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Avon Grove School District 2009-2010 Calendar

Gia Tranchitella Grade 1 Penn London Elementary School

Lilia Hernandez Rodriguez Grace Carey
Grade 8 Fred S. Engle Middle School

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5

Alex Toto
Grade 11 AGHS Back-to-School Night AGIS Market Day Pickup SCHOOLS CLOSED
Avon Grove High School 6:45 pm 4:30-5:30 pm

6 7 8 9 10 AGHS Picture Day 11 12
Underclassmen
AGHS Picture Day PLE Back-to-School Night
Labor Day Recess Underclassmen Grades 1 & 2
SCHOOLS AND OFFICES PLE Back-to-School Night Yellow & Green 6:30 pm AGHS Marching Band
CLOSED AGHS Parent Association Grades 1 & 2 School Board Meeting Kennett Mushroom Festival
Meeting 7 pm Red & Blue 6:30 pm 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion Parade

13 14AGHS Senior Portrait 15 National Hispanic
16 17 18 19
Final Makeup Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15
AGIS Back-to-School Night AGHS Senior Portrait Final PLE Picture Day
Purple & Blue Schoolhouses Makeup FSEMS PTO Meeting
PLE Market Day Pickup
6:30-8 pm AGIS Back-to-School Night 4:30-5:30 pm 6:45-7 pm AGIS Fall Picture Day
AGHS Music Boosters Meeting Red & Orange Schoolhouses AGHS Marching Band FSEMS Back-to-School Night Rosh Hashanah Begins at
National Grandparents’ Day 7 pm 6:30-8 pm Solanco Parade 7-9 pm Sunset Ramadan Ends

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

AGHS Spirit Week-- September 21 - 25

FSEMS Restaurant Coupon AGIS PTA Meeting 7 pm School Board Meeting
Rosh Hashanah Ends Sale Sept. 21-Oct. 2 First Day of Autumn 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion AGHS Homecoming 11 am

27 28 29 30 AUGUST 2009 OCTOBER 2009
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S

1 1 2 3

Teacher In-Service Day
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

SCHOOLS CLOSED
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Yom Kippur AGHS Marching Band
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Begins at Sunset Yom Kippur New Holland Parade
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

30 31

SEPTEMBER 2009

Elaine Schellinger Grade 10 Avon Grove High School

SEPTEMBER 2009 NOVEMBER 2009
1 2 3

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Timmy Smith
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Grade 2 FSEMS Fall Portrait Day
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Penn London AGIS Market Day Pickup
Elementary School
22 23 24 25 26 27 28

4:30-5:30 pm
27 28 29 30 29 30

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

School Board Meeting
7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

AGHS Music Boosters Meeting PSATs @ AGHS for
7 pm 10th-Graders
National School Lunch Week AGHS Parent Association PLE Market Day Pickup PSATs for 11th-Graders
Columbus Day Meeting 7 pm 4:30-5:30 pm Location TBD

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

AGHS Picture Retake Day
National School Bus PLE PTA Meeting 3:45 pm School Board Meeting AGIS Family Fun Night
Safety Week AGIS PTA Meeting 7 pm 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion 7-9 pm

25 26 27 28 29 30 31
PSSA Grade 12 Retest for Mathematics, Reading, Science and Writing -- October 26-November 6

AGHS & FSEMS Red Ribbon Week

AGIS Market Day Pickup PLE Harvest Day
4:30-5:30 pm FSEMS Costume Day Halloween

OCTOBER 2009

Jamie Perkins Grade 1 Penn London Elementary School


5
FALL BACK!

1 2 3 4 6 7
PSSA Grade 12 Retest for Mathematics, Reading, Science and Writing -- October 26-November 6

American Indian & Alaska Teacher In-service Day
Set your clocks to Native Heritage Month SCHOOLS CLOSED
Standard Time PLE McDonald’s Family Night Election Day AGIS Picture Retake Day PLE Picture Retake Day FSEMS Picture Retake Day

8 9 10 11 12 13 14
AGHS Music Boosters Meeting 4:30-5:30 pm
7 pm FSEMS Fall Sports Assembly AGIS Reflections Art Show and
School Psychology AGHS Parent Association Reception 3-8 pm School Board Meeting
Awareness Week Nov. 9-13 Meeting 7 pm Veterans Day 7:30 pm @ AGIS Music Room

