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
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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.
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Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.
-Sergei Rachmaninov
We learned that MUSIC rocks!
To stop the flow of
music would be like
the stopping of time
itself…
Aaron Copland
ORCHESTRA, BAND, AND CHORUS at A.M.S.
Through the ALEKS Software program,
math students completed problems
regarding elapsed time.
In PE, students timed each
other in the ½ Mile Run!
Students spent time in
many activities: Golf
Volleyball
Softball
Basketball
Track
Archery
Cheerleading
Football
Wrestling
Baseball
Soccer
Academics Clubs
A.M.S. Athletics and Academics…
Go, CATS!
Academic Team: 8 and 2,
District Championship
Quick Recall: 8 – 0
League Quick Recall season
record of 8 - 0
Won 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
201415
Records
And
During 2014-2015 we posted great
numbers!
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!
Technology students tracked
their electronic usage time for one
day in each of these categories:
Cell Phone
TV and DVD
Internet
Computer software
Video 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.
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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
Club
Chain Links
Pumpkin House
Schedule Distribution Tours
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Christmas Tree Sales
Special Olympics
Food Feud
Dime Wars
Relay for Life
Locker Decoration
Builders
Kiwanis
Salvation Army
Bell Ringers
Head Start
Easter Egg Hunt
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!
Plan your time wisely!
7th grade has
only 180 school
weeks until
Graduation?
2020
8th grade has
only 144 school
weeks until
Graduation!
2019
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!