Avon Elementary School
Cultivating students to become happy, healthy, productive adults and informed, responsible citizens
School will be closed for students October 12th and 13th while our staff will be collaborating, learning, sharing ideas, and growing together through professional development — all with one goal in mind: creating the very best learning experiences for our students. 💙💛
📚❤️ Big readers. Little readers. One shared love of reading.
Our middle school ELA students recently partnered with our kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students for a special Book Buddy experience! Students in grades 6–8 selected picture books and prepared interactive read-alouds, planning thoughtful places to pause, ask questions, make predictions, and invite their younger buddies into the story. It was a great opportunity for our older students to practice communication and leadership while giving our youngest Tigers the chance to learn from and be inspired by their “big kid” readers. This is one of the things that makes a small school so special: our students know one another, learn from one another, and have opportunities to lead at every age. 🐯📖 Thank you to Mrs. Silvestri and her ELA students for sharing their love of reading!
The Board of Education Meeting is October 7th at 7pm in the AES Media Center. Board of Education Agendas and Minutes can be found at https://www.avonschool.com/.
We are proud to have signed New Jersey's pledge to promote respect and inclusion and engage in meaningful activities to take a visible stand against harassment, intimidation, and bullying by participating in the WEEK OF RESPECT October 5-9 .
Themes:
MONDAY Don’t Sleep on Being an Upstander, Wear your pajamas; TUESDAY Give Peace A Chance Wear tie dye or colorful clothes;
WEDNESDAY Join schools across NJ in wearing gold and blue;
THURSDAY Team Up Against Bullying rep your favorite team;
FRIDAY Respect Yourself - Dress to impress for picture day!
Themes:
MONDAY Don’t Sleep on Being an Upstander, Wear your pajamas; TUESDAY Give Peace A Chance Wear tie dye or colorful clothes;
WEDNESDAY Join schools across NJ in wearing gold and blue;
THURSDAY Team Up Against Bullying rep your favorite team;
FRIDAY Respect Yourself - Dress to impress for picture day!
Today we celebrate two of the very best! 💙💛 Mr. Smith and Ms. Lupe are hardworking, dependable, caring, and always willing to lend a hand. They do so much behind the scenes each and every day to keep our school looking its best and running smoothly and they do it all with pride and a smile. We are so lucky to have them as part of our school family! Happy School Custodian Appreciation Day to two people who truly make a difference at AES! 🐯💙💛
Mr. Trapani’s ELA class just finished reading a story called When A Category 5 Hurricane Came To Town. The class learned all about hurricanes including facts , safety precautions , and how to provide relief as a community after a hurricane. Each student made their own poster titled All About Hurricanes. The class is now ready to jump into action to help the community when in need.
Our fourth graders are digging into the science behind volcanoes. They collected data about the volcanoes' last eruption, location, current status, physical features, and additional interesting facts.
But the learning doesn’t stop with the research. Students are analyzing their data, identifying important information, and deciding how to communicate what they’ve learned. Next up, they’ll put it all together in a slideshow and present their findings to their classmates.
Research. Data analysis. Critical thinking. Communication. 🌋💻
So many important skills coming together in one learning experience! #SmallschoolBigImpact
🔬 Science comes into focus! Our 7th graders created their first ever wet mount slides and put their microscope skills to work during a hands-on lab. From carefully preparing their specimens to adjusting the microscope and making observations, students practiced the precision, patience, and curiosity that real scientific investigation requires. 🧪🔬
📚✨ Words are worth collecting!
After reading The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds, our third graders were inspired to begin collecting special words of their own! Students are keeping an eye and an ear out for interesting, beautiful, and powerful words they discover in books, read-alouds, classroom conversations, and throughout their day.
This intentional vocabulary instruction helps students build word knowledge, strengthen their reading and writing, and develop a genuine curiosity about language. 💙
We believe that every word gives students another way to think, communicate, and make meaning. 🐯📖✨
After reading The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds, our third graders were inspired to begin collecting special words of their own! Students are keeping an eye and an ear out for interesting, beautiful, and powerful words they discover in books, read-alouds, classroom conversations, and throughout their day.
