ADV believes homework (completed at home) benefits every student in several ways:

• it helps students, even the very young, develop greater focus and initiative;
• it helps students understand time management and study skills;
• it reinforces techniques and strategies taught earlier in the day; and
• it encourages parents to be involved in their child's education and stay abreast of the skills and information the child is learning.

Homework should be age-appropriate; that is, the length and difficulty should be based on the age and grade of the student.  ADV goes by the research-based "rule" that about 10 minutes of homework per grade progression is appropriate.  Therefore, Kindergarteners should do about 10 minutes of homework each night and 4th graders should do about 40 minutes of homework.

Here's a great article containing homework tips for parents!

Please download your selected form, complete it, and return it to school.

At this time, forms cannot be submitted electronically.

School Field Trip Permission Form: Please print and complete a form for each trip your child will be attending with the class (as that trip date approaches). Send the completed form to school with your child and give it to the classroom teacher.

Daily & Weekly Lunch Order Form: If your child will be ordering Pinellas County school lunches, please download and print for each MONDAY morning. Lunch forms will ONLY be accepted on Mondays for the week. Money for each week MUST be included with the form and turned into the classroom teacher.

Don't forget the lunchbox. Students provide their own "bag" lunches, drinks, and snacks OR order the "cold" school lunches delivered daily from Pinellas County Schools (price varies by family income). Orders MUST be received on Monday for school lunches.

Friday is 'Pizza for Lunch' Day. Your child has the opportunity to buy pizza slices on THURSDAY morning for pizza lunch to be delivered on Friday. Pizza slices are $1.00 per slice. Your child may order cheese or pepperoni slices.

Families may join their child for lunch any school day except state exam days. Lunch time is 11:30 -Noon. Please enter through and sign-in at the office to receive a visitor's pass.

Families may bring lunches to school for their child; drop these off at the office.

ALL VISITORS MUST REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOL OFFICE, SHOW PHOTO ID, SIGN IN, AND WEAR A VISITOR'S PASS AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY. SIGN OUT IS MANDATORY.

Teacher conferences to set up an appointment. We will be scheduling school-wide parent conferences in late September/early October. At these individual meetings, each teacher will share the most recent MET-8 achievement tests results and interpretations, and for grades 1-5, a comparison of the last year's and this year's test results. Each teacher will also share how the child is doing so far, and the goals and expectations for the year.

The Parent Student Handbook

All school volunteers MUST complete the Pinellas County Schools' Volunteer form and return it to school in person. At that visit, we will need to make a copy of your driver's license. Both will be sent to the Pinellas County Schools' Police Dept. for screening. All volunteers who will be at the school or with students must complete this procedure and be cleared.

Most have been returned to the school, complete with student emergency data. If you have not returned the yellow card, PLEASE complete the information sections, and return the card to school IMMEDIATELY!