907 South SR 267, Avon, IN 46123

Phone: 317-544-6300, Fax, 317-544-6301

Email-www.avon-schools.org

School Hours:

9:00 AM—3:40 PM

Students are TARDY if not in

class by 9:00 AM

Hickory Calendar Dec, 18– 3rd Grade

Holiday Musical 6:45pm Dec. 19th– All School

Convo-2:50pm –Gym Dec. 23-Jan. 5th –NO

SCHOOL-WINTER BREAK

Jan. 5-Teachers Only Jan. 6-Students Return Jan. 9– Repor t cards sent

home Jan. 12– PTO Mtg. 7pm Jan. 12-30th-NWEA

testing ALL Grades K-4 Jan. 19– NO SCHOOL-

MLK Jr. (Snow Make-up Day

Feb. 5-1 Hr. Delay Day

Prof. Dev. 10:00-3:40pm

A Four Star School

Hickory Elementary is recognized as a Grade A School

by the Indiana Department of Education.

Lunch Times

FDK- 11:40—12:10

1st- 11:05—11:35 2nd- 11:25—11:50 3rd- 12:05—-12:30 4th- 12:20-—12:45

December 5, 2014 Highlights, Issue 11

School Skate Party! Monday-December 15th 5:30-8:30pm

$5.00 Admission! (includes *roller skate rental) * $ 1 more for roller blades $5.00 more ($10 total) for unlimited pizza and soda $3.00 more ($8 total) for a slice of pizza and sm. drink

Season’s Greetings from

Hickory Elementary

Roller Skating Center, Avon

Meet Anna,

Elsa & Olaf

from FROZEN!

Hickory 3rd graders are busy

rehearsing for the holiday program, “The North Pole

Musical” which will be performed Thursday, December 18th at 6:45

pm in the Hickory Café. Third graders need to report to their classrooms

no later than 6:30pm.

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Safety continues to be a top

priority for students and staff at

Avon Community Schools

(ACSC). Recently ACSC

administrators were all trained in

the ALICE program. The ALICE

(Alert—Lockdown—Inform—

Counter—Evacuate) Training

Institute created new best

practices to be used during an

active shooter incident. While this

type of incident is rare, it has

happened in school environments.

These new practices do not

change the district’s current

lockdown procedure, but will

enhance it. Standard practice has

been for the students, teachers,

and administrators to lock down

and shelter. ALICE teaches

strategies to survive life

threatening events. It is the first

training program in the country

that uses critical thinking and

provides response options when a

shooter gains entry into a

classroom. Avon Community

Schools has a plan in place to train

all students and staff over the

course of the school year.

How to Respond to an Active

Shooter Event

In the horrible event that an active

shooter makes his or her way into

a school, hospital, church, or

business, there are steps that can

be taken as an effort to survive an

attack. With workplace violence

as a rising trend across the United

States, the ALICE method is not

limited to preventing a school

shooting. The ALICE Training

Program provides examples for

real, effective ways to thwart an

active shooter. The breakdown to

the right shows methods of how

to respond when a violent intruder

attacks. ALICE strategies are not

chronological in order, but

provide options for individuals to

utilize in attempts to survive an

emergency situation.

ALERT. Use Plain and Specific Language. Avoid Code Words.

LOCKDOWN. Barricade the Room. Silence Mobile Devices. Prepare to EVACUATE or

COUNTER if Needed.

INFORM. Communicate the Shooter’s Location in Real Time.

COUNTER. Create Noise, Movement, Distance and Distraction with the Intent of Reducing the Shooter’s Ability to Shoot

Accurately.

Evacuate. When Safe to Do so, Remove Yourself from the Danger Zone.

AVON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Enhanced Safety Practices Being Implemented in Avon

SAFETY TRAINING Students and staff in all Avon Community Schools are trained

each year in best practices for school safety. Each semester staff and students practice fire, tornado, and man-

made drills. All doors at each building are either locked or manned by a

school employee. All visitors to the district must check in and show identification to be admitted to the building.

To enhance the safety of a lockdown, students and staff will now be trained in ALICE skills each year.

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Avon Education Foundation Barnes & Noble Book Fair-Saturday, Dec. 6th

Barnes & Noble Book Fair

Thank you to Mrs. Paquette, Mrs. Belleville, and Mrs. Lacey for the beautiful job decorating the Christmas Tree in the front office of the school. We appreciate you so much!

Hickory 3rd graders were thrilled to receive their very own dictionaries donated by the Avon Education Foundation. On hand to distribute the dictionaries were Ms. Suzie Clore, Director, and Ms. Kerry Tuttle, Executive Director of the AEF.

