Abingdon-Avon High School

The Atown Newsroom is back! https://youtu.be/_l-_gT4DS0s

Schools in Illinois administer the 5 Essentials survey every other year. Students will take the survey this week during school. Parents, if you would like to share your thoughts, you can access the parent survey with this link. http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/

In the girls game, Midwest Central defeated A-Town 70-32. Megan Teel of MC was the game MVP.

It was Rockridge over Ridgewood in game four 71-31. Devin Bush from Rockridge was the MVP WITH A game high 23 points.

Delavan defeated Knoxville 47-36 in game three of the day. Charlie Hodges of Delavan was the game MVP with 12 points.

Game two saw Galva over Havana 72-42. Mason Kaiser of Galva was the game two MVP!

Ridgewood took game one over United 67-40. Briar Greenman from Ridgewood was the game MVP with 20 points.

Join us today for a full day of basketball at the Great Western Shootout! 2018 GREAT WESTERN SHOOTOUT Admission prices: $5 per adult $3 per student 10:30- Ridgewood vs. United 12:00- Havana vs. Galva 1:30- Delavan vs. Knoxville 3:00- Rockridge vs. Ridgewood 4:30- Abingdon-Avon (Girls) vs. Midwest Central (Girls) 6:00- Abingdon-Avon vs. Orion 7:30- Farmington vs. Wethersfield

Play practice has begun! Make sure to join us March 16-18 for the Sound of Music!

The bowlers headed out today for the sectional in Mt. Vernon. The meet starts early tomorrow morning.

Parents: Mediacom is offering special pricing on home internet service. Check out the attached flier to see if you may qualify for this special promotion.

Tornado Basketball Fans: If you plan on attending the boys basketball game on Friday, January 26, at Peoria Heights, they are hosting a Toy Drive. See the attached image for details.

The high school girls basketball game tonight against Havana has been postponed until Wednesday, January 17, at 6:00 pm at AAHS.

Tornado Basketball Fans! Here is the schedule for the 2018 Great Western Shootout on Saturday, January 20! Please note that admission prices have been decreased this year to $5 per adult and $3 per student. Join us for a day full of great basketball! 2018 GREAT WESTERN SHOOTOUT 10:30- Ridgewood vs. United 12:00- Havana vs. Galva 1:30- Delavan vs. Knoxville 3:00- Rockridge vs. Ridgewood 4:30- Abingdon-Avon (Girls) vs. Midwest Central (Girls) 6:00- Abingdon-Avon vs. Orion 7:30- Farmington vs. Wethersfield

Parents: We are applying for a grant which would offer a wide array of programs before school, after school, and throughout the summer. In order to offer beneficial programs, we need you help telling us what your student would be interested in. Please complete this survey. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8nmnYpm09-wzfkIc9UfDQ-cks43LmTwSPBwrl3yB_mTkhyw/viewform

With the impending weather all pm practices and games are cancelled for Thursday, January 11th. The girls basketball game scheduled for this evening against Knoxville has been rescheduled for Tuesday, January 23rd at Knoxville at 6 p.m.

Congratulations to the December students of the month. They were selected by faculty based on the character trait, ambition. Pictured is Grace Mannon, Emma Curry, Lukas Tinkham, Alex Day, and Nathan Hopping.

AV2 students are using Python coding skills to construct a large piano in Minecraft, which will play notes when the keys are stepped on. Students are using a Raspberry Pi to do this!

The Rushville-Industry at A-Town girls basketball game scheduled for tonight has been postponed due to unfavorable road conditions. There is not make up date at this time. The A-Town at Brimfield game that was postponed last Thursday has been moved to Tuesday January 16th. Game time is still 6:00 and the game will still be played at Brimfield.

Due to slick and icy conditions, the will be no school on Monday, January 8, for the Abingdon-Avon school district.