The Vision of Arlington Middle School is that our students are

inspired, life-long learners, forging a path toward college, career, or calling

and emerging as contributing members of society.

We Believe inBobcat PRIDE

✓Parental Support ✓Respect from and for Community ✓Innovative Teaching ✓Dedication to Student Success ✓Excellence in Academics, Service, & Leadership

We Believe in Our Staff

➢Dr. Allison Clark, Principal

➢Mrs. Tabetha Banks, Assistant Principal

➢Mrs. Melissa Lukas, Assistant Principal

➢Mr. Jason Reed, Assistant Principal

➢Mrs. Marjorie Johnson, 6th Grade Counselor

➢Sixth Grade Teachers

➢AMS Specialists

We Believe in Our 6th Grade Bobcats

• Classroom Locations ➢400 Hallway (Bus Lane) ➢Opposite side of building,8th grade ➢Practice using lock for locker

• MAPS ➢6th grade students grouped with their grade-level

peers

We Believe in Our Bobcat Communication

• Power School Parent Portal

• AMS Webpage

• Teacher Web Pages • Weekly Agenda

• Updated on Monday at 5:00PM

• Schoology

• Agenda Book • Important Dates

• Important Dates

• Hall Pass

• AMS PTSA website

• AMS PTSA on Facebook

➢Academics

➢Arts

➢Athletics

We Believe in

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➢Mathematics, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science

➢Coding, STEM

➢Band, Chorus, Orchestra, PE, Art

We Believe in Technology

➢AMS is 1:1 with student iPads

➢Rising 6th graders will receive their iPad on Enrollment Verification Day

★ Tuesday, August 1st, 2017.

We Believe in Technology

We Believe in Bobcat Opportunities

➢Visual and Performing Arts Programs: Art, Band, Choir, & Orchestra

➢Approximately 15 clubs and organizations

➢Extra Curricular: Girls & Boys Basketball, Girls & Boys Soccer, Girls Volleyball, Competitive Cheer & Pom

➢PTSA: Parent, Teacher, Student Association

We Believe in Our Students

➢51 7th Graders Duke Tip ACT

➢13 received state recognition

➢AMS had 1 student who qualified for the grand recognition!

We Believe in Our Students

We Believe in STEM

➢ 1st Place Memphis Middle Mindstorms ➢ 1st Memphis Mindstorms Prelim ➢ Tech Gurus Award Memphis Mindstorms ➢ 4th place, Flashbuild Contest at E-Day

We Believe in Band

➢Symphonic Band - Grand Champions - Music in the Parks - Cincinnati, OH

➢Concert Band - 1st Place in the 2nd Band Division - Music in the Parks

➢Jazz Band - 1st Place in the Jazz Division - Music in the Parks

– 7th grader - received Best Individual Soloist award for his improvised solo in St. Thomas by Sonny Rollins

➢33 - All West Participants

We Believe in Orchestra

➢8th Grade Strings - Grand Champions - Music in the Parks - Cincinnati, OH

➢7th Grade Strings - 1st Place in 2nd Orchestra Division - Music in the Parks

➢6 - All West Participants

We Believe in Choir

➢ Superior Rating - Music in the Parks festival - Cincinnati,OH

➢ Choir Grand Champions - Music in the Parks festival Superior Rating - WTVMEA Jr. High Coral festival

➢ 9 - All West Participants

We Believe in Visual Arts

➢Visual Art competed in many contests this year bringing home winners in BRACE, National Agricultural Day Contest, Delta Fair, and PTSA Cultural Arts.

We Believe in Drama Club

Drama – 87 members and all performed or worked backstage in The Little Mermaid, Jr. production

We Believe in Lady Bobcat Basketball

➢Lady Bobcat Basketball Overall Record 21 - 5

➢Runner-Up - Region

➢Runner-Up State Championship

We Believe in Varsity & 6th Grade Boys Basketball

➢6th Grade Boys Basketball Team - Champs Bartlett Christmas Tournament

We Believe in Cheerleaders

➢Mid-South Regionals - 3rd Place in Large Junior High Division & received a bid to Nationals

➢State Competition - 2nd Place in Large Junior High Division

➢Nationals - 3rd Place in Large Junior High Division

We Believe in AMSDT

➢UDA CAMP - Superior Rating, 1st Place - Home Routine, 6 All Americans

➢Memphis Legacy - Pom Champions, Hip Hop Champions

➢Universal Dance Association Mid South Regionals - 4th Place 0 Jr. High Pom, Champions - Jr. High Hip Hop

➢TSAA State - Hip Hop Champions (4th yr in a row), Pom reserved Grand Champions (highest reached in AMS history)

➢NDTC Nationals - Finalists - Pom, Finalists - Hip Hop, 5th Place - Hip Hop, 7th Place - Pom

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We Believe in Our Reading Program

➢ “By middle school, students have an image of themselves as readers or nonreaders. Students who do not read see reading as a talent that they do not have rather than as an attainable skill.”

➢ Donalyn Miller, The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

We Believe in Our Reading Program

➢AMS - State Regional Finalists 2017 Battle of the Books

Read 5 to Avoid the Slide At AMS, our theme is Read Fit. Being a good reader is a little like being physically fit. Research has shown that students who don’t read at all during the summer break lose many of the academic gains they might have made during the year. The reading of just FIVE books during the summer break helps to prevent this loss. We encourage our 6th graders to participate in our summer reading to be Read Fit.

➢5k - Read 5 books and receive an ice cream after school starts!

➢10k - Read 10 or more books, and you will receive an ice cream after school starts AND have your name entered into a drawing for MALCO movie tickets!

➢Be sure to document what you read on your reading log

OUR Bobcat Upcoming Events

★Enrollment Verification Day ➢Tuesday, August 1, 2016 ➢Check School & District sites for specific times

★6th Grade - Back to School Orientation Night ➢Thursday, August 3, 2016 5:30 - 6:45 p.m.

★First Day of School ➢Monday, August 7, 2016

★Teacher Parent Conference Night ➢Thursday, September 14, 2016, 4:00p.m. – 7:00p.m.

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