Welcome To Avon Middle School
A quick study of Avon Middle School’s logo, five hands interlocked around a central star, summarizes what this school is all about – teamwork. Just as the five individual hands join together to support and uplift one star, so do the individual teachers as they collaborate to support and uplift each student. Although the annual enrollment of the Avon Middle School averages 600 students, dividing this total into six smaller teams of 100 students enables the staff to get to know the students more personally. These interdisciplinary teams of teachers are able to provide the appropriate amount of attention to all students in their small community of learners. Getting to know each student individually is a priority that is attainable as team teachers meet daily to strategize ways to reach each of their students.
A second positive result of teaming is the advancement of Avon Middle School’s strong academic program. Teachers at the middle school level are all specialists in their content areas; when meeting together in their teams, they are able to collaborate and dovetail their content with each other, insuring high standards across the curriculum.
The vitality of teaming is not only practiced in the classroom but outdoors as well. The ropes course, built right on the Avon Middle School grounds, promotes such essential skills as trust, team building, character education, and healthy risk taking. Every student experiences these life skills as part of their physical education class.
Other life skills that today’s students will need to succeed are 21st Century Learning skills. AMS is dedicated to provide their students with the opportunities needed for the future, using a variety of programs within the context of authentic learning. Global awareness is another goal AMS underscores through many of its programs. Every eighth grader completes a “Big 6” Project in which he/she studies our interaction with the environment. The Green Team is a club that advances many green initiatives such as recycling, electricity conservation, paper recycling and composting, while our student council supports many initiatives and programs around the world charged with the goal of easing human suffering.
Avon Middle School is proud of its community of givers. Students and faculty alike log hundreds of community service hours through wonderful initiatives offered by the very active student council, the Leo club, and the HOPE club. Striving to educate the whole child during these critically formative early teenage years is Avon Middle School’s passion. Teaming is the way they support and uplift each of their 600 stars.
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