Parent Network Fundraiser due Wednesday

The latest parent network fundraiser is due Wednesday, 2/15/17. Read more here:
http://www.edline.net/files/_ZBLzT_/9ea0976ec342d9383745a49013852ec4/Parent_Network_Fundraiser_Flyer.pdf

Chinese New Year!

Chinese New Year Video!

February Yearbook News & Information

Read the February yearbook newsletter here!

  

In the current issue: 

  - Yearbook sales continue through March

  - Students can Join the Yearbook Staff

No School Monday, 1/16/17

Monday, 1/16/17
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Act 80 Day 
No School for Students

2nd Grading Period Ends Jan 10

Second Grading Period Ends

January 10, 2017

Important Information

• ENGLISH: All late work due by January 6
• MATH: All late work due by January 6
• READING: AR due January 5
• SCIENCE: All late work due by January 6
• SOCIAL STUDIES:  All work should be turned in by January 9

AMS 8 Specials Rotation (3) Starts on January 11.

Pancake breakfast will be rescheduled.

8th Graders Declare Their Independence

To supplement their study of the American Revolution in civics class, eighth graders tackled the complex text The Declaration of Independence in Mrs. Galecki's reading class.  Students focused on closely reading and annotating the text to identify its main ideas and translate it into modern day English.  They showcased their understanding of the historical document by guiding their classmates through a close-reading presentation of an assigned passage. Students explained how specific words and phrases contributed to the both text's meaning and tone. 

Because scholars believe that Thomas Jefferson meant for the Declaration to be dramatically performed, students revealed their understanding of the document by completing their own dramatic reading in our makeshift Independence Hall. 

Eighth graders were assigned a short passage from the Declaration to practice reading with proper phrasing, pronunciation, emphasis, pause and tone.  As “experts” of the text, students completed an impressive dramatic reading of this important document!  Many students even memorized their passages for extra credit.

Practicing proper phrasing, pronunciation, emphasis, pause and tone of passages from the Declaration.

Getting reading for a dramatic reading of the Declaration.

  

AMS 8 Specials Rotation Next Week

Students will be changing rotations on Wednesday, January 11. The next course can be found on the student schedule as "3" for periods B and H. 

January Yearbook News & Information

Read the yearbook newsletter here!

In the current issue: 

  - Get your event photos into the yearbook!

  - Yearbook sales continue through March

  - Students can Join the Yearbook Staff

Happy New Year!

WELCOME 2017! 

School resumes on Tuesday, January 3, 2017! 

Don't forget to read your AR book! AR due January 5!

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays
and have a fun, safe
winter vacation. 

School resumes on Tuesday January 3, 2017! 

Second issue of The Herd

The AMS newspaper club printed the second issue of The Herd. Check it out online:

AMSTheHerd.info 

The newspaper club meets after school on Tuesdays.

The next meeting is December 20. Join us! Take the activity bus home!

Spirit Week December 19-22

AMS Student Council has announced that next week, December 19-22, is “Spirit Week.” See the list of events below: 

AMS Children's Hospital Auction

The 29th annual Children's Hospital Auction is coming up quickly! Avonworth School District is proud to raise money each year for the Free Care Fund, which provides funding to children in need for medical care they may not be able to otherwise afford. This is only possible with the support of the community, so please consider donating to our auction. Suggested donations include:

Food: Donuts, drinks, cheese ball barrels, pizza, Subway sandwiches, baked goods

Toys: Games, small electronics, giant stuffed animals

Gifts: Baskets, athletic gear or memorabilia, tickets to movies etc, gift cards (if grouped with other related items of interest).

If you would like to make a donation (or have any questions), please feel free to contact Emily Hickman (ehickman@avonworth.k12.pa.us). Thank you in advance for your support - we are sure this will be an awesome year to raise money for the children at Children's Hospital!

Food Drive Ends Tomorrow

The annual Red Cross Food Drive is happening until Friday, December 16.  Proceeds benefit the North Boroughs Food Bank. 

Carson Scholars Fund

Each year the Carson Scholars Fund offers a chance to win a $1000 scholarship investment towards attendance at a four-year college or university. Unfortunately, Avonworth Middle School can only offer one name to be recognized each year.  The application requirements and deadlines are linked below.

Read more about the deadlines and application process on the school website. 

Important Updates for the week of December 19

~ Next Week ~

Monday

   Math Layered Curriculum due

Tuesday

   Science Test

Wednesday

   Civics Test

   Essay due

Thursday

   Children’s Hospital Auction

   English Passive/Active Study Island

Friday

   Winter Break Starts

Winter Break
Friday, 12/23/16 through
Monday, 1/2/17

Tuesday, 1/3/17 school's in session

AHS Video PSA Contest --- Help them win!

From the office:


Two groups of Avonworth High School students have entered into a video PSA contest with the FBI.  Both video links can be found on the webpage below (right at the top of the list):

https://fbipghcaaa.org/hope/youth/fbihopepsa2016/ 

We are asking for YOUR help with increasing the total VOTE COUNT!  The students of these videos have been asking their HS peers to go online and vote, but many of the students choose not to do it even thought it takes just a second.  One of the Avonworth videos is currently in 2nd place in popular vote - but unfortunately that is still 200 votes behind the first place video.  So we wanted to ask for your help at the MS level to increase the vote count for these Avonworth videos (given your success with making that possible).

Here is what each MS student needs to do:

• Login to their student google account
• Bring up each video link and LIKE the video in YouTube by clicking on the thumbs up below the video

Each person is only allowed to vote ONCE since each google account gets only ONE vote… that is why we need as many people (with a  google account) to vote as possible to close this gap of 200 votes between the Avonworth video and the other one in the contest.  VOTING ENDS NEXT WEEK!

AMS 8 In the News...

Students participating in the Panther Specialty Pharmacy project are mentioned in the Consortium for Public Education newsletter. See the information here.

Science Class YouTube Video Reply Project

Click on the link below to view the videos made for the DC Motor YouTube Video

Student DC motor model working in the science lab. Students built the models and explained how they worked. Their videos were uploaded to YouTube. 

Yearbooks make Great Holiday Gifts!

Click here to read more! 

With the holidays now here, buy a yearbook  (December 1^st through December 21^st) and receive a certificate as a holiday gift purchase. Printed gift certificates with a personalized message will be sent to a home or business address via USPS. 

Available for orders made December 1 through December 21!