15 16 17 18 19 20 ALL SCHOOLS 21
EARLY DISMISSAL
Parent/Teacher Conferences
FSEMS PTO Fall Book Fair PLE/AGIS 1:30-3:30 pm
AGIS Book Fair Nov. 16-24 PLE PTA Fall Book Fair Winter Sports Begin
Chester County College Fair PLE PTA Fall Book Fair Parent/Teacher Conferences @ AGHS & FSEMS
American Education Week 7-9 pm @ United Sports Education Support FSEMS 5-8 pm FSEMS PTO Fall Book Fair
Nov. 15-21 Training Center, Downingtown Professionals Day AGHS 6:30-8:30 pm
PLE PTA Fall Book Fair

22 23 ALL SCHOOLS 24EARLYSCHOOLS
ALL
DISMISSAL
25 26 27 28
EARLY DISMISSAL Parent/Teacher Conferences
Parent/Teacher Conferences AGHS 12:50-2:50 pm
AGHS 12:50-2:50 pm; 6:30-8:30 pm PLE/AGIS 5-8 pm
ALL SCHOOLS
FSEMS 12:50-2:50 pm; 5-8 pm FSEMS PTO Fall Book Fair Thanksgiving Recess Thanksgiving Recess
EARLY DISMISSAL
PLE/AGIS 5:30-8:30 pm PLE PTA Fall Book Fair SCHOOLS and OFFICES SCHOOLS and OFFICES
FSEMS PTO Fall Book Fair School Board Meeting
PLE PTA Fall Book Fair FSEMS PTO Fall Book Fair CLOSED CLOSED
7:30 pm @ AGIS Music Room

29 30 OCTOBER 2009 DECEMBER 2009


1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

AGHS Christmas Basket 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Collection Begins 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

AGIS Holiday Food Drive Begins 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31

NOVEMBER 2009

Danayjah Anderson-Holman Grade 3 Avon Grove Intermediate School


1 2 3 4 5
AGHS Christmas Basket Collection—November 30-December 11 AGIS Holiday Food Drive—November 30-December 11

AGIS Market Day Pickup AGHS Fall Play 7 pm
Morgan Munyan 4:30-5:30 pm AGHS Marching Band PLE/AGIS Country Christmas
Grade 8 AGHS NHS Induction West Chester Christmas 9 am - 2 pm @ AGIS
Fred S. Engle Middle School Ceremony 7 pm Parade AGHS Fall Play 2 pm & 7 pm

6 7 AGIS Holiday Gift Shop 8 9 10 11 12
Dec. 7-11
AGHS Christmas Basket Collection—November 30-December 11 AGIS Holiday Food Drive—November 30-December 11
National Pearl Harbor
Remembrance Day PLE Market Day Pickup
School Board Organizational 4:30-5:30 pm PLE Holiday Gift Shop
Meeting 7:30 pm AGIS Winter Choral Concert School Board Meeting* PLE Holiday Gift Shop Breakfast with Santa
AGHS Fall Play 2 pm @ AGIS Music Room 7 pm 7:30 pm @ AGIS Music Room Hanukkah Begins at Sunset @ AGHS

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

AGHS Music Boosters Meeting AGHS Parent Association
7 pm Meeting 7 pm
AGHS Holiday Orchestra AGHS Holiday Choral Concert FSEMS Choral & Strings FSEMS Winter Band Concert AGIS Band & Strings
Concert 6 pm 7 pm Concert 7:30 pm @ AGHS 7:30 pm @ AGHS Concert 7 pm Hanukkah Ends

20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Winter Recess – SCHOOLS and OFFICES CLOSED

AGHS Winter Band Concert School Board Meeting*
3 pm First Day of Winter 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion Christmas Day Kwanzaa Begins

27 28 29 30 31 NOVEMBER 2009 JANUARY 2010

Winter Recess – SCHOOLS CLOSED

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

New Year’s Eve 29 30 27 28 29 30 31

* tentative, subject to change
DECEMBER 2009

Isela Herrera Ortiz Grade 11 Avon Grove High School

DECEMBER 2009 FEBRUARY 2010 1 2
Kwanzaa Ends

New Year’s Day
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6

Kaelin Salley
Winter Recess
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Grade 1
SCHOOLS and
14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Penn London
13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Elementary School OFFICES CLOSED
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

