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TENNESSEE ELECTRONIC LIBRARY
The Tennessee Electronic Library http://www.tel4u.org/ is a free resource to all of us. There are useful tools for students from homework help to World Book Encyclopedia. There is access to lots of information for you and your family. Below are some links that would be especially helpful to students.
 Click here for homework help and more!
 Click here for a variety World Book reference tools and resources for all ages!
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Food City School Bucks |
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Food City will donate $600,000 in cash through the Food City School Bucks program. The points our school earns will help grow our share of the $600,000 total. It’s like a pie - the size of our school’s slice will depend on how many points we have received. We encourage you to register your ValuCard for the Food City School Bucks program.
Participating brands include Food City, Food Club, Full Circle, Paws, ValuTime, Top Care, Academix, Domestic, Electric, EasyClix, World Classics, and Dining-In products, as well as Kay’s Ice Cream, Terry’s Snacks, Lay’s Meats, Farmbest Milk and Kern’s Bread & Cake products.
Just take a copy of Avoca’s barcode along with your Food City ValueCard to any Food City. You can also link your ValueCard online at FoodCity.com. This will automatically link the two together, which means all you have to do is scan the barcode one time. From that point, it’s simple…just Shop, Scan & Save to earn valuable points for Avoca Elementary School.. Remember this is a ValuClub program….use your ValuCard and save for Avoca Elementary School. Anyone can register to support Avoca, so enroll your friends and family and help maximize the contribution to Avoca Elementary School.
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Remember... |
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Clip, save, and turn-in the Box Tops coupon found on hundreds of your family’s favorite products from General Mills. And now, you can find Box Tops on Ziploc® and Kleenex® products, too! Also, click the Box Tops logo above to register on the Box Tops for Education website to check our school's balance and earn more points!
Avoca can get supplies through the "5% Back to Schools Program" as long as you give them our Program ID number when you order, which is:
1177058672
Bring us your empty inkjet, laser toner cartridges, and used cell phones. We can recycle them and make some money for the school at the same time. Click the recycling icon above for a list of eligible products.
Thank you for your help!
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Power School Information |
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The Bristol Tennessee City School's mission is for your child to graduate as a responsible citizen prepared for success in our global community. In support of that mission, Avoca is dedicated to offering parents and students access to timely and pertinent information. The above link allows parents and students to view the student's assignments, attendance, and grades. To access the Power School parent / student portal follow the link above and following directions:
- STUDENT LOGIN: student's last name and first and middle initials
- STUDENT'S PASSWORD: student's lunch number
- PARENT LOGIN & PASSWORD: sent in a letter from the school system at the beginning of the year
If you have any problems logging in, please contact your child's school. The student/parent portal for Preschool, Kindergarten, and First grades will not be available until 10/13/2010 at 12:00 p.m.
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Rising Up |
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We Are
Rising Up!
Goals
· Reduce transition anxiety
· Practice new procedures and routines
· Close the GAP on essential skills needed for the next grade level.
The Rising Up Project Is…..
· Designed to allow students to get comfortable with their new classes, teachers, and classmates.
· About making the best use of time at the beginning and the end of the school year.
· To allow for pre-teaching of major skills in each grade level.
· Designed to help set students up for success the following year.
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Class Rosters |
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School Survey |
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We would like to know your thoughts and suggestions. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey. Click on this link to access the survey http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8D9M2K7. Thank you for your input.
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Sport's Physicals |
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Sports physicals for all Bristol Tennessee City Schools students who plan to participate in athletics at Vance Middle School or Tennessee High School during the 2012 - 2013 school year will be offered on Saturday, May 5 at Virginia High School. The physicals for Vance and Tennessee High will begin at 8:00 am. The cost of the physical is $10.00 and all proceeds will be given back to the Tennessee High Athletic Department for training room supplies. Parents or athletes may pick up TSSAA physical forms from the Tennessee High Athletic Department or the main office at Vance Middle School. For more information please contact the Tennessee High Athletic Department at 652-9361.
