Eighth grade students and a parent or guardian must register for a 9th grade registration and IGP meeting with a member of our school counseling department. Please go to the AJMS website, select the counseling tab, and then follow the registration prompts. Registration meetings will be held throughout the month of February and can be scheduled as virtual, phone, or in-person conferences. These meetings are held during your child's regular school day and will last approximately twenty minutes.
REPORT CARDS: Please be advised that students will not be receiving a paper copy of their first semester report card. First semester report cards will be published electronically on Thursday, January 18. You should receive a notification to the email associated with your parental PowerSchool account. Please reach out to a member of the counseling department if you have questions.
REMINDER: Thursday, January 11, will be a half day for students, with students dismissing at 11:15 a.m., and on Friday, January 12, schools will be closed. All schools and offices will be closed on Monday, January 15 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
There will be no Academic Challenge practice this week due to exams. We will resume practice on Tuesday, January 16.
Due to the threat of inclement weather, Lancaster County School District has designated Tuesday, January 9, 2024, as an E-Learning Day for all schools and offices. There will not be any afterschool activities on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Again, Tuesday, January 9, 2024, will be an E-Learning Day for all employees and students. This is over safety concerns of the potential for severe weather in our area. Based on weather guidance, we could experience heavy rainfall, flash flooding, damaging winds, and the possibility of tornadoes. The latest weather predictions show parts of our county getting winds of up to 30 mph with wind gusts exceeding 40 mph. If this comes to fruition, we will face dangers operating school buses and in transportation in general. We will continue to monitor the weather and take any necessary safety precautions as warranted to keep our students safe. For more specifics for your student, your student’s teacher and school will send more information. This early notice will allow everyone to make the necessary arrangements for tomorrow. We will continue to monitor the weather, and we will keep you informed through Remind texts and the district website. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. As always, keeping our students and staff safe is our number one priority.
IMPORTANT CHANGE: Tonight, Wednesday, January 3rd, at 6:00 pm, the Boys Soccer program will hold an interest meeting in the high school library for boys who are interested in playing soccer this year. If you do not have a current physical on file here at the school, be sure to get one and bring it with you to the meeting. Remember, you cannot participate in any athletic activity until you have a sports physical on file at the school. Again, if you are interested in playing boys soccer this year, plan to attend this meeting on Wednesday, January 3rd at 6 pm in the high school library.
REMINDER: Tonight at 6:00 pm, the Boys Soccer program will hold an interest meeting in the high school cafeteria for boys who are interested in playing soccer this year. If you do not have a current physical on file here at the school, be sure to get one and bring it with you to the meeting. Remember, you cannot participate in any athletic activity until you have a sports physical on file at the school. Again, if you are interested in playing boys soccer this year, plan to attend this meeting January 2nd at 6 pm in the high school cafeteria.
On Tuesday, January 2nd at 6:00 pm, the Boys Soccer program will hold an "interest meeting" in the high school cafeteria for boys who are interested in playing soccer this year.
If you do not have a current physical on file here at the school, be sure to get one and bring it with you to the meeting. Remember, you cannot participate in any athletic activity until you have a sports physical on file at the school.
Again, if you are interested in playing boys soccer this year, plan to attend this meeting on Monday, January 2nd at 6 pm in the high school cafeteria.
Winter Break
December 21 - January 1
Basketball Game tonight: The boys game will be the only game played tonight. The start time has been moved up to 6:00. The doors will open at 5:00.
On Tuesday, December 12, Student Council officers and class representatives will meet in the library at 7:55 a.m.
As we are approaching the holiday season, we are also experiencing the flu season. If your child is experiencing flu-like symptoms or tests positive for the flu, please let our school nurse or your student’s homeroom teacher know. Also, if your child is experiencing symptoms or tests positive please keep your child at home. Additionally, please remind your child to regularly wash his or her hands to help prevent the spread of germs. We appreciate your assistance with this.
Seventh grade students who signed up for the Lunch Bunch book club will meet in the library this Thursday during lunch.
Sixth grade students will be traveling to the Junior Achievement BizTown in Charlotte this week. On Thursday, Mrs. Warren's A-day students will attend. On Friday, Mrs. Warren's B-day students will attend. Students need to be at school on-time. Buses will leave at 9:00 AM. Students do not need to bring their backpacks or Chromebooks to school the day of their assigned field trip. If your child did not want to have the Chick-Fil-A lunch that will be provided, please send a lunch from home. Lunch boxes will not be refrigerated. Due to the distance, students will be returning at approximately 3:45 PM. All field trip attendees will need to be picked up as an out-front car rider no later than 4:00 PM.
NOTE: The North Central game has been changed to tomorrow, Wed Nov 29th instead of Nov 30. It is still at 5:30 at North Central.
Seventh grade students interested in participating in a Lunch Bunch Book Club should see Mrs. Tillman in the library to sign up. We will be reading Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee. Spaces are limited.
All reading challenge forms should be returned to the library by Friday, December 1, in order to qualify for the celebration.
Girls soccer conditioning begins Monday, November 27, from 4-5 pm. Please make sure to have all forms turned in before or the day of in order to participate. If you have any questions, please contact Coach Hanna.
Parents, please assist us and your students by ensuring your students charge their Chromebooks daily and bring their Chromebooks and chargers to school daily. Thank you for your assistance with this.
We will be having a Hat Day on Tuesday, November 21, for any student who brought in candy for our trunk or treat or kindergarten school-wide trick or treat.