27 28 29 30 31 28

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

AGIS Market Day Pickup
SCHOOLS REOPEN 4:30-5:30 pm

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

AGHS Music Boosters Meeting AGHS Parent Association School Board Meeting*
7 pm Meeting 7 pm 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 4:30-5:30 pm
SCHOOLS and OFFICES AGHS Open House for
CLOSED PLE PTA Meeting 7 pm 8th-Graders 6:30-9 pm

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 Teacher In-service Day** School Board Meeting*
SCHOOLS CLOSED 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion

* tentative, subject to change **tentative – will be held on the day after the 91st student day
JANUARY 2010

Logan Jarratt Grade 7 Fred S. Engle Middle School


1 2 3 4 5 6

Black History Month 4:30-5:30 pm

7 8 9 10 11 12 13
AGHS Music Boosters Meeting
7 pm
National School AGHS FCCLA Valentine’s
Counseling Week AGHS Parent Association School Board Meeting* Day Dance 7 pm
Feb. 8-12 Meeting 7 pm 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion Lincoln's Birthday

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

PLE Market Day Pickup AGHS Student/Faculty
Presidents’ Day 4:30-5:30 pm National Assessment of Basketball Fund-raiser 6 pm
SCHOOLS and OFFICES AGHS Black History Month Educational Progress Testing AGIS Family Fun Night
Valentine's Day CLOSED PLE PTA Meeting 3:45 pm Concert Grade 12 7-9 pm

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

FSEMS Basketball
Fund-raiser
AGIS Spring Picture Day FSEMS Winter Sports School Board Meeting*
Washington's Birthday Assembly 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion

JANUARY 2010 MARCH 2010
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1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Laura Pennington
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Grade 12
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Avon Grove High School
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31

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FEBRUARY 2010

Alex Gaydos Grade 5 Avon Grove Intermediate School


1 2 3 4 5 6

Music in Our Schools Month Read Across America 4:30-5:30 pm FSEMS Spring Play
Youth Art Month Teacher In-Service Day Dr. Seuss's Birthday AGIS First-Year Band/Strings FSEMS Spring Play 7 pm 2 pm and 7 pm
Women's History Month SCHOOLS CLOSED Celebration Concert 7 pm @ AGHS @ AGHS

7 8 9 10 11 12 13
National School Breakfast
Week March 8-12
AGHS and FSEMS AGHS Small Ensemble
Spring Sports Begin Concert
AGHS Music Boosters Meeting AGHS Parent Association School Board Meeting* AGIS PTA
7 pm Meeting 7 pm 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion Roller Skating Party 7 pm

14 P I
S R NG
15 16 17 18 19 20
Forward AGIS Book Fair - March 17-24

Set your clocks
to Daylight PLE Market Day Pickup Technology Fair &
Saving Time AGIS PTA Meeting 7 pm 4:30-5:30 pm Science Exhibition
PLE PTA Meeting 3:45 pm St. Patrick’s Day 6-7:30 pm @ AGHS First Day of Spring

ALL SCHOOLS ALL SCHOOLS ALL SCHOOLS ALL SCHOOLS
21 22 23 EARLY DISMISSAL
24
EARLY DISMISSAL
25 EARLY DISMISSAL
26 EARLY DISMISSAL 27
AGIS Book Fair - March 17-24 PLE PTA Spring Book Fair - March 22-25 FSEMS PTO Spring Book Fair - March 22-26
Parent/Teacher Conferences Parent/Teacher Conferences
AGHS 12:50-2:50; 6:30-8:30 pm
Parent/Teacher Conferences AGHS 12:50-2:50 pm PLE/AGIS 1:30-3:30 pm
AGHS 6:30-8:30 pm FSEMS 12:50-2:50; 5:30-8:30 pm Parent/Teacher Conferences PLE Kindergarten Registration
FSEMS 5-8 pm PLE/AGIS 5-8 pm PLE/AGIS 5:30-8:30 pm School Board Meeting* AGHS Annual Sports
Naw-Ruz PLE Kindergarten Registration PLE Kindergarten Registration PLE Kindergarten Registration 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion PLE Kindergarten Registration Boosters Auction 6 pm

28 29 30 31 FEBRUARY 2010 APRIL 2010

Spring Recess - SCHOOLS CLOSED

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Passover Begins at Sunset 28 25 26 27 28 29 30

