Good afternoon! Car dismissal and bus transportation will be running ahead today due to awards ceremonies. We wanted to make sure everyone is aware.
AWE Parents--please check your child(ren)'s bookbag TONIGHT! We sent home remote learning packets in preparation for the winter weather. If ABSS calls a "Remote Learning Day," we will send specific instructions. For now, please take this out of your child's bookbag and put it somewhere safe.
FINAL CHANCE TO SIGN-UP--DUE TOMORROW!!!!
Our AWE PTO is hosting a student-only Winter Snowflake Dance next week, on 1/30/26. This event will be open to grades K through 5th grade. Free admission for all K-5 students.
Snacks will be available for purchase. A special dance bundle is available for purchase for $5.00. Dance bundle includes snack, drink, and craft/glow stick. Must pre-pay for the Dance Bundle option by 1/23/26.
Prepayment for Dance Bundle can be done via Pay Pal, Square or Square Space or you can send $5 cash in for dance bundle
Limited snacks will also be available for sale during the event.
https://www.awepto.com/store/p/snowflakedancedeal. **Please note Dance Bundle purchase is non-refundable. Our make-up date will be February 6th, 2026, if weather impacts the initial date.
The permission form must be completed by Friday, January 23, 2026. **No exceptions!!
Electronic or paper are both acceptable forms, both do not need to be completed.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8TAfVuINdS5nPJUEw-ErMAh6csfn88TnEwIYLQ0OwLPCgkw/viewform
If you are able to volunteer, please sign up using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904084AA4A72FA20-57674927-snowflake
Rezoning Process: Thank you to our community members (over 3000!) who responded to the Community Survey. We invite you now to our upcoming Community Voice Sessions at Williams this Thursday or Southeast next week. Everyone is welcome! Please share your feedback with SchoolCAMP and ABSS leadership. Ongoing rezoning updates can be found on our website: https://www.abss.k12.nc.us/page/student-assignments
Bus 169 just left the school.
Bus 169 has not left yet. They are running behind. We will send out another notification when they leave school. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Bus 88 has arrived. Thank you for your patience this morning!
Good morning! Bus 88 is running later today than last week. We will provide an update when the bus arrives to school. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Our AWE PTO is hosting a student-only Winter Snowflake Dance on 1/30/26. This event will be open to grades K through 5th grade. Free admission for all K-5 students.
Snacks will be available for purchase. A special dance bundle is available for purchase for $5.00. Dance bundle includes snack, drink, and craft/glow stick. Must pre-pay for the Dance Bundle option by 1/23/26.
Prepayment for Dance Bundle can be done via Pay Pal, Square or Square Space or you can send $5 cash in for dance bundle
Limited snacks will also be available for sale during the event.
https://www.awepto.com/store/p/snowflakedancedeal. **Please note Dance Bundle purchase is non-refundable. Our make-up date will be February 6th, 2026, if weather impacts the initial date.
The permission form must be completed by Friday, January 23, 2026. **No exceptions!!
Electronic or paper are both acceptable forms, both do not need to be completed.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8TAfVuINdS5nPJUEw-ErMAh6csfn88TnEwIYLQ0OwLPCgkw/viewform
If you are able to volunteer, please sign up using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904084AA4A72FA20-57674927-snowflake
Snacks will be available for purchase. A special dance bundle is available for purchase for $5.00. Dance bundle includes snack, drink, and craft/glow stick. Must pre-pay for the Dance Bundle option by 1/23/26.
Prepayment for Dance Bundle can be done via Pay Pal, Square or Square Space or you can send $5 cash in for dance bundle
Limited snacks will also be available for sale during the event.
https://www.awepto.com/store/p/snowflakedancedeal. **Please note Dance Bundle purchase is non-refundable. Our make-up date will be February 6th, 2026, if weather impacts the initial date.
The permission form must be completed by Friday, January 23, 2026. **No exceptions!!
Electronic or paper are both acceptable forms, both do not need to be completed.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8TAfVuINdS5nPJUEw-ErMAh6csfn88TnEwIYLQ0OwLPCgkw/viewform
If you are able to volunteer, please sign up using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904084AA4A72FA20-57674927-snowflake
ABSS Families: Don’t miss your chance to weigh in! Our Attendance Zone Planning survey is open until Jan 15. We want your input before any draft maps are created. In-person Community Voice sessions will follow! https://www.abss.k12.nc.us/page/student-assignments
All buses completed their routes at 4:45pm today. Please be advised that the afternoon routes will be impacted tomorrow as well due to a driver absence. The time that your child arrived at their stop today will be around the same time tomorrow afternoon. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
Vision Screenings Coming Up Soon--3rd/5th grade
Our school nurse will begin conducting mass vision screenings for 3rd and 5th-grade students beginning Friday, January 16th. If you do not wish for your student to participate in the screening, you must send a written notification to your student's teacher or the school nurse by Friday, January 16th at 8:00 am. If written notification is not received by the date/time your student will be screened.
Please reach out to the school nurse with any questions.
Thanks,
Kelly
Our school nurse will begin conducting mass vision screenings for 3rd and 5th-grade students beginning Friday, January 16th. If you do not wish for your student to participate in the screening, you must send a written notification to your student's teacher or the school nurse by Friday, January 16th at 8:00 am. If written notification is not received by the date/time your student will be screened.
Please reach out to the school nurse with any questions.
