Hedding Grade School

Dear 4th Grade Parents,

Prepare yourselves… the Recorder Invasion is upon us!

Thanks to some amazing donors, all students will be receiving a recorder free of charge this year—no purchase necessary!

Recorders will be coming home next week. After that, students should bring their recorder to school each Monday and place it in their classroom recorder bucket. They will bring it back home after their last music class of the week.

If a student forgets their recorder, they may use a school recorder for class. All school recorders are sanitized daily.

If a recorder is broken, please have your child bring it to me so I can see if it can be repaired. If it cannot be fixed, the student may be assigned a school recorder or you may order a replacement for $4.30 plus shipping. Students are also welcome to use a sibling’s recorder if one is available.

Thank you for your support—and for your patience as your home fills with the sweet sounds of “Hot Cross Buns”! 😉

If you need anything or have questions, please feel free to reach out.

Sincerely,
Ms. Rakestraw

The Abingdon-Avon Middle School basketball sectional game will go on as scheduled tomorrow, January 26, at 6:00 p.m. as it is an IESA tournament game. All other A-Town teams will not have practice throughout the day.

Due to the 2 snow days being used..The 100th day of School will be celebrated on Friday, January 30, 2026

Due to the dangerously cold temperatures expected tomorrow, school will be canceled for Monday, January 26. Please take this time to stay warm and safe indoors.

No School tomorrow for all Atown Schools - due to the forecasted weather.

The AAMS wrestling meet for tonight is canceled. Practice will go on as scheduled.

Lots of learning in the library. Building mazes using KEVA planks for coding Botley and building the tallest tower with Magna tiles.

Click on the link for the Food Pantry day in January. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe59sqJuMEF6oFtlE_6QNH_aljhEc3PhUO8-FCjyD1cfUkkYQ/viewform?usp=pp_url

Learning to code, screen free with Code and Go mice in library.

Today the AAHS cheerleaders came to show off their amazing cheers and stunts!! I can't wait to see the Hedding students at the cheer clinic! We had so much fun this afternoon at the assembly!!!

Reminder- No School on Monday!

Using KEVA planks to build and design architecture in library.

These two girls were absent when I gave out the Typetastic awards before winter break. Great job girls.

WIU Baseball Camp- click on the link to sign up! https://register.ryzer.com/camp.cfm?sport=2&id=319108

The January school board meeting for Abingdon-Avon is being moved to Jan 21st, 6:00pm at AAHS.

We have collected just under 25 pounds of pop tabs!!! Keep sending them in!!!

Avon school pantry signups for 1-9-26 & 1-10-26 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfUgAkkqlDdx7v4kbiM06f5SFsZNbeh-_D4L4ulWd9wLPKng/viewform?usp=publish-editor

Please Welcome Mrs. McCluskie back to the ATOWN Family! She will be working at Hedding Grade School as a 3rd grade Teacher.

Please Welcome Mrs. Dillard to the ATOWN Family! She will be working at Hedding Grade School as a part-time Special Education Resource Teacher.