MARCH 2010

Duncan Parcells Grade 8 Fred S. Engle Middle School

MARCH 2010 M AY 2010
1 2 3

Spring Recess - SCHOOLS CLOSED
1 2 3 4 5 6 1

Jackson May
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Grade 1
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Penn London Good Friday
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Elementary School Mathematics Education Month OFFICES CLOSED
28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30 31

4 5 6 7 8 9 10
PSSA—Mathematics and Reading Assessments Grades 3 through 8 and 11—April 7-16

SCHOOLS REOPEN School Board Meeting*
Easter Passover Ends 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
PSSA—Mathematics and Reading Assessments Grades 3 through 8 and 11—April 7-16

AGHS Music Boosters Meeting AGHS Parent Association AGIS Market Day Pickup
7 pm Meeting 7 pm 4:30-5:30 pm

Festival of Ridvan
18 19 20 21 April 21-May 2 22 23 24
PSSA—Writing Assessment Grades 5, 8 and 11—April 19-23

PLE Market Day Pickup School Board Meeting*
AGIS PTA Meeting 7 pm 4:30-5:30 pm 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion AGHS Junior Class Formal
Public School Volunteer Week PLE PTA Meeting 7 pm Administrative Professionals Day Earth Day 6:30 pm

25 26 27 28 29 30
PSSA—Science Assessment Grades 4, 8 and 11—April 26-30

AGIS Spring Band & Strings
FSEMS Spring Picture Day Concert 7 pm Arbor Day

APRIL 2010

Caroline Beuscher Isabel Foley
Grade 2 Penn London Elementary School

APRIL 2010 JUNE 2010 1

1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Alex Rossi
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Grade 8
Fred S. Engle Middle School
20 21 22 23 24 25 26

25 26 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30

Cinco de Mayo
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
AGHS AP Exams May 3-14

May 3-7—Final Week for PSSA Makeups for All Subjects (Makeups may also be held during regular testing weeks)

National School Nurse Day
AGIS Spring Choral Concert AGIS Market Day Pickup
Teacher Appreciation Week National Teacher Day 7 pm 4:30-5:30 pm AGHS Musical 7 pm AGHS Musical 2 & 7 pm

9 10 SpringAGHS Drive
Blood
11 12 13 14 15
AGHS AP Exams May 3-14
AGHS Music Boosters Meeting AGHS Parent Association AGHS Spring Choral
7 pm Meeting 7 pm Concert 7 pm
AGHS Musical 2 pm National Children's Book Week PLE PTA Meeting 7 pm AGHS Spring Orchestra School Board Meeting*
Mother’s Day AGHS Spring Band Concert Concert 7 pm 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion
May 10-16

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
District Art Show 6-7:30 pm
@ AGHS
FSEMS Spring Sports FSEMS Spring Band Concert
FSEMS Honor Roll Social Assembly 7:30 pm @ AGHS
7th Grade 6 pm; FSEMS Vocal & Strings PLE Market Day Pickup District Art Show 6-7:30 pm
8th Grade 7:30 pm Concert 7:30 pm @ AGHS 4:30-5:30 pm @ AGHS AGIS Family Fun Night 7-9 pm

23 24 25 26 27 28 29
AGHS NHS
Academic Awards 7 pm PLE 2nd-Graders visit AGIS
PLE Young Authors’ Fair Parent
FSEMS Orientation for Night 3:30-5:30 pm
30 31 Memorial Day 6th-Graders 9-11 am FSEMS Volunteer Luncheon
SCHOOLS and FSEMS Orientation for Parents School Board Meeting*
OFFICES CLOSED AGHS Spring Recital 7 pm of 6th-Graders 7 pm 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion


MAY 2010

Meta Griffin Grade 11 Avon Grove High School

1 2 3 4 5

Stella Haartz
Grade 1 AGHS Senior Prom @
Penn London AGHS Senior Awards Night AGIS Market Day Pickup Lancaster Host Resort
Elementary School 7 pm 4:30-5:30 pm 6 pm

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

FSEMS 8th-Grade Awards
Assembly
AGHS Parent Association FSEMS 7th-Grade Awards School Board Meeting* LAST
Meeting 7 pm Assembly 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion STUDENT/TEACHER DAY*