Thanks,
Kelly
Hello families. We will be splitting bus 88 students between the other buses for the PM route Thursday, Jan 8 and Friday, Jan 9 due to bus driver absence. Be advised that this will cause delays for all bus routes. We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience
Please delete if you do not have students in our afternoon Eagles Nest daycare program.
Dear Eagles Nest Families,
We are looking forward to our upcoming school event on Friday, January 30, and wanted to share a few important details regarding Eagles Nest programming that afternoon.
Because the event will use many of the shared spaces normally used by Eagles Nest, students staying for PM Eagles Nest will attend the event from 3-5pm under Eagles Nest and school staff supervision. This allows us to maintain appropriate supervision and ensure student safety.
While we are calling this a “dance,” students will not be dancing the entire time. The event will be highly organized and structured by grade-level spans (K–1, 2–3, and 4–5), with students rotating through multiple stations, including dance, snack, and a craft/photo area.
Eagles Nest students are not required to purchase the $5 Dance Bundle, though families are welcome to do so. Students attending through Eagles Nest will still have the option to receive their regular afternoon snack.
Parents may pick up their child at any time during the event; you do not need to wait until 5:00 p.m. That said, we hope families will allow students the opportunity to participate in and enjoy the entire event (which ends at 5). If you have not arrived to pick them up by 5 pm, they will be returned to the Eagles Nest program. Eagles Nest care will end at 5:45 (like normal).
If you prefer not to have your child attend the event, you are welcome to pick them up via car riders (just fill out the online form) following our normal change-of-transportation procedures.
Thank you for your flexibility and continued support. Please feel free to contact Dr. Westmoreland or Mrs. Keenan if you have any questions.
Ashley Westmoreland
Principal
Dear Eagles Nest Families,
We are looking forward to our upcoming school event on Friday, January 30, and wanted to share a few important details regarding Eagles Nest programming that afternoon.
Because the event will use many of the shared spaces normally used by Eagles Nest, students staying for PM Eagles Nest will attend the event from 3-5pm under Eagles Nest and school staff supervision. This allows us to maintain appropriate supervision and ensure student safety.
While we are calling this a “dance,” students will not be dancing the entire time. The event will be highly organized and structured by grade-level spans (K–1, 2–3, and 4–5), with students rotating through multiple stations, including dance, snack, and a craft/photo area.
Eagles Nest students are not required to purchase the $5 Dance Bundle, though families are welcome to do so. Students attending through Eagles Nest will still have the option to receive their regular afternoon snack.
Parents may pick up their child at any time during the event; you do not need to wait until 5:00 p.m. That said, we hope families will allow students the opportunity to participate in and enjoy the entire event (which ends at 5). If you have not arrived to pick them up by 5 pm, they will be returned to the Eagles Nest program. Eagles Nest care will end at 5:45 (like normal).
If you prefer not to have your child attend the event, you are welcome to pick them up via car riders (just fill out the online form) following our normal change-of-transportation procedures.
Thank you for your flexibility and continued support. Please feel free to contact Dr. Westmoreland or Mrs. Keenan if you have any questions.
Ashley Westmoreland
Principal
Bus 88 is running a few minutes behind. They left 5-10 minutes later than normal. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for your patience.
Our AWE PTO is hosting a Winter Snowflake Dance on 1/30/26. This event will be open to grades K through 5th grade. Free admission for all K-5 students.
Snacks will be available for purchase. A special dance bundle is available for purchase for $5.00. Dance bundle includes snack, drink, and craft/glow stick. Must pre-pay for the Dance Bundle option by 1/23/26.
Prepayment for Dance Bundle can be done via Pay Pal, Square or Square Space
Limited snacks will also be available for sale during the event.
https://www.awepto.com/store/p/snowflakedancedeal. **Please note Dance Bundle purchase is non-refundable. Our make-up date will be February 6th, 2026, if weather impacts the initial date.
The permission form must be completed by Friday, January 23, 2026. Electronic or paper are both acceptable forms, both do not need to be completed.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8TAfVuINdS5nPJUEw-ErMAh6csfn88TnEwIYLQ0OwLPCgkw/viewform
Snacks will be available for purchase. A special dance bundle is available for purchase for $5.00. Dance bundle includes snack, drink, and craft/glow stick. Must pre-pay for the Dance Bundle option by 1/23/26.
Prepayment for Dance Bundle can be done via Pay Pal, Square or Square Space
Limited snacks will also be available for sale during the event.
https://www.awepto.com/store/p/snowflakedancedeal. **Please note Dance Bundle purchase is non-refundable. Our make-up date will be February 6th, 2026, if weather impacts the initial date.
The permission form must be completed by Friday, January 23, 2026. Electronic or paper are both acceptable forms, both do not need to be completed.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8TAfVuINdS5nPJUEw-ErMAh6csfn88TnEwIYLQ0OwLPCgkw/viewform
Good morning,
This message is for car rider parents.
Due to the frigid temperatures, we will not be able to use our student Safety Patrol for morning car rider arrivals. Our adults will be split down the line, and we may need our older students to help us by opening their own doors. We appreciate your patience this morning!
This message is for car rider parents.
Due to the frigid temperatures, we will not be able to use our student Safety Patrol for morning car rider arrivals. Our adults will be split down the line, and we may need our older students to help us by opening their own doors. We appreciate your patience this morning!