A.M.S. Time:A Cross-Curricular Theme

Brought to you by math, science, social studies, art, English, reading,

media, music, PE, and Spanish

Time for Change

The 2014-15 school year marked the beginning of a new era in Ashland.

The George M. Verity Middle School Patriots became the Ashland Middle School Tomcats.

The color scheme and name were not the only things that changed over this time. The third floor was nearly completed and turned over to staff and students.

It seemed to take a l o n g time, but finally, the AMS gym was completed!

Construction continued throughout the year!

We became proficient at Fire Drills

The front of the school became the back, and then the front again…

…and the entire school began The 20 Book Challenge!!!

AMS students took the time to read over 4,000 Books!

And every class devoted some time to…TIME

• Art• English• Math• Media• Music• P.E.• Science• Spanish• Social Studies

AMS students studied TIME across the entire curriculum.

In Yearbook we made timelines and met deadlines each week.

Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music. -Sergei Rachmaninov

BAND,

CHORUS

ORCHESTRA

In band and chorus…

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself… Aaron Copland

ORCHESTRA, BAND, AND CHORUS at A.M.S.

We learned that MUSIC rocks!

In MATH CLASS

Through the ALEKS Software program, math students completed problems regarding elapsed time.

In PE, students timed each other in the ½ Mile Run!

Physical Education

Students spent time in many activities: GolfVolleyball SoftballBasketball TrackArcheryCheerleading Football WrestlingBaseball Soccer Academics Clubs

A.M.S. Athletics and Academics…

Go, CATS!

Academic Team: 8 and 2, District ChampionshipQuick Recall: 8 – 0

League Quick Recall season record of 8 - 0Won District Quick Recall with a record of 3 - 0

Golf: 2nd Place in the Regional Tournament!

Volleyball: A Team 10- 4 B Team 9 – 5

2014-15 Records And Times

FPS 1st Place District; 1st Place Regional; 4th Place State International Competition = TBA

Girls’ Soccer 10 – 5 – 2

Cheerleading: won second place in KAPOS Regional competition!

7th Grade Girls’ Basketball went undefeated 14 – 0 OVC Champs!

During 2014-2015 we posted great numbers!

Technology students tracked their electronic usage time for one day in each of these categories: Cell Phone TV and DVD InternetComputer softwareVideo games

They calculated and graphed what their usage would be for one week.========

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They watched the Kentucky Derby, which is said to be “The Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports.“ The 2015 winner was American Pharoah. The winning time was 2:03:02.

In Art, students looked at the color wheel as a clock, determining primary, secondary, and tertiary colors and combinations.

AMS makes time for art!

The Discovery Team did a study on the time element involved in the 1960s and compared the important issues to today’s world.

They also studied Jackie Robinson’s greatest accomplishment during that time of breaking the color barrier in baseball.

In Math classes, students learned to calculate simple interest: P x R x T = Interest

Students in Spanish class learned numbers and to tell time in Spanish.

They also learned that the concept of Time is much more relaxed in Latino cultures.

The Adventurers learned many aspects of time as it related to science.

They timed pendulum experiments, counted swings per time period, and placed pendulums on a number line that showed that shorter pendulums had more swings per time period than did the longer pendulums.

Science students watched Bill Nye’s Time to discuss how clocks were made—from sundials to Geologic Time Scale.

From the billions of years from the beginning of the Earth, they subdivided into Epochs, Eras, Eons, and Periods, to better understand the huge amount of time in smaller chunks, based on major events, such as Extinction.

Science students made a timeline that

represented 4.5 billion years. They made a model of Geologic Time and compared it to the calendar year. Most of the year was Pre-Cambrian. They learned how recently organisms began to appear.

They compared the concept of Geologic Time to a 24 hour day clock.

They also watched The Story of the Earth, which showed major events on Earth.

They learned that Man came into existence in the last 30 seconds on New Year’s Eve.

In several classrooms students learned that 21 days can seem like a very long time!

The Dream Team worked on the chronology of historic events and helped students situate new events in relation to those they had already studied.

In Social Studies they compared the growth and expansion for the time period between 1790 and 1825.

Major events included:Eli Whitney’s cotton gin, Robert Fulton’s steam boat, the Monroe Doctrine, and the opening of the Erie Canal.

Abby Campbell and Mr. Bailey assembled 4,256 reasons for their Pete Rose Project.

Throughout the year, we took the time to read and to count the books we read!

Each week our numbers grew!

We celebrated Read Across America!

ELA classes studied the past, present, and future through literature..

From WWII to the Future!

And our book count grew LARGER!

Mrs. Wallin said…

And look who made

The 20 Book Challenge!

We met The 20 Book Challenge!

And we met The 20 Book Challenge!

So how did we spend our 2014-15 school year?

177 Days, 4248 Hours, 254,880Minutes 15,292,800 Seconds

We joined service organizations and devoted Time to others :

Student Council Chain LinksBuilders Club

Pumpkin House Relay for Life KiwanisSchedule Distribution Tours Locker Decoration Salvation Army Big Brothers/Big Sisters Bell RingersChristmas Tree Sales Head StartSpecial Olympics Easter Egg HuntFood FeudDime Wars

During our time at A.M.S. we learned…

We learned that

Teachers and staff were reminded that…

Students learned…

Friendship Is Important!

Time is of the essence!

Use your time wisely!

7th grade has

only 180 school weeks until Graduation?

8th grade has

only 144 school weeks until Graduation!20192020

Plan your time wisely!

At Ashland Middle School

Every day counts. -Mr. Whelan

We hope you had the time of your life!

You made AMS a better place by being here!

Have a great summer!