Cobra Caughtcha Winners:
6th grade: Emiko Martinez-Mass
7th grade: Evan Brill
8th grade: Julia Miya
Yesterday, we celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said "The time is always right to do what is right." Let's keep that in our minds as we move through the day today. Connected to his civil rights vision in the 1960s, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta organized a labor union called the National Farm Workers Association. In 1965, the NFWA helped to lead a strike against 33 grape growers in California's Central Valley. For months, there seemed to be no chance for the farm unions to win the strike, but in the summer of 1966 they began to win a series of brilliant victories as Cesar Chavez brought together labor unions, church groups, student activists, people of color, and consumers.
Starting today, ultimate frisbee will be offered during lunch time activities on the field on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The game will be between the 50 and 30 yard lines from 12:30 - 1:15. 7th and 8th graders wanting to play flag football will need to wait until the end of the 6th grade football game to play. Come out and huck some disc! All skills levels and genders welcome.
8th graders, bring your kiddie pictures for the yearbook to Ms Lewit. The deadline is THIS Friday - no pictures will be accepted late!
Designs for this year’s Unity Week T-Shirt are due to Ms. Uyeda's mailbox by Friday, January 26. Your design must include the words “AMS Unity Week” and symbolize “unity.” The two winning artists get $50 cash prizes!
ATTENTION, 7th and 8th grade LOFTUS CREW! Ms. Loftus is visiting AMS THIS FRIDAY! Please hang out with Ms. Loftus and Ms. Peairs and share your favorite memories from 12:30-1:00 in Room 217! We hope to see you there!
Our next focus group will gather ideas from students about how to make AMS a more inclusive and safe place for people of all gender and sexual identities. It will be held on January 23rd at lunch - pizza will be provided! - in the art room. Make your voice heard! Sign up this week on the clipboard outside the library. We can take the first 18 students who sign up, but if you have participated in the last focus groups, please give other students a chance to sign up first. Thank you!
At lunch today:
- Earth Team is meeting in 107
- Safe School Ambassadors have Family Group Meetings in your usual classrooms. See you there!