February 25,
2014
“You do what you can for as long as you can, and when
you finally can’t, you do the next best thing.
You back up but you don’t give up.”
-Chuck Yeager
Congratulations to the following AMMS students for earning a position in the 2014 Georgia All-State Ensembles for Band, Chorus, and Orchestra!
Yein Chae – 7th Grade (Flute)
Kevin Kim – 7th Grade (Violin)
Angela Cheng – 7th Grade (Violin)
Erin Ohm – 7th Grade (Violin)
Daniel Kim – 8th Grade (Violin)
Phoebe Liu – 8th Grade (Violin)
Jane Lee – 8th Grade (Cello)
Stephanie Zhang – 8th Grade (Cello)
Maya Kang – 8th Grade (Violin)
Kevin Park (Chorus)
Srija Sengupta (Chorus)
Erin Abely (Chorus)
Sabrina Elson (Chorus)
Gwen Cuccia (Chorus)
This is an amazing accomplishment for these students and they have worked hard to earn a place in this group! Having a seat in the All-State ensembles ranks these students as the top middle school musicians in the state. They have competed with thousands of students across the state to earn a position in these ensembles making it quite an honor. Congratulations to all of our AMMS All-State participants!
If you would like to attend any of the remaining middle school ensemble performances, they are free and open to the public. The concerts will be from 12:00 – 1:45PM (Bands) and 6:00 – 7:00PM (Orchestra) on Saturday, March 1st at the Athens Classic Center. We would love to have you join us!
More Exciting News: Congratulations to our Math Counts Team who
placed second this past weekend. Thanks
Michelle for all your hard work. Our
Junior Thespians also placed in their competition this past weekend. Thanks to Amy and Michelle H. for the great
work you do with our kids. And all of our French students received superiors at Linguaplooa this past weekend.
Where is Livingston?
News/Timelines/Due Dates
Congratulations to our TOTY Lisi
Furman and our professional of the year Robyn Magnussen. Wish the seed fund group luck as we go
present our proposals today! We should
know the results next week and we will be sharing at grade levels.
Seven myths about rigor – Over the next few weeks, I will be
sharing seven myths about rigor in the classroom from Barbara Blackburn, author of Rigor is not a 4-Letter Word
Myth 6. Standards alone take care of rigor.
Standards
alone, even if they are rigorous, do not guarantee rigor in the classroom. The
Common Core State Standards are designed to increase the level of rigor in
classrooms across the nation. However, if implemented with- out high levels of
questioning or applications, the standards themselves are weakened. Your
instructional practices, or how you implement standards, are just as critical
as the curriculum.
PRIDE
– On Friday, Feb. 28th
6th & 7th grade students will be
doing student choice lessons for the PRIDE. This week the choice is yours!
Topics may include Cyber Bullying, Making Good Choices, Self-Advocacy, Teasing
and Harassment, Top Ten Middle School Issues, or Honesty. Lessons will be
located in the mailroom in folders. Please browse and choose 2 lessons
you would like to discuss with your students. One will be used this week
and the 2nd lesson will be used next week on March 7th.
8th
Grade students will be creating a “Legacy Project”. This is a special two
week lesson that will allow students to leave their mark on AMMS as they look
forward to the future of high school.
Next week, March 7th will be an advisement class.
Noteworthy News:
Congratulations to the following AMMS students for earning a position in the 2014 Georgia All-State Ensembles for Band, Chorus, and Orchestra!
Yein Chae – 7th Grade (Flute)
Kevin Kim – 7th Grade (Violin)
Angela Cheng – 7th Grade (Violin)
Erin Ohm – 7th Grade (Violin)
Daniel Kim – 8th Grade (Violin)
Phoebe Liu – 8th Grade (Violin)
Jane Lee – 8th Grade (Cello)
Stephanie Zhang – 8th Grade (Cello)
Maya Kang – 8th Grade (Violin)
Kevin Park (Chorus)
Srija Sengupta (Chorus)
Erin Abely (Chorus)
Sabrina Elson (Chorus)
Gwen Cuccia (Chorus)
This is an amazing accomplishment for these students and they have worked hard to earn a place in this group! Having a seat in the All-State ensembles ranks these students as the top middle school musicians in the state. They have competed with thousands of students across the state to earn a position in these ensembles making it quite an honor. Congratulations to all of our AMMS All-State participants!
If you would like to attend any of the remaining middle school ensemble performances, they are free and open to the public. The concerts will be from 12:00 – 1:45PM (Bands) and 6:00 – 7:00PM (Orchestra) on Saturday, March 1st at the Athens Classic Center. We would love to have you join us!
More Exciting News: Congratulations to our Math Counts Team who
placed second this past weekend. Thanks
Michelle for all your hard work. Our
Junior Thespians also placed in their competition this past weekend. Thanks to Amy and Michelle H. for the great
work you do with our kids. And all of our French students received superiors at Linguaplooa this past weekend.Where is Livingston?
Ashley
Sutton says “I am passing Livingston on to Becca Myers. Becca came to
AMMS this year, and she has made an amazing connection with her students and
the 8th grade teachers as well. Becca is always happy and always has
a good outlook on any situation. She works hard as a science content chair, and
she is always thinking about what is best for the students. Becca works hard to
make sure 8th grade science has what it needs in order to function
as a group and that we are all on the same page. The students love her as well
as the teachers! I am her “mentor” this year, yet I feel like she mentors me
more often and I learn so much from her.”
Happy Birthday
Debbie Wigginton February 27
Kerri McCoy March 1
Lisi Furman March 1
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