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Senior Cap and Gown pictures have been rescheduled for Friday, March 13th.
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Senior Cap and Gown pictures have been rescheduled for Friday, March 13th.
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Due to inclement weather forecast for later this week, the basketball games scheduled for this Friday will now be played on Thursday, January 22nd with JV boys beginning at 4:00. We will playing Owen High School. Also, the wrestling tournament scheduled for Friday has been moved to Thursday, January 22nd. The tournament will take place at Madison High School.
Polk does not have a JV Girls basketball team. Due to this, the JV Boys basketball team will begin playing today at 4:30.
Mitchell High School also does not have a JV Girls basketball team. Due to this, the JV Boys basketball team will begin playing on Friday at 4:30.
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Mitchell High School also does not have a JV Girls basketball team. Due to this, the JV Boys basketball team will begin playing on Friday at 4:30.
Thank you.
Good afternoon,
Student report cards from the second grading period were given to students today. Please review your child's report card. Please contact the office or your child's teacher if you have any questions. Please remember that parents or guardians can obtain access to Infinite Campus to be able to view their child's grades and attendance at any time. To obtain access to Infinite Campus, a parent or guardian will need to come to the front office, show a form of ID, and we will help you. get your account set up.
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Student report cards from the second grading period were given to students today. Please review your child's report card. Please contact the office or your child's teacher if you have any questions. Please remember that parents or guardians can obtain access to Infinite Campus to be able to view their child's grades and attendance at any time. To obtain access to Infinite Campus, a parent or guardian will need to come to the front office, show a form of ID, and we will help you. get your account set up.
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Good afternoon,
Due to a main water line break in Newland, Avery High School does not currently have water. We are cancelling the basketball games scheduled for this evening. The basketball games will be played tomorrow, Wednesday, January 7th. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Due to a main water line break in Newland, Avery High School does not currently have water. We are cancelling the basketball games scheduled for this evening. The basketball games will be played tomorrow, Wednesday, January 7th. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you.
Students will return tomorrow, Wednesday, January 7th for the second semester. We are looking forward to having our students back in the building. Students can access their second semester schedules in Infinite Campus. If your child has not checked their schedule, please have them do so they will know where to go in the morning. Counselors and administrators will be in the cafeteria tomorrow morning to hep students access their schedules if they are unable to. Please call the front office with any questions.
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Good evening,
Students will return to school on Wednesday, January 7th for the beginning of the second semester. For students whoare taking the Mayland Welding courses- Your classes will begin Monday January 5th. The classes will start at 8 am and are located in the Welding shop at Mayland’s Newland campus.
If you are enrolled in other Mayland courses, please check your Avery email for an important message from Mr O’Hagan concerning start dates, and other important information.
We hope our students have had a wonderful break. We look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday. Thank you and have a good evening.
Students will return to school on Wednesday, January 7th for the beginning of the second semester. For students whoare taking the Mayland Welding courses- Your classes will begin Monday January 5th. The classes will start at 8 am and are located in the Welding shop at Mayland’s Newland campus.
If you are enrolled in other Mayland courses, please check your Avery email for an important message from Mr O’Hagan concerning start dates, and other important information.
We hope our students have had a wonderful break. We look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday. Thank you and have a good evening.
Good evening,
Avery County Schools is on a 2 hour delay tomorrow, Dec. 15th. Even with the delay, we will still have EOC testing tomorrow morning. The EOC tests that will be given tomorrow are Math 1, Math 3, and Biology. Due to the delay, we will serve lunch to students at 10:00. Testing will begin at 10:30 so students have the required amount of time to take their tests. If your child is testing tomorrow, please make sure they are at school on time. Please call the front office with any questions. Be safe!
Avery County Schools is on a 2 hour delay tomorrow, Dec. 15th. Even with the delay, we will still have EOC testing tomorrow morning. The EOC tests that will be given tomorrow are Math 1, Math 3, and Biology. Due to the delay, we will serve lunch to students at 10:00. Testing will begin at 10:30 so students have the required amount of time to take their tests. If your child is testing tomorrow, please make sure they are at school on time. Please call the front office with any questions. Be safe!
