AGIS News Archive: May 2009

May 28, 2009 Spirit Day is Friday, May 29.-WEAR YOUR FAVORITE HAT OR CAP

May 28, 2009 Family Fun Night, originally scheduled for May 29, has been postponed until Friday, June 5, 7:00-9:00 P.M.

May 28, 2009 There will be an early dismissal on June 17. Students will be picked up at their regular pick up time and AGIS dismissal will begin at 11:45 a.m. There will be no breakfast or lunch available on the last day of school. Report cards will be sent home with all students except for those who owe cafeteria money, library books, or classroom materials. No report cards will be sent home before the last day of school.

IMPORTANTE – EL ÚLTIMO DÍA DEL AÑO ESCOLAR – EL 17 DE JUNIO
Los estudiantes se despedirán temprano el 17 de junio. Los buses recogerán a los estudiantes al tiempo regular por la mañana y se saldrán de AGIS a las 11:45 A.M. No se sirve el almuerzo ni el desayuno el último día. Los informes de progreso escolar serán enviados a casa con los estudiantes excepto para ellos que deban dinero a la cafetería, libros de la biblioteca, o materiales de los salones de clase. No informes de progreso escolar serán enviados a casa antes del último día.

May 28, 2009

— Pick up medication or send in permission slip for medication to go home with your child.

—Pay lunch charges and any other bills.

—Send in 09/10 transportation request.

—Return 09/10 survey.

—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.

May 28, 2009 Between May 26 and June 1, book exchange time will be for returns only. At that time all students in every class will be notified concerning their outstanding materials or fines. All materials must be returned or paid for before the last day of school.

May 28, 2009 Planning bus routes for the 2009-2010 school year is underway. All students will be assigned to their home bus stop for the coming school year, and current day care arrangements will be deleted. A new transportation request form for alternate arrangements must be submitted every 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 28, 2009 During the school year the cafeteria manager prints out letters every 2 weeks to give to students who have outstanding account balances in the cafeteria. Current notices were sent home on Friday, May 22. The last notification will be Friday, June 5. Please check with your child next Friday to find out if there is a cafeteria bill that needs to be taken care of. All accounts need to be settled by June 12.
The last day that students will be permitted to charge purchases in the cafeteria will be Friday, June 5. Please do not wait until the last week of school to settle your accounts. It would be very helpful and appreciated if all bills were paid by Friday, June 12. The June menu is printed on the back of the May menu and also appears on our website.

May 28, 2009 If your child is interested in learning how to play an instrumental or stringed musical instrument, please mark this date on your calendar. There will be parents’ meetings in the AGIS Cafetorium on June 9 as follows:
6:30 PM Future 1st Year Instrumental Music Parents
7:15 PM Future 1st Year Strings Music Parents

May 28, 2009 Yearbooks will be sent home on Monday, June 15, with all students who pre-ordered them. Extra yearbooks will be sold on Tuesday, June 16.

May 28, 2009 Earlier this month pink 09/10 survey forms were sent home with every AGIS student. Most of them were completed and returned. If you are one of the families that has not sent back your survey, please take a minute to complete it and return it to the school office right away.

May 14, 2009 The Avon Grove School District’s first annual district-wide Art Show will be held in the gymnasium at Avon Grove High School
on Monday & Tuesday, May 18 & 19, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. All are invited to experience and celebrate the accomplishments of Avon Grove’s student artists. Selected student artwork from Penn London Elementary, Avon Grove Intermediate, Fred S. Engle Middle, and Avon Grove High Schools will be on exhibit. Featured work will include drawings, paintings, prints, ceramics, sculpture, mixed media, photographs, digital photographs, graphic design, and multimedia works in Fireworks and Flash.
May 18 Opening Night Special Events:
• Ever wonder how a ball of mud becomes a beautiful clay pot? Now’s your chance to find out. Watch Avon Grove’s art students demonstrate their skills throwing on a potter’s wheel.
• Hop inside the world of an artist’s studio, and enjoy watching live drawing and painting demonstrations.
• Don’t just watch. Create a piece of art of your very own to take home! Try your hand at the fun and exciting world of mono-printing. Art students will be available for questions or if you need assistance. All ages are welcome!

