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The AHS Mission is Inspired Students. Engaged Learners. Empowered Citizens

At AHS, our students and staff are:

Accountable

Respectful

Engaged

Mission, Vision, Values

Avon High School's mission is to create inspired students, engaged learners, empowered citizens.

We inspire, engage, and empower by:

• Cultivating meaningful and impactful relationships with students and colleagues
• Making learning relevant through student voice and real-world application
• Championing an equitable and inclusive education for all
• Using professional development, collaboration, and data analysis to implement high quality instruction
• Establishing high expectations for student growth and nurturing perseverance
• Celebrating all student successes

These principles drive the work of our learning community.

• The fundamental purpose of the school is to ensure all students learn at high levels 
• Educators must work collaboratively and take collective responsibility for the success of each student (Collective Teacher Efficacy)

We commit to being ACCOUNTABLE by:

• Executing our guaranteed and viable curriculum with integrity
• Following the four questions of a PLC using a structured collaborative team agenda
• Addressing inequities found through targeted analysis of student data and class materials
• Asking "How can we get better today?"

We commit to being RESPECTFUL by:

• Adhering to the collaborative team norms and protocols
• Assuming positive intent and creating a safe space for others to share thoughts
• Celebrating student and staff successes
• Abiding by the decision of the collaborative team

We commit to being ENGAGED by:

• Collecting and organizing personal classroom data in preparation for data-driven dialogue in collaborative team meetings
• Affirming each of us is essential to the team and to the success of student learning
• Sharing successful and unsuccessful instructional strategies to help the team

School Improvement Plan

Avon Community Profile
The Avon Community School Corporation, located in Washington Township in eastern Hendricks County,
is thirteen miles west of downtown Indianapolis. The community, which developed around the
intersection of a major U.S. highway (U.S. 36) and a major Indiana roadway (S.R. 267), has been in
existence since the 1800s. Avon has developed from an agriculture-based community into a blend of
single residential homes, apartments, businesses, and service industries.
The first Washington Township School of record was located near the site of White Lick Presbyterian
Church. In 1878 (fifty-one years later), ten schools had been established inWashington Township. Schools
located within Six Points, Shiloh, and Avon joined to form a consolidation within Washington Township.
Even now, the schools located in Avon continue to grow and expand. In 1958, there were 910 students
enrolled in Avon Schools compared to today’s approximate enrollment of upwards of 9,000. The Avon
Schools became a corporation on July 1, 1962 under the Acts of 1959, Chapter 202. The present school
corporation is composed of Washington Township, Hendricks County.
Hendricks County has experienced tremendous growth over the past twenty-five years. The population
of Hendricks County in 1980 was only 12,500. The population of Hendricks County in 2010 had grown to
145,414; as of 2018, the entire population of Hendricks County is estimated to be 167,009 which is a 14.9%
growth.
Estimated population data in 2018 shows a population of 48,268 residents in Washington Township
(heretofore Avon) alone, which is the township serviced by Avon Community Schools
(statisticalatlas.com). With an increase in population came a significant change is student diversity.
Though still an overwhelmingly white population, minority representation in Avon is more diverse than
rest of Hendricks County. The Black/African-American population, for example, makes up 6.1% of
Hendricks County compared to 8.9% in Avon while the Hispanic population in all of Hendricks County is
3.2% compared to 6.2% in Avon

Currently, 27% of Avon’s population is under eighteen years of age, while 11% is sixty-five years
or older. The median age of Avon residents is 35.9 while the state median is higher at 37.4. Median
household income in Indiana In 2017 was $54,134; the median income for Avon the median household
income was $80,209 which is a difference of nearly $26,000; this indicates that Avon Schools service a
relatively affluent population. Nearly 40% of Avon’s population has a Bachelor’s degree which is 1.5 times
more than the rate of Indiana as a whole.

Located in the center of Washington Township, the town of Avon was incorporated in 1995.
Incorporation has enhanced the township and attracted business and industry resulting in an evolving
sense of community. The addition of sewage systems and other utilities have resulted in significant
housing development in the town itself. Awide range of housing is available in the Avon area. Themedian
value of owner-occupied homes in Avon is $170,400. Projections based upon pending building permits
and approved subdivisions indicate that the Avon community will continue to grow and experience
substantial activity in commercial development related to small businesses and service industries. Avon’s
future looks bright thanks to its location, amenities, and a strong local economy.