Good morning,
If you have a teacher-made exam scheduled for today, it is available online. Check your email for directions from your teacher. If you do not complete the exam, you will receive a zero. Please remember that the teacher-made exam may count as 20% of your grade.
Attendance appeals are due TOMORROW, 12/12. If we are not in school tomorrow, appeals are still due. I emailed an electronic copy of the attendance appeal earlier this week. You may fill that one out and email it back to me or you can take a picture of the completed appeal and email it to me. No late appeals will be accepted.
If you are taking an EOC or CTE test next week, you have been sent an email with the date of the test and the room number you will be testing in. Please check your emails for this information.
Stay safe and warm!
If you have a teacher-made exam scheduled for today, it is available online. Check your email for directions from your teacher. If you do not complete the exam, you will receive a zero. Please remember that the teacher-made exam may count as 20% of your grade.
Attendance appeals are due TOMORROW, 12/12. If we are not in school tomorrow, appeals are still due. I emailed an electronic copy of the attendance appeal earlier this week. You may fill that one out and email it back to me or you can take a picture of the completed appeal and email it to me. No late appeals will be accepted.
If you are taking an EOC or CTE test next week, you have been sent an email with the date of the test and the room number you will be testing in. Please check your emails for this information.
Stay safe and warm!
Good evening,
ACHS will be giving the North Carolina End-of-Course exams for Math 1, Math 3, Biology, and English II from December 15-19th. This year, there is an EOC retesting opportunity for students who score non-proficient on an EOC test . Students may retest during the same testing window, December 15-19. The English II retesting will occur in January due to delayed score reports. This retest will give students another opportunity to meet proficiency and/or increase their final grade for the class. Students EOC test scores count as 20% of their final grade for the class. If students retake the test, the highest score will be used to calculate their final grade.
We will offer remediation for students who are retaking the test on Wednesday, December 17th from 1:00 to 3:00. Your child's teacher will be facilitating the remediation. Students are not required to attend remediation to re-take the test. The EOC tests will be re-adminstered on Thursday, December 18th beginning at 8:15. If your child is taking an EOC test and does not meet proficiency once taking the test the first time, a staff member from school will call you on Tuesday, December 16th to let you know that your child can come to remediation and come to re-take the EOC test. We do need either written or verbal permission from a parent for a student to re-test. A letter about. this was sent home with students on December 4th. Please call your child's teacher with any questions. Thank you and have a good evening.
ACHS will be giving the North Carolina End-of-Course exams for Math 1, Math 3, Biology, and English II from December 15-19th. This year, there is an EOC retesting opportunity for students who score non-proficient on an EOC test . Students may retest during the same testing window, December 15-19. The English II retesting will occur in January due to delayed score reports. This retest will give students another opportunity to meet proficiency and/or increase their final grade for the class. Students EOC test scores count as 20% of their final grade for the class. If students retake the test, the highest score will be used to calculate their final grade.
We will offer remediation for students who are retaking the test on Wednesday, December 17th from 1:00 to 3:00. Your child's teacher will be facilitating the remediation. Students are not required to attend remediation to re-take the test. The EOC tests will be re-adminstered on Thursday, December 18th beginning at 8:15. If your child is taking an EOC test and does not meet proficiency once taking the test the first time, a staff member from school will call you on Tuesday, December 16th to let you know that your child can come to remediation and come to re-take the EOC test. We do need either written or verbal permission from a parent for a student to re-test. A letter about. this was sent home with students on December 4th. Please call your child's teacher with any questions. Thank you and have a good evening.
Good evening,
Please remember that tomorrow, October 28th, we have a modified schedule for high school students. All freshman will be attending a field trip to Mayland Community College. Freshman will leave for Mayland from the high school. Students who don't attend the field trip, will be counted absent.
All sophomore students will be taking the Pre-ACT. This is a state required test. Students who don't take the test tomorrow will take a make-up test.
All juniors will have a Remote Learning Day. Juniors don't come to school. Teachers will assign juniors work to complete. The work is due by Friday. Students who do not turn in assignments will be counted absent.
