Altamahaw-Ossipee Elementary School

All ABSS rising 6th graders are invited to attend 4 jam-packed, fun, and engaging days at their assigned Middle School for 2023-2024! Light breakfast, lunch, and transportation are provided. Complete the registration form on or before May 26, 2023 for a chance to win some school swag. Deadline to register is June 23, 2023. Please contact your child's middle school for any additional questions. https://bit.ly/SummerBridgeABSS

Rising Kindergarteners! Open House is on May 4 from 4-6pm.

Beginning Teacher Spotlight: Elana Medford is a First Year Teacher at Altamahaw-Ossipee Elementary and is already doing great things. 🌟 "I chose to work with ABSS because that’s where I grew up going to school and I loved the community. It’s a great community to work, especially AO Elementary. The support here is amazing and welcoming!" #StudentCenteredFutureFocused

ABSS Kindergarten - Start Strong, Start Here! 🌠 We are committed to providing a foundation that will help our youngest learners build on their futures. Registration opens March 1st and our Fair is March 4th, 9am to Noon at Holly Hill Mall. https://youtu.be/Pu5mx20NMu8

Fourth Graders at Altamahaw-Ossipee Elementary have been learning about North Carolina Government this week. State Representative Dennis Riddell visited students today to talk about how our state laws are made. He also presented the school with a brand new North Carolina flag flown over the State Capital Building in honor of the AO Elementary family! #StudentCenteredFutureFocused

There will be no walker line in the afternoon on Monday, December 5. We will still have the walker line in the morning.

Congratulations to our 2023 Teacher of the Year, Laurin Rose, and our Classified Employee of the Year, Josh Berneking! Thank you for all that you do for our students! #myAOfamily

Attention bus riders on Burch Bridge Rd. Thursday morning, Nov. 10 your pickup will be earlier than expected. Bus 57 will be making the stops, starting at 6:30 AM. Your pick-up will be at least 30 minutes early. Bus 34 will be running its usual route and picking up the students on 157 that are not on Burch Bridge

It's Election Day! 🗳 Which would you vote for: Oreo or Chips Ahoy? 🍪 Second Graders at AO Elementary participated in an Official Grade 2 Cookie election. After learning about the election process, students created campaign posters, engaged in persuasive discussions, and completed an official ballot. The results are in! Oreo won in 5 classes, Chips Ahoy in 1.

Bus 60 will covered by 157 in the morning. Students will need to be out 10 mins earlier than normal. Bus 157 students may be picked up a few minutes later than normal. Bus 57 will be picking up the students on Burch Bridge Rd, starting around 6:30.

Bus 61 has to be double routed in the morning. Students that ride bus 61 will need to be ready and looking for the bus by 6:30 tomorrow morning. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Bus riders that live in the Brassfield neighborhood will start arriving home around 2:55. Bus riders that live at 2207 Burch Bridge Rd. will arrive around 3:10.

Starting tomorrow, October 21, students that ride bus 157 in the morning will need to be at their stop 15 minutes earlier. Thank you.

Good afternoon parents, we will be down one bus driver for the foreseeable future. We have a plan that will get all students home safely but your child's arrival and pick up time may change. Please be patient with us. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.

Thanks to Meghann Mollerus and WFMY News 2 for featuring our DARE program with Sgt. Chad Laws teaching a lesson about how to manage stress and make good decisions. The story will air in November! #StudentCenteredFutureFocused

Students at @myAOfamily have collected more than 1500 pairs of socks. Check out the video to find out what they plan to do with them. #ABSSDifferenceMakers https://youtu.be/HIix5fcYEbA

Parents, bus 61 will not have a driver in the morning. We will cover the route like we did today, using other buses to pick up the students.

AO Parents: We will not have a driver for bus 157 (orange/red) on Friday afternoon. We are working on a plan to transport your students on other buses or as a double load on a bus. You should expect your student to get home later than usual on Friday. We apologize for this inconvenience.

AO parents, bus 57 has experienced mechanical difficulty this morning. We will be sending a replacement bus to pick up the students but be aware that you may be picked up later than usual.

We're thrilled to announce the new app for ABSS! It's everything ABSS, in your pocket. 

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