If you have a child who will be a rising high school athlete, or a child already in high school who wishes to participate in high school sports next year, please give attention to the attached flyer.
Thank you and have a great long weekend as Monday is Presidents' Day and students do not have school.
Go KNIGHTS!
As part of our commitment to continuous improvement, we are conducting a survey in partnership with Studer Education to monitor our progress in creating a positive school experience for you and your child(ren). Your feedback is crucial in helping us identify areas for recognition and improvement.
The survey will ask you to select the school your child(ren) attends. Once you complete the survey for one school, you will have the option to provide feedback on another school, if you have a child at another school in the district. Providing feedback to each school should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. We encourage you to complete it in one sitting, as your responses will be saved once you click submit.
The Parent/Caregiver Experience Survey can be accessed here:
https://surveys.studereducation.com/f/41822447/4417/
The survey is scheduled for 2/17/2026 through 3/13/2026.
To maintain confidentiality of the Parent/Caregiver Survey, our partners at Studer Education will be administering the survey, managing the data collection, and aggregating the data to provide results reports to leaders.
Thank you for your partnership,
Ryan Stokes
This is Mr. Stokes with a few very important announcements. First, please remember tomorrow evening, Thursday, 2/19, Avalon will hold it's annual AMS STEAM Night from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. We will have multiple stations where teachers will highlight STEAM activities, as well as multiple booths set up to highlight our elective classes. Please stop by to check these out as we will send out 2026/2027 Course Selection forms in the very near future. While we will have some food available inside the school (limited amounts), we will also have Kona Ice and Rolling Embers Brick Oven on site at the parent drop-off/pick-up loop selling food items. Please join us.
Also, Pace High School is excited to host a c/o 2030 Parent Night. This event will take place on Monday, March 2nd, 2026, from 4:30–5:30 pm at Pace High School’s Gym. During Parent Night, they will share essential information about your child’s upcoming transition to high school. Pace High wishes to invite all parents of current 8th-grade students who will attend Pace High next year. If you cannot attend in person, they will provide a recording and presentation slides afterward.
The third quarter of the school year will be over very soon. Please continue to monitor your child's grades and reach out to their teachers when you have concerns. Also, please help us emphasize the importance of regular attendance.
Thank you & Go KNIGHTS!
Coach Napier has applications and will also take completed applications. 🙂
We'd love your feedback! Please take a moment to complete our short survey so we can keep improving future events:
https://forms.office.com/r/Cauw3k31d7
Thanks for being such an incredible school community! 🧪🎨🤖📐✨
If your child participates in Minecraft Club on Thursday afternoons, it is cancelled today.
Thank you for your understanding.
Go KNIGHTS!
This is Mr. Stokes with several particularly important announcements regarding our school and upcoming events.
• Next week, Feb 9th, is Mid-Term. Please check your child’s grades in FOCUS regularly.
• The AMS Impact Club will sell Valentine Candy Grams each day during all three lunches for $1.00. Sales will take place starting tomorrow and last until 2/12.
• AMS Yearbooks are on sale for $45. Please see the attached flyer and order yours online.
• PARENT DROP-OFF:
o For our children’s safety, use only the first lane for dropping your child in the mornings.
o Please be mindful of other parents and children and keep the line moving.
• Please remind your child of the Cell Phone Policy:
o Phones are to be silenced & put away once students enter the building in the mornings.
o Phones must stay silenced & put away for the remainder of the day until the dismissal bell.
• Attendance matters. Please help us by making sure your child attends regularly. If they must be out for any reason, please provide notes. We want your child to be successful but need them here in order for that to happen.
The Spring Semester is a very busy time of the year, and before you know it, summer will be upon us. We have a great deal left to teach and we know our students are capable of remarkable things as well. Thank you for working with us. Please reach out if you have any questions.
Go KNIGHTS!
Next week is Literacy Week and we have several activities planned for the students each day. Please see the attached Literacy Week flyer for daily trivia and dress-up themes. We look forward to a fun week as we celebrate reading, especially at a young age.
We also have our annual STEAM Night coming up in February. More information will come later for this event. We are very proud of our Band students, especially those who have and are representing Avalon in All-County and All-State. We also wish luck to our Chorus students as they prepare to do the same. Ms. Reeves & Mr. Philley are amazing at what they do, and Avalon is lucky to have them.
Thank you for trusting us with your children. Have a safe and restful weekend.
Go KNIGHTS!
