Mr. and Mrs. Bielski speak to Avonworth 8th Grade students

Aron & Henryka Bielski speak to Avonworth 8th Grade students about their experiences during the Holocaust. 

Aron & Henryka Bielski speak at Avonworth today about the Bielski partisans who saved over 1,200 Jews from the Nazis. #Holocaustremembrance

8th Grade Welcomes Visitor from the North Hills American Legion

On Monday, September 12, 8th Grade Students welcomed Retired Sgt. First Class Eber Tripp.  Mr. Tripp spoke to students about his military service in both the Vietnam and Iraq Wars as well as the history of the US Flag.  He then led students through a demonstration of how to properly salute, fold an American Flag, and retired a flag that has become damaged or unfit for display.

Hoops for Heart - Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the big day!
Hoops for Hearts is back!

Students are reminded to return their packets and donations by the end of homeroom tomorrow. 

AR due Soon!

AR will be due next week! 
Tuesday, October 20, 2015!

Click to access Renaissance Home Connect:
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Holocaust Survivor Visits AMS 8

On Wednesday, students heard the life story of Sam Weinreb. He is a holocaust survivor who escaped Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Poland in 1944. He explained how he became the only survivor from his immediate family due to the persecution of Jews in Eastern Europe. At the time of German occupation of his native Czechoslovakia, Mr. Weinreb was the same age or younger than the 8th grade students in the audience.

Avonworth Middle School was Mr. Weinreb's last Pittsburgh speaking engagement as he moves to Boston to live with his daughter. This activity was part of the various events held to help connect Grade 8 students to World War II and the Diary of Anne Frank which is being read in reading class. Special thanks to Mr. Weinreb, JFilm, Mr. Smith, and Mrs.Galecki for organizing the assembly for our 8th grade students.

Videoconference with a Holocaust Survivor

Students learned from a Holocaust survivor about the conditions Jews faced during World War II. The speaker said, "you are the last generation to hear about the Holocaust first hand." The videoconference connected with the 8^th grade reading curriculum’s Diary of Anne Frank unit. 

Rachel's Challenge

Community Event ~ Rachel's Challenge
September 9, 2013 - 7 PM - auditorium
 

From the Avonworth website: 

Rachel Scott was the first student killed in the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, but through the Rachel’s Promise nonprofit (http://www.rachelschallenge.org/) her life has continued to represent mutual respect and understanding in an ongoing effort to curb school bullying and violence in our schools.  The Avonworth High School and Middle School will be hosting a Rachel’s Challenge community event in addition to student activities on September 9 at 7p.m. at the high school/middle school auditorium in order to share Rachel’s story and message of random acts of kindness and compassion with the general public. 

On the morning of September 9, one hundred Avonworth Middle School and High School students will learn of Rachel’s story as well as undergo the Friends of Rachel Training in order to form their own Friends of Rachel’s Club and influence their peers to embrace Rachel’s message of compassion.  The Rachel’s Challenge mission is to reduce potential harassing behavior among students as well as to encourage students to perform their own acts of kindness.

The community event, open to the public, will feature a Rachel’s Challenge presenter who will also tell Rachel’s story and demonstrate how individuals can spread the message of compassion. 

http://www.edline.net/pages/Avonworth_Middle_School/News/Avonworth_Invites_Community_to