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Seventh Grade Information |
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615 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard - Bristol, TN 37620
(423) 652-9451 Fax - (423) 652-9238 - www.btcs.org
Dear Parent:
Students are required to receive new immunizations to enter seventh grade. This is a different set of immunizations than what your child received in Kindergarten. Please contact your Health Care Provider to confirm and/or schedule your child’s immunizations as soon as possible. The documentation of these shots may be hand delivered or mailed to your child’s current school. If your child receives the immunizations during summer break, the Tennessee Immunization Certificate may be delivered to Vance Middle School Counseling Office.
Until proof of the newly required immunizations documented on the 2010 Tennessee Immunization Certificate is received:
- Team assignment letters will not be mailed to your child
- She/he will not be allowed to enter seventh grade
If your child has a medical condition which prevents receiving the immunization, a Medical Exemption letter will be required from the child’s primary physician.
The required changes to immunizations prior to the start of seventh grade are as follows:
“Tdap” Booster (Tetanus-Diptheria-Pertussis)
Students are required to have a Tdap booster unless a Td booster is recorded as given less than 5 years before seventh grade entry.
Immunity to Varicella/Chicken Pox
Students are required to have had 2 doses of the Varicella Immunization or documentation of the disease from a health care provider.
The only acceptable form is a 2010 Tennessee Immunization Certificate which may be obtained from the Health Department or Physician’s office. Schools do not have this form.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact me at 652-9245.
Sincerely,
Angela Rasnake, RN, BSN
System-wide Nurse
Bristol Tennessee City Schools
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Calendar |
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| | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | | 29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3
Field Trip
1st Grade | 4
Field Trip
2nd Grade | 5 | | 6 | 7
Field Trip
4th Grade | 8
Graduation
6th Grade 8:30 a.m. | 9
Reading Reward
Bristol Dragway | 10
Reading Reward
Rain Date | 11
Field Trip
6th & 3rd Grades
Graduation
Pre-K 9:00 a.m.
Mother's and Others Program
1st Grade 12:30 p.m. | 12 | | 13 | 14
Field Trip
1st & 5th Grades | 15
Field Day/RIF
Fun for All! | 16
Field Day
Rain Date | 17
May 17 & 18
Rising Up! | 18
May 17 & 18
Rising Up! | 19 | | 20 | 21
Last Full Day for Students
Back to Original Class! | 22
Teacher Work Day
No School! | 23
Early Dismissal
Report Card Pick Up | 24 | 25 | 26 | | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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Reading Kickoff |
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Reach for the Stars
“Exceed Expectations!”
Claudia Byrd and Ben Knight from Bristol Motor Speedway and Dragway helped us kickoff a new school year by inspiring all of us to, "Exceed Expectations!". The Avoca Elementary school-wide reading theme, Reach for the Stars - "Exceed Expectations!" not only encourages us to strive to be the best that we can be, but it is also a tribute to Jeff Byrd. His motto "Exceed Expectations!" is an inspiration to the Bristol Motor Speedway family and now to all of us at Avoca. Claudia and Ben are carrying on Jeff's legacy as they support Avoca Elementary School students and staff in our efforts to strive for success in all we do. They challenged the students to meet their reading goals each nine weeks and offered incentives for those that meet these expectations. All students who meet their point goals and achieve an average percent correct of 85% and above on Accelerated Reader quizzes will qualify for some great incentives. During the 1st semester (1st and 2nd nine weeks) students meeting these goals will be invited to go ice skating at the speedway. Students who meet these goals the 2nd semester (3rd and 4th nine weeks) will be a part of the annual Avoca Drags. Claudia and Ben would love to see every student meet these goals and "Exceed Expectations!". They will be stopping by throughout the school year to track our progress. Avoca Elementary students and staff would like to thank Bristol Motor Speedway and Dragway and especially Claudia Byrd and Ben Knight for their support.