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Cancellation Makeup Day #2
Cancellation Makeup Day #1 AGHS Commencement
Exercises @ Bob Carpenter
Flag Day Center, Newark, DE 7 pm Cancellation Makeup Day #3 Cancellation Makeup Day #4 Cancellation Makeup Day #5

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Cancellation Makeup Day #6 Cancellation Makeup Day #9
School Board Meeting*
Father’s Day First Day of Summer Cancellation Makeup Day #7 Cancellation Makeup Day #8 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion Cancellation Makeup Day #10

M AY 2 0 1 0 J U LY 2010
27 28 29 30

1 1 2 3

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

30 31

JUNE 2010

Katie Ei Grade 2 Penn London Elementary School

JUNE 2010 AUGUST 2010
1 2 3

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Alex Olson
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Grade 4
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Avon Grove
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Intermediate School
27 28 29 30 29 30 31

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Independence Day 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 31


JULY 2010

Rebecca Hornberger Grade 6 Avon Grove Intermediate School


1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Ramadan Begins at Sunset 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28


29 30 31 J U LY 2 0 1 0 SEPTEMBER 2010


1 2 3 1 2 3 4

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

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25 26 27 28 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30

AUGUST 2010

Lauren Busath Grade 9 Avon Grove High School


1 2 3 4

Nicholas Kuhn
Grade 6
Avon Grove
Intermediate School

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Ramadan Ends
Labor Day Recess Rosh Hashanah School Board Meeting*
OFFICES CLOSED Begins at Sunset 7:30 pm @ AGIS Audion Rosh Hashanah Ends

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Yom Kippur
Begins at Sunset Yom Kippur

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

First Day of Autumn

26 27 28 29 30 AUGUST 2010 OCTOBER 2010

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8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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SEPTEMBER 2010

DISTRICT DIRECTORY 2009-2010
Administration Office Avon Grove Intermediate School (Grades 3-6)
375 South Jennersville Road, West Grove, PA 19390 395 South Jennersville Road, West Grove, PA 19390
Phone (610) 869-2441 • Fax (610) 869-4335 Phone (610) 869-2010 • Fax (484) 667-4429
Dr. Augustus J. Massaro, Superintendent .............................................massaro@avongrove.org Mr. Todd Harvey, Lead Principal… ...................................................tharvey@avongrove.org
Dr. Margaret V. Sharp, Assistant Superintendent.....................................sharp@avongrove.org Mrs. Carol Bove, Principal, Red & Orange Schoolhouses ..............cbove@avongrove.org
Mr. James A. Asciutto, Business Manager.............................................asciutto@avongrove.org Mrs. Denise Schrum, Principal, Blue & Purple Schoolhouses..dschrum@avongrove.org
Ms. Loree M. Lonsinger, Assistant Business Manager ......................lonsinger@avongrove.org
Dr. Wendi Lee Foltz, Director of Personnel................................................wfoltz@avongrove.org
Ms. Cynthia Hoover, Supervisor of Special Education.........................choover@avongrove.org Penn London Elementary School (Grades K-2)
Mrs. Elizabeth Julian, Food Service Director...........................................ejulian@avongrove.org 383 South Jennersville Road, West Grove, PA 19390
Mr. Dale Lauver, Supervisor of Building and Grounds.............................lauver@avongrove.org Phone (610) 869-9803 • Fax (610) 869-4512
Dr. Margaret O’Grady, Supervisor of Pupil Personnel ........................mogrady@avongrove.org
Ms. Linda Simasek, District Network Administrator ...........................simasek@avongrove.org Mrs. Marie DiGiulio, Principal.........................................................mdigiulio@avongrove.org
Dr. Gail Peck, Assistant Principal .......................................................gpeck@avongrove.org
Avon Grove High School (Grades 9-12)
257 State Road, West Grove, PA 19390 Emergency Closings
Phone (610) 869-2446 • Fax (610) 869-4511 Serious weather conditions or other emergencies may make it necessary
Mr. Thomas Alexander, Principal…… ..........................................talexander@avongrove.org to close schools, delay the opening of school, or dismiss students at an
Mr. Gary Benasutti, Assistant Principal…………….....................gbenasutti@avongrove.org earlier time. In those cases, announcements will be made on the district’s
Mr. Michael Berardi, Assistant Principal/Activities Director ...mberardi@avongrove.org Web site (www.avongrove.org), local radio stations, and Philadelphia
Mr. James Connor, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director ...........jconnor@avongrove.org television stations. Avon Grove’s emergency closing number is 859.
Mr. Christopher Matsanka, Assistant Principal.......................cmatsanka@avongrove.org
Television Stations Radio Stations Web Sites
Fred S. Engle Middle School (Grades 7 & 8) Channel 3 - KYW TV3 WSTW 93.7 FM www.avongrove.org
107 School House Road, West Grove, PA 19390 Channel 6 - WPVI TV6 WJBR 99.5 FM www.wstw.com
Phone (610) 869-3022 • Fax (610) 869-0827 Channel 10- WCAU TV10 WDEL 1150 AM www.nbc10.com
Channel 29 - WTXF Fox 29 www.abclocal.go.com/wpvi
Dr. Michael Snopkowski, Principal.........................................msnopkowski@avongrove.org
Mrs. Angela Houghton, Assistant Principal .............................ahoughton@avongrove.org

