The next Reading Olympics meeting is this Tuesday, January 14th, after school in the library.
Please continue to read your books, and write your questions (and answers) on the PRACTICE QUESTIONS Sheet. Also, bring novels with you on Tuesday.
AMS Best Buddies had their first meeting on Monday! Students engaged in a variety of activities to get to know each other. Our next meeting will be on Thursday, February 20th and we will work with the Dance Team to learn some new moves! It's not too late to join! Use the code 3tlsull to join our Google Classroom for updates!
In 6th grade students are learning about kinetic and potential energy and used what they learned during an egg drop contest before winter break. This is a classic physics activity that challenges students to collaborate in teams and use the engineering process. Not all the eggs survived but everyone had fun learning!!
TADA is excited to announce SIGN-UPS for our next event - BRING IT ON! Please see the flyer in the TADA Google Classroom for the date, time, cost, and details about the event.
The cost for this event is $2.00 - put the money in an envelope with your FIRST & LAST NAME
AND GRADE LEVEL.
You can sign up at the following locations:
Tuesday 1/7 & Wednesday 1/8 - Ms. O'Connor will be in COMMONS B from 7:30-8:00 AM those two mornings only to take sign-ups.
TADA Office (Room 363A) - it has a locked drop box in the door
Room 217 - during Advisory period
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Lost and Found - After the end of the day on Monday, January 13, the Lost and Found will be cleared out. Materials will be donated/discarded. If you are missing anything, please check this week.
Attention Best Buddies! Our first Best Buddies meeting is on Monday, January 13. We will meet in Commons B from 3:15-4:00. Please check the Google Classroom (Code: 3 t s u l l) for updates! There is a form you need to complete with a parent in order to participate. It is posted in the google classroom. Anyone is welcome to join the club at any time!
Attention TADA members. We will be holding a movie night for our members in February and need your help in deciding what movie to show. Please visit the TADA Google Classroom to
vote in the Google Form for the movie you want to watch! But don't delay, the voting ends at 3:00 PM on Friday, January 17th!
Hello artists! For those who have signed up for the art club this year, we will have our first meeting on Wednesday, January 8th.
Reminder: This is only for students who have signed up this year via the google forms on the art club google classroom. Please meet at 3:10 at the art room you signed up for. Ms. Webber's in C51: 2D Design, Mr. Mckeough's in S6: Sculpture, Ms. Nguyen's in C59: Ceramics. Doors will close by 3:15 and attendance will be checked. Art club will run until 4:10. Activity buses will be available at 4:15. If you have any questions, please reach out to Ms. Webber, Mr. Mckeough, or Ms. Nguyen.
Today Ms. Moskowitz & her 7th graders participated in a stimulus and response lab. We were able to calculate reaction time and see how our body responded to different stimulus. There was lots of laughter (and yard sticks hitting the floor)😂😂
Now through March 31, everyone who shops at the GIANT on Susquehanna Road in Roslyn will be invited to “round up” at the register and donate the round-up amount of their bill to support Feeding School Kids. Customers can also give by converting their CHOICE Rewards Points to donations in the GIANT app, or by purchasing a reusable bag.
At the end of March, all round-up donations will be tallied and donated to Abington School District. Donations have been used by the Student Services Department to purchase GIANT gift cards that are distributed by our social workers directly to our families in need in order to help supplement the cost of their groceries.
Thank you to GIANT and our local families for feeding families in our community!
Due to the timing of tomorrow’s snow forecast, and out of a concern for safety in traveling to/from school, all Abington School District schools will be closed tomorrow, Monday, January 6, 2025. Please refer to our inclement weather procedures for the 2024-2025 school year, which were emailed to parents and guardians last month, for more information: https://www.abingtonsd.org/article/1922084. Have a fun and safe snow day!
Attention Best Buddies! Our first Best Buddies meeting is on Monday, January 13. We will meet in Commons B from 3:15-4:00. Please check the Google Classroom (Code: 3 t s u l l) for updates! There is a form you need to complete with a parent in order to participate. It is posted in the Google Classroom. Anyone is welcome to join the club at any time!
In the following link you will find the Winter 2024 Edition of our digital newsletter, ASD Highlights & Happenings: https://secure.smore.com/n/fgdsp
Any 7th Grade Boys interested in trying out for the basketball team, please join the Google Classroom with the Code: 3WNQQCH There will also be an interest meeting with Coach Cawley in the Little Theatre during Advisory on Tuesday December 17th (9:30 to 9:55). Please plan to attend to hear information on try-outs and P-I-A-A Clearances.
The next Reading Olympics meeting is this Tuesday, December 17th, after school in the library. Please bring novels with you!
In a recent lab 6th grade scientists measured the kinetic energy of wind up cars and investigated how adding mass changes the amount of energy it has.
Themes for next week's Winter Break Spirit Week!
Winter is coming! Inclement weather procedures for the 2024-2025 school year have been emailed to parents/guardians and teachers and staff. Please familiarize yourself with our plans in the event weather conditions warrant an early dismissal, late arrival or school closure.
The Builders Club will be selling Candy Cane Grams all week long before school in the science wing lobby. For just one dollar, you can send your friend a candy cane and a positive message. All proceeds will go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Make-A-Wish helps provide wishes for critically ill children and teens.
6th grade science students learned about how work and power are connected during a recent lab. They measured how much work it was to carry a backpack up the stairs and how changes in their walking speed changed the power they produced.
