Another great week! Our Ardis Ann Blazers are amazing. Their helpful and kind nature lends itself well to building a legacy of kindness and community. They help one another. They lead by example. They are our Shining STARs.
Way to go, Blazers. Keep shining bright!
Ardis Ann Middle School is a part of a vertical team in Bentonville Schools called "One West". The vertical communities in the district are designed to nurture intentional collaborative teams and provide a strong sense of community and belongingness to parents and students throughout every neighborhood in the district.
Next week is homecoming week at BWHS. Ardis Ann Middle School students and staff have the opportunity to participate in their spirit which we are integrating with our Red Ribbon Week. "Traveling the World and Coming Home to West" is the theme. There are optional dress up days for all of One West! The schedule is listed below for anyone who would like to participate.
PTO Spirit Night this Thursday at Muse!
See flier for more details. Help support the AAMS PTO and eat at Muse this Thursday evening. Make sure you mention AAMS.
Save the Date!
The Ardis Ann Middle School Scholastic Book Fair will be Monday, September 30th through Friday, October 4th.
Another great week at AAMS celebrating our students. These four lucky students had their Shining STARs pulled out of the weekly drawing for a logo sticker and a $5 Sonic giftcard for being examples of what our STAR Qualities represent.
Teens and Screens parent night. Bentonville Schools will host a parent night this coming Monday, Sept. 23rd at 6pm. Please see the flier for more information.
Principal McAuliffe will hold his first Coffee and Conversation of the school year this Friday, September 20th at 9am. We would love to see you there.
Hat Day!
Student Council is having their first fundraising event tomorrow, Wed. Sept 18th! Pay $1 to wear a hat of your choice. Proceeds will benefit the Angel Tree program through Sharing and Caring of Benton County. Our Student Council will sponsor several children in need. It costs $150 to sponsor one child. The goal is six children. So, bring your $1 to wear a hat and help sponsor some Benton County children in need this holiday season.
Our Ardis Ann Blazers are at it again.
The Shining STAR board was nearly full this week. So many students displayed our STAR Qualities throughout the week and were met with a Shining STAR to recognize them for doing so. Each week these Shining STARS are displayed on a board in the Cafe' for all students to see. On Friday morning they are all put into a bucket and two from each grade level are chosen for a Sonic gift card and logo sticker.
Way to go, Blazers! Keep Shining Bright!
September 16th Celebrate International Dot Day by dressing head to toe in dots!
International Dot Day is a global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration. The Dot, by Peter H. Reynolds, is the story of a caring teacher who dares a doubting student to trust in her own abilities by being brave enough to "make her mark". What begins with a small dot on a piece of paper becomes a breakthrough in confidence and courage, which has gone on to inspire countless children and adults around the globe.
Going GOLD to Raise Awareness ! When you go gold, kids win.
September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. This is a time to increase pediatric cancer awareness, support families facing childhood cancer and inspire funding for research, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and support.
To show our support and to increase awareness for childhood cancer, AAMS students and staff will be "Going Gold to Raise Awareness" this Thursday, September 12th. Please have your student wear Gold to show support in the fight against childhood cancer.
Let's give a huge shout out to our AAMS Shining STARs for this week! These students were caught modeling the STAR Qualities throughout the week (Safe, Tenacious, Accountable, Respectful). Way to go, Blazers! Keep Shining Bright!
Save the Date!
Lots of exciting things happening in the month of September!
Congrats to our Shining STAR winners this week. This was the first weekly drawing of the 2024-2025 year and we had so many Shining STARS to enter into the drawing. How exciting. Each time a student receives a Shining STAR they are able to enter to into the weekly drawing for a $5 Sonic gift card and an AAMS logo sticker. These student were caught going above and beyond for the school community and modeling our STAR Qualities: Safe, Tenacious, Accountable and Respectful. Way to go, Blazers. Keep shining bright!
Olive, the AAMS Therapy Dog, will make her first appearance tomorrow! The students will get to know Olive through various presentations given to each homeroom class. The students will learn about Olive, what her job is here at AAMS and how to properly interact with dogs. Olive will attend presentations tomorrow, Friday the 30th of August and again on Tuesday, Sept 3rd and Thursday, Sept 5th. Once those presentations are complete, Olive will begin attending school on a regular basis.
Kona Ice is coming!
Ardis Ann Middle School after school starting at 2:30pm and lasting until 4:30pm. Come help support our AAMS PTO for their first fundraiser of the 2024-2025 school year!
We hope to see you there!
It's time to elect our AAMS Student Council members for the 2024-25 school year. The Ardis Ann Student Council members are a group of dynamic, enthusiastic and leadership focused students. Student Council serves as a voice for an entire student body and actively work with teachers and advisors to promoate a better learning environment.
If your student is interested in being a part of the AAMS Student Council, have them pick up the application form and parent acknowledgment form from Ms. Rengers, school counselor. Applications are due NO LATER than Monday, August 26th.
SPIRIT WEAR is now available! Such cute styles and what a GREAT way to show your AAMS spirit.
The AAMS PTO is a fabulous organization and we would love for you to be a part of the action. See the flier for more details.
Come join us for an Open House, next Thursday, August 8th at Ardis Ann Middle School!
If your student's last name begins A-M, you will attend 4pm-5pm. If your student's last name begins N-Z, you will attend 5pm-6pm.
Families will begin their visit in the cafeteria to find their Homeroom Teacher. The evening will then begin in the homeroom classroom. The families will rotate throughout each core teacher's classroom so everyone can visit each classroom and meet each core teacher.
We hope to see you there!
Each year, National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day (May 7th) seeks to raise awareness aabout the importance of children's mental health and show that positive mental health is essential to a child's healthy development.
Next week, our students and staff, can participate in a Spirit Week to help raise awareness for Children's Mental Health Awareness!