On November 18th, the

Avon Parent Partnership Committee met

and discussed the following:

School Safety (School Dr ills, Student Re-

source Officers)

Substitute Teachers being issued photo IDs

Emergency procedures and Safety

Specialists

A.L.I.C.E - new emergency program that is

being taught throughout the district.

Efficiency Task Force 2015– to discuss poten-

tial boundary adjustments (not redistricting),

review school start/end times, and the impact on

transportation.

Internet Survey– e-learning opportunities

Microsoft Office 2013 Pro– now available to

staff and students grades 5-12 at no cost.

To view the minutes from this meeting in its entirety,

please click here.

Hickory APPC

Representative,

Julie Monroe

Hickory APPC

Representative,

Christina Rachfalkski

HONOR AN EDUCATOR

Give a gift that keeps on giving!

As the holiday season approaches, this is the perfect time to show your appreciation to an Avon educator. If there is a special teacher, bus driver, staff member, secretary, aide, custodian or administrator who has made a difference in your

child’s life, you may want to consider honoring that person by making a tax-deductible donation in his/her name to the Avon Education Foundation. We’ve asked our staff and they agree that a personal “thank you” or acknowledgement is the best gift of all and a do-nation made in their name is even more special. When a donation of $10 or more is made to the Honor-An-Educator Fund, a unique gift and special holiday card will be delivered to your honoree. At your discretion, the card will include your child’s name and any special sentiment you or your child care to include. All proceeds from the Honor-an-Educator fund directly benefit children through classroom grants and funding for edu-cational programs in all buildings, classroom projects, field trips, supplies, etc.

Please consider honoring that special person who has made a difference in your child’s life!

Donations should be received by the Foundation no later than Wednesday, December 10.

Your donation of $10.00 or more should be made payable to:

Avon Education Foundation

7203 East U.S. Highway 36

Avon, IN 46123

If you choose to send your donation to your child’s school office, be sure to put it in a sealed envelope marked Avon Education Foundation - Confidential.

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Please click here to view and print the Honor An Educator form

It was reported in last

week’s issue of the

Hickory Highlights that

our 4th grade students

earned over $1,600.00 for the Project Angel

Food Drive. This was incorrect. The actual

amount of money earned by these hardworking

students was $2,019.00! Kroger also donated an

additional $170.00 This is more than double the

amount earned last year.

Some of the types of chores that students did

were raking leaves, sweeping the garage, doing

laundry, washing dishes, dusting or vacuuming

the house, and taking care of pets. The purpose

of the project was to encourage the students to

do something that would help the Avon

community and to incorporate real world

mathematical ideas at the same time.

Thank you to our 4th graders for their warm

and caring hearts!

The ACSC Food Service Department will feature a Winter Holiday Luncheon on Tuesday, December 16th. The menu will feature Oven Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Baked Apples, Dinner Roll, and Ice Cream Cup. Student meals are just $2.00 and staff/visitor meals can be purchased for $3.00. Advance notice for parents’ meals is much appreciated to ensure that we have enough food. Also, please help us keep the lunch lines moving by paying for your meal(s) in advance. Simply deposit it into your child’s lunch account and we will be able to quickly deduct it on that day. To RSVP, please call Diana Batten, 544-6300 or e-mail to drbatten@avon-schools.org We look forward to seeing you!

Hickory Holiday Luncheon Tuesday, December 16th

Educational Flyers

IWU Principal Licensure Hendricks County Head Start AEF Musical Instrument Yoga at the OLC Hendricks Co. Parks Fall Drive Explore Technology Camp Purdue Univ. Building STOP Pediatric Weight Mgmt License Program Cookies with Canvas DAR Essay Contest Middle School STEM Dignity Kids-Science of Self- Defense Athletic Flyers AJAA Sports Registration Indiana Girls Hoops League Project Angel Pajama Run Gobble Gallop 5k The Arts Flyers Avon Gold Winter Dance Clinic Irish Arts Academy Other Flyers OLC—Renee’s Garden Energize Indiana Auto-Lab Car Care Centers Lighting of Avon Town Hall Christmas Tree Teen Assault Tactics Defense Backpack Safety Class YMCA Monthly Happenings Wild Birds Unlimited Bat Demo Real Life Self Defense Seminar Free Community Day at the YMCA-Dec. 8th Holiday Arts and Craft Festival

Dec. 6th

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Click on the links below to

view opportunities and

events offered in Hendricks

County

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