Avery Middle School

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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!

Ms. Maggie's class had a Fun-Friday afternoon learning to juggle!

Valentine's social fun! Thank you to everyone who made this possible!

Weekly Announcements February 5-9 This week is School Counselor’s week. Thank you, Mrs. Powell, for all you do for our students, families and school! Baseball tryouts will be tomorrow beginning at 3:15 at the Rec. League field. Students must have a current physical on file and be signed up on Final Forms in order to try out. Eighth graders will travel to Sugar Mountain on Wednesday for the field trip that they missed last week. Students who qualified will participate in Round 2 of the Amazing Shake on Thursday at the Ag. Center. Please make sure your permission slip has been returned by Tuesday. There will be a Parent Meeting for all girls who are interested in trying out for soccer. The meeting will take place in the AMS Media Center at 5:30 on Thursday. Tryouts will begin on Monday, February 12th. There will be an after-school social this Friday, February 9th in the gym. The dance will begin at 3 p.m. and end at 5 p.m. Parents will need to pick up their students no later than 5:15 in the lower parking lot. The cost is $5.00 and a signed permission slip must be returned to school on the day of the event. Please note, permission by phone will not be accepted. Permission slips were passed out last week. Concessions will also be sold during the dance.

School level spelling bee winners will be competing for the district championship on February 2, 2024 at 1 pm. Watch a Live Stream of the Avery County Schools Spelling Bee - 2024 at the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzIxj_6dK7s

Weekly Announcements January 29-February 2 8th grade field trip to Sugar Mountain on Wednesday. Permission slips and money must be turned in by the end of 4th block on Tuesday. The Avery Middle School Junior Beta Club would like to invite all AMS students and families to their annual Beta Club Induction Ceremony. The ceremony will be held at First Baptist Church in Newland on Friday, February 2nd. The ceremony will begin at 5:30 p.m. We will be having an after-school social on Friday, February 9th in the gym. The dance will begin at 3 p.m. and end at 5 p.m. Parents will need to pick up their students no later than 5:15 in the lower parking lot. The cost to participate is $5.00 and a signed permission slip must be returned to the school on the day of the event. Please note that your child must bring back the signed permission slip. Permission by phone will not be accepted. Permission slips will be passed out next week. Also, concessions will be sold during the dance.

Girl's soccer season is quickly approaching! Here are the specifics for tryouts and practices. All physicals and Final Forms must be complete in order to tryout for the team. Thank you!

Any Beta Club member planning on participating in tomorrow afternoon's field trip to Banner Elk, needs to return their signed permission form to Mr. Rogers tomorrow. Thank you.

The deadline to personalize yearbooks is this Friday, January 26th!

Weekly Announcements January 15-19 There will be no school for students and staff on Monday, January 15 in recognition of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. Our basketball tournament will continue this week with our boy’s team playing at Bowman Middle School on Monday. We will conduct a lockdown drill on Thursday, January 18th. Please encourage your students to take this drill very seriously and to remain quiet and still during the entire drill. Thank you for supporting Avery Middle School!

Due to very dangerous icy conditions this morning and temperatures well below freezing, the Avery County School System will be CLOSED with an OPTIONAL TEACHER WORKDAY today, Wednesday, January 10, 2024. Faculty and staff who can safely travel may report at 12:00NOON to allow contractors access to vacant parking lots and sidewalks during daylight hours. Please stay safe!

Due to current forecasts calling for additional snow overnight and temperatures dropping well below freezing, the Avery County School System will operate on a TWO-HOUR DELAY tomorrow, Wednesday, January 10, 2024. If conditions worsen overnight, a decision regarding school closure will be made by 6:00am.

Due to very dangerous icy conditions this morning and temperatures remaining at freezing, the Avery County School System will be CLOSED with an OPTIONAL TEACHER WORKDAY today, Tuesday January 9, 2024. If conditions improve, faculty and staff may report at 10:00am.

Good evening! Due to dangerous travel conditions in several parts of the county and the likelihood of black ice forming overnight tonight, the Avery County School System will be CLOSED with an OPTIONAL TEACHER WORKDAY tomorrow, Monday, January 8, 2024. Faculty and staff may report at 9:00 AM. More snow is anticipated overnight tonight so anyone traveling in the morning should use extreme caution. Thank you and please stay safe.

Weekly Announcements January 8-12 Monday, January 8 Report cards go home Tuesday, January 9 SIT Meeting-Media Center Basketball at Rosman 4:30 School Board Meeting 6:00 Thursday, January 11 Basketball Tournament Begins-Locations and times to be announced Thank you for supporting Avery Middle School!

The Avery County School System will operate on a REGULAR SCHEDULE tomorrow, Friday, January 5, 2024. We will have five (5) gravel roads our buses will not travel. On Friday, January 5, 2024, Avery County school buses will not run the following gravel roads: Old Beech Mountain Rd Arnett Rd Reuben Wooten Rd Berry Rd John Greer Rd

Good morning! Due to current road conditions from snowfall overnight and below freezing temperatures, the Avery County School System will operate on a TWO HOUR DELAY. today, Thursday, January 4, 2024 with no buses traveling on gravel roads. Faculty and staff may report at 9:00 AM. Please use extreme caution when traveling this morning.

January 3, 2024 Good evening Avery Middle families! Please remember that school starts back tomorrow. Classes will begin at 8:00. Please join me in welcoming Mrs. Nichole Huffman to Avery Middle! Mrs. Huffman will be teaching 6th grade science. Mrs. Michelle Stephens will be teaching 8th grade science. Also, our basketball teams will play Cranberry Middle in the Avery High School gym on Friday beginning at 4:30. We look forward to seeing our students tomorrow! Have a great evening!

Happy New Year!🎉 We look forward to seeing our students back on Thursday, January 4th!