AMS 2012-2013 School Supply List
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL VA GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL WINNERS:
5th/6th grade Environmental Science- Honorable Mention- Jody Campbell, Jacob Flannery
7th/8th grade:
Energy and Transportation- 1st Place - Whiton Erikson
Plant Science- 1st Place- SydneyAnn Cash, Bryce Patton
Virginia Dental Association Visual Science Award-
SydneyAnn Cash, Bryce Patton
U.S. Air Force Award -Whiton Erikson
Overall Award for Excellence in all of the Physical Sciences- Whiton Erikson
VSBA 2012 Spring Regional Forum Art Contest: Collin Cash's art work won at the division level. Congratulations Collin!!
AMS is proud to congratulate the AMS Olympiad Team for scoring in the top 10%, competing against 4000 teams. Summer Rucker received the George Lenchner Individual Achievement Medal. Sydney Tweedy, Mason Hudson, Summer Rucker, Colton Berry and Whiton Erikson scored in the top 2% of the 102,000 students who participated this year. Congratulations team!
The last day of school for the 2011-2012 school year is May 31st!
SOL Testing Calendar
May 7th: Physical Science 8th Grade and US History II 6th Grade
May 8th: Math 6
May 9th: Math 7
May 10th: Math 8
May 11th: Reading 6
May 14th: Reading 7
May 15th: Reading 8 and Civics
May 16th: World History
May 22nd: Earth Science
May 24th: Algebra 1
First Runner-Up in the Barnes and Noble "My Favorite Teacher" Essay Contest is Sarah Wells - Congratulations to Sarah and to Mr. Kurko, her favorite teacher!!!
AMS District Science Fair Winners:
A Puddle of pH- Jody Campbell, Jacob Flannery
Cafeinated Beans- Bryce Patton, SydneyAnn Cash
It's a Bird, It's a Plane...Wait, That is a Plane, Right?- Whiton Erikson
Watts Your Rate- Chris Drumheller, Duncan Gordon
Pump it Up- Miller Brown, Carter Morcom
Turn up the Heat- Mason Hudson, Zack Wood
What Attracts or Deters Stinkbugs?- Amber Stinnett
Cease the Freeze- Noel Lora-Martinez
Congratulations to AMS Division Level Young Authors Contest Winners:
Fiction:
Gabby Wade - 2nd Place Sixth Grade
Emily Bazik - 3rd Place Sixth Grade
Taylor Baker - 1st Place Seventh Grade
Sydney Tweedy - 3rd Place Seventh Grade
Evan Quarles - 1st Place Eighth Grade
Adrian Vergara - 2nd Place Eighth Grade
Hannah A. Campbell - 3rd Place Eighth Grade
Poetry:
Joshua Tinsley - 1st Place Sixth Grade
Travis Byers - 3rd Place Sixth Grade
Braelyn harris - 1st Place Seventh Grade
Kally Hernandez - 1st Place Eighth Grade
Emily Trefsgar - 2nd Place Eighth Grade
Gracen Howard - 3rd Place Eighth Grade
Essay:
Geoffrey Hamlett - 1st Place Seventh Grade
Savannah Palmer - 2nd Place Seventh Grade
Autum Murray-Burns - 1st Place Eighth Grade
Krishawn Anderson - 2nd Place Eighth Grade
AMS Science Fair Winners (click here)
2012 Summer Career Academies
August 6-10, 2012
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