Some seniors will be taking the WorkKeys test. Seniors who are testing have been sent an email letting them know the classroom to report to for testing. Seniors who are not testing will have a remote learning day. The work is due by Friday. Students who do not turn in assignments will be counted absent.
Thank you.
Please remember that tomorrow, October 28th, we have a modified schedule for high school students. All freshman will be attending a field trip to Mayland Community College. Freshman will leave for Mayland from the high school. Students who don't attend the field trip, will be counted absent.
All sophomore students will be taking the Pre-ACT. This is a state required test. Students who don't take the test tomorrow will take a make-up test.
All juniors will have a Remote Learning Day. Juniors don't come to school. Teachers will assign juniors work to complete. The work is due by Friday. Students who do not turn in assignments will be counted absent.
Some seniors will be taking the WorkKeys test. Seniors who are testing have been sent an email letting them know the classroom to report to for testing. Seniors who are not testing will have a remote learning day. The work is due by Friday. Students who do not turn in assignments will be counted absent.
Thank you.
On Tuesday, October 28th, some seniors will be taking the WorkKeys test. Testing will begin by 8:15 on the morning of October 28th. Students have been made aware if they are taking a WorkKeys test. Students who are not taking a WorkKeys test do not need to come to school on Tuesday. These students will have a Remote Learning day. Teachers will assign work to these students to complete on this date. Students will have until Friday, October 31st to submit the work. Students who do not submit the work will be counted absent for October 28th. Thank you.
Due to Pre-ACT and WorkKeys testing, Tuesday, October 28th will be a Remote Learning day for all juniors. Juniors do not need to report to school on this date. Juniors will be assigned work by their teachers to complete on this date. All work will be due on Friday, October 31st. Students who do not turn in the work will be counted absent for October 28th. Thank you.
All sophomore students will take the Pre-ACT on Tuesday, October 28th. This is a required state test. Testing will being at 8:15 am. Students who are absent for testing will take a make-up test at a later date. Please call the front office with any questions. Thank you.
Due to Pre-ACT and WorkKeys testing on Tuesday, October 28th, all freshmen students will be going on a field trip to Mayland Community College's Spruce Pine Campus. Students should have already brought home a permission slip to be signed by a parent. Bagged lunches from the cafeteria will be provided. Your student may bring his/her lunch if they would like. Students who do not go on the field trip will be counted absent. Thank you.
There will be no school for students this Thursday, 10/23. This is a Parent Conference day. Teachers will be available from 10:30 to 6:30. Parents may drop in anytime during those hours for a conference. Teachers have contacted the parents of students who are not passing the class for a conference. Please contact the front office with any questions.
We have limited FREE Parking Passes for the Wooly Worm festival for this Sunday, October 19th. The passes are to park at the Williams Gym parking lot on the Lees McRae Athletics Complex. Please come to the front office to pick up a free parking pass.
This is just a reminder that Driver Education for the fall of 2025 begins on Saturday, October 18. The class will run the next four Saturdays as well, concluding on November 15.
Students are required 30 classroom hours and 6 behind the wheel hours to qualify for their NC Driver's License. This is the classroom portion of the required hours.
Class is from 8:30 to 2:30 each Saturday and students will need to bring a pencil, paper, and their lunch with them for those days. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Mr. Greene at phillipgreene@averyschools.net.
Students are required 30 classroom hours and 6 behind the wheel hours to qualify for their NC Driver's License. This is the classroom portion of the required hours.
Class is from 8:30 to 2:30 each Saturday and students will need to bring a pencil, paper, and their lunch with them for those days. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Mr. Greene at phillipgreene@averyschools.net.
This message is for seniors. Our first FAFSA Night will take place this Wednesday, October 8th from 5:00 to 7:00 in the Media Center. During this time, Mr. Fitzgerald, our college advisor, will be there to help students and parents with completing the FAFSA forms. Our other counselors will also be there to help. Please call the school with any questions you may have.
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Fall picture retakes/make ups will be this Wednesday, October 1st for ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade students. If a student was absent on the original picture date or a students would like to retake their picture, October 1st will be the day to do this.
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