ACS District Spelling Bee is LIVE NOW
Click the link to watch now: https://youtube.com/live/TYBXjfqnosE?feature=share
Due to inclement weather Avery County Schools will be closed tomorrow and Friday. Rock Your School Day will be on Monday Sept. 30th. Be safe!
Registration is open for all YMCA fall youth recreation programs for students in grades pre-K – 5th grade. Fall Recreation programs include rec soccer, swim team, SPIRIT dance program and club basketball. Monday, August 26th is the last day to sign up for some of these programs. For more information and to get registered, please visit www.ymcaavery.org.
Avery County Residents - Don't Have Cable or Fiber Internet Access in Your Home?
Email the Broadband Office at Jeffrey.brooks@nc.gov.
Include your name, your address, your phone number and your email address.
This information will help Avery County qualify for connectivity grants. The Avery County School district and the Avery County Government thank you for helping with this request.
Don't Have Cable or Fiber Internet Access in Your Home?
Please complete the survey at the following link to help Avery County expand access for our citizens. https://5il.co/2jt85
PARENTS - The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is requesting your participation in the Digital Learning Dashboard Parent Survey. Information you provide will be used to help target areas of need and ensure that all NC students have adequate access to devices and the internet to access learning. Note that the information gathered will be kept private and confidential. - Access the survey at this link - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1Mf0OcxSkz27_guOx4txGVhbfU-E1YdlZ2rlP2478Ex719w/viewform
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/
February Edition of the Knightly News
https://www.smore.com/s0mkb
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
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
Here is the November Edition of the Knightly News! Happy Reading!
https://www.smore.com/hxmdq
Thursday Oct. 26th Happenings:
Wear Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Bring an adult to PE Day!
Halloween Dance 2:45-5:00. Cost $5. Concessions will be available for purchase so bring extra cash. Students will be picked up in the lower parking lot at the gym.
October 24, 2023
Greetings from the Avery County School System!
Our first grading period has quickly passed. All staff and students are working very hard to address academic priorities throughout each school and grade level. Last year’s student performance data has been released and is now available through the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction at the following link, Accountability Data Sets and Reports. As a result of the intense focus on reading and math, we continue to see significant academic gains at the elementary level and have a lot to celebrate. We also have several opportunities for growth throughout Avery County Schools. In addition to academic growth, attendance has been improving across all grade levels and will continue to be among our top priorities this year. Thank you to all parents, guardians, and students for recognizing the importance of being in school and arriving on time each day.
In addition to academics, safety is a top priority for Avery County Schools. Our fleet of buses are traveling throughout Avery County each school day transporting our students. Vehicles must stop in both directions on all Avery County roadways for stopped school buses when red flashing lights are on and stop arms extended. Compared to this time last year, we are experiencing an increase in the number of vehicles running through stopped school buses, endangering the lives of our children. Buses are on our highways each morning between the hours of 6:00am to 8:00am and 2:30pm to 5:00pm. Motorist are reminded to be on the highest level of alert to avoid running stopped school buses and the possibility of seriously or fatally injuring a child as they are boarding or exiting a school bus.
As fall has quickly arrived so has cold temperatures. We have transitioned all schools and other buildings from air conditioning to heat. Fall is also a reminder that snow will soon return to our area. Along with our winter season, comes the frequent decision to close or modify our school schedules, including delayed starts or early releases. Decisions to cancel school or expedite a delayed start will continue to be made at the earliest time possible to allow parents and guardians adequate time to plan for childcare or to make other arrangements on snow days. Our current academic calendar has additional time built in for inclement weather without the need to make up days of instruction. However, if we exhaust all “banked” hours with extended snow days and cancellations, we will have to revisit our calendar and all available options, including make-up days.
This is a very exciting time of year with the holidays quickly approaching and the first semester halfway complete. Thanksgiving will be here in a few weeks providing each of us an opportunity to pause and reflect on our numerous blessings. We all have a lot to be thankful for, especially our health, family and this great county we call home. The Avery County School System is very thankful for our strong partnerships between our schools and families as we strive to make this the best school year ever in Avery County!
Reminder that Avery County Schools will be dismissing early tomorrow, October 6. Newland Elementary will dismiss at 11:30.
October of edition of the Knightly News is here! https://www.smore.com/ps9h6
September Edition of Knightly News
https://www.smore.com/nyw61
Here is the August Edition of The Knightly News! Lots of useful information including the ACS calendar, school supply lists and the Parent and Student Handbooks.
https://www.smore.com/uek8a
It's almost time! We have missed you and hope you are having a wonderful summer break. We will be hosting an Open House on Thursday, August 10 from 4:00-6:00 pm. We can't wait to see you!
Spring Pictures will be Monday, April 3. These will be for any student returning the picture order form and money.
Digital Order Form: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FaNpvZ8hXl7ZPdqxXiMP9ndYDGEpqjO9/view?usp=sharing
