Update from the Middle
November 6, 2020
Dates to Remember
- November 11th: Veterans Day (No School or Meals)
- November 25th-27th: Thanksgiving Break (No School or Meals)
AMS Holiday Ornament Drive For Almeda Fire Families
November 2nd– 20th - Flyer
Donation boxes will be located at AMS
100 Walker Avenue
The holidays are coming soon and all of us at AMS would like to help make the holidays bright for our community members and our neighbors in Talent and Phoenix who lost their homes.
They will need ALL things HOLIDAY!
Fake trees, holiday lights, ornaments, menorahs, nativities, garland, wreathes and more!
State of Jefferson Scavenger Hunt
The 22nd Annual Middle School State of Jefferson Scavenger Hunt is coming soon!
What is the Scavenger Hunt?
The Middle School State of Jefferson Scavenger Hunt is a competitive event promoting intellectual curiosity and academic skill. Developed and hosted by Southern Oregon University Pre-College Youth Programs, the goals are:
- To increase knowledge of how to access and critically analyze sources of information;
- To encourage team work in an academic arena, and reward intellectual curiosity;
- To offer experience in constructing persuasive arguments with supporting evidence;
- To emphasize the importance of organization, documentation and precision;
- To promote civil discourse and respectful argumentation skills.
When is it happening?
Bring-In Dates: November 16-30, 2020
Hunt Dates: December 8-11, 2020
Adjudication Dates: December 16-18, 2020
How do I join? What if I have more questions?
Contact Karl Pryor through your Inbox in Canvas or at karl.pryor@ashland.k12.or.us
Calling all OBOBers!
AMS Library
When you get tired of reading off a screen, we’re here for you!
The AMS Library is open (digitally) and books are available for check-out! Visit the AMS Library Card in Canvas to see how to place a hold on a book. Once we receive a hold request, we’ll pull the book from our shelves and check it out to the student. Students will receive an email letting them know that their book is waiting in the AMS Commons for their family to pick up. Books are loaned out for three weeks and there is a two-book (in addition to textbooks and required reading books) limit per student.
Teen Counseling Groups
Join the AMS Counseling Department for structured social-focused counseling groups. These counseling groups are an opportunity for students to meet other students, engage in discussion facilitated by our counseling staff, and build important social connections during virtual times. These counseling groups will explore topics related to coping with stress, managing a new “normal” during COVID times, finding balance in school, life, and relationships, and more!
Two group counseling time slots are available:
After School Group
Thursdays 2:50-3:35 (45 minute zoom meeting)
Lunch Time Group
Tuesdays @ Lunch (30 minute zoom meeting)
- 7/8th Grade lunch group will meet Tuesdays from 10:50-11:20
- 6th Grade lunch group will meet Tuesdays from 11:30-12:10
Contact Info: Allison.Hass@ashland.k12.or.us
AHS Theatre Proudly Presents "Clue"
High School Edition: Stay-At-Home Version
LIVE on zoom
Friday and Saturday,
November 20 & 21 at 7:30 p.m.
One Matinee Sunday afternoon 2 p.m.
Written by Sandy Rustin, based...upon the works by Jonathan Lynn, Hunter Foster, Eric Price and David Abbinanti
Directed by Jonathan Luke Stevens,
Sarah Daley – Virtual Stage Manager
Kristen Samek - Virtual Technical Director
A Comedy
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth the butler, Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave both cult fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out... WHO did it, WHERE, and with what?
Calling All Student Filmmakers K-12
IFF2021 Call for Entries is now open--September 2, 2020-January 15, 2021.
Launch Your Story and Watch Your Film Take Flight
We are looking for storytellers for the Launch Student Film Competition with short films that are innovative, inventive, creative, original, inspiring, relevant, compelling, entertaining, thought-provoking, funny, and unique.
Ashland Public Library
ONLINE PROGRAM: Virtual Haunted House Escape Room
Please note, this program takes place remotely via Zoom. Zoom meeting details will be emailed to you when you register. Calling all detectives and gumshoes! One of our librarians is trapped inside...
Date: 11/18/2020
Time: 3:00PM - 05:00PM
Ashland Family YMCA
- Art Class
- Gymnastics/Parkour
- Legos at Home
- Sports Classes
- Swim Lessons
- BSA Girls Troop 211
Newsletter Translation
The school district does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in matters affecting employment or in providing access to programs and services and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following person has been designated at our school to handle inquiries and complaints regarding nondiscrimination policies and to coordinate compliance efforts:
Name: Steve Retzlaff Title: Principal
Address: 100 Walker Ave
Telephone: 541-482-1611 ext. 3109
Email: steve.retzlaff@ashland.k12.or.us
Inquiries or complaints may also be directed to the Student Services Office at 885 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland Oregon (phone: 541-482-2811)
Complaints may also be directed to: Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue S.W., Washington D.C. 20202, or by calling (800) 421-3481 or (877) 521-2172 (TTY).