Important News

All AES G/T Program Participants: Letters of invitation went home in Friday folders on Friday, May 4th, inviting your child to participate in the enrichment fair portion of Atholton's Excellence Night. The letter can also be accessed here in pdf format. If your child would like to represent an Instructional Seminar, Curriculum Extension Unit and/or GT Math class during Excellence…

UPCOMING CELEBRATION - SPRING FLING: May 17th! -- Volunteers Needed! The Related Arts team is organizing the Spring Fling celebration for students on Thursday May 17th. Each grade level will participate in a variety of activities during their designated Related Arts time. We will need many parent volunteers to help at each station collecting tickets, distributing prizes, and overseeing the…

Parents, We want to thank you for all of your support this school year! Volunteering for events, field trips, classroom support etc. We are so grateful to have such a supportive school community. Please join us for the Volunteer Luncheon on Friday, May 25, 2018 (Field Day) from 11:55-12:55 to thank all of our volunteers for their dedication, commitment, and…

We recently implemented a new procedure to help improve the safety of our students during arrival. From 8:50 - 9:15 we will place orange cones along the crosswalk at the back of the school. During this time cars cannot enter or exit our back parking lot. Thank you for your attention and cooperation with this important safety change for our…

Take Your Child to Work Day is on Thursday, April 26. It is a valuable opportunity to empower our students to learn about the many career choices they have and observe their parents in a different light. Students who are absent on that date with a note from a parent stating Take Your Child to Work Day as the reason…

FIELD DAY Field Day is quickly approaching, Friday, May 25 and we are looking forward to a fun-filled day for everyone. We need about 40 volunteers to assist us with the morning and afternoon activities. If you are available to lend a hand, please use the Sign Up Genius link below. Please contact Mr. Trawick at gage_trawick@hcpss.org with any questions…

UPDATED PARCC TESTING DATES The PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) is an annual assessment given to all third, fourth, and fifth grade students. It is the state assessment that measures student progress in both Language Arts and Math. Testing will take place between April 23 and May 18. The testing time ranges from 60 to…

Bike to School Day is Wednesday, May 9th and all AES students, parents and staff are invited to strap on your helmets, raise your kickstands, and join in the fun. Last year we had about 60 students and parents ride their bike to school. Let’s beat that number this year. How many bikes can we get to school at the…

From April 16th to the 23rd , our students will have the option of donating change/coins during their lunch period in the cafeteria. Mr. Tobin will introduce the Change Matters campaign to the students Monday during their lunch and will let them know that participation is not mandatory and that any change that is collected is donated to Grassroots, which…

TEN YEARS OF BEING GREEN (And Eleven at the End of This School Year!) This year’s AES Earth Day Week theme is Ten Years of Being Green, so our fourth grade Green Ambassadors came up with a school-wide plan for a home-to-school connection: Each class will develop a Top Ten list of what students do at home to be green…