May 14, 2009 If you have obtained your clearances, but have not volunteered this school year, please volunteer before the last day of school. In order to keep clearances active for next year, you must volunteer at least one time during the current school year. Otherwise you will have to re-apply for clearances next year. If you child is moving on to the middle school next year, your clearances will follow you.
Please make sure that you sign in under your name in the black notebooks at the receptionist’s desk each time you volunteer, including chaperoning trips.

May 14, 2009 The school nurses at AGIS will be sponsoring a school-wide food and clothing drive to benefit The Bridge. The Bridge is a neighborhood volunteer organization that helps meet the physical needs of local families by supplying food and clothing at no cost to them. Items are distributed every Tuesday evening from a storage trailer located behind the Church of the Nazarene on State Road in West Grove. The Humanitarian Club of the Avon Grove High School is one group that supports the Bridge.
Our drive will take place from May 18 until May 29. In addition to gently used clean spring and summer clothing items for children and adults, we would like to suggest the following food items:
3rd graders – canned vegetables
4th graders – canned fruit, canned juice, juice boxes
5th graders – rice/pasta products/macaroni and cheese
6th graders – canned meats, boxed all in one meals
All donations can be brought to the nurse’s office between 8:10 and 8:30 AM and placed in the collection boxes. For each item received, a green cut-out of a leaf will be provided. The student can add his/her name and homeroom to the leaf and then add the leaf to our paper tree. As we watch our tree grow, we’ll “see” our students growing into a Community of Helpers.

May 14, 2009 Summer Draw to Write classes will be held in Oxford at the Golden Light Wellness Center to help children in 1st through 6th grade with handwriting. Using drawing techniques to help improve handwriting, your child may improve:
• Print or cursive letter formation
• Attention to the details of writing and drawing
• Drawing skills and self confidence
• Self esteem
• Legibility of handwriting
These classes are designed to help children who are having difficulty learning print or cursive letters, having difficulty printing sentences or connecting the cursive letters, placing the letters on the line, or who have print/cursive that is not neat and is diffi-cult to read. Classes will focus on your child’s individual needs.
Help your child improve their handwriting legibility. It is great practice for the summer and a fun class!
Classes are taught by a Registered Occupational Therapist with more than 20 years experience working in various school districts in the area. For more information and an application form call 610-932-9511 or visit www.goldenlight.faithweb.com (Occupational Therapy Draw to Write Classes/Handwriting Clinic.)

May 1 , 2009 Spring has arrived, along with (mostly) warmer weather. At this time of year, it's natural to want to get outside and have fun. Students still need to be safe and stay alert, however, especially when waiting for the school bus and getting off the bus each day after school. Students, parents, teachers, administrators, transportation personnel and the public all play important roles in keeping children safe while on or around the school bus.
Please take a moment to review the following safety tips with children to help ensure our students arrive to and from school safely each day:

• Get to the school bus stop 10 minutes ahead of the assigned pick-up time, so you won't have to run across the road to catch the bus.
• When waiting for the bus, stay away from traffic. Line up at least five giant steps away from the curb or the roadway to wait for the bus.
• Never go near a stranger or a strange car, even if the person seems friendly, offers to give you something, or is asking for help. Always check first with a parent, guardian, or trusted adult before getting into a car with anyone. If a person's behavior makes you scared, uneasy, or upset, seek the help of a trusted adult right away and report the incident.
• Never run after the school bus if it has already left the bus stop.
• Never push when getting on or off of the school bus.
• Always walk at least 10 feet in front of the bus when crossing so that the school bus driver can see you.
• Be aware: Cross with Care! Wait until the school bus has stopped all traffic before stepping out onto the road.
• When the school bus is moving, always stay in your seat. Never put your head, arms or hands out of the window.
• Talk quietly; do not distract your school bus driver.
• If your school bus crosses railroad tracks, be calm and quiet so that your driver can listen for a train. Always obey your school bus driver's instructions, so that he or she can make safe decisions.
• Never play with the emergency exits. Backpacks, band instruments, or sports equipment may not block the aisle or emergency exits. If there is an emergency, listen to the driver and follow instructions.
• When getting off of the school bus, make sure that all drawstrings and other loose objects are secure so that they don't get caught on the handrail or the door.
• Never cross the street behind the school bus.
• If you leave something on the bus or drop something outside of the bus, never go back for it. The driver may not see you and may begin moving the bus.
• Follow the same rules about strangers when you get off the bus at your stop at the end of the day.

Source: Some of the tips outlined above were provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation