Vote for Katie's video!

From the Avonworth School District's Facebook page:

Voting begins today in the “Take a Shot at Changing The World” viral video contest. Please visit this site: http://ow.ly/xatlX and search "Avonworth" to vote for AMS student Katie Carlson's video about the Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community.

Post by Avonworth School District (Official Page).

Way to go Will and Richard!

Posted on the Avonworth School District Facebook page:

8th Grade students Drew Ronk & Will Colenbrander donated a brick from the old Ben Avon School to Richard Herchenroether and the Ben Avon Area Historical Association. The students interviewed a local man for a class project who says he picked up the brick from the wreckage after the school was demolished in the '90s. http://ow.ly/i/5EDwu

Thanks for the hard work today on the exam

Mrs. Costantino would like to thank all of the algebra students for their hard work on the Algebra I Keystone Exam.  The students completed all of the requirements at a high level of mastery, and is sure the test scores will reflect that mastery for students this summer!  

Thank you for your support!

STEM Bridge Project funded by MAC Grant

The 8th grade students and teachers are grateful for the financial support from Greater Pittsburgh Area McDonald's Restaurants with the $210 MAC Grant. The funds were used to buy the drinking straws, hot glue, and presentation materials for the Building Bridges to STEM Careers activities during the month of May. This is the second year mini-grants were used to reduce the cost to build the bridges in 8th grade science.


The goal of this activity is to promote problem-solving, teamwork, perseverance, and confidence while tackling a STEM project. The goal for the students is to build a bridge that is very strong but doesn't cost too much to build. The students have been tracking the amount of material used to construct their bridges. Also, they've explored best practices for construction with plastic drinking straws.

Construction completion has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 28. The competition and exposition of student work will be on Thursday, May 29 when the guest bridge experts return to Avonworth Middle School. To see pictures of the project coming to a conclusion, see the science 8 website: www.HaskinsSci8.info

Students designing their bridge for the STEM project in the 8th grade.

AMS Grade 8 awarded a digital badge

The 8th grade team has been recognized with a digital badge for our commitment to parent and student communication using Remind101.The Expert Communicator badge is presented to users of the service that have sent more than 100 sms messages. Since August, the team has also posted over 300 articles to the AMS Grade 8 blog and provided more than 35 newsletter emails to parents and students.

MS Olympics Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the Middle School Olympics!  
Be sure to bring sunscreen and water! 
Wear clothes for athletic events!
Dress for the weather!

End of the School Year

End of the School Year Information

Library
Students can no longer check out books.

All books are due back to the library by May 30.

Textbook Return
Be sure you return your textbooks to your teachers before the end of the school year. Due dates are listed below:

Mathematics ......................May 30

Reading ................................TBA

Science ..............................June 2

Social Studies ………........ June 5

Important Dates

Olympics…………….…..May 23

Memorial Day .…………..May 26
No School
AR due …………………..May 28

Bump Up Night…………..May 29

Engineers Visit AMS…..…May 29

Pre-Algebra Exam …….…May 30

On Exponents
Awards Ceremony…….…..June 2
Grade 8 Commencemen.t....June 4
Civics Final.........................June 4
Last Day ............................June 6

Computer / Technology
 Files in the students' Drop Boxes will be purged this summer. 

What are you doing this summer?

What are you doing this summer?  Here are some great experiences for our 8^th graders who would like to make a difference in the Pittsburgh community while also getting some great free “work” experience.  Summer volunteer opportunities are available at http://www.carnegielibrary.org/teens/life/volunteering.cfm.  For more information on volunteering this summer, please see Ms. Costantino. 

AR Due May 28

AR is due Wednesday, May 28!

Cross Country

Cross Country pre-season conditioning will continue on: 

Tuesday, May 27

Thursday, May 29

The team will meet from 3:00 to 4:00 at the High School Track.  Make sure that you bring water and wear your running shoes.  Contact Coach Smith jsmith@avonworth.k12.pa.us with any questions.

8th Grade Commencement RSVP by Monday

Click here to complete your RSPV

Beowulf wrapping up in English class

Student have wrapped up reading a formative piece of English (British) literature: Beowulf. We are going to begin building body biographies using the notes we took to create a symbolic figure that describes the most important aspects of one character.