet Our New AIG Specialist, Ms. Hunt
Greetings! I am excited to begin serving APS supporting advanced learners. I am the AIG Specialist for Claxton and APS and in this role I work with teachers and students. This is my 25th year teaching. I previously taught 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades and have earned my Masters in Teaching and my National Board Certificate of Teaching. I have been an AIG Specialist in ACS for 15 years.
When I am not at work, I am usually with my family. I have a 7th grader at AMS and a Freshman at AHS. I love to hike in our mountains, plan travel and actually travel, and walk my dog around my neighborhood. If you ask my students what I love, many will probably say Harry Potter and this is definitely true. I like to do crossword puzzles, read, and watch sports. I love all school subjects and my favorite thing to do is make students stretch their brains. I look forward to learning, exploring, wondering, and creating with students at APS.
Meet Eve Bridger~Family Preservation Services
Greetings! I’m Ms. Eve and I’m excited to be serving as the school-based therapist for Asheville Primary School this year. I’ve been with Family Preservation Services of NC for 3 years and have the pleasure of working with students and families from PreK through 12th grade.
I am an Asheville native and proud of my connections to Asheville City Schools as both a former student and employee and parent of two current ACS students.
I love to travel and was fortunate to spend 5 years teaching ESL in Tokushima, Japan. It is there that I met my Australian husband. My experiences abroad have been invaluable to me personally and professionally, instilling me with a broader worldview and greater cultural understanding and appreciation.
I think we can all agree that last year was rough and although we are back in-person, students may still face challenges with the transition. I am happy to help with any social, emotional and behavioral issues so students can better focus on their learning.
I’m looking forward to a happy and successful 2021-22 school year!
Montessori School Lunch
Thanks so much for the donations of picnic mats. We have enough to give each classroom one so far. We would still love to have some more if you would like to give.
We have also had some more pop ups donated, which is great because the storms of late have damaged some. We are also adjusting the location of our picnic tables to accommodate spaces that are being used most often. We are moving the smallest tables near our smallest learners and the larger tables near the spaces most frequented by our oldest students.
Thanks for your patience as we continue to figure out the best way to keep it safe!
Our Plan:
At APS, there is a large set of stairs going to our cafeteria. This makes it difficult for little feet to get down to the cafeteria quickly and climb back up with a full tray and no spills. We had an original plan that included Montessori lessons during lunch that will also work for getting students through the cafeteria line. We will start next week with one Lower El or Upper El class per day going to the cafeteria and receiving a lesson on going through the line and then having a Grace and Courtesy lesson during lunch. The rest of the classes will continue eating in their rooms and outside. We will continue to assess the situation and work towards having students be able to go through the cafeteria line for choices. This will be a work in progress and we appreciate your patience.
Monday Room 207
Tuesday Room 205
Wednesday Room 204
Thursday Room 206
Friday Room 208
We are still waiting on mulch for the courtyard to help with the mud. When it arrives, we will let you know...we will need help spreading it out.
Protecting ourselves from germs
Wearing a Mask
Social Distancing
Pandemic Safety
We can all make choices that keep us safe. We are strong and resilient!
Health & Safety
Covid Protocols continue to change as our community needs change. Please refer to the tool kits below to find the latest information and explanations of safety protocols. Our district uses these tool kits to help develop safety protocols for our schools. (Please remember that all the board meeting videos are available on our district website.)
Please remind your child to do the following:
- wear a mask/face covering (we touch our nose and our chin when we are doing a mask check, students usually quickly adjust their mask when prompted, try that at home)
- socially distance (3 feet when mask is on, we use our arms to help with that length; 6 feet when mask is off for eating)
- wash hands (sanitizer works, but learning to wash hands well is best, sing a song while washing hands like Happy Birthday or APS Song or ABCs)
Students should stay home, even with a negative test result, if they have vomiting or diarrhea or a fever. They may return with a negative test result and 24 hours after no longer vomiting, diarrhea or fever without the aid of medication.
**Preschool guidelines are different than school aged guidelines, including symptoms. Please see the symptom list below.
Thank you for your help with keeping it safe at our school.
SCHOOL AGE and STAFF SYMPTOMS
PRESCHOOL SYMPTOMS
SHINE
- Keeping it SAFE at Asheville Primary
- HELPING our class community
- Showing INTEGRITY
- Keeping our environment NEAT & CLEAN
- ENCOURAGING our classmates and staff
NUTS?!?!
Asheville Primary Reference Documents & Links
We need GREAT people!
Asheville City Schools has several instructional assistant vacancies at the elementary level for the 2021-2022 school year. Visit https://www.applitrack.com/asheville/onlineapp/default.aspx for details.
These positions are full time positions with benefits (i.e. state retirement, sick days, paid time off, health insurance, and access to supplemental insurance). The best part is you have the opportunity to have a positive impact on children every day.
We are still in need of the following positions:
- academic support assistants
- cafeteria workers
- instructional assistants
- substitutes
Many schools across our district are struggling with finding new staff to fill positions and we are no exception. Until those positions are filled, please allow grace to our staff as we all fill in to make sure that everything is taken care of for our students. Thank you!