Auburn Middle School
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Auburn Middle School, also known as AMS, is a school in Auburn, Maine
. It contains grades seven and eight. The AMS mascot is Flash the Falcon
, and the school colors are maroon and white.
Students are split up into teams of around 100 students, then into homerooms on those teams, and then even further into advocacy groups
. The students only stay in their advocacy groups for a short period of time in the morning. After this activity, the day is divided into academic blocks that vary by team. The U/A (unified arts) schedule rotates from Maroon to White days and these classes change every quarter.
activities for an additional hour. After CLC, buses are available to take students home.
, boys and girls soccer, and field hockey
. The sports offered in the winter are boys and girls basketball
(a seventh and eighth grade team for each), alpine skiing
, and nordic skiing
. Spring sports are track and field
, softball
, and baseball
. The soccer teams, basketball
teams, softball
, and baseball
teams require tryouts.
at AMS are named Scott, Al, and John. Students tend to have a high opinion of them.
Teaching Teams
Unified Arts
Team Whitecap (7th Grade)
Team Bradbury (7th Grade)
Team Tumbledown (7th Grade)
Team Katahdin (8th Grade)
Team Sugarloaf (8th Grade)
Team Cadillac (8th Grade)
Auburn, Maine
Auburn is a city in and the county seat of Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 23,055 at the 2010 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan...
. It contains grades seven and eight. The AMS mascot is Flash the Falcon
Falcon
A falcon is any species of raptor in the genus Falco. The genus contains 37 species, widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, and North America....
, and the school colors are maroon and white.
Students are split up into teams of around 100 students, then into homerooms on those teams, and then even further into advocacy groups
Advocacy
Advocacy is a political process by an individual or a large group which normally aims to influence public-policy and resource allocation decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions; it may be motivated from moral, ethical or faith principles or simply to protect an...
. The students only stay in their advocacy groups for a short period of time in the morning. After this activity, the day is divided into academic blocks that vary by team. The U/A (unified arts) schedule rotates from Maroon to White days and these classes change every quarter.
Drama
There are two Drama productions each year. Every fall and spring any student who wishes to be in the play auditions, those who wish only to be on the tech crew are welcome to come, but need not audition. Many who audition for a role in the play also apply to be in the tech crew if they do not get a part.CLC
CLC, or Community Learning Center, is an after-school activity open to any student. From 2pm until 2:45pm, students must attend a guided study on their teams, led by one of the teachers. Afterward, they may pick from one of several recreationalRecreation
Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure and are considered to be "fun"...
activities for an additional hour. After CLC, buses are available to take students home.
Sports
AMS offers many sports. The fall sports are cross country runningCross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, boys and girls soccer, and field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
. The sports offered in the winter are boys and girls basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
(a seventh and eighth grade team for each), alpine skiing
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
, and nordic skiing
Nordic skiing
Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing....
. Spring sports are track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, and baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
. The soccer teams, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
teams, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, and baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
teams require tryouts.
Custodians
The custodiansCustodians
The Custodians is terminology in the Bahá'í Faith, which refers to nine Hands of the Cause assigned specifically to work at the Bahá'í World Centre in attendance to the Guardian of the Faith...
at AMS are named Scott, Al, and John. Students tend to have a high opinion of them.
Staff
Administrative- Mr. Jim Hand, Principal
- Mr. Kevin Shaw; DeanDean (education)In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
- Mrs. Susan Rodrigue; Administrative AssistantAdministrative AssistantAdministrative Assistant is a broad job category that designates an individual who provides various kinds of administrative support to people and groups in business enterprises.-Kinds of Administrative Assistants:...
- Mrs. Sheila Aliberti; Administrative AssistantAdministrative AssistantAdministrative Assistant is a broad job category that designates an individual who provides various kinds of administrative support to people and groups in business enterprises.-Kinds of Administrative Assistants:...
Teaching Teams
Unified Arts
- Mrs. Lecompte; Family and Consumer ScienceFamily and consumer scienceFamily and consumer sciences is an academic discipline that combines aspects of social and natural science. Family and consumer sciences deals with the relationship between individuals, families, and communities, and the environment in which they live...
- Mr. Robertson; Family and Consumer ScienceFamily and consumer scienceFamily and consumer sciences is an academic discipline that combines aspects of social and natural science. Family and consumer sciences deals with the relationship between individuals, families, and communities, and the environment in which they live...
- Madame Drew; FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
- Senor Ward; SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
- Miss Libby; ArtArtArt is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
- Mrs. Preble, LibrarianLibraryIn a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
- Mrs. McKenna; ChorusChoirA choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
and MusicMusicMusic is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture... - Ms. Dow; BandMarching bandMarching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
and MusicMusicMusic is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture... - Ms. Lutts; Physical EducationPhysical educationPhysical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
- Mr. Caswell; Physical EducationPhysical educationPhysical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
- Mr. Rowe; Tech LabIndustrial artsIndustrial Arts is an umbrella term originally conceived in the late 19th century to describe educational programs which featured fabrication of objects in wood and/or metal using a variety of hand, power, or machine tools...
- Ms. Shales; Tech LabIndustrial artsIndustrial Arts is an umbrella term originally conceived in the late 19th century to describe educational programs which featured fabrication of objects in wood and/or metal using a variety of hand, power, or machine tools...
Team Whitecap (7th Grade)
- Ms. Melcher, Science
- Mrs. Hillman, Math
- Mrs. Callahan, Humanities
- Mrs. Vaccaro Young, Special Education
- Mrs. Carson, ELL
Team Bradbury (7th Grade)
- Ms. Damon, Math and Language Arts
- Mrs. Meyer, Math
- Mrs. Bucciantini, Language Arts
- Mrs. Sutton, Science
- Mrs. Gowell-Gosselin, Social Studies
Team Tumbledown (7th Grade)
- Mrs. O'Connell, Math
- Mrs. Goodwin, Science
- Mrs. Penley, Language Arts
- Mrs. St. Pierre, Math and Language Arts
- Mr. Dumont, Social Studies
Team Katahdin (8th Grade)
- Mrs. Myers, Science
- Mr. Burnham, Math
- Mrs. Cherry, Humanities
- Mrs. O'Neill, Special Education
- Mrs. Aiello, Special Education
- Mrs. Palmer
Team Sugarloaf (8th Grade)
- Mrs. Doherty, Science
- Mrs. Barter, Language Arts
- Mr. Gibson, Social Studies
- Mr. Westbye, Math and Language Arts
- Mr. Carmichael, Math
Team Cadillac (8th Grade)
- Mrs. Avery, Math
- Mz. Marcotte, Science
- Mr. Gilbert, Social Studies
- Mrs. Campbell, Language Arts
- Mrs. Lariviere, Math and Language Arts
- Mrs. Vogel, Math and Language Arts