Alliance Middle School collected over 700 books that will be donated to the ACS school libraries, children's hospitals and shelters! AMS would like to thank the Builder’s Club students and Lisa Buehman, the AMS librarian, for helping sort through the books. #RepthatA #CaringCitizens
The 4th Annual Royal Aviation Show Choir Competition was a blast! 13 schools from around Ohio and West Virginia competed for a chance to be crowned the Grand Champion.
Congrats to this year's Grand Champs Kaleidoscope from Musselman High School!
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AHS and AMS Cheerleading Tryouts are coming up! See below for additional information. #RepthatA
AMS has a new Spelling Bee Champ! Congratulations to Owen Zupanic for winning the spelling bee last week and to Wyatt Csaki for taking second place. #RepthatA
The students and staff at Alliance Middle School had the opportunity to hear Markus McFolling speak today! Markus is the founder of REACH1, which stands for Reconciling Every Abandoned Child Home.
Throughout his life, he has faced adversity in many forms. He travels to schools to tell his life story and to show students that they can overcome adversity and that they are loved and needed.
His story is an inspirational one and ACS families and community members have the chance to hear from Markus tonight at 7 pm at Alliance Middle School. This presentation is free and open to all who wish to attend! #RepthatA
The AMS School-Wide Spelling Bee is tomorrow at 6 pm! #RepthatA
Libby Smith is the last of our School Counselors at Alliance Middle School!
Here are 5 fun facts about Mrs. Smith:
1. She is a Marlington High School graduate. She attended college at Mount Union and Walsh University.
2. This is her 4th year as a School Counselor, but her 1st year in middle school! She was a high school counselor previously.
3. She is a boy mama! Weston is 2.5 years old and Scout is 10 months old.
4. She loves going to concerts and already has 4 planned for this year!
5. Her favorite food is chips and salsa and tacos!
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Jayme Smith is another one of the our Alliance Middle School Counselors!
Here are 5 fun facts about Mrs. Smith:
1. She has an obsession with mowing the lawn.
2. She would rather walk or run than drive somewhere.
3. Diamond dots, puzzles and naps are her favorite rainy day activities.
4. She lived in Guatemala for a bit and loved learning about the language and culture.
5. One her her favorite parts about family vacations are stopping at rest areas with her husband and three kids to play frisbee and tag.
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Kaylee Krichbaum is one of the School Counselors at Alliance Middle School!
Here are 5 fun facts about Miss Krichbaum:
1. She has a Yorkshire Terrier named Sweetie who is sometimes not so sweet. She likes to "steal" things within her reach.
2. She is a proud graduate of the University of Mount Union. Go Raiders!
3. This is her first year as a full-time school counselor at Alliance City Schools. However, she has worked at ACS in the past as a substitute teacher, substitute counselor and school-based mental health counselor.
4. Her mother was a Spanish teacher at AHS for 27 years and came out of retirement this year to teach Spanish at AMS.
5. She is enjoying her time getting to know the staff, students and families at AMS!
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AMS students participated in a school wide reading challenge. The top participants were rewarded with a pancake party. Over 260 books were read during the challenge! Way to go AMS aviators! #RepthatA
Students from AHS and AMS spent the morning presenting at the annual Science Alliance Science Fair! Results will be posted soon! #RepthatA
On Jan. 28, 10 choir and 4 band students from AMS performed in the OMEA District 8 Honor Band and Choir Concert. Students we selected to participate with other top middle school musicians from Stark and surrounding counties. Congratulations on a fantastic performance students!
Band Students
Zoei Tenney
Cooper Fontaine
Gavin Fontaine
Jackson Braisted
Choir Students
Stella Jackson
Audrina Wait
Gianna Phillips
Marcell Sines
Dominic Falconer
Maddy James
Aiden Kern
Kara Eversdyke
Grace McGeehan
Claire Barker
Natalie Austin
Alliance City Schools will be closed today, Wednesday Jan. 25 due to the possibility of additional snow and ice accumulation over the next couple of hours.
Remote learning will not take place for students.
Stay safe, Aviators.
The purpose of the Aviator Sports Boosters is to unite all supporters of Aviator Athletics in order to work together to raise money and promote school spirit for all teams. They encourage you to attend and become involved in volunteer opportunities and they welcome new ideas for fundraising and promoting school spirit!
Sign up to become a member here: https://forms.gle/Cvj1a4tztfnahq6J7
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The 8th grade students visited the AHS Career & Tech programs last week! They had the chance to tour each programs and see the opportunities available to them when they reach high school.
Almost all of the CTE programs at AHS have an intro course for students to take their freshmen or sophomore years to help them find a program they are interested in and passionate about. The 8th graders will have a chance to sign up for the intro courses when they schedule for their freshmen year! #RepthatA
A new resource was recently rolled out for all of Stark County. StarkHelpCentral.com is a one stop website for all kinds of resources including homeless services, food, car repairs, clothing, mental health, LGBTQ+, medical care and crisis numbers.
This all encompassing website allows users to look up resources available in Alliance and all throughout Stark County. You can search for resources based on "stage of life" or by using the search bar.
This is an amazing resource for our whole community! #RepthatA
The YWCA Coat & Shoe Giveaway is Saturday! #RepthatA
Alliance Middle School student, Nevaeh Harris, was recently surprised by Lionel Grimes, the 2022 Pathfinder recipient, and his daughter with a special gift! In the spring, Nevaeh created a portrait of Mr. Grimes that was displayed at the AMS Pathfinder assembly. Mr. Grimes saw the beautiful art work and asked to purchase it and meet the artist.
The Grimes family is encouraging Nevaeh to continue with her passion and bought her supplies to help her continue making art. #RepthatA
There's no school Friday or Monday! Enjoy the long weekend! #RepthatA
