Happenings

Oct. 25 6:30 IB information night at AMS

Oct. 26 ONE ANNAPOLIS AMS 5:30-7:30PM

Nov. 2 End of 1st quarter, 2 hour early dismissal

Nov. 5 Beginning of second marking period Nov. 6 No school, election day

Nov. 13 PTSA Meeting in the Media Center at 6:30pm. Date change due to Thanksgiving Break.

Nov. 16 Report card distribution

Nov. 19-20 Schools closed for students. Parent/Teacher conferences for elementary and middle schools. Professional Development/Workday for high school

Nov. 21-23 Thanksgiving Holiday - All Schools and Central Offices Closed

Magnet Information Nights

For parents of 8th graders, a reminder about magnet information nights for high school.Online mag-net applications are accepted starting in October, and the application process closes after two months. Specific information nights will be held from 6:30-8 on Oct. 23 for Bio-Medical Allied Health, and Nov. 7 from 6-8 pm at CAT South for the Centers for Applied Technology program. More information on magnet programs is available on the county's website

The Bus is Back!

Volunteers greatly appreciated for the return of our award-winning STUFF THE BUS food drive promotion!

Food donations will be collected in Caring Communities and then put on the bus during Advisory period on Monday,October 22, October 29 and November 5. Please contact Ms. Keough for more information. LKEOUGH@aacps.org or 410.267.8658

Take Charge of Education at Target

Another simple way to help your school! Sign up for Take Charge of Education and designate AMS to donate 1% of your REDcard purchases at Target. It is that easy!

Use the following link to get started https://www-secure.target.com/redcard/tcoe/schooldetails?schoolId=57329&enroll=yes

At this time it seems we only have a few people signed up! Spread the word and help AMS now!

AMS needs Sweaters and Sweatshirts!

Donate new or gently used school sweaters and sweatshirts. Drop your donation off in the main office at Annapolis Middle School. Please label your bag with "Sweater Drive".

* All sizes are welcome.

* Crew necks, V-necks, and cardigans

* Must be school uniform colors: navy blue, gray, white or dark purple.

* Solid colors only

K and B True Value Hardware Store

on Forest Drive is once again generously including AMS in its fall school giving program. From September 1-Oct. 31, 10 percent of sales made by AMS supporters will be donated to the school. No coupon is necessary - just tell the cashier that you wish your purchase to support our school. Make sure to remind friends and family about this great program as well!

AACPS IB Community on Facebook

Did you know that there are 11 International Baccalaureate Schools in AACPS now? There are three high, three middle, and five elementary schools offering IB programs to our students. Keep up with the latest AACPS IB news through our AACPS IB Community Facebook page. Click the link below and "Like" the page to follow the news and happenings around the county. https://www.facebook.com/pages/AACPS-IB-Community/128273747189720

Calling All Volunteers!

Any time you can donate to AMS is greatly appreciated.

Opportunities include:

Honor Roll Ice Cream parties: three times a year, usually a mid-week afternoon in No-vember, February, and May, from 1- 3 pm, scooping ice cream at our parties to congratu-late honor roll students. Parents who cannot attend can make monetary donations or do-nate toppings, supplies, and/or raffle items. Dragon Den/Dream Shop - parents are welcome to help with Dragon Den (a store open during lunch at which student can purchase school supplies, books, etc. with dragon dol-lars), either staffing or providing donations of supplies and books, or with the Dream Shop (a seasonal shop open around the holidays). Dragon Closet- help is greatly needed - gently used or new uniforms are donated to needy students or students who need to change clothes during the day for any reason. Clothing needs to be laundered and organized. This can be done at any time. Fall Fundraiser delivery day - help is needed with sorting, organizing, and coordinating student pick-up all items purchased during the fall fundraiser. The items come into the school in mid-November. Teacher Appreciation - coordination, serving, set up, and/or donations of food, beverag-es, and raffle items for the teacher/staff back-to-school breakfast in mid-August and the teacher appreciation day breakfast in early May. Pep Rallys- two pep rallies are held each year - back to school in the early fall, and MSA (March 1 this

year), both in the afternoon. Parents can attend, donate raffle items, and help with games. Receipts - Please register your Giant (ww.giantfood.com/our_stores/bonus_bucks) and Safeway (http://backtoschools.escrip.com/) cards with AMS as a beneficiary, and a per-centage of your grocery bill is donated to our school. Box tops - Students bring box tops from General Mills and other participants (top of the box says "box tops for education") to the front office, the students receive dragon dollars, and the box tops are sent in to the Box Tops for Education program. AMS then receives a certain amount of money based on the number of box tops. Attached you will find a sheet you can print out at home to collect the box tops. Students can then return the sheet to the front office once it is filled to receive 20 Dragon Dollars.