Middle School Track Practice will resume today!
ALL District Chorus
Congratulations to the following AMS Raider Chorus students for achieving an unprecedented 100% selection rate to ALL District Chorus:
Karly Jenkins
Sarah Witt
Aislynn Sandman
Were all selected as Sopranos to the mixed chorus. They will represent Appomattox Middle School with other selectees from across the district in a choral performance held in the Roanoke area in March. Congratulations! We are proud of your hard work!
The AMS PTO would like to invite parents, students, and the community to its Fall Dodgeball fundraiser. Staff and students will be competing against the First responders. Admission is $5 at 6pm November 21.
After School Remediation will be each Tuesday and Thursday until 4:45.
If any student or family member who attended the NJHS Ceremony lost a pair of glasses, we have a pair here in the Main Office that was turned in.
Coach Stokes is inviting everyone to the high school at 6 pm for our Volleyball game. It's the State Final Four!!! Tickets are $10 to get in and can be found online to purchase!
A BIG congratulations to Elly Nash who competed in the National Cross Country Meet in Louisville Kentucky on Saturday. Elly finished 22nd overall in a time of 15:25 over the 4K course. Finishing in the top 25 runners earned Elly "All American" running status!
AMS will be hosting a Winter Dance on December 8th. This is a student attendance incentive event to help encourage good school attendance. We are looking forward to another great event for students. Every Raider Every Day.
AMS after school tutoring will take place each Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 - 4:45. We will tutoring students in Reading, Math, Science, and Civics.
TRY OUTS
Middle School Girls Basketball tryouts will begin on Wednesday, November 8th after school in the gym.
Middle School Boys Basketball tryouts will begin Monday, November 6th at 5:30 in the gym.
Middle School Winter Cheer will have tryouts Monday, November 6th after school.
*Any athlete trying out for winter sports should have a current physical on file with Mr. Kenny. Do not stay if you do not have a current physical on file.*
Please join us in wishing Elly Nash the best of luck this weekend when she competes in the Middle School National Cross Country Meet in Kentucky.
JV Sideline Basketball Cheer Tryouts 2023
Any current 8th grader (only) interested in trying out for JV Basketball Cheerleading
When:
November 1st - 4:00 - Tryouts
Where: ACHS Cafeteria
On November 1st - Please wear navy shorts, white shirt, cheer bow, and athletic shoes
Must have an up to date physical to try out.
We will have conditioning on Monday, November 6th from 4-6 at ACHS.
Boys Middle School basketball Open Gym will be this Thursday from 5:30 - 7:00!
AMS Girls Basketball will have Open Gym this Thursday (November 2nd) from 3:45 - 5:00.
There is no more softball conditioning this week.
On Saturday, October 28, the Appomattox Marching Raiders had their best run of the 2023 season. Our little band from Appomattox finished with 1st place gold in the captions of General Effect, Marching, Percussion, Color Guard and a 2nd place overall placement in our division. I could not be prouder of this group. The color guard team led by coach Brooke Rieger, was the highest scoring group in our division and defeated bands with a lot more students and coaches.
AMS October dance information. If you have a student who is attending tomorrow's reward dance you will need to arrive to pick them up at 4 pm unless you signed them up to leave at their regular time. Parents and guardians may line up in the regular car rider circle and the bus loop beginning after 3:40pm. Please remain in your car we will call students out to you beginning at 4. Thank you for supporting our school and recognizing the importance of good school attendance.
Swim Team - Pre-Season Parent Meeting
What: Appomattox Raider Swimming Parent Meeting
Where: Appomattox High School Cafeteria
When: October 23, 2023 6:30 pm
Congratulations to the following middle school Cross Country runners who competed at the State Meet on Saturday in Richmond.
Elly Nash placed 9th out of 341 runners in the girls 4K championship race. Her time was 15:07, which is a personal best record and a school record. She also earned All State Honors for placing in the top 15 runners. Elly will compete again in the National Middle School Cross Country meet in November.
Our boys team was led by Silas Hamilton who completed the boys 4K course in a time of 15:56, he was followed by Berkley Goin: 16:29, Wiley Hamilton: 17:23, William Owen: 17:53, and Connor McDonough: 19:01. All of the boys had personal best times for the season in this race.