Ryan Stokes
Avalon Middle School Principal
StokesR@santarosa.k12.fl.us
850-983-5540
Track and Field season is upon us. We are having an interest meeting this Friday, January 23rd from 7:45am-8:45am with a short practice after the meeting. If your student has a permission slip on file for Cross-Country, they will not need another permission slip for Track. They will need a permission slip for the meets if they qualify to run. Those slips will go out closer to the meets. We will participate in 2 meets at Pace High School this year. The first will be the Frank Lay Invitational on Friday, March 27th. The top 2 runners for each event will be able to participate. The 2nd meet will be the North End Invitational on Wednesday, April 1st. The top 4 runners for each event will be able to participate. We will have qualifying runs during practice to determine who the top 2-4 runners are. We will also need to take a couple of alternates.
The events are boys’ and girls’ divisions, not grade level, and as follows:
• 4x800m relay (1 per gender)
• 100m
• 200m
• 400m
• 1600m
• 4x100m relay (1 per gender)
• 4x400m relay (1 per gender)
• Shot put
• Discus
We may have a school-based track meet with other schools on the north end. We will keep you posted.
Order forms for jerseys will go home the first week of practice. They will be $20, payable by cash or check made out to Avalon Middle School. Students are not required to purchase a jersey. We have jerseys that students may borrow. If they are not returned, students responsible for the cost of the missing jersey.
We look forward to a great season!
Coach Huntington
Coach Richardson
Go KNIGHTS!
I hope all is well and that the second semester is off to a great start for your child. Please remember, Second Quarter/First Semester Report Cards posted for your child last Friday in FOCUS. You can visit your child's FOCUS account to see their grades.
There are several events taking place soon that I wish to bring to your attention.
Attached is the FL DOE ESE Parent Survey flyer for 2026. In addition to a direct link, a QR code is provided for parents to easily access the survey. If you have a child with an IEP or an EP, please take time to visit this site and complete the online survey. The survey will remain open through June 30th.
Also, I would like to announce the upcoming Birth to Five: Help Me Thrive event, scheduled for Saturday, March 7, from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM at the Santa Rosa County Auditorium. This event aims to support our community and highlight the importance of early childhood development.
In addition, I would like to bring attention to Santa Rosa County's Career Pathways Expo. Postcards were mailed directly to all 8th grade families in the district. While this is aimed to assist students entering high school, all students and families are welcome. The event will take place on February 5th from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Dillon Center.
Again, I thank you for a strong beginning to our second semester. Please reach out if you have questions or concerns.
Go KNIGHTS!
Ryan Stokes
Avalon Middle School Principal
StokesR@santarosa.k12.fl.us
850-983-5540
Hello, Avalon Middle families. Welcome to 2026.
This Friday, January 16th, there will be an A & A/B Honor Roll celebration for all students performing at those levels during the second quarter. Your child's report card will post this Friday in FOCUS.
Tomorrow, we will have a full scale lockdown drill toward the end of the school day. Please be aware this is simply a monthly scheduled drill.
Track season is set to kick off January 23rd. This first meeting will be an informational meeting for the students and will begin at 7:45 am in the multipurpose room. Students can be dropped off at the car rider pickup/drop off ramp. Students will need a permission slip to participate in track. Those students who signed a permission slip for Cross Country do NOT need to have another permission slip signed—they are cleared to compete. Any study who did NOT participate in Cross Country will need to pick up a permission slip from the folder hanging outside Coach Richardson's door in Blue Hall, room 613. Practice days/times will be every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7:45 am. Please note that we will still hold practice on inclement days, as there are activities we can do in the multipurpose room. Practice is on unless we cancel through the Rooms app. If you have not installed Rooms, or do not regularly monitor it, please consider checking it out, as we post updates to the Track Season in our Track and Cross Country Room. Coach Huntington will be updating the Room with any new parents as the season gets underway. There will be two organized meets this season: The Patriot Invitational is set for Friday, March 27th, while the North End Invitational is set for Wednesday, April 1st. Both meets are at Pace High School. More information will follow on these meets, as we will only be able to take our athletes with the fastest qualifying times to these meets and a special release/permission slip will be required for those athletes. Lastly, students will be provided jerseys to wear at meets and appropriate track attire is required for practices: PE clothes (no jeans) with running shoes (no crocs/house shoes). Please direct questions to Coach Huntington (lhuntington@santarosa.k12.fl.us) or Coach Richardson (richardsont@santarosa.k12.fl.us).
Thank you for your time, and Go KNIGHTS!
Ryan Stokes
Avalon middle School Principal
StokesR@santarosa.k12.fl.us
850-983-5540
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