SAVE THE DATE: Thursday, Sept. 14, 6-7 p.m. at the ASHS Auditorium! Tom Thelen, lead author of Mental Health 101 for Teens and founder of Reset Schools, will be speaking at a special event for parents and guardians. Reset Schools is a nonprofit that teaches practical mental health skills and resiliency. Since 2012, Tom has spoken at over 800 schools and conferences, and has been featured on PBS, CBS, and NBC.
REMINDER: Tonight at the @abingtonlibrary! #Back2SchoolASD
For the 2023-2024 school year, free breakfast will be available to all students in Abington School District! If you think your student may be eligible to receive free/reduced lunch, visit our website for eligibility information and an application: https://www.abingtonsd.org/page/school-meal-program
#SummerinASD: Gemma and Grayson Tait, AMS 8th and 6th graders, spent two weeks visiting family in Germany, in addition to seeing Salzburg, Innsbruck, and Schwangau.
Please be advised: A test of ASD’s new mass communication system has just been issued. Parents/guardians should have received an email and voice call, plus a text message if they have a mobile number listed in Skyward. Changes to emergency contact info can be made in Skyward.
REMINDER: Skyward Family Access reopens at noon tomorrow with teacher assignments and other important forms for parents/guardians to complete for the 2023-2024 school year! More information has been emailed to parents and guardians.
Skyward information was just emailed to parents and guardians for the 2023-2024 school year! Click here for more information:
https://www.abingtonsd.org/o/ams/article/1210150
Please be advised: Skyward student and family access is closed while we prepare for the 2023-2024 school year. Skyward will re-open at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 23. During this time, Skyward will remain accessible for new student registration only.
As presented at last night's Board meeting, Abington School District is launching a new website and mobile app on Monday, August 14th! Bookmark our new URL, www.abingtonsd.org, and download our app via the App Store or Google Play (search Abington School District).
Supply lists for the 2023-2024 school year are available here: https://abingtonsd.org/documents/resources/family-resources/supply-lists/431749. They may also be found under the Documents section for each school on the Abington School District app. Please note that the Senior High does not provide a supply list.
Parents/guardians received an email this morning under ASD's new mass communication system! The system is integrated with Skyward, so if you did not receive the message, check that your contact information is up to date, and/or make sure the email did not go to your spam folder.
The #SummerinASD series is back for the summer of 2023! Share photos and a description of your student’s summer adventures, whether they’re catching up on summer reading, attending camp, learning a new skill, or traveling out of town! Don’t forget to send their name, school and grade they will be entering next school year. Email CR@abington.k12.pa.us.
As teachers and school staff wrap up their 2022-2023 school year today, we want to extend a warm THANK YOU to our ASD team, our students and their families! See you in the 2023-2024 school year! #ASDProud
In the following link you will find the Summer 2023 Edition of our digital newsletter, ASD Highlights & Happenings: https://www.smore.com/m6ux3
Congratulations again to our 2023 Silver Pen Award winners at the elementary level, as well as, our Abington Middle School Writing Award winners, who participated in a Writer's Guild this month and were also recognized at their school's awards ceremonies. #ASDProud #AwardsofASD
Congratulations to our students who were honored at last night's meeting of the Board of School Directors as part of the 2023 Mathematics Achievement Awards. #ASDProud #AwardsofASD
This week, Abington Middle School students are visiting the library to choose a free book during the middle school's Book Give-Away. After making their choice, they were invited to write their name in the book, ensuring that it is "forever theirs." #ASDProud
It has been an amazing Spring for our AMS music students. Jazz Band hosted its annual Jazz Jam. The 6-8 Choirs sang the National Anthem at the Phillies and enjoyed a great game. Band, Chorus & Orchestra won first place in the Music in the Parks Festival in Hershey, PA. M4 students participated in the Modern Band Invitational at ASHS. All of our groups had successful concerts. The AMS Music Department closed its season with a standing room only audience for the Talent Show! Some of our modern band students will be performing in the High School Summer Sounds June 2 & 3. Thanks to all of our amazing performers and musicians for a great year!
MARCHING BAND/COLOR GUARD:
Any 8th grade student who wants to check out marching band or color guard, come try out the half day camp on June 10th at the high school from 8am-12pm. There will be a picnic lunch provided immediately afterwards as well.
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