Athey Notes
Feb 14-18
Reminder
COVID INFORMATION
New Student Registration
Counseling Cougar Corner
College, Career and Life Readiness Lessons: Since September, students have been engaging in a variety of CC & L Readiness lessons centered on building their internal capacity (soft skills - such as relationships skills, growth mindset, effective communication). For the next 5 months on Early Release Days, students will continue to participate in lessons focusing on their continued development of their CC & L Readiness.
February ER day was another opportunity for the following:
6th graders continued developing and exploring their Relationship Skills and building their internal capacity.
7th graders were introduced to the function of a resume and began the initial creation of their own.
8th graders also reviewed the basics of a resume and updated their resume. Additionally, students reviewed College, Career & Life Readiness vocabulary while exploring furture technical jobs and compelted another informal interest inventory to further explore possible post high school options.
Alisa Doll
Supporting Students A - K
503-673-7409
Toni Snapp
Supporting Students L - Z
503 - 673-7408
JOIN THE YEARBOOK CLUB
Contact Mrs. Schaeffer for more information.
Practice will begin 3/28 and will run for 8 weeks. More info to come next week.
Students, please use this link to sign-up for our team.
Athey Creek Track Team Sign-ups
Please reach out to Chris Berg if you have any questions.
Chris Berg
Do you love to play games? Need time to hang with friends or make new connections at school? Join Athey Creek's new GAME CLUB! We will have a great time playing board games, card games, puzzles, and more! You are welcome to bring your own favorite (non-electronic) game to share as well. We will meet every Fridays after school from 3:50-5:00. An activity bus will be available, or parent pickup is encouraged. End your week with fun and friends! Sign up and follow the link. Any further questions contact Ms. Lee, Ms. Allahverdian, or Ms. Durcan
CHESS CLUB!
ACMS Library News
The Newbery Awards are celebrating 100 years! Come and see the display of all of our Newbery Books collected through the years! The purpose of the Newbery Medal was stated as follows: "To encourage original creative work in the field of books for children. To emphasize to the public that contributions to the literature for children deserve similar recognition to poetry, plays, or novels. To give those librarians, who make it their life work to serve children's reading interests, an opportunity to encourage good writing in this field."
Athey Creek MS joins the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.
Students are invited to come to the Library to see our displays that celebrate Black History Month!
WE CARE ALLIANCE
We meet every Thursday at 4:00 pm in Mrs. Fox's Room 214
School Closures & Delays
Upon occasion, schools in the West Linn-Wilsonville School District may be closed due to inclement weather or other emergency situations that cannot be foreseen until conditions are known. In these cases, the Superintendent, in coordination with District Operations, First Student Transportation Services and School Principals, monitors the situation and makes the official call to close, delay or cause early release of students. Under these conditions an official announcement is posted on the regional FlashAlert System notifying patrons and area news organizations of the decision. Please use the following link to sign up for alerts.
Office and Front Doors Remain Open During Construction
Parent and Bus Drop Off/ Pick Up Locations During Construction
We ask everyone to use the driveway closest to the tennis courts to enter our parking area. Parent parking is in the lot next to our district operations center and students can enter the building on the side door next to the band room. We have staff located by the crosswalks to make sure everyone can enter and exit the building safely
Excused Absences
If a student will be absent from school, a parent/guardian needs to notify the school to report the absence. This may be done by entering the absence in ParentVue, emailing the office at perezplj@wlwv.k12.or.us, or calling our attendance line at (503)673-7425 prior to 10:00 am if possible. If a student is absent for four or more consecutive days due to a communicable disease, a physician’s note may be required to return to school. All absences must be excused within 48 hours.When absent, students are required to make up any work they missed. If students are absent for an extended period, they should make arrangements with their teachers regarding missing work and due dates.
Late Arrival/Tardy Policy
If a student is going to arrive to school after the 9:15 AM start time, we ask that a parent/guardian notify our office staff.
When a student arrives at school late, they need to check-in with staff in the front office prior to going to class.
A tardy must be excused within 48 hours, either by a phone call or a note.
Prearranged Absences & Family Vacations
If it is known in advance that a student is going to be absent for two or more days, the student is required to complete a Pre-arranged Absence Form. This form notifies the front office of the intended absence and allows teachers to provide a description of work the student will miss during their absence. If students are absent for an extended period, they should make arrangements with their teachers regarding missing work and due dates. When absent, students are required to make up any work they missed.
Picking Your Student Up From School
If your student needs to leave school during the school day for any reason, please notify the office staff. Before a student leaves school for any reason, they must check-out with the front office. If a parent/guardian needs to pick up their child during class time, we request the parent send a signed note with their child to school. The student should present the note at the office before school. Office personnel will sign the note and the student will then take it with him/her to class. At the appropriate time he/she will show it to their teacher and report back to the office to meet a parent. Before the student can leave campus, the parent must sign the student out in the office. Due to emergencies or unknown circumstances parents can also call to request a student meet them in the office. For safety reasons, leaving school grounds to walk to the store at any time is not allowed.
PTSA wants your involvement!
Who is the PTSA?
The PTSA is comprised of parent volunteers who work with the school to:
Fund teacher grant requests.
Support ACMS students however we can.
Support parents by helping answer questions and leveraging our social media so parents can connect with and hopefully help each other.
Support teachers with startup funds, grants, and most importantly, donuts.
Fund raise with multiple events throughout the year like garage sales, dances, and other events that the students claim are too lame but in reality think they’re awesome, no cap! Sheeeeeesh!
We would love for you to join the PTSA and support our school, students, and parents.
As we get through the first few weeks of school, we will start highlighting some of our past successes on our Facebook page as well as on the PTSA website. We will also start scheduling monthly PTSA meetings over Zoom where you can attend regardless of whether you’re a member or not. If you ARE a member, you can vote on grant requests, executive board members, run for executive board, and many other initiatives including donut flavors.
Important Sites and Channels
Please plan to use the following resources through the year, they are full of useful information. Please use the QR codes at the bottom of this letter so that you can just point your phone’s camera at them and it will take you to the appropriate site unless you like typing long URLs on your phone.
Join the PTSA - https://atheycreek.memberhub.com/store# (Select the Parent/Guardian option) PTSA Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/ACMSPTSA
Athey Creek Middle School Calendar - https://www.wlwv.k12.or.us/Page/10
That’s it, see? Short and sweet. Welcome back, we hope you have a grand year, we hope that the start of school goes smoothly, and we hope to see you all soon.
Sincerely,
President, Athey Creek Middle School PTSA
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