AMS Weekly Update

Happy Friday, AMS families! Thank you for another great week! Next week is Red Ribbon Week! Staff and students are encouraged to participate in the themes each day. In addition to dress up days each day, our students will participate in a lesson on Monday, October 28 focusing on healthy choices and the dangers of fentanyl and vaping.

We want you to be able to preview the videos before they are shown. The link to the videos are below. Thank you for partnering with us as we work to ensure all Bearcats make healthy lifelong decisions!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCPkyRg_EkQ&ab_channel=AledoStudentMedia

https://youtu.be/kGj5HkjRmz0?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/A3hCh9HZkQI?feature=shared

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out. Remember to be the difference and have a great Bearcat Day!

mmusselwhite@aledoisd.org

MONDAY - OCTOBER 28

• AMS Game Day - Football- AMS vs. Danny Jones
• 7th Grade @ AMS - 6:00 Kickoff
• 8th Grade @ Danny Jones - 6:00 Kickoff
• AMS Tennis vs. MMS @ AHS

FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 1

• Student Holiday - Teacher Work Day

Thank you for helping us keep our building clean and avoiding messy spills! Students are only allowed to bring water into classrooms. All other beverages, such as sodas, Gatorade, energy drinks, coffee, etc., are prohibited. Additionally, all containers must have a lid or cap.

We are proud to honor our Bearcat of Character for Open Mindedness, 6th Grader - Elliot Skinner. Elliott consistently shows open-mindedness in class discussions and activities. He is always willing to consider new ideas and perspectives, even when those ideas differ from his own. His ability to listen respectfully to his peers and thoughtfully reflect on different viewpoints greatly enhances classroom conversations. His openness to learning from others shows a mature and adaptable mindset, which will serve him well in future academic and personal challenges

As a reminder, we have streamlined absence reporting for all of our campuses for this school year. It is very important that we have documented reasons for absences so that we can ensure your student is given an excused absence when needed.

Each week we compete as grade levels for the highest weekly attendance rate! We also set goals to be better each year. See below for this week's winner and our Cycle 1 challenge.

WEEKLY CHALLENGE

6th Grade - 95.85

7th Grade - 96.73 WEEKLY WINNER

8th Grade - 95.87

AMS - 96.15 INCREASE FROM LAST WEEK

CYCLE 2 CHALLENGE

2023-2024

6th Grade - 95.93

7th Grade - 95.72

8th Grade - 95.49

AMS - 95.71

Goal - 96+

Bearcat Nation! Early voting began for the November 5, 2024, General Election on Monday, October 21 and runs through Friday, November 1. Early voting is a safe and convenient way to make sure that your vote is counted. Make a plan to vote in the upcoming general election! For a list of voting locations and important information, visit aledoisd.org/BearcatsVote

There will be a parent information meeting on Thursday, November 7th at 6:00pm in the Aledo HS Band Hall. The meeting will be at the high school band hall. Come be a part of the award-winning middle school colorguard program! If you like to dance with equipment and props, and love doing some FUN choreography to music this may be a place for you. Please consider attending this meeting.

Friendly remind that CASH OR CHECK PAYMENTS ACCEPTED IN THE CAFETERIA ANYTIME and credit card payments can be made through MYSCHOOLBUCKS!

Go to aledoisd.org/childnutrition for more info.

NEW FEATURE FOR STUDENT CAFÉ ACCOUNTS:

Parents can now install daily spending limits –

For assistance: call or email Child Nutrition Dept 817-441-5142

or rgoodenough@aledoisd.org/pwillhite@aledoisd.org

In the event that you need to deliver lunch to your student, please follow the steps below:

1. Please be sure that the lunch is clearly labeled with your student's first and last name.
2. Upon entering AMS, please place your student's lunch in the bin assigned to your student's grade level lunch.
3. The bins will be delivered at the start of each lunch period. Students will be responsible for getting their lunches from the bin.

Again, we request that you limit lunch deliveries when possible. Also, in order to limit distractions, we will not call students out of class to receive lunches.

Thank you for your help with this!

Email: mmusselwhite@aledoisd.org
Website: https://www.aledoisd.org/AMS
Location: 416 FM 1187, Aledo, TX, USA
Phone: (817)441-5198
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AledoMSBearcats
Twitter: @aledo_ms