AMS Morning Announcements

Announcements
March 29th
29th, 2016
7th grade 4th Quarter Wheel Changes start TODAY
**Computers goes to Industrial Arts-Industrial Arts to Art-Art to Spanish-Spanish to Computers
**Cyber Lit to Drama-Drama to Digital Arts-Choir to Consumer Arts-Consumer Arts to Cyber Lit-Digital Arts to Choir
This Friday, April 1st, is Autism Awareness Day! Wear Blue to show your support! (3/29-4/1)
Current 7th Graders:
Dont forget, the process for picking your electives starts NOW! TA applications are available on the AMS Elective Page and
the student office (to access the elective page go to the AMS Website and click on the Parents and Resources Tab). TA
applications need to be turned in to the teacher you want to TA for by April 5th. Late Applications will not be accepted. YearLong Interest forms and Zero Period Health Applications will be available April 11-15th. Remember to fill out a form for every
elective you are interested in and make it to all mandatory meetings. See the calendar on the elective page for dates and
times. (3/29-4/15)
Pennies for Patients
Pennies for Patients will run April 4-22. A little change can make a big difference! Please bring in your donations to help kids
get the cancer treatments they need! Our school donated over $5,000.00 last year. Lets do even better and bring in
$6,000.00 this year! The top earning class will get a pizza or ice cream party. And, any class that brings in more than $100 will
get a special banner for their classroom! (3/29-4/22)
ASB Informational Meeting
Do you want to make a difference on campus? Do you want to help with dances and the rally? Do you have idea for making
AMS a better place? Then you should apply for ASB! The informational meeting for ASB will be at both Lunch A and B on
April 12th in room 3. This meeting is mandatory for current 6th and 7th graders who want to apply for ASB. If you do not come
to the meeting you cannot apply for ASB. If you were elected to student government, you do not need to attend. If you
have any questions, please see Mrs. Thornhill. (3/29-4/12)
April 11-15 is Crayola for a Cause Spirit week!
Monday is Purple for Leiomyosarcoma Awareness. Tuesday is White for Lung Cancer Awareness. Wednesday is Lime Green
for Lymphoma Awareness. Thursday is Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness. Friday is Crazy Multi-Colors for Rare Disease
Awareness (4/7-4/17).
Walk Out on Cancer
Hey Yellow Jackets- do you want to leave school early on April 15th? What if by leaving early, you could also help raise money
for Pennies for Patients? And, what if you could get a smoothie at the same time? Well, you can in our Walk Out on Cancer
Event! Eligible students who are NOT on the non-activities list may purchase a ticket to leave 8th period 15 minutes early and
walk to Willys to get a smoothie! Tickets are $10.00 and include your smoothie. The rest of the funds will be donated to
Pennies for Patients! Plus, your ticket purchase will count toward your advisory classes total donations! Tickets will be sold
at the student office window April 11-14th before and after school and we are only selling 100 tickets, first come, first serve
with signed permission slips. Make sure you get your ticket early! Once theyre gone, theyre gone! Permission slips will be
passed out in advisory and available in the student office (3/29-4/14)
Walk TO School Wednesday is back!
Make sure you get a slip from your advisory teacher and fill it out ahead of time so you can just drop it off and you dont
have to wait to sign in! Well have students on both sides of American Avenue so no matter which path you take, you can
still check in! Dont forget to wear green! (3/29-4/5)
Marquee Birthday Messages
AMS has an electronic marquee located by the bus loop. You now have the opportunity to have your parents purchase a
birthday message to be displayed on the schools marquee on the day of your birthday! For more details, please see the full
document under Parents and Resources tab on our AMS webpage.
Snack Hut: Open every Thursday after school!