About Our School
Our core values are captured in the word, DREAM: Diligence, Respect, Empathy, A+ Self Control, and Mindful Inquisitiveness. Our mission is to cultivate these values in our students, so they become lifelong learners, who then become skilled leaders. We value hard work and commitment from the entire community of staff, scholars, administration, parents and families.
Our ultimate goal is to ensure that our scholars are college ready and productive citizens.
Our School in the News
We Celebrate with Kings
We Celebrate with Kings! For well over a decade, Newark Councilman at Large, Luis A. Quintana has hosted a Three Kings Pageant & Celebration. For it’s third consecutive the event was held at Essex County College’s Cleo Hill, Sr. Physical Education Building. Avon Avenue School was among the hundreds of invited students from the Newark […]
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Turkey, Rice, and Pies! Oh My!
Turkey, Rice, and Pies! Oh My! South Ward, Newark, NJ An annual tradition now in its second year, has once again brought a bounty of joy to the Avon Avenue School Community. With the help of their good friends at Enhance Church, under the leadership of Pastor & Founder Pastor Clarence, he and his members […]
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Avon Is Full of SMARTIES
Avon Avenue School Is Full Of SMARTIES ! Avon Avenue School was proud to kickoff this year’s Teacher Appreciation Week with a global confectionery powerhouse. Headquartered just next door, in Union, NJ, the SMARTIES Candy Corporation sponsored “… SMARTIES Like You Day!” at “The A” Principal Bird, excited by the sponsorship, shared that, Having a […]
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Chill, We’re Reading
Chill…We’re Reading Burrr! It’s cold in here! There must be some Alpha’s in the atmosphere! The “Brothers of the Alpha Alpha Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. The 123rd House of Alpha, the Brick City Alpha’s were active in the South Ward today. More than a dozen of the “Ice Cold Brother’s in […]
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