Avery Middle School

Weekly Announcements March 18-22 We are having an Easter Egg hunt incentive on Monday March 25th. If you would like to support this student celebration, please send in individually wrapped candies this week to fill the eggs. Report cards will be sent home on Thursday. Band students that want to attend the Carowinds trip need to turn in their paperwork and down payment before spring break. Final payments are due April 19th. 6th grade band students need to turn in their concert tshirt form before spring break. Athletics Monday Baseball at Cane River 4:00 Soccer vs. Mitchell (Home) 4:00 Tuesday Baseball vs. Madison (Home) 4:00 Soccer vs. Madison (Home) 4:00 Wednesday Soccer vs. East Yancey (Home) 4:00 Thursday Baseball vs. Harris (Home) 4:00 Thank you for supporting Avery Middle School!

Sixth and seventh graders had a STEMtastic day on Monday! Thank you to NC State, the Goodnight Scholarship Program and these students for providing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) activities with our students.

Congratulations to Ms. April Pittman, our Avery Middle Teacher of the Year! Ms. Pittman works tirelessly to support her students. She also serves on various school committees, is a Jr. Beta Club sponsor and was involved with the production of our school play. Thank you, Ms. Pittman, for all you do for our students and school!!

Weekly Announcements March 11-15 Track try-outs will be held on Monday and Tuesday afternoon from 3:00 - 4:30 @ AMS. All students trying out must have a completed track contract. Parents will need to pick up their students in the circle in front of the school at 4:30. A brief parent meeting will be held at 4:30 on Tuesday following try-outs in Mr. Rogers' room. There will be a School Improvement Team meeting on Tuesday at 3:00 in the Media Center. There will also be a School Board meeting at 6:00 at Central Services. Wednesday is the end of the 3rd grading period. High School registration will take place on Wednesday and Thursday for rising 9th graders in the AMS Media Center. Sixth grade students will travel to Wonder Works on Thursday. All students must be at school by 8:00. The bus will depart promptly at 8:05. Refunds will not be allowed as tickets have already been purchased. Students must wear closed-toed shoes. Friday is a staff workday. There will be no school for students. This week in athletics: Monday Baseball vs. Cranberry (Home)4:00 Wednesday Soccer at Madison 4:00 Thursday Baseball vs. East Yancey (Home) 4:00 Thank you for supporting Avery Middle School!

Weekly Announcements March 4-8 Attention 8th grade families: Our 8th graders will walk over to Avery High for tours on Tuesday afternoon and Rising 9th grade Night will be at Avery High on Tuesday evening beginning at 5:30. All families are encouraged to attend. The 7th and 8th grade bands will also have a concert in the Avery High Gym on Tuesday evening beginning at 6:30. Sixth grade parents: All field trip forms and money must be turned in by Monday - March 4th. If you have any questions, please contact your child's homeroom teacher. Our Beta Club will be traveling to the Leadership Summit on Wednesday and will return on Friday. All Beta Club members participating in the Leadership Summit need to make sure they have paid their entire trip balance by Monday - March 4th. Any student planning on participating in track must have completed their track contract and turned it into Mr. Rogers by Monday - March 4th. Students must also have a current sports physical and be registered on Finalforms. The link to final forms can be found on the Avery Middle website. This week in Athletics: Monday Baseball vs. Rosman (Home) 4:00 Soccer at East Yancey 4:00 Wednesday Soccer vs. Cane River (Home) 4:00 Thursday Baseball at Bowman 4:00 Thank you for supporting Avery Middle School!

Any student trying out for the track team needs to turn in their Track Contract to Mr. Rogers by tomorrow - Friday, March 1st.

Attention 8th Grade Families

The soccer game for tomorrow has been canceled. The team will practice after school.

Weekly Announcements February 26-March 1 We will administer the NC Math Check In on Tuesday. Please make sure students arrive at school on time with their iPads charged. Attention 8th grade parents: There will be a rising 9th grade information night on March 5, 2024 at 5:30 at Avery High School. We will conduct a lockdown drill on Thursday, February 29th. This drill in place of the drill that we missed in January due to weather. Please encourage your students to take this drill very seriously and to remain quiet and still during the entire drill. This week in athletics: Monday, February 26th Baseball at Harris 4:00 Soccer vs. Madison (Home) 4:00 Wednesday, February 28th Soccer at Mitchell 4:00 Thursday, February 29th Baseball vs. Madison (Home) 4:00 Thank you for supporting Avery Middle School!

Ms. Maggie's class practiced following a sequence of directions with baked potatoes. Everyone say, "yum!" I did! Thanks for sharing!

Ms. Shian's class celebrated reading the BFG by Roald Dahl with Frobscottle. Yum!

Order your yearbook today to make sure you don't miss out!

Attention 8th grade parents: Save the date!

Weekly Announcements February 19-23 Attention parents of 8th graders going on the Outer Banks trip: the next payment is now due. We will begin to administer the second round of NC Check Ins this week. Wednesday (2/21)-Science (8th grade only) Friday (2/23)-Reading Tuesday (2/27)-Math Our MathCounts team will travel to Appalachian State on Tuesday. On Wednesday our 6th grade will have a field trip to Sugar Mountain. This week in Athletics: Monday-Baseball at E. Yancey 4:00 Thursday-Baseball vs. Cane River (Home) 4:00 Thank you for supporting Avery Middle School!

Yesterday we celebrated the 100th day of school with a scavenger hunt! Thank you to the PTO and staff who made this possible!

Thank you to all of our school bus drivers for going the extra mile for our students! We couldn't do it without you!

Congratulations to Madison Franklin, Allie Thompson and Amelia Wanner on advancing to the next round of the Amazing Shake! They will compete again on February 22nd.

Congratulations to Gracie Surrett on winning the district-wide spelling bee! Gracie will compete in the regional spelling bee at Bank of America Stadium on March 17th.

Avery County Schools' parents and community members who are also customers of Carolina West Wireless can sign up to have 3% of their phone bill donated to a school of their choice. Please follow this link to either sign up or renew your school preference. https://c4e.carolinawest.com/

Weekly Announcements February 12-16 Congratulations to Gracie Surrett on winning the district-wide spelling bee! Gracie will compete in the regional spelling bee at Bank of America Stadium. Congratulations also to Madison Franklin, Allie Thompson and Amelia Wanner on advancing to the next round of the Amazing Shake! They will compete again on February 22nd. Monday, February 12th Soccer Tryouts 3:30-5:30 School Board Meeting 6:00 Central Office Tuesday, February 13th Soccer Tryouts 3:30-5:30 School Improvement Team Meeting 3:00 AMS Media Center Thank you for supporting Avery Middle School!