This intentional vocabulary instruction helps students build word knowledge, strengthen their reading and writing, and develop a genuine curiosity about language. 💙
We believe that every word gives students another way to think, communicate, and make meaning. 🐯📖✨
🛠️✨ Our Tigers are enjoying Makerspace Recess Days!
Our students have the option to choose some of their recess time to create, build, explore, problem-solve, and collaborate and can practice turning their ideas into something real. 💡
Our second graders are learning new vocabulary by getting up and acting it out! Today’s word: flick. What does flick mean? Ask our second graders. They can show you! 👆✨
When students move, act, and experience a word, vocabulary becomes something they can see, feel, and remember. Learning is definitely more fun when you can act it out! 📚
When students move, act, and experience a word, vocabulary becomes something they can see, feel, and remember. Learning is definitely more fun when you can act it out! 📚
Our second graders are exploring how scientists sort and classify animals based on their characteristics. Students are observing closely, looking for patterns, and explaining their thinking.
Science is all about asking questions, noticing details, and making connections. 🔎🦋
Science is all about asking questions, noticing details, and making connections. 🔎🦋
Third grade is kicking off their STEAM curriculum by building the skills that make great thinkers, problem-solvers, and creators! 🧠💡
Before diving into the projects, our students are learning that STEAM is about so much more than building and creating. It’s about attending to precision, problem-solving, flexibility, resilience, and creativity- skills they’ll use in the classroom and far beyond it.
We love watching our students learn to try, adjust, rethink, and try again. That’s where some of the best learning happens! 💙🐯
Our kindergartners are learning the routines of their new classroom… through math! 🧮💙
As students explored their classroom centers, they practiced important math skills while also learning how to work independently, follow routines, share materials, and learn together. Building strong habits AND strong math skills from the very beginning! 🐯✨
#AvonElementary #SmallSchoolBigImpact #KindergartenLearning #LearningThroughPlay
Collaboration and creativity were key in Mrs. Darcy's class during a back-to-school Mad Libs grammar challenge! Students paired up to share parts of speech and build unpredictable and hilarious stories. The best part was the students' presentations. They practiced public speaking and shared a good laugh with the class.
🔬 Scientists are problem solvers, but also collaborators.
Before our students dive into labs this year, they’re building the skills that make collaboration successful.
Today’s challenge? Build a cup tower without touching the cups with their hands. It took focus, communication, listening, positivity, problem-solving, and leadership to make it happen.
At Avon Elementary, learning goes beyond mastering content. Experiences like this intentionally help students develop the confidence, collaboration, and critical-thinking skills they’ll carry into the science lab and far beyond the classroom.
Small school. Big opportunities to learn, lead, and grow. 🐯💙💛
#AvonTigers #SmallSchoolBigImpact #ScienceInAction #LearningByDoing #FutureReady
📚✨ Back to School Night is coming up! ✨📚
📅 Wednesday, September 16
🕕 6:00 PM – Administrative Welcome
🏫 Classroom sessions to follow
Come meet your child’s teachers, learn about the year ahead, and get a glimpse of all the exciting learning happening at AES!
📅 Wednesday, September 16
🕕 6:00 PM – Administrative Welcome
🏫 Classroom sessions to follow
Come meet your child’s teachers, learn about the year ahead, and get a glimpse of all the exciting learning happening at AES!
☕️ Connect with District Leadership at this year’s Coffee with Cathy!
Join us for conversation, connection, and an opportunity to hear directly from district leadership. We’d love to see you there!
This Friday, we invite our AES students and staff to wear red, white & blue as we come together in remembrance and honor of September 11th. ❤️🤍💙
🎯 Building Community 👩🏫
Third graders kicked off the year with a little guessing. Students played a game to discover fun facts about their teacher while beginning to build the relationships that will shape their classroom community this year.
Activities like this may feel like simple fun, but they serve an important purpose. Creating opportunities for students to connect with their teacher helps build, trust, belonging, and a sense of safety which are all important foundations for learning.
At AES, we know that students learn best when they feel known, connected, and excited to be part of their classroom community. 💙💛
🐯 Together we are building a Small school. with a Big impact.