Avon Community School Corporation serves over 10,100 students and is comprised of Cedar
Elementary, Hickory Elementary, Maple Elementary, Pine Tree Elementary, River Birch Elementary,
Sycamore Elementary, White Oak Elementary, Avon Intermediate East, Avon Intermediate West, Avon
Middle School North, Avon Middle School South, and Avon High School. The Avon Administration Center
opened in the fall of 2008. The elementary schools house students in grades K-4. The intermediate
schools are grades 5-6 buildings and the middle schools are grades 7-8 buildings. The high school
encompasses grades 9-12. The corporation partners with Brownsburg Schools to provide an alternative
high school program, Harris Academy, which is located in Brown Township in Hendricks County. The Avon
Community School Corporation is also a member of both the Central Indiana Educational Service Center
and Area 31, a vocational education cooperative.

The Avon Community School Corporation is governed by a five-member elected Board of School
Trustees, which has received state recognition as a Master Board. All schools are accredited by the State
of Indiana. As of 2019, Avon High School employs more than 250 certified and non-certified (support)
staff. Together with the student body of 3200 Avon High School houses more than 3,500 people on any
given day.

Between 2007 and 2020, Avon Schools averaged sizable growth annually and overall enrollment has risen
from 7,243 students to 10,172 during that span. The steady growth rate has diversified our enrollment
ethnically and socio-economically, as well as impacted specialized educational programs.
The following graph demonstrates the ethnic and racial diversity of Avon High School during the 2019-
2020 school year:

The following graph represents the free/reduced student enrollment trend for Avon High School over
the last two years:

Along with the increased diversification of the corporation, the English as a Second Language program has
expanded to 3.7% at Avon High School in 2019-2020 up from 1.4% in 2016. There are over 75 different
languages spoken throughout the school district. As a result, the school has been able to expand its ELL
support by adding 1.5 FTE during the 2020-21 school year.

The chart below demonstrates how various student groups are represented at Avon High School:

Extensive extra-curricular and co-curricular opportunities are offered to Avon students. The academic,
athletic, and fine arts programs have excelled at both the state and the national levels. Staff, parents, and
community members take a very active role in Avon’s school programs. A recent survey performed by
the Survey Research Center at IUPUI found that overall, residents in Washington Township think very
highly of the school system. Seventy percent of the residents rated Avon Community Schools as excellent
or good. Avon Community Schools is the second most important reason young families move to the area.

The curriculum of Avon High School supports the achievement of Indiana academic standards by being
aligned to those standards as well as the transition to the common core standards. All textbooks and
materials used to support these standards are approved through a collaborative process involving
administrators, instructional leaders, teachers, parents, community members, and the Board of
Education. The curriculum is available for inspection at the corporation offices. Teachers are expected to
base instruction upon these standards and are expected to list these standards in their daily lesson plans
as target objectives. Scope and sequence of the standards are monitored in collaborative learning
communities and overseen by the department chairs.

Avon High School employs two full-time instructional coaches housed solely in the building to support
teachers while improving the instructional strategies for increased student achievement. Teachers are
provided growth opportunities in collaborative learning teams and individually as they look to develop
data collection skills to determine students’ instructional needs, enhance and expand upon best practices,
and provide a positive learning environment throughout the school.

DOE School Profile Data

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Non-Discrimination Statement

Avon Community School Corporation prohibits discrimination and harassment. It is the policy of the School Board to maintain an education and work environment which is free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment including on the basis of an individuals actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender (including nonconformity with gender stereotypes, gender identity, and gender expression), sexual orientation, and disability, or on the basis of a person's association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.

If you or someone you know has experience discrimination and/or harassment at school or that has interfered with the school setting, you may submit a complaint form to have the incident(s) reviewed and potentially investigated by the District’s Title IX Coordination.

Any student, parent/guardian, or school employee may complete this form.  The form will be automatically be directed to the District Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX Coordinator or designated school officials will investigate and resolve the complaint under the District's policies and regulations, and consistent with all applicable federal and state laws.

The district will respect the privacy of students to the extent permitted by District policy and state and federal law. Retaliation against any individual who makes a complaint or who participates or assists in an investigation discrimination and/or harassment is strictly prohibited. 

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