Cancellation/Makeup Days
Kaitlyn Long Days when one-hour and two-hour late openings or early dismissals occur (because
of bad weather or other emergencies) do not need to be made up. On days when
Grade 7 school is cancelled, a makeup day will be added to the schedule. Makeup days are
Fred S. Engle Middle School listed in the calendar. They will be used in the following order, if needed: June 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.

See www.avongrove.org for news and calendar updates.

Avon Grove Board of School Directors
The Avon Grove Board of School Directors Region I
consists of nine members, three from each
region (see map at right), who are each Robert Weidenmuller
elected to a four-year term of office. Board Vice President
members serve without compensation and 4 Lamplight Lane
have the primary task of formulating and Landenberg, PA 19350
evaluating all policies necessary for the rweidenmuller@avongrove.org
operation of the school district. 610-274-0554

The Board of School Directors meetings are Gary Moore
usually scheduled the second and fourth 295 Chesterville Road
Thursdays of each month; however, Landenberg, PA 19350
occasionally there are exceptions. For a gmoore@avongrove.org
more detailed and up-to-date calendar of 610-274-8782
Board and committee meetings, see
www.avongrove.org. Debra L’Heureux
123 Ridgewood Drive
Most Board meetings are scheduled to be Landenberg, PA 19350
held in the Avon Grove Intermediate School dl’heureux@avongrove.org
Audion. Each regular business meeting is 610-255-5799
advertised in the legal section of the local
newspapers. Region II
Residents of the Avon Grove School District Lynn Klingensmith Region III
may bring matters of concern to the President
attention of the Board through 499 Lewisville Road Daniel Black Pattie Lyons
correspondence sent to Dr. Wendi Lee Foltz, New London Twp., PA 19352 328 S. Guernsey Road 23 Bentley Road
Board Secretary, c/o Avon Grove School lklingensmith@avongrove.org West Grove, PA 19390 West Grove, PA 19390
District, 375 South Jennersville Road, West 610-255-0278 dblack@avongrove.org plyons@avongrove.org
Grove, PA 19390. Residents may also 610-869-0538 610-869-8904
personally address the Board during the William Pew
time set aside for public comment at the 108 Phillips Mill Road Bonnie Wolff Student Representatives to
regular business meetings. West Grove, PA 19390 13 Sullivan Chase Drive
Avondale, PA 19311
School Board:
wpew@avongrove.org Colin Valentine (Senior)
Board workshops and committees 610-869-4441 bwolff1@avongrove.org
610-268-5433 Emily Ahdieh (Junior)
addressing special issues are also
scheduled throughout the year. These are Dennis Gerber
The five townships and two boroughs that comprise the Avon Grove School District are divided into
advertised on the District Web site, in local 3 Boors Lane
three regions for election of the school directors. Residents of Franklin Township and London Britain
newspapers, and are posted in District West Grove, PA 19390 Township comprise Region I. Region II is comprised of Penn Township, New London Township, and
buildings. dgerber@avongrove.org Voting District #1 (pink) of West Grove Borough. London Grove Township, Avondale Borough, and
610-869-3293 Voting District #2 (maroon) of West Grove Borough comprise Region III.

