Academy Avenue Elementary School

A Message From the Principal

Dear Academy Families and Friends,

Welcome! The 2025-2026 school year begins in a few short weeks. I hope you and your family have had a great summer and are just as excited as we are to bring in the new school year. I warmly welcome all of the new families joining Academy Avenue School and for those returning families, welcome back! While it's hard to say goodbye to summer, great things lie ahead for the 2025-26 school year.

At Academy, we love teaching, learning and seeing our students grow! We care deeply for our students and our staff focuses on academics as well our students' social/emotional development. We want students to be successful in all facets of learning and love coming to school each and every day. We have an incredible team of educators who truly love what they do. We look forward to the new school year ahead and working with you to help your child grow and achieve her/his potential.

Let's end the summer with bit of fun to bring in the new school year. Please check the "save the Dates" section as well as flyers at the bottom of this newsletter for the upcoming welcome back events! Please consider partnering and volunteering with our school. Our AAPC is an amazing team that supports all the great things we do here at Academy! We are always grateful for the support, events and activities throughout the year and by working together, we can achieve even more!

Again I send to you a heartfelt welcome! We can't wait to get the new year started with you!

Mr. Patrick J. Higgins

Principal

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Upcoming Fall Events

August and September

August 24-Kindergarten Meet Up 5:00PM-6:30PM

September 1-Labor Day Holiday

September 2 Ice Cream Social 5:30-7PM

September 2-3 Staff Only Days

September 4-Day 1-Half day for Kids in Grades 1-5

September 5-First full day Grades 1-5

September 5-Kindergarten Orientation

September 8-Kindergarten's first (full) day!

September 15 Academy's Open House Night 6-8PM

September -Academy Ave Parent Council Meeting 6PM

October 24-Fun Run SY26!!!

Things to Know

Here are a few things to think/know about for the upcoming start of school:

Class assignments: The Aspen family portal will be opening on August 22 for families to take a peek at their 2025-2026 teacher and classroom assignments. Click here for directions on how to set up/access the family portal.
Once you know your child's class assignment, please be fill out the student dismissal form for your child. If you have more than one kiddo, please complete an additional form. Click here for more information regarding dismissal procedures.
The school day starts at First Bell (8:50AM) and the late bell rings at 9:10AM. Please make every effort to have your child present and on time every day! The end of the day bell rings at 3:15 PM. Also please avoid the island before and after school as buses will be loading and unloading in that area.
We will once again offer the free universal meal program. Additionally, it remains important for families to complete the free and reduced meals form in order to expand opportunities. Breakfast is available each morning from 8:50 - 9:05AM.

New Staff Faces at Academy

Allison Smith-Special Education

Karen Taylor-School Psychologist

Michaela Tobin-English Language Learner Teacher

Just for Kindergarten Families

Kindergarten families will be receiving an email soon with an assigned time for Kindergarten Orientation, which will occur on Friday, September 5th. The first day of school for Kindergarten students will be Monday, September 8th and is a full day of school.
There will also be a special kindergarten meet-up event on August 24th at the Academy Playground at 5PM. It a great way to meet new friends joining the Academy family.