AMMS Lions Roar

Ms. Anita Erickson, 8th Grade Assistant Principal

Dr. Mimi Gamel, 7th Grade Assistant Principal

Ms. Laurie Chans, 6th Grade Assistant Principal

Ms. Marissa Jonas, Assistant Administrator

Nov. 11th Veterans Day

Nov. 13th 5:30 p.m. AMMS Volleyball vs Hopewell (Home)

Nov. 15th 5:30 p.m. AMMS Volleyball vs. Holcomb Bridge (Away)

Nov. 16th 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Fall Play, Aladdin, Jr. @JCHS

Nov. 19th 6:30 p.m. 6th Grade Orchestra Concert

Nov. 21st 6:30 p.m. 6th Grade Band & Jazz Concert

Nov. 25th - Nov. 29th Thanksgiving Holiday

Dec. 6th 4:30 p.m. 6th Grade Social

The annual Thanksgiving food drive for North Fulton Community Charities will begin on November 11th! Homerooms will be collecting donations of non-perishable food items November 11th-15th.

There will be a prize for the homeroom in each grade level that collects the most donations! More information will be posted on the Autrey Mill website as well at the following link: https://nfcchelp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-Thanksgiving-Donation-Information.pdf.

The Student Council thanks you for your participation!

With Thanksgiving break approaching, to ensure a more efficient way for you to check your child out of school during the day, the following procedure should be followed:

• In an effort to avoid interrupting instructional time on the intercom, students MUST have a note designating the time that they should meet you in the front office.
• Notes should be brought to the front office in the morning for authorization. The signed note will allow your child leave class at the designated time and meet you in the front office.
• Students without notes will not be called out of class until the parent arrives. (For example, we will not call them out of class when you call from your car). For this reason, you may experience delays if your child does not have a note giving prior notification of the early dismissal.
• Transportation changes must be made prior to 3:00 p.m.
• No check-outs without a note after 3:30 p.m.

Your cooperation with our check out procedure will help keep classroom interruptions to a minimum and will get you on your way in a timely manner.

We need your help! It’s the time of year when we give thanks, and the teacher and staff at AMMS do an amazing job! Let’s thank them for all their hard work.

We would like to give the teachers and staff a thank you of at least two $10 gift cards. Some popular gift cards they have enjoyed in the past include: Target, Starbucks, Amazon, Macy's, Publix/Kroger, Chick Fil A and other restaurants...GET CREATIVE! Please consider donating one or more $10 gift cards to show the AMMS staff how much we appreciate them!

The front office will collect the gift cards. The collection dates will run 11/4/19 - 11/18/19.

Please sign-up by clicking on the link.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D48AFA92EA0F94-giving

Thanks in advance for your support!

Lost and Found bins are located at the ends of the hallways for each grade level. There is also a bin in the Library and there is a shelf in the Cafeteria. This Monday the bins will be brought up to the Front Rotunda for clean out before the Thanksgiving Holidays. Have your student check for missing items!

AMMS students have worked hard to bring a “Whole New World” to audiences with their production of “Aladdin Jr.” on Saturday, November 16th at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the Johns Creek High School auditorium. Note: Change of date and time

Based on Disney’s 1992 Academy Award®-winning film and the 2014 hit Broadway show, Aladdin JR. tells the story of a “diamond in the rough” street rat who finds that the true value of who he is lies within. Down on his luck Aladdin (8th grader Brady Carnesale) and his three friends, Babkak (8th grader Heart Tria), Omar (6th grader Camden Yount), and Kassim (8th grader Cole Hall), locate a magic lamp, and an all powerful Genie (8th grader Katie Burkett) informs Aladdin of three wishes he can be granted. With this change of fate, Aladdin begins an adventure that will put his moral character and will to the test in an attempt to earn the admiration of Princess Jasmine (8th grader Ella Meyers).

More than 50 students have been involved in putting put this show together since September under the guidance of drama director Shelly McCook, chorus director Vanessa Edwards, and choreographer Maddie Tweed.

Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.autreymillchorus.com/drama-dept.html. Tickets can also be purchased just before showtime at JCHS, but please know it's cash only at the door. Shows begin at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the Johns Creek High School auditorium, 5575 State Bridge Road.

AMMS is happy to offer our Future Health Professionals student organization again this year. AMMS HOSA students in prior years have competed and placed at the International Leadership Conference in both 2018 and 2019! HOSA students have served our school by filling and distributing our red safety bags to each classroom, completing STOP THE BLEED training as well as hosting several doctors as guest speakers. Our award winning HOSA students have been featured in the AJC newspaper and will be in an upcoming edition of My Alpharetta Magazine!

AMMS would like to invite any students with a desire to learn more about a future in health careers or emergency medicine to join HOSA. Students are welcome to participate in the club regardless of their desire to take their skills to the competitive level. Student may join google classroom for more details. Student membership fees will be $50, this includes both state and national HOSA affiliation, testing fees and student t-shirts. Email our advisor Mrs. Terry if you have questions: TerryL@fultonschools.org

6th Grade students are invited to a Winter Glowland!

There is no cost to attend this event, but there will be candy for sale for $1 each.

All students are to be picked up promptly in the carpool line by 6:00 p.m. Students who normally walk home will need to be picked up in carpool as well.

If your child needs to leave the social early, please send an email to Laurie Chans at chansl@fultonschools.org.

Basketball - Boys & Girls

Both teams will be coached by Coach Dustin Owens owensd@fultonschools.org

The last information meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 4th in D109, Mr. Owen's room.

It will last approximately 10 minutes. No parents need attend.

Tryouts

Boys- Monday, December 9th & Wednesday, December 11th

Girls- Tuesday, December 10th (and maybe Thursday the 12th depending on numbers)

Fulton County policy dictates that only 7th and 8th graders may participate in extramural sports. As a result, 6th graders will not be allowed to tryout. There is one boys' team and one girls' team for the school

We invite you to consider membership in the NCL, Inc., Northeast Atlanta Chapter (National Charity League). We are a mother daughter philanthropist organization. Our chapter offers a program for members to grow as leaders, mentors, and friends while making a difference in our community through hands-on volunteerism.

Some things to keep in mind about the membership process:

• Timeline: Applications for membership are accepted during the Annual Membership Drive from October-January each year for mothers or female guardians and their daughters in 6th grade at the time of the Membership Drive. Membership could also be open to 7th-9th grade depending on current class size at the time of the Membership Drive.

• Sponsorship: A Prospective Member shall be sponsored by an Active Member and co-sponsored by an Active, Provisional or Sustainer Member in our Chapter. (We can help connect you with a sponsor and co-sponsor, if needed!).

• Residence: A Prospective Member shall reside in or attend school in the areas surrounding the Highway 141 Corridor, including South Forsyth, Gwinnett County, North Fulton County, Johns Creek, North Norcross and Peachtree Corners.

Please begin by submitting the following Membership Inquiry Form . This will allow us to provide you with further details about the membership application process and timeline.

Email us at membershipnortheastatlanta@nclonline.org with any questions or contact Kim Slawin, VP of Membership at kimslawin@comcast.net

Thank you again for your interest in our NCL, Inc., Northeast Atlanta Chapter. We look forward to meeting you!

With a win on Friday, the JCHS Gladiators finished the Regular season 9-1 and are the AAAAAA, Region 7 Champs, punching their ticket into the Playoff Season with home field advantage. The team is setting out to earn their first playoff win in JCHS history. To encourage the team in post-season play, the Touchdown Board personally invites our AMMS Lion fans to join us at the JCHS Colosseum on Friday, November 15 at 7:30 p.m. as they take on Alexander High School in Round 1.

Let's pack the Johns Creek High School Coliseum and be part of history as we show our Band, Cheer, and Football Teams, how much we appreciate their hard work in reaching this level of play and drawing interest and positive attention to the Johns Creek Community. We will see you on Friday at 7:30 p.m!