From Our School Nurses Attendance Policy
Emergency Information — Keep all changes in phone numbers — home and Good attendance is essential for success at school. Every effort should be
work — current with each building’s nurse. This information is important made to be in school each day that it is in session. The following are the
for notifying parents and/or designated emergency contacts when only reasons that a student will be excused from school: illness, death in
questions or concerns arise during the school day. immediate family, religious holidays, health care appointments, educational
family trips, urgent family reasons, and court appearances.
Medication Policy — For student safety, a comprehensive medication
administration policy is in effect. A complete copy of the policy may be Students who are absent must bring a signed note from a parent or
obtained through the school nurse or viewed on the District’s Web site. guardian (please include the student’s name, the date(s) of absence, and
See www.avongrove.org and click on the School Board Policies link. the reason) upon returning to school. Excuse notes must be received
within three school days.
Highlights from AGSD’s Medication Administration Policy:
• All medications (prescription and over-the-counter) must be in their original containers If you know that your child must be out for a trip, a note to the principal
and clearly labeled with name and instructions for administering. requesting permission to be absent from school must be sent for approval
• Only medications prescribed by a health care provider and accompanied by written at least one week in advance; otherwise, it will be an unexcused absence.
instructions from that provider will be given during school hours. Written instructions from
the parent or guardian are also required. Absences are monitored and calls are made to parents of absent students
• All medications must be brought to the school nurse’s office immediately upon arrival at to confirm the reason for the absence.
school.
• Every effort should be made to give all doses of medication at home. School Visitations/Volunteers
Immunizations — Pennsylvania state law requires the immunizations listed • Parents are encouraged to visit the schools.
here. Students who do not have these immunizations will not be allowed to • There are various opportunities to volunteer during the school day.
attend school. • Sign in to obtain a visitor’s badge anytime you enter a school building.
All Students K-12th Grade Children Entering School (at K or Grade 1) • Please call in advance to schedule appointments with teachers to
• 3 doses of tetanus* • 4 doses of tetanus* *** discuss specific issues.
• 3 doses of diphtheria* • 4 doses of diphtheria* *** • Building-level administrators are responsible for ensuring that all
• 3 doses of polio • 3 doses of polio volunteers having direct contact with children shall undergo and
• 2 doses of measles** • 2 doses of measles* *** complete criminal background and child abuse clearance checks prior to
• 1 dose of mumps** • 1 dose mumps** serving. Such clearances are to be maintained by the principal at each
• 1 dose of rubella • 1 dose of rubella (German Measles)** school. After filing appropriate receipts, volunteers shall be reimbursed
(German measles)** • 3 doses of hepatitis B the cost of these clearances one time only, i.e., $10 for the Act 34
• 1 dose of varicella (chickenpox) vaccine
clearance, $10 for the Act 151 clearance, and $40 for the FBI clearance,
or history of disease
if necessary.
Additional for Students Entering Grade 7
• 3 doses of hepatitis B Nondiscrimination Policy
• Age-appropriate dose(s) of varicella (chickenpox) vaccine or history of disease
* usually given as DTP or DTaP or DT or Td ** usually given as MMR (1st dose The Avon Grove School District is an equal opportunity education
*** 1 dose on or after the 4th birthday on or after 12 months of age) institution and will not discriminate in its educational programs, activities,
or employment practices on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex,
New PA State Immunization Requirements for 2010-2011 age, religion, ancestry, sexual orientation, handicap/disability, union
Please be advised that beginning in the 2010-2011 school year, students membership, or other legally protected classification. Announcement of
must have additional immunizations in order to enter 7th grade. They are: this policy is in accordance with state and federal laws, including Title VI,
• 2 doses of varicella (chickenpox) or a history of chickenpox Title IX, and Section 504. All inquiries should be made to Dr. Wendi Lee
• 1 dose of Tdap (if 5 years has elapsed since last tetanus immunization) Foltz, Director of Personnel, Avon Grove School District, 375 South
• 1 dose of MCV (meningococcal conjugate vaccine) Jennersville Road, West Grove, PA 19390, (610) 869-2441.

