AMMS Lions Roar

Ms. Anita Erickson, 8th Grade Assistant Principal

Dr. Mimi Gamel, 7th Grade Assistant Principal

Ms. Laurie Chans, 6th Grade Assistant Principal

October 14th Everyday F2F Begins (approximately 60% of our students will be F2F)

October 31st Halloween

November 1st Daylight Savings Ends (Turn your clocks back)

November 3rd Teacher Workday (students off)

November 4th Fall Picture Day

Face-to-Face begins today, Wednesday, October 14th. Approximately 60% of our students will be F2F.

Reshuffling - Almost all of our classes will remain the same and be simultaneous.

Please know that if you choose to pick-up your child as an afternoon car rider, there are two places for pick-up.

1. The carpool line
2. The far visitor parking lot closest to The Falls of Autry Mill subdivision. (Your child can cross the monitored crosswalk to this parking lot for pick-up)

However, please do not park in the lot closest to the car pool line unless you plan to get out of your car and escort your child across the car pool line at the designated crosswalk. Students are not permitted to cross the car pool line without you.

J.E. Trey Martin, Principal

For those students attending F2F instruction, all absence notes should be turned into the front office. If your student is out of school for an illness or doctor's appointment, the parent/guardian must submit an attendance note within 5 days to the front office.

If your student is attending virtually for the remainder of 1st semester, you can email your attendance note to pieperb@fultonschools.org within 5 days.

All virtual notes should include the following:

• First name
• Last Name
• Date(s) and period(s) they are out
• Grade level
• Reason for absence

Please include a doctor's note whenever possible for both F2F and virtual. These can be turned into the office for F2F or scanned or emailed to pieperb@fultonschools.org or faxed to 470-254-7630 if virtual.

Attendance will be adjusted within 24 to 48 hours.

The AMMS Library Learning Commons is hosting a pumpkin decorating contest! Starting on October 14th, stop by the school library to pick up a pumpkin for our pumpkin decorating contest! Decorate it with a book theme like your favorite book character or a setting from a novel. All submissions are due by October 29th and voting will take place on October 30th outside the library doors.

Prize categories:

*Most creative

*Top vote

*Spookiest

We can't wait to see your submissions! Please direct all questions to Mrs. Bongiorno, bongiornom@fultonschools.org

The Reflections Program provides an opportunity for students to use their creative talents by expressing themselves through their own original works. This year’s theme is “I Matter Because” and young artists may submit an entry in any of these six areas: Visual Arts, Photography, Literature, Music Composition, Dance Choreography, and Film Production. All entries are due by 9 a.m. on October 16th and should be turned into the Front Desk or outside of the Media Center. Students may enter more than one category, but each entry should have its own entry form attached. ENTRY FORM and OFFICIAL RULES BELOW.

The Georgia PTA has created a YouTube video highlighting examples of each category. For more information go to the GA PTA WEBSITE or if you have any questions, please contact Wendy Englehardt at wenglehardt@gmail.com.

If your student is attending face to face instruction and to ensure a more efficient way to check your child out of school during the day, please adhere to the following:

In an effort to avoid interrupting instructional time with the intercom, students need to bring 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 to leave class at the designated time and meet you in the front office. If students do not have a note we will not call them to the office until parents are at the school to sign them out. (for example, we cannot 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 early dismissal.

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

The next DECA, The Marketing Club, meeting is:

Wednesday, October 21st at 8:10 a.m.

Students can choose to attend:

F2F - pick up in café/gym

Virtual - https://rb.gy/sfopbx

All current members and interested students are welcome!

For information about joining DECA, contact Dr. Yasuda, yasudav@fultonschools.org

Congratulations AMMS DECA!

Join us in congratulating the 2020 DECA GA Only Testing Event Winners!

4 AMMS students placed in the Top 10 for the Middle School Marketing Event:

Jacob D. 2nd Place
Fatima A. 7th Place
Amrah R. 8th Place
Seoyeon (Jennifer) P. 10th Place

These students will be recognized at the State DECA Middle School Marketing Competition in March 2021.

We had a total of 31 AMMS DECA members compete and represent us well!

Approved absences for travel opportunities or important family events must be pre-arranged PRIOR to the date(s) of the absence. Please contact the appropriate grade level Assistant Principal via email requesting approval for the days your student will miss. These types of absences are limited to 6 days per school year and will not be approved "after the fact".

6th Grade Laurie Chans, Chansl@fultonschools.org

7th Grade Dr. Mimi Gamel, gamel@fultonschools.org

8th Grade Anita Erickson, ericksona@fultonschools.org

If you are interested in helping to spread hope, love, and support in our community and here at school, the Will to Live Club is looking for you. Please go the AMMSLions.org to access club information and complete the online survey to indicate your interest.

The Will to Live Club will host its first meeting of the year on Wednesday, October 28th at 8:00 a.m. Hope to see you there. Questions contact Ms. Van de Cayzeele at vandec@fultonschools.org.

Fulton County Schools is excited to announce the opening of Innovation Academy for rising 9th and 10th graders in the fall of 2021.

Innovation Academy is a STEM magnet high school for students interested in STEM-related fields. Our students will focus on project-based learning experiences that will help them become critical thinkers and creative problem-solvers.

Applications open October 15 and close on December 15. Innovation Academy will host two virtual information sessions at 6 p.m. on September 29th and October 13th. For more information, please visit our website, www.fultonschools.org/ia.