News from AGMS - 3/16/2022

BULLDOG BULLETIN

March 16, 2022

Important Dates

Friday, 3/18: MPHS Counselors at AGMS for Rising 9th Grade Registration

Monday, 3/21: SLT Meeting, 4pm

Thursday, 3/24: Footloose Performance, Multipurpose Room, 7pm

Friday, 3/25: Footloose Performance, Multipurpose Room, 7pm

Friday, 3/25: Spring Picture Day - LINK to Register

Friday, 3/25: End of Third Quarter

Saturday, 3/26: Footloose Performance, Multipurpose Room, 7pm

Monday, 3/28: Teacher Workday, No School

Tuesday, 3/29: Rising 6th Grade Parent Night, 6:30pm

Wednesday, 3/30: Early Release Day, 12:30pm

Thursday, 3/31: Virtual 7th / 8th Grade Parent Night, 6:30pm

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Announcements

SPRING PICTURE DAY MARCH 25TH

Metro Portraits will be at AGMS on Friday, March 25th to take spring pictures. You must register online by March 23rd to have your student's photo taken. Only students whose parents pre-register online will have their spring picture taken. Register using the QR code or this LINK.

You will be able to preview your photos before purchasing a picture package. Shortly after picture day, you will be notified via email that your pictures are ready to view. Purchased pictures will be delivered directly to your home. For more information (in English and in Spanish), please see this FLYER.

Metro Portraits donates a generous portion of each purchase back to our school.

STAFF APPRECIATION

The AG PTO Staff Appreciation Committee celebrated our staff last week with lunch and special treats. Thank you to everyone who donated to the AG Fund to make this week a success for our school!

AGMS RISING 6TH GRADE PARENT NIGHT

Please join us on Tuesday, March 29th at 6:30pm in the AG Multipurpose room for our Rising 6th Grade Parent Night. Attendees will hear from school administration about scheduling, student expectations (The Bulldog Way), and school pride. There will also be time for general questions.

This event is for parents and guardians only. Students should not attend. Incoming students attending AG feeder schools will attend a Pup Rally earlier that day with their fellow 5th graders from their elementary school. Elementary schools will share information about their Pup Rally event with families.

AGMS DRAMA DEPARTMENT TO PERFORM FOOTLOOSE

Come see the AGMS Drama department in their performance of Footloose!

Dates: Thursday, 3/24, Friday, 3/25, and Saturday, 3/26

Time: (for all shows): 7:00pm

Cost: $10/$5 students

CHECKERS SPIRIT NIGHT UPDATE

A big thank you to everyone who came out to the Charlotte Checkers hockey game last Friday night. AGMS sold 52 tickets, and the PTO earned $260 from those sales. Thank you to Meg Thornton for coordinating all of our PTO Spirit Nights!

HELP STOCK THE COUNSELOR CLOSET

The AGMS counselors are STILL in need of a few items to stock their supply closet. If you able, please send in the following to the front office.

Gently used AG gym shorts or basketball shorts (sized to fit middle school students)
Gently used belts
Socks
Gently used sneakers
Gently used sweatpants or joggers (sized to fit middle school students)
Pencils
Spiral notebooks
Facial tissue

SCHOOL TOURS

AGMS offers monthly school tours for prospective parents and students. Tours are led by parent volunteers and provide information to help you determine if AGMS is a good fit for your family. If you are interested in signing up for a scheduled tour, please use this LINK. Please note, masks are required while on the AGMS campus.

Spring Sports News

Spring sports begin this week. Come out to support your AG Bulldogs at upcoming home events. All games begin at 5pm. Use this LINK to see our team schedules. Spring sports include boys' and girls' soccer, baseball and track and field.

Community News

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSION FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL

A new high school will open in south Charlotte at the start of the 2024-25 school year. Funded via the 2017 bond, the new school will provide relief to Ardrey Kell, Myers Park, and South Mecklenburg high schools. The CMS Planning Services team seeks your input and engagement as they determine the new school's boundary and associated changes to the boundaries of nearby high schools.

The next community engagement session will take place on April 7th at 5:30pm via Zoom. Follow this LINK to find more information.

LET ME RUN REGISTRATION IS OPEN

Let Me Run is returning to AG this spring!

Give today’s boys the tools to be tomorrow’s men with the skill-building, confidence-inspiring Let Me Run program. The 7-week program for boys in grades 6th-8th provides a one-of-a-kind opportunity to reach and teach boys to become the best versions of themselves. Through games, activities, and curriculum-based learning, boys build the coping skills to navigate the challenges of growing up today, open themselves to making - and being - the best of friends, and earn the confidence that comes with completing their first or fastest 5k.

The Spring 2022 season begins April 19th with practices right after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 to 4:45pm. Scholarships are available. Learn more about the program or register now using this LINK. Please contact Erin Romeiser (erinr@letmerun.org) with questions or for more details.

MPHS ART FOR THE PARK

Please join us for the Myers Park High School Foundation's Art for the Park fundraiser on Friday, March 18th from 7:30-10:30pm at the BoPlex at Bojangles Coliseum.

Art for the Park is the Myers Park High School Foundation's primary fundraising event each year. We need your support now more than ever! This year you can join us in person for live music, food, and both silent and live auctions. If you prefer, you can bid from home on the silent auction pieces.

Silent Online Auction: March 12-18th

In-Person Event: March 18, 7:30-10:30pm

Click HERE to purchase tickets to the in-person event ($50 each) or to register to bid online from home.

CMS SURVEY FOR AIG

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is currently revising its local Academically or Intellectually Gifted Program (AIG) Plan. Please take a few minutes to respond to the survey that best matches your role in the district. Please share your feedback by Thursday, March 31st.

Student Survey

Parents / Guardians & Families Survey

2021-22 AG Fund Sponsors

Thank you to our corporate sponsors for their contribution to the AG Fund. If you would like to see your logo here, contact aginvestinexcellence@gmail.com.