Meredith Miller Alexis Herb Daniela Zamores-Abundis
Grade 9 Avon Grove High School Grade 2 Penn London Elementary School Grade 4 Avon Grove
Intermediate School
AGSD Office of Special Education and Pupil Services record that it has designated as no longer educationally relevant at any time, and it
The Office of Special Education, (484) 667-4440, and Pupil Services, (484) 667- must destroy such records when requested to do so, in writing, by the parent of the
4441, is located at Fred S. Engle Middle School, 107 School House Road, West student or by the student if age 18 or older. For further information regarding the
Grove, PA 19390. maintenance of student records, refer to the AGSD Educational Records Policy at
http://www.avongrove.org/district/images/pdfs/policies/216.pdf
Maintenance of Records
Concerning Students with Disabilities Avon Grove School District Childfind
Notices of Recommended Educational Placement, IEPs, Permissions to Evaluate If you believe that your child may be in need of a special education program, an
and Reevaluate, and Evaluation Reports will be maintained for a period of two
evaluation process to assess your child’s needs is available at no cost to families
years beyond the date on which the student attains age twenty-one, after which
residing within the District. A special education program often involves adapting
the District will no longer consider the records to be educationally relevant. Test
materials and modifying instruction to better meet your child’s specific learning
papers, progress monitoring data, and work samples will be maintained through
needs.
the conclusion of the school year during which they are collected, after which the
District will no longer consider them to be educationally relevant. Discipline logs If you request these services, your child will receive an evaluation from a team of
and notes, other than those concerning acts of violence or drug and alcohol experts trained in assessing children. This team will determine if your child has a
offenses, will be maintained until such time as the student transitions from one disability and, if so, is in need of special education. You are an important member of
school building within the District to another, after which the District will no your child’s evaluation team.
longer consider them to be educationally relevant. All test protocols and raw data
from evaluations conducted to determine eligibility for special education and as If you are interested in finding out more about the special education process, please
part of reevaluations thereafter will maintained for a period of ten business days speak with your child’s principal. For additional information, feel free to contact the
after the distribution of the Evaluation Report, after which the District will no Office of Pupil Services, located at Fred S. Engle Middle School, 107 School House
longer consider them to be educationally relevant. The District may destroy any Road, West Grove, PA 19390, (484) 667-4441.

Avon Grove Red Devils
AGHS Interscholastic Sports AGHS Student Organizations Concert Choir
and Intramural Clubs Show Choir
Fall Sports Madrigal Singers
Girls’ Soccer, Boys’ Soccer, Student Council Indoor Percussion
Cross Country, Field Hockey, Class Offices Indoor Color Guard
Girls’ Tennis, Girls’ Volleyball, Newspaper
Golf, Football, Cheerleading AGYEA FSEMS Extracurricular
SADD Activities
Winter Sports Yearbook
Wrestling, Swimming, Girls’ High School Play Student Council
Basketball, Boys’ Basketball, Spring Musical Junior Robotics
Track, Cheerleading, FCCLA Math Counts
Ice Hockey (club sport) Dance Team Spring Play
Robotics Science Fair
Spring Sports FBLA Envirothon
Baseball, Softball, Track & National Honor Society Shakespeare Club
Field, Boys’ Tennis, Boys’ Academic Competition Team Yearbook
Edwin Aaronson Grade 12 Avon Grove High School Volleyball, Girls’ Lacrosse,
Boys’ Lacrosse
Tri-M Music Honor Society
Leo Club
Talent Show
School Newspaper
Model UN Intramural Sports
Fred S. Engle Middle School FCA TV Studio
Interscholastic Sports ACTO Club Library Club
Humanitarian Club Geography Bee
Fall Sports Fashion Design Reading Olympics
Field Hockey, Boys’ Soccer, Youths’ Artist Society Word Power Challenge
Girls’ Soccer, Football, Stage Crew Crossing Boundaries
Cheerleading Amnesty International Spelling Bee
ENACT—
Winter Sports Environmental Action Club FSEMS Music Programs
Wrestling, Girls’ Basketball, O’Ambassadors
Boys’ Basketball, Child Benefit Club Red Band
Cheerleading Equestrian Club Gold Band
GSA Jazz Band
Spring Sports Wildlife Club Orchestra
Boys’ Baseball, Track & Field, Honors Band
Girls’ Lacrosse, Girls’ Softball AGHS Music Programs Avon Grove Singers
Middle School Choir
Season sports schedules are Marching Band
available upon request from Wind Ensemble
Please check the high school
the main office at Avon Grove Small Ensembles
and middle school Web sites
High School and Fred S. Engle Concert Band
for daily updates regarding
Middle School. They are also Jazz Band
sports, activities, and special
Leann Tucker Grade 10 Avon Grove High School posted on the Web site. Pep Band
Golden Chorale
events.

www.avongrove.org
375 South Jennersville Road • West Grove, PA 19390 • (610) 869-2441

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