News and Events: May, 2006

May 30, 2006 Do you love to read and discuss books?  Well, we have some exciting news for you!  AGIS will again compete in the Chester County Reading Olympics during the 2006-2007 school year. If you are interested in joining this AGIS club, please use the attached list to guide your summer reading choices.

Click HERE to download the Reading Olympics Letter and Summer Reading List (pdf)

May 30, 2006

If a parent volunteer has obtained valid Act 34 and Act 151 clearances during the 2005-2006 school year, and has volunteered in any capacity in the  Avon Grove School District during the 2005-2006 school year, their clearances will remain valid for the 2006-2007 school year, and can be used at any school during the year. Volunteering at any Avon Grove school at least once during the school year maintains the validity of the clearances. 

The Avon Grove School District will reimburse the cost of the clearances one time only; if a volunteer obtained reimbursement for clearances, but did not volunteer during the 2005-2006 school year, and therefore needs to obtain new clearances, the volunteer will not be reimbursed a second time.

May 30, 2006

The planter, done by Mrs. Steel , Mrs. Sharon and Ms. Wheeler's sixth graders for the Chester County Art Association, has been relocated to the front of the West Grove Library.   Read more about the process of creating the planters on our Specials Page.

 

 

May 30, 2006

Michael Dooling and Jen Bryant visiting AGIS next year. Michael Dooling will visit the third and fourth graders in October and Jen Bryant will visit the fifth and sixth graders in January.  This summer, check out their websites and add their books to your summer reading lists! 

Jen Bryant: www.jenbryant.com
Michael Dooling www.michaeldooling.com

May 22, 2006

The end of the school year is quickly approaching, bringing the joys of summer vacation nearer.  When planning your summer days, include lots of ways that summer reading can be an integral and fun component of your child’s day.  Children can gain rather than lose reading skills by keeping the reading habit alive.  Library and bookstore trips can be browsing times when your child can just look at all different types of reading materials. Road trips and books on tape/cd are a wonderful combination. Listening to a good book can make those miles fly by! The West Grove and Chester County libraries have extensive collections.

Independent summer reading needs to be interesting and easy for your child.  So don’t hesitate to allow them to read books you might think are too easy.  Magazines, joke books, how to books, and even comic books get two thumbs up.  Summer is prime time for reading stories together. Include stories you love, ones that may be too difficult for your child to read alone, or simply good books that interest both of you.

A list of summer reading is included, as well as the topics for social studies and science units next year.  Encourage your child to choose informational books as well as fictional books.  Reading informational books can build your child’s background knowledge.  Combining readings with hands-on activities will enhance understanding even more.

At the beginning of next year, your child will have an opportunity to share what they have read over the summer with their peers.  So get ready to enjoy those lazy days of summer and remember to have your child pack some reading materials in the suitcase!

Enjoy,
Maryann Schwab and Lucy Rosen
AGIS Reading Specialists

Visit our SPECIALS page to learn about Mrs. Parker's Summer Reading Suggestions

Summer Reading Websites: Scholastic Summer Reading Teachers and Families Summer Reading RIF Education World Summer Reading

Downloads: Parent Letter and Reading Lists (pdf) Reading Olympics Letter and Reading List (pdf)

 

 

May 22, 2006 Mark Your Calendars. Bring Your Cameras!

The AGIS Performing Arts Program cowboys and cowgirls proudly present their original musical extravaganza “Westward Bound” 7:00 PM on Thursday, June 1st in the AGIS cafetorum. Doors open at 6:30 PM for seating and ticket sales (all ticket sale proceeds go to support the AGIS Performing Arts Program). So ride on in to town and set a spell for some fantastic rip roarin’ family entertainment by our very talented AGIS student cast.
<< Download Flyer (pdf)

May 18, 2006

• Send in 06/07 transportation requests.
• Return 06/07 surveys.Return school property (classroom or library. books, school materials, etc.)
• Take home personal property.
• Pay lunch charges and any other bills.
• Claim Lost & Found items.Return Visitor/Volunteer badges

Report cards will be held until all school property is returned and debts are cleared.

May 18, 2006 There will be early dismissal on the last day of school, Tuesday, June 13.  The elementary schools will dismiss at 11:45 AM.  Lunch will not be served.

May 18, 2006

• Please pay all charges by May 31.
• No lunch charges will be permitted in June.
• The salad bar will not be offered after June 8.
• Report cards will be withheld from students with unpaid bills.

     If your student has extra money in his/her account, it will remain there for use in the next school year, including those students who will be moving on to the middle school.  (Their PIN also remains the same as they move from AGIS to the Middle School.)