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Nine Weeks Awards |
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Arrival/Dismissal Procedures |
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Our first priority at Avoca is the safety of our students. With this in mind, we are providing you with the following information regarding our procedures for arrival and dismissal.
Arrival:Dismissal:
The door at the cafeteria will be unlocked for students from 7:45 to 8:10 a.m. All other doors will remain locked. Please refrain from knocking on a side door or asking someone on the inside to open a door for you as this will jeopardize the security of our students. Students may not be dropped off at Avoca before 7:45; as there will not be supervision outside the school building. When dropping off your child each morning, please do not come into the front parking lot. All parents dropping off students should proceed through the gate and continue around the circular drive behind the school. Students may exit vehicles at the cafeteria side of the building and proceed to the cafeteria. Students are expected to go directly to the cafeteria to have breakfast or to wait before being released to report to class. All other areas of the building are off-limits prior to the 8:00 a.m. bell. Parents wishing to accompany their children past the cafeteria will need to report to the office to receive a VISITOR’S PASS.
Students will go to classes at 8:00 a.m. The tardy bell rings at 8:10. A parent must accompany any student who arrives after 8:10 to the office to be given a tardy slip.
Preschool students are dismissed through the main front doors at 1:15 p.m. The school day ends at 3:10 p.m. for all other students. Bus riders exit the building from the gym doors. The front drive will be reserved for buses from 2:45-3:30. All car riders are to exit through the cafeteria, not side/back doors. We will once again be using a number to identify your child for car loading. Students attending Avoca last year will continue to use the same numbers. However, if you are unable to locate the car rearview mirror tag from last year, we will provide you with one for this school year. All new students at Avoca have been issued a number for parents to display on car rearview mirrors. Your child’s number will be sent home in your child’s folder. This number will be used to identify your child for car loading. Please be sure to post the assigned number on your rearview mirror each afternoon so that we can dismiss students in a timely fashion. Due to the limited amount of parking spaces, parents will not be able to park and enter the building during dismissal time. Cars at dismissal will be routed around the back of the building. Upon reaching the rear of the building, cars will be split into two lanes and funneled back into one lane at the other end of the building, where we will direct groups of cars to cones for pick-up.
We must have approval from the parent when a student’s departure plans have changed. Please contact the school office before 2:00 to change pick-up plans. Parents arriving before 2:30 will follow early check-out procedures. The deadline for early check-out is 2:30. After 2:30 students must follow their normal dismissal routine. Please consider early check-out procedures when making afternoon appointments (i.e. doctor, dentist, etc.)
It is truly an honor and a privilege to be the principal of Avoca Elementary and work as a partner to ensure the best education for your child. I promise you that I will care for your child as I do my own child. I would like to extend an invitation for you to visit Avoca and be a part of your community’s school. Together, we will make a positive difference for your child. If we can assist you anyway, please do not hesitate to call. Thank you in advance for your support and cooperation. We are going to have a fantastic year!
Working together,
Myra Newman
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Welcome! |
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Mrs. Myra Newman, Principal
Welcome to the Avoca Elementary School website! We hope you will visit our website often so you can keep up with all of the great things happening here.
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Dates to Remember |
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Check It Out!
See the calendar to the left for dates and times of special events.
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Books Read Pre-K-6 |
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We have read 34,100 books!
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We're Reading! |
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AR Information |
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Home Connect |
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AR & AM Information Access
(click the link above)
View your child's AR and AM progress from home! Home Connect will not only allow you to see your child's progress, but it will also let you see if your child has read a book previously and search for AR titles with AR Book Find. If your child is using Accelerated Math in their classroom it will let you check on their progress in AM and Math Facts in a Flash too. If you have any questions feel free to contact your child's teacher or Mrs. Loveday.
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AR Book Finder |
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Curriculum Guides |
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