Abingdon-Avon Middle School

Abingdon-Avon co-ops with Knox-Warren Special Ed for speech and special ed services. Two of the educators from KWSED that work with us were honored tonight as well. Congratulations Christine Unger-Mason and Stephanie Pano!

A-Town has amazing staff working with our students each day. Tonight we celebrated our Excellence in Education award winners with other districts in our region. Congratulations to Alison Darst, Sean Foster, Juliet Graf, Alexis Hart, and Rusty Steele!

Congratulations to Maci Brooks and Braylon Griffitts! Maci and Braylon were selected by AAMS staff to attend this year's Illinois Principal Association Student Recognition breakfast at Western Illinois University. Maci and Braylon are excellent students and participate in multiple activities throughout the school year.

6th Grade Orientation will be held on May 15 at 6:00 pm in the Avon Campus cafeteria. We hope to see you there.

The AAMS track meet at Rockridge Saturday, April 20, has been canceled.

The Middle School Interact Club and the High School Key Club partnered to raise funds with a Change for Autism campaign. Together their efforts resulted in a $1000 donation to the Central Illinois Autism Association in Peoria. This association serves families in our area. This is our largest donation since we started raising funds for this project.

MS yearbook order forms are due TOMORROW, April 19th. Get them in with the $20 to the main office.

All AAMS events and practices for tonight, April 16, have been canceled.

ATOWN CUSD #276 all students will be dismissing 2 hours early today due to the incoming severe weather. AAHS will be dismissed at 1:10pm AAMS will be dismissed at 12:55pm AES will be dismissed at 1:20pm HGS will be dismissed at 1:20pm  Avon Busses will be leaving  from HGS at 1:00pm THERE IS NO AFTERNOON PRE-K 

No Tornado Time or Twister at the Avon Campus tonight, April 16.

💛Abingdon-Avon Middle School brought home a team WIN at section 4 livestock judging! 💙 Our students in the top 10 are: 2nd place-Maci Brooks 3rd place-Abby Kemp 4th place- Ryker Darst 6th place- Collin Jennings 7th place- Branson Thomas 9th place- Shay Powell I0th place- Braylon Griffitts 🎉Congrats to all we are so proud of you!

Middle school yearbook order forms are due by Friday, April 20, 2024. Yearbooks are $20.00, checks (made out to AAMS) and cash accepted! Money turned in after Friday will not be guaranteed a yearbook. Students can turn all money into the main office.

Get your yearbook orders in!!!

Tonight, these ATOWN boys broke the 8th Grade school record for the 4×400m relay that was set in 2015! Great job to Elias Carreon, Terrance Reffett, Dallus Markley, and Collin Jennings!

Mrs. Hayden and her class had a great time watching the eclipse!

Avon Campus students enjoyed watching the eclipse this afternoon! Thank you Mrs. Ebert, Ms. Mangieri, and Mrs. M&M for setting this up for our students.

Freshman Orientation - April 24th @ 6pm

AAMS students Collin Jennings, Josie Featherlin, Maci Brooks, and Branson Thomas attended a livestock judging competition with their teacher, Colby Trone at WIU today. The team was Reserve Champion out of 15 schools. Maci Brooks was high scorer with over 40 students in her division. Congratulations to the team on a great showing at our first competition! Congratulations to Maci for being the overall high score!

Please see the attached note.

Please see the attached letter for AAMS students regarding the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8. If you do NOT wish to have your child participate, please fill out the opt-out letter and return to school Monday, April 8. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Og7zoJtQv3W1EMPmireqip7EwfRQ9T4VRLjkH8vbv4U/copy