May 18, 2006

Middle School Fall Sports  All sixth graders planning to play fall interscholastic sports at the middle school must have an interscholastic sports physical packet turned in to the middle school office no later than August 1, 2006.  Interscholastic sports for the fall season include football, boys’ and girls’ soccer, field hockey, and cheerleading.  Sports packets include a sports physical that must be performed and signed by a physician AFTER June 1, 2006.  Physical packets can be printed from the FSEMS web site or can be picked up at the middle school athletic office, main office, nurses’ office, or a the AGIS nurses’ office.  Please see FSEMS athletic web site for practice information.

Football Parents’ Meeting  The middle school foot-ball coaches will be conducting an important informa-tional meeting for all parents of sixth graders who are interested in playing football on the middle school football team.  The meeting will be held June 5 in the AGIS audion starting at 6:00 PM.

May 18, 2006 We need to have all of your clipped BoxTops and labels to school on May 24 so that we can meet our deadlines with the companies.  Please check your pantries for any BoxTops that might expire 6/06 so that AGI can get credit.  Every one counts – some of the classroom contests are too close to call right now – your submission might put your classroom over the top!

     Thanks for your support all year and remember to clip and save them this summer so that we can start the 06-07 school year off right!

Large Coffee Cans Wanted
Our BoxTops chairperson needs large coffee cans (39 oz with the plastic lid) to collect BoxTops in each classroom next year.  We have 60 homerooms and only 6 cans have been collected so far.  There is container in the main office for you to drop in your empty cans.

May 18, 2006 Our last sale of the school year is May 31.  It’s been a profitable year for the PTA through Market Day, as our running total for profit is at $11,768!  We would like to attempt to make our projected goal of $14,000, and are urging you to give Market Day a try if you haven’t done so all year.  We are very thankful for the support of our regular customers, and hope you’ll think to stock up with your favorite foods and treats for the summer with this final sale.  If you are planning to order, please send you order form in to school with your child or drop it off in the main office by Wednesday, May 24, or enter your order online at http://www.marketday.com/ by 12:00 Noon on Thursday, May 25. 

     For the convenience of our customers, a Summer Community Sale has been planned for Thursday, July 27.  The pick-up time will be 11:30-12:30 in the school cafeteria.  Order forms will be handed out at our May 31 sale.  The deadline for our summer sale will be Friday, July 21.  Please drop off paper orders before that due date in the school office.  Customers may call Leslie Hernandez 16 610-869-4489 with any questions or to place last minute orders.

     Again, thank you for a great year!  We look forward to another great year in 2006-07 when our Market Day Sale Pick-Up Day will move to THURSDAY.

May 18, 2006 Visit www.TeamChildren.com or call 610-666-1795 to learn more about receiving a computer for as little as $25 to $160.  1,000 computers need new homes. 

May 11, 2006
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May 8, 2006 Congratulations to Adam B. for winning the Name the Mosaic contest.  Our mosaic was officially dedicated to the school this week with the name “Piece and Harmony.”

May 8, 2006 On Monday, May 22, 370 AGI students and their guests will attend the Blue Rocks baseball game.  Each of them received 2 complimentary tickets for completing the Rocky Reading Challenge.  Way to go! 

May 8, 2006 It's time to start planning bus routes for the 2006-2007 school year.  All students will be assigned to their home bus stop for the coming school year, and 05/06 day care arrangements will not be carried over to the next school year.  A new request form for alternate arrangements must be submitted every new school year. 

     If your child will be regularly using a bus stop different from your home bus stop next year, even if it is the same arrangement as this year, you must put it in writing.  Transportation Request Forms are available on our AGIS website and in the office at your request.  It is necessary to have the name, specific address, and telephone number of your day care provider, as well as a clear explanation of the request, especially if there will be day variants. 

May 4 , 2006

     Classroom placement is handled in each of the schoolhouses using the following criteria:

• Brothers & sisters are placed in the same schoolhouse.
• Students are equally mixed by gender, race, & ability.
• Each class receives a heterogeneous mix of instructional levels.
• Students are placed so that their instructional needs may be met.
• Placements take into consideration the social & emotional needs of each student.
• The principals, along with grade level teachers & counselors, participate in this process.

     Should you feel the need to communicate specific insights to the AGIS administration and next year’s teacher, please put these thoughts in writing.  These insights can refer to a program, instructional grouping, organizational pattern, learning style, or social/emotional needs.  Personal requests for specific teachers will not be honored.  Address your letter to the principals and return it to AGIS as soon as possible, or by Monday, May 15.

     Students will receive notification of their classroom placement in mid-August via mail.

 

 

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