La'Moniye Everett Dancer of the week, La'Moniye is a 7th grader who provides her energetic personality on the dance floor that draws the attention from the crowd. She is a 1st year Razorette.
The Book Fair is coming! Create a Book Fair eWallet for your child NOW so they can shop cash-free, worry-free, and independently! It’s easy to set up and easy for others to contribute funds! Start here: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/arkansasmiddleschool
#ScholasticBookFairs
#ScholasticBookFairs
AMS families, check your email for the September 15th edition of Marvelous Monday.
AMS Behavior Tip of the Week: Assume the Best
Your students will behave as you expect them to. If you begin with the assumption that there will be misbehavior, chances are they will fulfill that expectation. However, if you expect the best from them and communicate these expectations, they will do everything they can to meet your assumptions about their character and abilities. It’s just human nature, and it’s at work in everyone from children to adults.
This week at AMS we will build on our expectations from last week and assume the best from our students.
Read more here: https://westsidetoastmasters.com/resources/laws_persuasion/chap10.html
Your students will behave as you expect them to. If you begin with the assumption that there will be misbehavior, chances are they will fulfill that expectation. However, if you expect the best from them and communicate these expectations, they will do everything they can to meet your assumptions about their character and abilities. It’s just human nature, and it’s at work in everyone from children to adults.
This week at AMS we will build on our expectations from last week and assume the best from our students.
Read more here: https://westsidetoastmasters.com/resources/laws_persuasion/chap10.html
C.O.O.L kids September
Mark Your Calendar for September 16th to join us for our monthly VIPS meeting. (VIPS- Volunteers in Public Schools)
AMS Attendance Newsletter
We will have our first VIPS meeting on September 16th at 10:30pm or 5:00pm in the library.
Congratulations to our AMS Students of the Month for August!
🚨CALLING ALL FUTURE BASKETBALL PLAYERS!!!🚨 We have exciting news! An Elementary Basketball League is coming soon!
Players of the Game vs Lakeside
Lainey Hobbs
Tiana Brown
Addisyn Kyles
Lainey Hobbs
Tiana Brown
Addisyn Kyles
Players of the Game for Como Pickton
AMS 7th grade football vs Prescott will be held before the JV game tonight. Game starts at 5:30 at Rzrbk Stadium. Go Hogs!
Use this link to add an item to the agenda for the September 19th Friday with Forte meeting. The meeting will be at noon in the AMS conference room. https://forms.gle/v9Bw79vhanQURbCR7
AMS families, Marvelous Monday e-Mail's begin today!
AMS Behavior Tip of the Week: Setting Classroom Expectations
Students are better able to meet expectations when they know what those expectations are in the first place.
Key Take Aways:
Each expectation should be well defined: “Being responsible means turning in my work on time to the proper shelf and then quietly returning to my seat.”
Individual classroom expectations should complement the expectations of your schoolwide model.
Collaboration, buy-in, and student engagement are key, so invite your students to collaborate on determining goals and expectations.
Expectations should also be positively stated, such as “Keep hands and feet to yourself” rather than “Don’t touch others.”
Classroom expectations need to be clearly displayed somewhere in the classroom for continued reference and explicitly taught using examples and opportunities for students to practice.
Resource: https://www.panoramaed.com/blog/establishing-and-teaching-behavior-expectations
How To Support At Home:
Be Specific
Reiterate Often
Stay Consistent
Involve Them
Use Visual Aids
Students are better able to meet expectations when they know what those expectations are in the first place.
Key Take Aways:
Each expectation should be well defined: “Being responsible means turning in my work on time to the proper shelf and then quietly returning to my seat.”
Individual classroom expectations should complement the expectations of your schoolwide model.
Collaboration, buy-in, and student engagement are key, so invite your students to collaborate on determining goals and expectations.
Expectations should also be positively stated, such as “Keep hands and feet to yourself” rather than “Don’t touch others.”
Classroom expectations need to be clearly displayed somewhere in the classroom for continued reference and explicitly taught using examples and opportunities for students to practice.
Resource: https://www.panoramaed.com/blog/establishing-and-teaching-behavior-expectations
How To Support At Home:
Be Specific
Reiterate Often
Stay Consistent
Involve Them
Use Visual Aids
AMS families please complete the form for tickets to attend the September 18th AMS Pep Rally. https://forms.gle/WMSnCB1n6G4JWotLA
Behavior Tip of the Week:
AMS Families, we will be implementing Greetings at the Door in our classrooms beginning September 2nd. These greetings will be extended to student interactions when working in collaborative groups. Read more about Greetings at the Door here:
https://www.pbis.org/resource/positive-greetings-at-the-door
Families, you can also reinforce this skill by greeting your student when you see him/her. Here are some before school greeting ideas:
Good morning, superstar!
Rise and shine, brilliant mind!
Welcome to another day of amazing discoveries!
Hello, world-changer!
Good morning, future leader!
Ready to make today incredible?
Here are some after school greeting ideas:
Here comes my favorite problem-solver!
Hello, my wonder-seekers!
Good afternoon, possibility maker!
Here are my courageous questioners!
Hello, creative genius!
AMS Families, we will be implementing Greetings at the Door in our classrooms beginning September 2nd. These greetings will be extended to student interactions when working in collaborative groups. Read more about Greetings at the Door here:
https://www.pbis.org/resource/positive-greetings-at-the-door
Families, you can also reinforce this skill by greeting your student when you see him/her. Here are some before school greeting ideas:
Good morning, superstar!
Rise and shine, brilliant mind!
Welcome to another day of amazing discoveries!
Hello, world-changer!
Good morning, future leader!
Ready to make today incredible?
Here are some after school greeting ideas:
Here comes my favorite problem-solver!
Hello, my wonder-seekers!
Good afternoon, possibility maker!
Here are my courageous questioners!
Hello, creative genius!
School will be closed Monday, September 1, 2025 in observance of Labor Day. We look forward to seeing all our AMS Razorbacks on Tuesday, September 2nd.
6th grade families, to maintain the safety of our students and increase efficiency, we are making a change to 6th grade car dismissal. Starting today, August 27, 2025, we will have one lane of traffic for pick up instead of two lanes. We will have a SRO at the back of the drop off point to direct traffic.