AMS STUDENT HALF DAY – THURSDAY – 10:55AM DISMISSAL
Algonquin Middle School will run a half day schedule on Thursday, March 18th for parent-teacher conferences.
AMS students will be dismissed at 10:55am. Thank you.
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TECHVALLEY HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS
Click on the link below for more information about free and low cost summer STEM camps offered by TechValley High School:
https://www.questar.org/education/career-and-technical-education/career-pathways-summer-camps/
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EARTH DAY 2021 SHOWCASE
NYS Senator Daphne Jordan’s office is sponsoring an Earth Day 2021 Showcase. Students can submit essays, poetry or artwork with the theme of “Trash is much more than garbage. How can you re-imagine it for a better future?” All submissions must be made electronically by 4/19/21 to jordan.nysenate.gov.
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YEARBOOK ORDERS
2021 Algonquin Yearbook! The AMS Yearbook can now be ordered online with Lifetouch. Please place your order by April 15, 2021. There will not be extra yearbooks ordered so if you child would like one, it needs to be ordered online.
**Yearbook pictures for virtual students**: Lifetouch and Shutterfly are offering another option for parents of virtual students to have their child’s picture in the yearbook. Please see the attached flier from Lifetouch to see how it works. This would need to be done by April 15th to have the photo included in this year’s yearbook.
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8TH GRADE BABY PICTURES
Would you like your 8th graders baby picture to be included in the 2020/2021 Algonquin yearbook? It is time to send those adorable baby pictures in. Pictures need to be sent digitally in .jpeg format. If they are not in this format, they cannot be used. Please send your photo to
algonquinyearbook@apcsd.org. Please include your child’s name in the subject line of the email. Pictures will be due by March 30, 2021.
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ATTENTION 100% VIRTUAL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
As part of our yearbook each year we include “candid shots” of students working in classrooms. We don’t want to miss our virtual students with this part of the yearbook and encourage our virtual families to send in photos of students working at home. Please send photos to the Yearbook at: algonquinyearbook@apcsd.org. Thank you.
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APO BOOK FAIR
Our BOOK FAIR is going ONLINE again this spring! The fair will run from March 7 – 20. All purchases support our school and earn 25% in rewards! Email your book fair receipt to ams.parentorg@yahoo.com and be entered in a raffle for a chance to win a gift certificate for a dinner for four from the Mess Hall. Don’t miss your chance to shop affordable books and support AMS. All orders will be shipped directly to your home. FREE shipping is available on book-only orders over $25. Visit https://www.scholastic.com/bf/ams_march2021 to shop.
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FROM THE AMS LIBRARY
Save the date: The Pleasure Read Book Club is back again for the final meeting on Wednesday, March 24th at 3:30! Retired Literacy Teacher Mrs. Dowd will be joining us again. If you’d like to join us the meet code is march ams reads Thanks, Mrs. Ekstrom