It’s not too late to join the AMS PTA! There's still time to join the PTA! Thanks to everyone who has stepped up. And if you haven’t gotten around to it yet, now’s the time. Sign up here. We have 252 members – if we reach 300 members by October 15, the PTA will buy all the snacks for the upcoming school dance!

Sign up to volunteer at the 7th & 8th grade dance on October 17! We need help with set up/decorating, chaperoning, clean up, and buying water and snacks. It’s fun – one returning volunteer says: “I love to go to the dances and haven't ever missed one!” Sign up here! 

AMS Parent/Guardian Social, October 8, 6-9 p.m., Headlands Brewing: AMS parents & guardians are welcome at our upcoming social event from 6-9 pm at Headlands Brewing, 1280 Gilman Street, Berkeley. Headlands will generously donate 10% of the proceeds from the event to the AMS PTA. Come out, meet up with other AMS parents and guardians, and help the PTA support our school! We look forward to seeing you there.

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  Attention 6th Grade Families! 

  We are beginning to plan the annual 6th Grade Halloween Party! Lots of parent/guardian help will be needed to make the day a success. One way that you can help is by volunteering on the day of to help support events and activities. If you think you will want to help out that day on campus, you will need to have AUSD Volunteer 1 Clearance. Here is a link to the AUSD Volunteer Information. Please get started and submit documentation by 10/17/25 so your paperwork can be processed in time for the party. Classroom teachers will be reaching out in the coming weeks with specific ways for you to volunteer or support the 6th Grade Halloween Party.

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• We also hope your child will join one or more of our school clubs. To view the current list of approved clubs, please click the link. Each club is reviewed and approved by our Associated Student Body Leadership every Thursday morning, and more clubs will be added next week.

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• AMS Cobras of the Month for September 2025     Athena Fu Niki Sherpa Eli Lawson Riley Wozniak Buddy Bautieste Arrwin Ghosh Aneira Monthu Derek Kong Landon Kunder Natanim Aemro Dylan Chu Tobias Stern  Lucca De La Garza Elia Faer-Beach Isidora Freire Kai Azimi Fiona Lin Persie Wedeking-Lucido Meela Chadha-Wong Aleksi Makiharju Felix Romps Tavi Preda Tristan Davis Maya Chen Rinzin Sherpa Jenna Sears Luna Tsai Owen Schulman Alexander Wilhelmsen Violeta (V) Alexander-Villamil Jordan Walck Gauri Singla Jasmine Zhang Lukas Weber Cailyn Cipollone Merina Shrestha Bettina Frank Roee Magidash Atharva Mengshetti Charlotte Ober Olivia Sandoval Jigmay Mugrig Jasper Ervice Aditi Subedi Jonathan Dasilve Adaline Barrog Ashtyn Shalchi Mia Boyd Blakely Parma-Watters Branden Bista Bryan Bai Tenzin Yangdol Hyabiel Fessehazion Coylee Peng

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• Student Photos are Ready!

  • School pictures are ready! To order, log in to your account on mylifetouch.com or create an account using your student's student ID number. All families can also log on and order a FREE Digital SmileSafe card. More about the Smilesafe program here.
    
    

• Chromebook for Home Use
  

  • If your child DOES NOT have a laptop, PC, or other device to do their homework, we will lend your child a Chromebook to take home for the year and leave at home until June. Students that are given a Chromebook for home use are responsible for the Chromebook and charger. We have copies of the Chromebook For Home Use Request Form in the main office or you can click on the link to view, print, complete, and return the request form beginning on Monday. Chromebooks will be given out after school. Quantities are very limited, so this is for students who need a Chromebook. If a student was issued a Chromebook and charger last year and did not return it at the end of the school year, another Chromebook will not be issued. Please email Mr. Christian Alcala at calcala@ausdk12.org if for questions. 
    
    

• Here are a few important links:

  • AUSD Academic Calendar for 2025-26

  • AMS Daily Bell Schedule for 2025-26

  • AMS BEST Student Expectations 25-26

  • AMS Student Handbook 25-26

  • AMS Bell Schedule for 25-26

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• Attendance Policy at AMS

  • Independent Study

    • Family trips should be arranged during summer and other school breaks as extended absences affect a student’s academic progress and grades. Alternative assignments while on trips do not fully take the place of daily attendance and participation in class. If an extended absence (5-15 school days) is unavoidable, parents/guardians must request an Independent Study form from the main office a minimum of 5 school days prior to the student’s departure; we would prefer 10 school days. Independent study can only be arranged for absences of five days (with a maximum of 15 for the school year) or more and cannot be granted during the last two weeks of the year. Independent Study can only be granted once per semester. 

  • Attendance Reminder

    • If you would like to contact the attendance office for any reason, please email amsattendance@ausdk12.org or call 510-558-3613. Email is preferred. Notes from parents delivered by students do not suffice to excuse attendance.

  • Students Leaving Campus

    • Students, please come to the front office if you are entering or leaving campus during school hours. This means that if you are tardy to first period, you must sign in at the office. If you leave early with a parent, you must sign out at the office. There are no exceptions; always sign in or out at the front office if you are leaving or entering campus during school hours.